The ''Grinnell Herald'' Building is a historic structure located in Grinnell, Iowa, United States. The ''Herald'' was established in 1869 with the Rev. J. M. Hillyer as the first editor. Lowrie Frisbie began his 50-year tenure as its editor in the early 20th-century. In its early years the newspaper was housed in numerous buildings in the city's

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. Its owners put up this Neoclassical brick building in 1916. It was designed by the prominent

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architectural firm of

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. The same year the ''Herald's'' competitor, the ''Grinnell Register'', erected their own building. The two newspapers merged in 1936 to form the ''Grinnell Herald-Register''. They choose this building to house their operations, and it continues to do so. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

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