Property Abstracts of Early Grinnell

Series

Property Abstracts of Early Grinnell

• 1854 - 1959 (Creation)

Quantity: Grey Drop-Front Box 14 ½ W x 18 ½ L x 3’’ H

Arrangement: Folders arranged by property

Background Note:

Documents were recovered from a Wells Fargo safety deposit box and were previously held by the Merchant’s National Bank of Grinnell.

Document Arrangement:

Folder #1: Property Abstract, West Grinnell

Lot Twenty (20), East one-half (E ½) of Lot Eight (8), East Five Feet of Lot Twenty-one (21), West Thirty Feet of Lot Nineteen (19) and East Seventy-five Feet of the West One Hundred Fifty Feet of the East and West alley, all in Block Eleven (11), West Grinnell, Iowa

Abstract of title for the property listed above prepared by Poweshiek County Abstract Co. with transactions from 1857 - December 1902

Abstract of Title for the property listed above prepared by Bechly & Harper with transactions from 1854 through January 1945

Folder #2: Property Abstract, South Grinnell

The East one half (1/2) of Lot number Six (6) in Block Number Thirty-Six (36) South Grinnell, Iowa

Prepared by Bechly & Harper with transactions from 1856 through 1920

Folder #3: Property Abstract, East Grinnell

Lot 3 and the North 5 feet of Lot 2 in Block 8, East Grinnell

Prepared by Smith & Swink Abstract Company with transactions from 1854 to 1950

Folder #4: Property Abstract, Lincoln Park Addition

Lot Twelve (12) Block No. (6) Lincoln Park Addition to the City of Grinnell, Iowa situated upon the South 1015 feet of Lot 2

Prepared by Smith & Bryan Abstract Co. with transactions from 1854 to 1955
Includes a large fold-out plat map of the Lincoln Park Addition to Grinnell dated April 1909

Folder #5: Mobile Home Contract for John Ervin

Conditional Sale Contract for a mobile home, September 1959

Folder #6: Warranty Deeds to Mamie Tibbs in Block 8, East Grinnell, 1950 & 1951

Warranty Deed from P.E. Somers to Mamie Tibbs, August 1950

Warranty Deed from Faith Somers Soesbe to Mamie Tibbs, August 1951

Prepared by V. Ruse