New Loeb Building

Historical marker location:

2 Washington Avenue East, Albia, Iowa

( Marker is at the intersection of Washington Avenue East and South Clinton Street, on the right when traveling east on Washington Avenue East.)

In 1917, a German submarine sank the SS Housatonic, a U.S. freighter carrying food and supplies to Europe during World War I, off the coast of South Carolina. Among the crew members who went down with the ship was an Iowa native named Herbert C. Jones, who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the sinking.