Lincoln Highway Archives - Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

312 First Street East

312 First Street East Front porch photo by Kevin Kuhn

320 First Street East

320 First Street East Enclosed porch. Photo by Kevin Kuhn

300 First Street East

300 First Street East Porch columns. Photo taken by Kevin Kuhn.

210 First Street East

210 First Street East Column wrap around porch. Photo taken by Kevin Kuhn

Donald Brackett Siggins

Donald Brackett Siggins water superintendent for Mount Vernon driving the city truck.

819 Lisbon Road NE

819 Lisbon Road NE was built by Guy Siggins. The house remains in the original … Read more …

Where do we go from here: A historical look at transportation in Mt. Vernon

by Jon Stoner October 23, 2000 3rd period U.S. History Introduction I decided to do … Read more …

Train Under Old Lincoln Highway Bridge

Train under Old Lincoln Highway Bridge. Photograph by Bob Campagna, 1978.

Randall’s Tap

Store on main street 103 1st St E, Mt Vernon, IA 52314

The MVHPC partnered with the Linn County Historic Preservation Commission and the Mount Vernon Lisbon Community Development Group on the placement of two new informational kiosks about the history of the Lincoln Hwy in Lisbon and Mount Vernon. There was a commemoration at the Kiosk in Lisbon on Oct. 6 with a poem created for the event by Poet Laureate Amanda Kibbie. The MV Kiosk is located in Prairie Park next to the Cornell football field. The MV kiosk faces one of the last remaining brick portions of the Lincoln Hwy and is near the 10th Avenue Overpass. The overpass was built in approximately 1910 as a part of the Lincoln Hwy. Credit to Steven Ciha of the LCHPC for images. ... See MoreSee Less

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Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

2 years ago

UPDATE!!! Thanks to Jay and Arlie Willems, the circa 1910 glass negatives are now in the Mount Vernon Archives. We are grateful to Arlie and Jay for transporting the negatives and to Joe Burkart of Crestview Florida for donating them.Photo collectors in Crestview Florida have glass plate negatives of a photographer named Hodson who worked in and around Mount Vernon in 1910. The collectors have offered the negatives to the MVHPC. The plates are fragile and very heavy, so shipping them is not a good option. Is anyone planning to travel by car to Florida anytime in the next year and willing pick up these negatives in the panhandle of the state? If so, please send a message on this site to the site administrator. ... See MoreSee Less

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2 years ago

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Lincoln Highway

312 First Street East

320 First Street East

300 First Street East

210 First Street East

Donald Brackett Siggins

819 Lisbon Road NE

Where do we go from here: A historical look at transportation in Mt. Vernon

Train Under Old Lincoln Highway Bridge

Photo of Main Street

Randall’s Tap

Main Street

Main Street

Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission