Newsletters & Articles

Below is a PDF document version of the Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission’s newsletter for … Read more …

One of the most important architectural features on a historic building is its original windows. … Read more …

Here is a PDF document version of the MVHPC’s newsletter for September, 2019.

The MVHPC’s 2019 summer intern, Addie Pacha, discovered newspaper articles, a photo album and brochures about Mount Vernon’s Olde World Faire.  The following is a summary of the event from those archived documents.

Mount Vernon residents and visitors were once transported back in time to a celebration of Europe’s Middle Ages.  The Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee with a matching grant from the Iowa Humanities Board sponsored an Olde World Faire.