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Neff

100 First Street East-Inside Neff Furniture Store (circa 1909)

Photo of the inside of Neff Furniture Store, circa 1909

Inside Neff Furniture Store when it stood at 100 1st St. E. Pictured are C.W. … Read more …

Categories Commercial District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Commercial Historic District, Mount Vernon, Neff

1865 Letter to Anna Brackett from Mattie Carpenter

Photo of Letter to Anna Brackett from Mattie Carpenter 1865
Categories Personal Papers Tags Brackett, Brackett House, Mount Vernon, Neff

Letter from C.W. Neff to Wife Nellie

Photo of Letter from C.W. Neff to Wife Nellie
Categories Personal Papers Tags Mount Vernon, Neff

1950s Letter from Nellie Neff to Dorothy and Roy Johnson

Photo of 1950s Letter from Nellie Neff to Dorothy and Roy Johnson
Categories Personal Papers Tags Mount Vernon, Neff

Old Myron Neff House

Old Myron Neff House

Old Myron Neff House Newspaper article reads: This home just west of the City Hall … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Mount Vernon, Neff

Letter from Anna Neff to C.W. Neff 1893

Photo of Letter from Anna Neff to C.W. Neff

Letter from Anna Neff to C.W. Neff 1893

Categories Personal Papers Tags Brackett, Brackett House, Neff

M.K. Neff Civil War Writings

Photo of M.K. Neff Civil War Writings: Page 1
Categories Personal Papers Tags Mount Vernon, Neff

Dorothy Neff Johnson

Photo of Dorothy Neff Johnson

Dorothy Neff Johnson was born September 19th, 1900 in Mount Vernon to C.W. and Nellie … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Holiday House, Mount Vernon, Neff

Alta, Myron, and Dorothy Neff

Photo of Alta, Myron, & Dorothy Neff 1906

Alta, Myron, and Dorothy Neff, children of C.W. and Nellie Neff. Taken in 1906.

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Mount Vernon, Neff

Alta and Dorothy Neff, Vera and Clare Yount, 1907

Photo of Alta and Dorothy Neff, Vera and Clare Yount, 1907

Pictured are Alta and Dorothy Neff, daughters of C.W. and Nellie Neff, and their cousins, … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Neff

Myron Neff and Family

Photo of Myron, Fred, Howard & Howard Jr. Neff

Pictured are four generations of Neffs: Myron (left), his son Fred (right), Fred’s son Howard … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Mount Vernon, Neff

Bill and Nellie Neff

Photo of Charles and Nellie Neff

Charles William Neff was born August 2nd, 1873 to Myron and Anna Neff. He was … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Mount Vernon, Neff
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2 years ago

Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission
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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2 years ago

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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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Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission updated their status.

2 years ago

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