1984
Citation: 72.368.5 (Full image size: 48Kb)
Benson Motors garage on Fifth and Douglas. Shows back side of building during demolition of front side. This was in preparation for construction of addition to Ames Public Library.
Citation: 72.369.1 (Full image size: 46Kb)
East side of Benson Motors garage during preparation for demolition of building to make way for the south addition to the Ames Public Library (completed in 1985). Steeple of the Methodist church on Sixth and Kellogg is visible in left center of photo.
Citation: 72.369.2 (Full image size: 50Kb)
Benson Motors garage on Fifth and Douglas. Shows back side of building during demolition of front side. This was in preparation for construction of addition to Ames Public Library.
Citation: 72.369.5 (Full image size: 47Kb)
Site preparation for south addition to the Ames Public Library (completed in 1985). Shows back side of Benson Motors (previously Allen Motors) located on Fifth Street across from Greeley Building (tall brick building in left center) which houses the Octagon Center for the Arts.
Citation: 72.370.1 (Full image size: 52Kb)
Site preparation for Ames Public Library addition. Shows body shop of Benson Motors (razed for construction) and south end of Library (original 1903-04 building). Steeple of Methodist church on Sixth and Kellogg is seen in center of photo.
Citation: 72.370.2 (Full image size: 61Kb)
Southeast portion of Ames Public Library (original 1903-04 building) with Nelson Electric truck at beginning of site preparation for addition to building (completed 1985).
Citation: 81.421.1 (Full image size: 65Kb)
Photograph taken from the alley on the west side of the 1941 addition of the Ames Public Library's building before the construction of the 1985 addition was begun.
Citation: 81.421.2 (Full image size: 87Kb)
The beginnings of the construction of the addition to the Ames Public Library. Shows the area on Fifth Street formerly occupied by the Benson Motor building. The original Carnegie building (dedicated in 1904) is seen in the upper left center of the photograph.
Citation: 81.421.3 (Full image size: 87Kb)
Site where the Ames Public Library addition was being built in 1984-85, taken from Fifth Street, looking north. The original library building (dedicated in 1904) can be seen in the center of the photograph and the 1941 addition can be seen on the far left. This photograph was taken after the Benson Motor building had been cleared from the site and the construction of the library addition had not yet begun.
Citation: 81.422.1 (Full image size: 65Kb)
The Benson Motor Company (originally the Allen Chevrolet garage) as it was being torn down in preparation for the construction of the new addition to the Ames Public Library. Benson's was located on the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Douglas Avenue (201 Fifth Street) and was established in 1970. Looking north toward the partially demolished building.
Citation: 81.422.2 (Full image size: 87Kb)
Demolition of the Benson Motor building south of the Ames Public Library. Building was torn down in 1984 to make way for the library's new addition which opened in 1985.
Citation: 81.422.3 (Full image size: 62Kb)
Demolition of the Benson Motor garage located south of the Ames Public Library. Looking at the west side of the building from Fifth Street during the time the structure was being torn down to accomodate the new addition to the library.
Citation: 81.422.4 (Full image size: 61Kb)
Originally this building at 201 Fifth Street in downtown Ames was occupied by the Allen Motor Company, a Chevrolet dealership and garage. In 1970, it became Benson Motor Inc. In 1984, it was torn down to accommodate the expansion of the Ames Public Library (north of this building) south to Fifth Street.
Citation: 81.423.1 (Full image size: 99Kb)
Originally the building on the right (seen being demolished) at 201 Fifth Street in downtown Ames was occupied by the Allen Motor Company, a Chevrolet dealership and garage. In 1970, it became Benson Motor Inc. Here, in 1984, it is being torn down to accommodate the expansion of the Ames Public Library which can be seen in this photograph to the north on Sixth Street.
Citation: 81.423.2 (Full image size: 95Kb)
Originally, the partly-demolished building in this photograph at 201 Fifth Street in downtown Ames was occupied by the Allen Motor Company, a Chevrolet dealership and garage. In 1970, it became Benson Motor Inc. Here, in 1984, it is being torn down to accommodate the expansion (completed in 1985) of the Ames Public Library which can be seen in the upper right of this photograph. Behind Benson Motor was a used car lot which was also removed for the library's new addition. Also removed was a residence which originally belonged to the Alpin family. The back and side of First Methodist Church is seen in the upper left of the photograph. Both the church and the library had entrances on Sixth Street.
Citation: 81.423.3 (Full image size: 101Kb)
A 1984 view of the old Benson Motors building (earlier the Allen Motor Company) in the process of being razed. Douglas Avenue is seen to the right with the ivy-covered Elks Club building in the upper right of the photograph. The Ames Public Library is seen in the upper left. Structures on Fifth Street and Douglas Avenue were removed in order to build an addition to the library, which opened in September of 1985.
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