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717 Sixth Avenue NW

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717 Sixth Avenue NW Photo of wrap around porch by Kevin Kuhn

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716 Sixth Avenue NW

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716 Sixth Avenue NW Photo of wrap around porch by Kevin Kuhn

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608 Seventh Avenue NW

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608 Seventh Avenue NW Photo of front porch by Kevin Kuhn

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411 Second Street NW

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411 Second Street NW Front porch photo by Kevin Kuhn  

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

318 Fifth Avenue NW

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318 Fifth Avenue NW L-shape porch photo by Kevin Kuhn

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312 First Street East

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312 First Street East Front porch photo by Kevin Kuhn

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Lincoln Highway, Mount Vernon, Porch

209 Seventh Avenue NW

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209 Seventh Avenue NW Wrap around porch. Photo by Kevin Kuhn

Categories Ash Park District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ash Park Historic District, Mount Vernon, Porch

616 Seventh Avenue NW

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616 Seventh Avenue NW Front porch with columns. Photo by Kevin Kuhn

Categories Ash Park District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ash Park Historic District, Mount Vernon, Porch

301 Fifth Avenue NW

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301 Fifth Avenue NW Wrap around front porch with columns. Photo by Kevin Kuhn

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218 Second Street SE

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218 Second Street SE Side porch. Photo by Kevin Kuhn

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Fourth Avenue SW

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Fourth Avenue SW Family porch. Photo by Kevin Kuhn

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615 Third Avenue NW

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615 Third Avenue NW Double porch. Photo by Kevin Kuhn

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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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