Generator — Summer 2023
Learn about the Columbus Public Power Building and a building restoration project in Creston.
Learn about the Columbus Public Power Building and a building restoration project in Creston.
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Columbus Public Power Building<br />
coming down after more than 80 years<br />
The City of Columbus is nearing<br />
completion of a new three-story<br />
building housing the Public Library,<br />
Columbus Area Arts Council,<br />
Columbus Area Children’s Museum,<br />
café, and City Hall.<br />
When the building is complete, the<br />
current City Hall <strong>—</strong> once known as<br />
the Public Power Building <strong>—</strong> will be<br />
demolished to make way for a parking<br />
lot.<br />
The building is coming down in the<br />
same year that Loup Power District<br />
marks its 90th anniversary.<br />
What was the Public Power<br />
Building? And why is Columbus called<br />
the City of Power and Progress?<br />
The Columbus Daily Telegram from<br />
May 14, 1941, offered readers a recap<br />
of Loup’s early history and describes<br />
the new, modern Loup office building:<br />
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