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Postcard

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 …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cedar River, Palisades-Kepler State Park, Postcard

The Chapel

Photo of The Chapel postcard

@1943-44. The Chapel. Cornell College. Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Postcard.

Categories Cornell College District - Photos Tags Cornell College, King Chapel, Mount Vernon, Postcard

Presbyterian Church

Photo of Presbyterian Church postcard

@1943-44. Presbyterian Church. Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Postcard.

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Mount Vernon, Postcard, Presbyterian Church

Rood Hall

Photo of Rood Hall postcard

@1943-44. Rood Hall. Cornell College. Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Postcard.

Categories Cornell College District - Photos Tags Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Postcard, Rood House

The Lodge

Photo of the Lodge in the Palisades postcard

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

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Mount Vernon, Palisades-Kepler State Park, Postcard

Methodist Church

Photo of Methodist Church postcard

@1943-44. Methodist Church. Mount Vernon, Iowa. Postcard.

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Methodist Church, Mount Vernon, Postcard

Palisades Dam

Photo of Palisades Dam postcard

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

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Mount Vernon, Palisades-Kepler State Park, Postcard

Pheiffer Hall

Photo of Pheiffer Hall postcard

@1943-44. Pheiffer Hall Cornell College. Postcard.

Categories Cornell College District - Photos Tags Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Postcard

Club House

Photo of a postcard of the Club House in the Palisades

@1943-44. River Front Entrance to Club House on Cedar River Bluffs. Mt. Vernon, IA. Postcard.

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Mount Vernon, Palisades Country Club, Postcard

Main Street

Photo of Main Street Postcard

@1943-44. Main Street. Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Postcard.

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Main Street, Mount Vernon, Postcard

Library

Photo of Library postcard

@1943-44. Library Cornell College. Mt. Vernon Iowa. Now Norton Geology building.

Categories Cornell College District - Photos Tags Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Norton Geology Center and Anderson Museum, Postcard

Law Hall

Photo of Law Hall postcard

@1943-44. Law Memorial Hall. Cornell College. Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Postcard.

Categories Cornell College District - Photos Tags Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Postcard
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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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