Lowrie Frisbie began his 50-year tenure as its editor in the early 20th-century.

[2] In its early years the newspaper was housed in numerous buildings in the city's central business district.

It was designed by the prominent Des Moines architectural firm of Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson.

The same year the Herald's competitor, the Grinnell Register, erected their own building.

This article about a property in Poweshiek County, Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.