Family Archives - Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

Unidentified Family Portrait

photo of Unidentified Family Portrait

Unidentified Family Photo

photo of Unidentified Family Photo

Unidentified Women with Children

photo of Unidentified Women with Children

2 unidentified women with infants. Note baby carriage, hair and dress styles Date @1900-10

Family Gathering at Palisades-Kepler State Park

photo of Family Gathering at Palisades-Kepler State Park

A family gathering at the home of Charles Kepler in Palisades-Kepler State Park.

Child with Cats

photo of Child with Cats

Photo of a child sitting with cats on grass. Clothing style around 1915 Date @1915

Family Reunion

photo of Family Reunion

Could be at a farm home – family reunion? Date @1915

Family Fishing

photo of Family Fishing

Father and son fishing. Their identity and location is still unknown.

Unidentified Group

photo of Unidentified Group-1920

early automobile – cloth sides Date @1920

Unidentified Children

photo of Unidentified Children

Five children dressed for play or field work

Unidentified Women

photo of Unidentified Women-1915

Is this a mother and two daughters? Date @1915

Unidentified Couple

photo of Unidentified Couple

Is this another picture of same couple with another couple? Date @1915

Unidentified Family

photo of Unidentified Family-1915

Is this the Mt Vernon area? Date @1915

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Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

6 days ago

The MVHPC just learned that on November 15, 2022 Mount Vernon's Visitors Center was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a Contributing Resource to the Cornell College Historic District. We are grateful to Jennifer of Price Preservation Research in Coralville and to the Commission's annual budget from the City of Mount Vernon that was sufficient for us to complete this project.The Wolfe Brothers Medical Office building was constructed in 1912 (on the current location of Mount Vernon Bank) as the office for doctors and brothers Thomas L (1871-1951) and John D. Wolfe (1867-1921). The Wolfe Brothers were local entrepreneurs and community leaders who built 3 other buildings in Mount Vernon. After 55 years as a medical office, the building served as a law office for Thomas's son Richard B. and Richard's son Douglas D. Wolfe. In 1990, the Wolfe family donated the building to Mount Vernon as a community building and Mount Vernon Bank and Trust paid for it to be moved to its current location in Memorial Park.Today this Classical Revival building serves as the Mount Vernon Visitors Center and the office of the Director of the Community Development Group (CDG). In granting Contributing status, the National Trust for Historic Preservation acknowledges this building's significance to the community and its architectural integrity. ... See MoreSee Less

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Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

2 weeks ago

We just received information about the builder of this lovely 4-Square house in Mount Vernon's Ash Park Historic District from a descendant who lives in Cedar Rapids. The house was built in 1912 by Joshua Emmert Lahman, who died later that year. Three generations of Lahman's lived in the house prior to the time that Martha Florence Lahman died in 1974. Joshua Lahman was a carpenter by trade who started his own company when he moved to Mount Vernon. His great, great, great grand nephew reports that Joshua built every railroad bridge in eastern Iowa from the Mississippi to Des Moines. ... See MoreSee Less

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Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

3 weeks ago

The Augustus and Elizabeth (Huntsburger) Bauman house at 601 1st Ave (Hwy 1) was one of 11 brick houses added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. Built of locally manufactured soft brick and locally quarried limestone, the 1854 Early Republic style house is typical of the Military Road era of Mount Vernon. The Baumans were both born in Lancaster Pa, and Mr. Bauman went on to flourish in his mercantile and real estate endeavors. Bauman's Addition to Mount Vernon was platted in 1857. ... See MoreSee Less

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