106-108 First Street W
106-108 First Street W. Photographed January 2018. On December 16, 1996, the original 1860 building … Read more …
Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission
Exploring the Stories and History of Mount Vernon, Iowa

Here you will find the Commission’s extensive collection of photographs. Perhaps you are searching for pictures of previous year’s Chalk the Walk festival or wondering what the inside of the old Neff Furniture Store used to look like. Maybe you’re just here to browse. Whatever the reasons, just know that these photos capture the spirit of Mount Vernon.
106-108 First Street W. Photographed January 2018. On December 16, 1996, the original 1860 building … Read more …
114 First Street W, Fourth Wolf Brothers Building, 1894. Photographed January 2018.
118 First Street W, Clark & Hayzlett Block built in 1869 after an 1867 fire … Read more …
South side of First Street W. Photographed 1990 by Barbara Beving Long.
South side of First Street W. Photographed 1990 by Barbara Beving Long.
101-103 First Street E. Photographed 1990 by Barbara Beving Long.
North side of First Street W. Photographed 1990 by Barbara Beving Long.
North side of First Street W looking East. Photographed 1990 by Barbara Beving Long.
101-103 First Street E, Wolf-Ellison Block was constructed in 1894 following the fire of 1893.
100 First Street W, W. E. Platner Hardware Store and Tin Shop built originally as … Read more …