Fire Bell
Fire Bell is a monument in Des Moines, Iowa. Fire Bell is situated nearby to Burlington Central Fire Station, as well as near the art gallery The Medium Art Store.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Capitol Theater and Burlington station.
Capitol Theater
Theater building
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The Capitol Theater was a 700-seat theater in Burlington, Iowa. Opened in 1937, with the first showing being Mark Twain's classic The Prince and the Pauper. Capitol Theater is situated 450 feet east of Fire Bell.
Burlington station
Railway station
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Burlington station is an Amtrak train station in Burlington, Iowa, United States. It is served by the California Zephyr, with one daily train in each direction. Burlington station is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Fire Bell.
Church of St. John the Baptist
Church
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The Church of St. John the Baptist is a historic church building located in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Together with St. Paul's Church in Burlington and St Mary's Church in West Burlington it forms Divine Mercy parish, which is a part of the Diocese of Davenport. Church of St. John the Baptist is situated 1,000 feet northeast of Fire Bell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burlington and Gulfport.
Burlington
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Burlington is a city in Southeast Iowa. It is on the Mississippi River and has a population of about 27,000. From the raising of the American flag here in 1805 by Zebulon Pike to becoming a post of the American Fur Company in 1829 and then Iowa Territory's first territorial capital in 1838, Burlington has been a place of considerable historical value.
Gulfport
Hamlet
Gulfport is a village in Henderson County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 42, down from 54 at the 2010 census.
West Burlington
Town
West Burlington is a city in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States, adjacent to the Mississippi River city of Burlington. The population was 3,197 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Burlington, IA–IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. West Burlington is situated 3 miles west of Fire Bell.
Fire Bell
- Type: Monument
- Category: historic site
- Location: Des Moines, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.80955° or 40° 48′ 34″ northLongitude
-91.10486° or 91° 6′ 18″ westOpen location code
86GCRV5W+R3OpenStreetMap ID
node 6612468890OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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