Estes Park Band Shell

Estes Park Band Shell
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Estes Park Iowa Falls, Iowa
Coordinates	42°31′14.6″N 93°15′53.3″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1931
Architect	L.L. Klippel
Architectural style	Mission/Spanish Revival
MPS	Iowa Falls MPS
NRHP reference No.	93000960
Added to NRHP	October 1, 1993

Estes Park Band Shell is a historic building located in Iowa Falls, Iowa, United States. Planning and construction of the band shell were a community project that began in 1931. They engaged Iowa Falls native L.L. Klippel to design the structure, and N.F. Guernsey of Sioux City, Iowa to landscape Estes Park. Completed later in the year, the Mission/Spanish Revival structure features two bell towers with round arch balconies that flank the proscenium arch. There is a cement basement that houses rehearsal space. The walls are stucco, and the structure is capped with a tiled hip roof with bracketed eaves. Over the years the band shell has hosted concerts, dances, and a variety of entertainment activities. Labor unions and political parties have held rallies here. Wendell Wilkie spoke here when he ran for president in 1940. The band shell was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.