Neff Archives - Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

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 …

1865 Letter to Anna Brackett from Mattie Carpenter

Photo of Letter to Anna Brackett from Mattie Carpenter 1865

Letter from C.W. Neff to Wife Nellie

Photo of Letter from C.W. Neff to Wife Nellie

1950s Letter from Nellie Neff to Dorothy and Roy Johnson

Photo of 1950s Letter from Nellie Neff to Dorothy and Roy Johnson

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 …

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

M.K. Neff Civil War Writings

Photo of M.K. Neff Civil War Writings: Page 1

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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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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