Palisades-Kepler State Park Archives - Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

Postcard addressed to Mr. James Nixon dated March 7, 1914

Postcard addressed to Mr. James Nixon

Postcard of Cedar River at Palisades Kepler State Park addressed to Mr. James Nixon dated … Read more …

Postcard of Cedar River at Palisades Kepler State Park @1914

Postcard of Cedar River at Palisades

Postcard of Cedar River at Palisades Kepler State Park @1914

The Lodge

Photo of the Lodge in the Palisades postcard

@1943-44. The Lodge. Palisades State Park. Mt. Vernon, Iowa.

Palisades Dam

Photo of Palisades Dam postcard

@1943-44. The Dam. Palisades State Park. Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Postcard.

Palisades State Park

Photo of back of Palisades State Park Postcard

@October 3, 1931. Written October 3, stamped October 5th. Palisades State Park. Postcard. “Am having … Read more …

Palisades State Park

Photo of Palisades State Park Postcard

@ October 1931. Palisades State Park. Mount Vernon, Iowa.

Spring Hollow

photo of Spring Hollow

Cedar River in the Palisades

High Water in Palisades-Kepler State Park

photo of High Water in Palisades-Kepler State Park

Date @1915

Lower Palisades

photo of Flat Rock Residence at Lower Palisades

Flat Rock Residence at Lower Palisades

Unidentified Art – Mixed Media

photo of Unidentified Art - Mixed Media

Black and white photo, coloring over it Upper Palisades near the Ivanhoe bridge Date @1906

Cedar River in the Palisades

photo of Cedar River in the Palisades

Palisades – Big bend Date @1910

Screeching Sands, Lower Palisades

photo of Screeching Sands, Lower Palisades

2282 C. U. Williams

Cover for Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

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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