Editing West Branch, Iowa (section)

==Arts and culture==
===Museums===
[[Image:West-branch gruwell-crew.jpg|right|thumb|upright|[[Gruwell and Crew General Store]]]]
[[Image:Jesse Hoover blacksmith shop.jpg|thumb|Reconstructed Jesse Hoover blacksmith shop]]

West Branch is home to the [[Herbert Hoover National Historical Site]], run by the [[National Park Service]] and [[Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum]], run by the [[National Archives and Records Administration]].  The library holds the documentary legacy of [[Rose Wilder Lane]] and her mother, [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]].

===Landmarks===
The [[Gruwell and Crew General Store]] is listed on the [[NRHP Iowa|National Register of Historic Places]]. It was named as one of the most endangered historic properties in Iowa by the [[Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance]] in 2008.<ref name=PI>{{cite web|url=http://www.preservationiowa.org/programs/endangeredItem.php?id=223&year=2008|title=Gruwell and Crew General Store|publisher=Preservation Iowa|access-date=2011-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322203452/http://www.preservationiowa.org/programs/endangeredItem.php?id=223&year=2008|archive-date=2012-03-22|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Butch Pedersen Field, formerly known as Oliphant Street Field, the playing field for the West Branch High School football team, is situated just northwest of downtown.  Colloquially known as "the Little Rose Bowl", it was constructed by the [[Works Progress Administration]] by excavating a sloped field, yielding a playing field with natural seating on three sides.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}