Save CR Heritage

Volunteer nonprofit advances renovation of former Zastera Pharmacy into community hub An all-volunteer nonprofit focused on preserving historic properties is moving forward with renovations of a longtime neighborhood building it plans to convert

Our thanks to #Iowa's News Now for covering our upcoming Brick-by-Brick fundraiser for the #historic Zastera Pharmacy building in #CedarRapids! ❤️ cbs2iowa.com/news/local/v...

Save CR Heritage moves into next phase for historic Zastera Building project in Cedar Rapids Two Save CR Heritage board members thanked the Linn County Board of Supervisors on March 4, 2026, for their Economic & Community Development Grant awarded last fall. (photo/Cindy Hadish) CEDAR RAPIDS,...

Making progress with our #rehab project on this #historic building in #CedarRapids #Iowa! ❤️ www.savecrheritage.org/save-cr-heri... #history #preservation

Heartbreaking scenes of an iconic building in Glasgow engulfed in flames. A horrible hit for local businesses, the people of Glasgow, and for our city's history.

Extending our thanks to the @linncountyiowa.bsky.social Board of Supervisors for the Economic & Community Development Grant awarded to our Zastera Pharmacy building project! ❤️ #history #sustainability #Iowa

Excited to see these windows and lovely door make the trip from #CedarRapids #Iowa to their "new" home in the #historic city of #EurekaSprings #Arkansas! ❤️ #Preservation #sustainability

Iowa three-bedroom farmhouse offered for free; must be moved This rural Solon home is being offered for free to anyone able to move it. (submitted photo) A three-bedroom farmhouse in rural Solon is being offered for free to anyone who can move the home by this ...

Farmhouse offered for free in #Iowa; must be moved! www.savecrheritage.org/iowa-three-b...

Thanks to all who supported us during our #Valentine's Day sale today. We could feel the ❤️!

Historic Roseland Church, Once On Verge Of Demolition, To Become Black-Women-Led Medical Center Onyx Health Collective, led by Dr. Maya Green and pharmacists Tonya Payton-Campbell and Ramona Burress, assumed ownership of Reformation Lutheran Church in November with plans to convert it into a hea...

I am so proud of and happy for my neighbors Arlene and Maya, and dozens of others who supported this effort to save the derelict Elim Lutheran Church in Roseland. It truly was down to the wire: the building was about to face a city demo order when folks came together to make a fresh future for it.

Not sure why someone would swap out a vintage beauty like this for a more modern version, but we're glad to accept the donation and search for a new loving home for this door. ❤️ Let us know if that's you!

We ❤️ seeing the doors we rescued from Iowa's Queen of Hearts mansion (sadly demolished Sept. 2025) going to new loving homes! Stop by our #Valentine's Sale 9-11 a.m. Feb. 14 in #CedarRapids #Iowa if you need a solid vintage door for your home! ❤️

Tall church of rusticated light gray stone. There is a large tower at left and a smaller one at right both of which have numerous small arched windows in them. There is a very large arched window in the center of the church and entrances on each side.

Interior of Quinn Chapel with a section of a dome painted with gold trim. There are painting of religious figures in the center and gold organ pipes below those.

Historic black and white photo of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. preaching at Quinn Chapel. He is standing in front of the organ pipes that are visible in the previous photograph. There is a large bouquet of flowers in front of him. Another man is sitting at the right, listening to the speech.

Quinn Chapel AME Church in Chicago, built in 1892, Henry Starbuck, architect. Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and Martin Luther King, Jr. all spoke here.

Documentary underway on the stained glass window by #artist #GrantWood in #CedarRapids #Iowa: homegrowniowan.com/piecing-hist...

These 4 original carriage house doors, an incredible donation from owners of an iconic home in #CedarRapids #Iowa, are available. ❤️ You need these! 😃 Proceeds benefit restoration of the #historic Zastera Pharmacy.

Happy ending after employees of a store in #CedarRapids #Iowa tracked down the young #heart warrior who lost this teddy bear! ❤️ homegrowniowan.com/lost-teddy-b... #Christmas

#Immigrant owned grocery store opens near long-vacant Hy-Vee in #CedarRapids #Iowa: homegrowniowan.com/grocery-stor...

A piece of good news, as a piece of #history is restored in #CedarRapids #Iowa ❤️ homegrowniowan.com/legacy-conti...

Nice #weather for penguins this Saturday; not so great for a sale. 😬 Our #SmallBusinessSaturday sale is postponed until Saturday, Dec. 6 for the safety of our volunteers and customers. Stay warm! ☃️ #CedarRapids #Iowa #snowstorm #snow #winter

New business opens in former Sykora Bakery in Czech Village A new business opened Nov. 20, 2025, in half of the former Sykora Bakery building in Czech Village in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- A new business has opened in the fo...

New business opens in iconic building in #Czech Village in #CedarRapids #Iowa homegrowniowan.com/new-business...

A few of the #architectural salvage treasures saved from a beloved home in #Marion #Iowa, available at our upcoming Small Business Saturday sale, 9-11 a.m. Nov. 29 in #CedarRapids. Details: www.hooplanow.com/things-to-do...

Our former neighbor. 💔

GROWFEST at Kazimour Farm and Orchard in Cedar Rapids celebrates fall, supports nonprofit Families select pumpkins to buy on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, during GROWFEST in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Unseasonably warm temperatures didn't deter visitors from a...

Celebrating #autumn in extreme heat in #Iowa. 🌞 homegrowniowan.com/growfest-at-...

Three Demolition Permits Will Clear North Center Site For SFR Permitted In August - Chicago YIMBY Four demolition permits issued by the City of Chicago on September 22 will clear space for a single-family home permitted back in August.

This is gross. All the buildings to be demolished were built ca. 1906, according to building permits. They will be replaced by a SFH. chicagoyimby.com/2025/09/thre...

Historic Cedar Rapids mansion in need of new owner The Carpenter home is shown during its early years in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Moniker 86 Social Club) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Finding the right owner for a historic property can be a challenge, but a...

Hoping a new owner can be found for this lovely #historic #mansion in #CedarRapids #Iowa. Take a peek inside! 🧐 www.savecrheritage.org/historic-ced... #architecture

Death of a queen: Heartbreaking end to iconic mansion in Marshalltown, Iowa The "Queen of Hearts" mansion is shown during its final night standing in Marshalltown, Iowa, on Sept. 22, 2025. (photo/Kyle Landas) MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa -- The "Queen of Hearts" mansion in Marshalltown...

Heartbreaking end to Queen of Hearts mansion in #Iowa. 💔 homegrowniowan.com/death-of-a-q...

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Save CR Heritage Heartbreaker Salvage Sale | Hoopla It's always heartbreaking to salvage a home, imagining its history and the people who lived there, but our volunteers rescue what they can to keep those memories alive and pay respect to the house and...

A crushing blow in #Iowa to lose this once grand mansion. Our volunteers saved what we could from going to the landfill. Join us Sept. 20 in #CedarRapids to give #vintage doors, lintels, #QueenAnne windows and other #architectural treasures a new forever home. ❤️

Gothic tone church with three towers, arched windows with tracery, and holes in the roof.

It's Sunday. Here's a church. Former St. Martin de Tours, 5848 S. Princeton, Chicago. 1895, Henry Schlacks, architect. It was on Preservation Chicago's Most Endangered List in 2025 and continues to deteriorate.

A complicated little corner in Charnley-Persky House in Chicago with gorgeous and extremely Sullivan woodwork taking center stage.

Close-up of a portion of the incredible window surround on the side of Purdue State Bank in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Mesmerizing staircase with Sullivan ornamentation. Originally in the Chicago Stock Exchange Building, now at the Met.

Color photo of a corner of the recreated Chicago Stock Exchange trading room floor now located inside the Art Institute of Chicago. In this one photo there are layers and layers of exquisite Sullivan details, found everywhere from wall stencils to art glass panels.

September 3rd is Louis Sullivan's birthday! Celebrating with some of my favorite Sullivan details.

Built in 1938 and eligible for the National Register of #Historic Places, the Eighth Avenue #Bridge in #CedarRapids #Iowa, will be replaced. We'd like to see the #ArtDeco railings saved. Thoughts from other cities about repurposing them?

Final days of Iowa’s Queen of Hearts mansion One of the heart-shaped windows is seen inside the "Queen of Hearts" mansion in Marshalltown, Iowa, on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (photo/Cindy Hadish) MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa -- The dusty floors, boarded windo...

Heart-breaking end to "Queen of Hearts" mansion in #Iowa 💔 homegrowniowan.com/final-days-o... #historic #architecture