There are three options for locating a Drake Neighborhood historic property:

  • Keyword search - Type your search into the form at the upper right corner of any page on this site
  • Guided browsing - Browse through key information like resident, street, and building type
  • Map search - (not yet active) Find a property or properties using the online map application

Dig through your photos, locate your abstract, and do historic research from home!

Anyone can add historical information, stories, old photos, and documents relating to Drake homes! Sign up for an account to participate in building our historical knowledge about the Drake Neighborhood by adding information to the public record.

Help identify unknown buildings - You can add and link information from the comfort of your own home, no experience or historic knowledge required!

Are you interested in neighborhood history? We have several opportunities to get involved with this research project:

  • Help input historic data to this website
  • Help identify buildings in historic photos
  • Organize an "abstract party" at your house
  • And much more!

Contact a project organizer for more information.

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Huntoon, Gladys

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2010-11-15 09:46
Linked Information: 

Huntoon, Guy

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2010-11-15 09:41
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Williams, Andy

Submitted by jjames on Tue, 2010-11-02 21:37
Personal Information
Occupation: 
Other - Service
Group: 
Notable Residents

Singer Andy Williams lived at 3015 Kingman Blvd. as a child in the 1930s. He and his brothers, Bob, Dick, and Don performed as the quartet the Williams Brothers.

(Source: "Four Williams Brothers Found the Right Chord," by Tom Longden, Des Moines Register, Nov 30, 2008, page 2B Metro)

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Lowe, W.B.

Submitted by jjames on Tue, 2010-11-02 21:23
Personal Information
Occupation: 
Other - Professional

Occupation: insurance agent and Frank Lowe Bookkeeper at Midway Coal (1908 City Directory)
Lived at 1519 - 23rd St.

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Humphrey, F.W.

Submitted by jjames on Tue, 2010-11-02 21:20

Occupation: printer, 1908 City Directory

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Jewett, George A.

Submitted by jjames on Tue, 2010-11-02 20:55

Life member of Drake University board of trustees. (source: "Drake University College of Liberal Arts Announcements for 1904-1905")

Pizza Party (and Drake Neighborhood History Training) Tuesday - Nov. 9, 2010

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2010-10-28 12:34

Join the Drake Neighborhood Historical Survey team for a pizza party and historical research training session

When: Tuesday, November 9, 2010, from 6-7 pm
Where: First Christian Church, 2500 University Ave.

History buffs, genealogists, and neighborhood residents past and present are invited to attend this free event.

1031 23rd Street in 1983 (2)

Submitted by admin on Sun, 2010-10-24 23:55

Source: SHPO

1031 23rd Street in 1983 (2)

1031 23rd Street in 1983

Submitted by admin on Sun, 2010-10-24 23:54

Source: SHPO

1031 23rd Street in 1983
Building References: 
1031 23RD ST

Grant School in 1907

Submitted by admin on Sun, 2010-10-24 23:51

Source: SHPO

Grant School in 1907
Building References: 
1031 23RD ST

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