page_title: Ottumwa, Iowa
section_title: Historic structures
hierarchical_section_title: Ottumwa, Iowa / Historic preservation / Historic structures
caption_attribution_description: English: Walter Day and his Business Partner from the early 1980's. Photo was taken in Fairfield Iowa, 2014
context_page_description: Ottumwa is a city in and the county seat of Wapello County, Iowa, United States. The population was 25,023 at the 2010 U.S. Census. Located in the state's southeastern section, the city is split into northern and southern halves by the Des Moines River.
context_section_description: First National Bank Building 1915
  Hotel Ottumwa
  Hoffman Building
  Benson Building 1930
  B'nai Jacob Synagogue
  Foster/Bell House
  Trinity Episcopal Church
  Benson Block
  Burlington Depot
  J.W. Garner Building
  Jay Funeral Home
  Jefferson Street Viaduct
  Ottumwa Public Library
  St. Mary of the Visitation Catholic Church
  Ottumwa City Hall
  Wapello County Courthouse
  Ottumwa Young Women's Christian Association
  Arthur A McGiverin-  The longest serving Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. Lived in Ottumwa for many years. Passed away in 2019 at the age of 90.
  Tom Arnold – actor
  Chris Ash - Head football coach, Rutgers University
  Steve Bales – Apollo 11 flight controller
  Stephen Blumberg – notorious rare book thief
  Bud Clancy – major league baseball player
  Walter Day – video game statistician
  Edna Ferber – novelist who lived in Ottumwa as a child
  Elnora M. Gilfoyle – occupational therapist and educator.
  Anne Marie Howard – actress
  Donald Keyhoe – Marine Corps major and aviator, UFO researcher and author
  Dan Knight – jazz pianist, Steinway artist, composer, Pulitzer Prize nominee
  Bob Lee (baseball) – major league baseball pitcher
  Herschel Loveless (1911–1989) – 34th Governor of Iowa 1957–61, Mayor of Ottumwa 1949–53
  E. J. Mather – college football and basketball player and coach
  Jack E. McCoy – Iowa state legislator
  R. W. Scott McLeod - U.S. Department of State official and Ambassador to Ireland; grew up in Ottumwa
  Russell Means – American Indian activist; attended junior college in Ottumwa
  Karen Morley – actress and political activist; born as Mildred Linton, she was adopted and left Iowa for California with her family at age 13
  Carol Morris – Miss Iowa USA 1956, Miss USA 1956, Miss Universe 1956, actress
  Richard Nixon – former President of the United States lived in Ottumwa while he was stationed at the Ottumwa Naval Station (now decommissioned)
  Harry Ostdiek – Major League Baseball player
  Beverley Owen – actress
  Mary Florence Potts - inventor of the cold handle clothes iron, the most popular iron used.
  J. R. Richards – musician/songwriter, author of "A Tribute to the American Farmer".
  Daniel F. Steck - U.S. Senator 1926-31
  Hal Walker (1896–1972) – film director
  Jake Weimer (1873–1928) – Major League Baseball player 1903–05
caption: Walter Day and his Business Partner from the early 1980s.  Photo was taken in Fairfield Iowa, 2014
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