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Original Plat of Iowa City
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The First Plat Of Iowa City.
The plat is east of the Iowa River with blocks
320 feet square and lots within the blocks at 80' x 150'. The right-of-way
for Iowa Avenue is 120', for Washington-Jefferson-Capitol-Clinton-Madison
Streets 100', other streets 80' wide, and alleys are 20' wide. Note also
the "Promenade" along the Iowa River west of the "Capitol Square" and the Lumber
Yard and Dillon's Island in the vicinity of the current Iowa Advanced
Technologies Laboratory building. |