House Archives - Page 2 of 5 - Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

Historic Kepler Home

Home of Capt Charles Kepler (Civil War hero, Attorney, Mayor, State Legislator 2nd Street So … Read more …

House Detail

Gable with fishscale and paladin windows 209 Second Avenue NW Date @1980

Mount Vernon House

House added on to on the south (2 floor) in 1986-87; Large addition added to … Read more …

Mount Vernon House

House to right owned by Rep David Loebsack when elected to Congress. Corner of 3rd … Read more …

Mount Vernon House

Is this the Albright/Ebersole house at 1st St W and 3rd Ave SW? (east wing … Read more …

Mount Vernon House

Location 419 N. and St NW – built @1890s Porch removed and large addition at … Read more …

Cornell Housing

Long demolished. Probably on the corner of 3rd St SW and 4th St SW. Operated … Read more …

The Thomas House

Known as the DeBray or Thomas House. Used as a rooming home for generations of … Read more …

Student Housing

Old student rooming house (women) Porch restored; house built @ 1900 Date @1996

Boyd House

Photo of Boyd House by Robyn Dochterman, published in The Cornellian, Feb 15, 1982. Several … Read more …

Mount Vernon House

Photograph of 503 2nd Street N.W. Large house divided and east connection removed. The north … Read more …

Mount Vernon House

Residence at 324 S. 3rd Street SW. Student Rooming house

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Gone but not Forgotten!According to The Centennial History of Mount Vernon Iowa "A mass meeting of citizens in 1902 decided that a new hotel was a most compelling need. Traffic along the Lincoln Highway was increasing, and it was felt that Mount Vernon should bid for patronage of the traveling public. A stock company was at once organized ; shares selling at $100 each." The Altoona Hotel was built on the current site of the Mount Vernon Visitors Center and was opened to guests in 1903. As transportation to Cedar Rapids was more easily available, Altoona Hotel/Hall took on different functions, including as an Army barracks in WWI and housing for Cornell students later. Altoona Hall was demolished in 1985. ... See MoreSee Less

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The Dr Luther L. and Susette E. (Baker) Pease house was built in the 1850s and resides at 600 1st Ave SE, which was known as "The Military Road." The house was added to the National Register in 2020. This house was built of locally manufactured brick by Henry and/or Albright. The lower front windows actually open as doorways. The original house had distinctive U-shaped brick corbels throughout. Only one such corbel still exists. A less ornate addition was added in 1866. Dr Luther L Pease was born in Massachusetts and moved to Ft Dodge in 1854, where he practiced medicine and served prominently in the City and County. Susette E. Baker Pease was born in New York. They married in 1861. During a run for State Senate in 1859, Dr. Pease was accused by the Ft Dodge Democratic newspaper of being an "out-and-out Abolitionist who desires the colored race placed on an equality with the white man." Luther and Susette moved to Mt Vernon in Late 1869 where they purchased a lot in Saxby's 2nd Addition to Mount Vernon. Shortly after they arrived, Luther was appointed as postmaster, and later as head of a "full ticket of prohibition temperance" the town elected Luther to be the City's first mayor. ... See MoreSee Less

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