Corner of 7th Street and 8th Avenue NW
Corner of 7th Street and 8th Avenue NW is known as the Reuben Ash house. … 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.
Corner of 7th Street and 8th Avenue NW is known as the Reuben Ash house. … Read more …
603 6th Street NW is known as the Freer house and it dates from 1901. … Read more …
College Hall at Cornell College Henry Albright was a trustee of Cornell College and when … Read more …
600 First Avenue South. Pease Home. Photo 2017 This home was built for Dr. Pease … Read more …
112 Second Avenue NW. Ada Sherwood Home. Photo 2017 Ada Sherwood was the daughter of … Read more …
Bauman Home at 601 First Avenue South. This house dates 1853, and was built some … Read more …
125 First Street. Ink Store. Photo 2017 This was the first brick building on the … Read more …
Original structure built as the first Methodist Church in Mt Vernon — sold to school … Read more …
413 Third Street SW. Presbyterian Church. Photo 2017 Although built as a church in 1859 … Read more …