Editing Ottumwa, Iowa (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:101 Vogel Place.jpeg|thumb|Vogel Place Historic District]]
[[File:Hotel Ottumwa, Ottumwa, Iowa.JPG|thumb|Hotel Ottumwa]]
[[File:Ottumwa Public Library.JPG|thumb|Ottumwa Public Carnegie Library]]

===Historic districts===
* [[Historic Railroad District]]
* [[Fifth Street Bluff Historic District]]
* [[Ottumwa Cemetery]]
* [[Court Hill Historic District]]
* [[Vogel Place Historic District]]
* [[North Fellows Historic District]]

===Historic structures===
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* [[First National Bank (Ottumwa, Iowa)|First National Bank Building 1915]]
* [[Hotel Ottumwa]]
* Hoffman Building
* [[Benson Building (Ottumwa, Iowa)|Benson Building 1930]]
* [[B'nai Jacob Synagogue (Ottumwa, Iowa)|B'nai Jacob Synagogue]]
* [[Foster/Bell House]]
* [[Trinity Episcopal Church (Ottumwa, Iowa)|Trinity Episcopal Church]]
* [[Benson Block]]
* [[Ottumwa (Amtrak station)|Burlington Depot]]
* [[J.W. Garner Building]]
* [[Jay Funeral Home]]
* [[Jefferson Street Viaduct]]
* [[Ottumwa Public Library]]
* [[St. Mary of the Visitation Catholic Church (Ottumwa, Iowa)|St. Mary of the Visitation Catholic Church]]
* [[Ottumwa City Hall]]
* [[Wapello County Courthouse]]
* [[Ottumwa Young Women's Christian Association]]
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===Video Games===
[[Twin Galaxies]], a social media platform, is located in Ottumwa.  For this reason, Ottumwa's mayor proclaimed the city the "Video Game Capital of the World" in 1982.<ref name=VC>{{cite web |last = Kalning | first= Kristin|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/30588831 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007143205/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/30588831/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2015 |title=Ottumwa, video game capital of the world? - On the Level- NBC News | date= May 6, 2009|publisher=NBC News |access-date=June 14, 2010 }}</ref> The city's proclamation was recognized by U.S. Senator [[Charles Grassley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=18&id=1384 |title=Congratulations on becoming "Video Game Capital" | publisher=www.twingalaxies.com |access-date=June 14, 2010}}</ref> The city hosted the first North American Video Olympics in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.twingalaxies.com/images/generalinfo/navgo.gif |title=1982 North American Video Game Olympics program cover (GIF Image, 370x574 pixels) |publisher=www.twingalaxies.com |access-date=June 14, 2010 }}</ref> In 2009,  an [[International Video Game Hall of Fame]] was planned.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}