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Highwater Rock
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National Register of Historic Places

Highwater Rock

On the National Register since 197749 years
Listed 1977Cedar Rapids
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About Highwater Rock

Highwater Rock, at Cedar River near 1st Ave. and 1st St., NE, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Nov 17, 1977. It was among the first 4 of Cedar Rapids’s 63 listings. The Register lists it for its transportation, at the local level. Four more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isBoulder in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 12 MB · National Archives↗
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 15 minutes

Cedar River near 1st Ave. and 1st St., NE, Cedar Rapids · about 0.6 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Highwater RockStart here
  2. 2First Avenue BridgeConcrete Open Spandrel Arch · 0.1 mi on
  3. 3People's Savings BankBuilding · 0.2 mi on
  4. 4West Side Third Avenue SW. Commercial Historic DistrictDistrict · next door
  5. 5Grant Vocational High SchoolBuilt 1915 · 0.2 mi on
Around it

17 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BSecurity BuildingBuilding0.2 miBHotel RooseveltGeorgian Revival · Built 19270.2 miDMay's Island Historic DistrictBeaux Arts0.2 miBHamilton Brothers BuildingRomanesque · Built 18990.3 miBSinclair Building-Smulekoffs Furniture StoreBuilt 19010.3 miBParamount Theater BuildingDecorated Commercial0.3 miDCedar Rapids Central Business District Commercial Historic DistrictDistrict0.3 miBCedar Rapids Post Office and Public BuildingRenaissance Revival0.3 miBCedar Rapids Central Fire StationBuilt 19180.4 miBSokol GymnasiumBuilt 19080.4 miBLattner Auditorium BuildingClassical0.4 miBIowa BuildingRenaissance Revival0.4 miBIowa Wind Mill and Pump Company Office and WarehouseLate Victorian · Built 19020.5 miBCedar Rapids Milk Condensing CompanyBuilt 18870.5 miBEvans Manufacturing Company BuildingModern Movement0.5 miBFirst Universalist Church of Cedar RapidsVernacular0.5 miBConsistory Building No. 2Classical Revival0.5 mi

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Questions about Highwater Rock

Is Highwater Rock on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Nov 17, 1977 (Register number 77000535).

Is Highwater Rock a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Iowa has 22 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Amana Villages, 21.2 miles away.

Can you visit Highwater Rock?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Highwater Rock?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 12 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 75339458 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.