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United Methodist Church

Methodist Church

Photo of Methodist Church

Methodist Church Donated by Marcia Humphries Driscoll and Cathy Humphries Stoner

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

Brick Church and Parsonage

photo of Brick Church and Parsonage

Originally constructed in 1860. Brick church and parsonage were replaced in 1900 by current stone … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negative, United Methodist Church, When is this?

Methodist Church

photo of Methodist Church

Photograph of the interior of the Methodist Church. Note the extensive stencil patterns on ceiling … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, United Methodist Church

First Methodist Church

photo of First Methodist Church-1920

School is modified former Methodist Church. This structure town down in early 1920s for the … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, United Methodist Church

First High School

photo of First High School

See history tags on other pictures of this structure for fuller text. Modified building that … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, United Methodist Church

United Methodist Church

photo of United Methodist Church-1864

Original Methodist “Brick Church” which was torn down and used on the inside of the … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negative, Main Street, Mount Vernon, United Methodist Church

United Methodist Church

photo of United Methodist Church

304 1st St. W, Mt. Vernon, Iowa 52314

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Mount Vernon, United Methodist Church, When is this?

Constructing The United Methodist Church

photo of Constructing The United Methodist Church

Photo showing the early construction of the east side of Methodist Church Stone City limestone. … Read more …

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, United Methodist Church

First Methodist Church

photo of First Methodist Church-1915

Original structure built at the first Methodist Church in Mt Vernon — sold to school … Read more …

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, United Methodist Church, Welcome Page Slider

United Methodist Church

photo of United Methodist Church

Third Methodist Church in the city and second church on this site. Second church was … Read more …

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, United Methodist Church, When is this?

United Methodist Church

photo of United Methodist Church

Methodist church on main street. Date @1950

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, United Methodist Church, Welcome Page Slider

First Methodist Church

photo of First Methodist Church

Site of the first Methodist church in the city. Sold in the 1850s and enlarged … Read more …

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, United Methodist Church

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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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