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HISTorIC INTrINSIC QUaLITy communal kitchen, washhouse, and wood MUSEUMS
shed, but is considered one resource.
Historic intrinsic quality resources are legacies Similarly, the many buildings of the Amana Corridor museums provide the traveler with
of the past that are distinctly associated with Woolen Mill or one of the seven Amana the Byway’s contexts, melding the cultural and
physical elements of the landscape, whether village farm complexes were each deemed an historic intrinsic qualities at a single location.
natural or manmade, and that are of such individual resource� There are two primary locations of Meskwaki
historic significance that they educate the museum information, one, a large, well-
viewer and stir an appreciation for the past. The most obvious historic resources on the planned exhibit space in the entrance to the
The historic elements reflect the actions of Byway are the original land holdings of the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel. The second,
people and may include buildings, settlement Amana and Meskwaki peoples, preserved the Meskwaki History Museum, opened in
patterns, and other examples of human today as, respectively, a National Historic June 2011.
activity. Historic features can be inventoried, Landmark and a tribal settlement. Within the
mapped, and interpreted. They possess Amana Colonies, well-maintained standing Amana Colony museums are situated all
integrity of location, design, setting, material, structures and buildings reflect historical along the east end of the Byway. Several local
workmanship, feeling, and association. development, with barns and other agricultural history museums are situated in between the
Historic resources may relate to specific buildings clustered along the edge of each of Settlement and the Amanas. Many museums
events, to broad themes, or to an evolving the seven villages. are housed in culturally and historically
historical story that links events over time. important buildings, including the Meskwaki
Museums, churches and cemeteries, Museum, the Tama County Historical Museum,
The Iowa Valley Scenic Byway’s historic story other buildings and structures, vegetation, and all of the Amana Colonies museums.
links the Amana Colonies and the Meskwaki research centers, transportation-related
Settlement on its two ends, with related resources, and markers and monuments are
historic points in between. The Iowa Valley discussed herein. In some cases, only the
Scenic Byway’s historic resources number at more recognizable of these is discussed,
least 740, with 470 related to the Amanas and with additional information available on an
the other 270 to other areas of the Byway. accompanying data CD.
The historic resources’ count is an
underrepresentation: at least 750 standing
buildings or structures have been documented
in the Amanas in association with the
communal period. For the purposes of this
Corridor Management Plan, buildings at
a single street address or those forming a
building complex were grouped into a single
Historic Intrinsic Quality resource. A street
address may include a communal residence,
