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Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

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617 7th Avenue NW

Photo of house at 617 7th Ave NW

617 7th Avenue NW is known as the Chaffee house. It was built in 1895. … Read more …

Categories Ash Park District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ash Park Historic District, Mount Vernon, Welcome Page Slider

Brackett House

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Brackett House.  Photo taken 2017.

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Mount Vernon, Welcome Page Slider

Platner House

Photo of Platner House at First Street and Eighth Avenue NW

Platner House. Corner of First Street SW and Eighth Avenue SW. Photo 2017.

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Platner House, Welcome Page Slider

College Hall

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College Hall at Cornell College Henry Albright was a trustee of Cornell College and when … Read more …

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags College Hall, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Welcome Page Slider

Knott Home

Photo of house at 417 A Ave SE

417 A Avenue SE. Knott Home. Photo 2017 This home was built for one of … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Knott Home, Mount Vernon, Welcome Page Slider

Bauman Home

Photo of Bauman Home at 601 First Avenue South

Bauman Home at 601 First Avenue South.  This house dates 1853, and was built some … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Bauman House, Mount Vernon, Welcome Page Slider

Bauman & Co.

photo of Bauman & Co.

On main street

Categories Commercial District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Commercial Historic District, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, Welcome Page Slider, When is this?

Mount Vernon Home

photo of Mount Vernon Home-2008

Almost perfect preservation –resent multi-color painting and rehabilitation – wrap around porch and upper ornate … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Home Life, Mount Vernon, Welcome Page Slider

Historic Kepler Home

photo of Historic Kepler Home

Home of Capt Charles Kepler (Civil War hero, Attorney, Mayor, State Legislator 2nd Street So … Read more …

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Tourist Home

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For many years known as the Mount Vernon Hotel or Tourist Home (on Lincoln Highway; … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Home Life, Mount Vernon, Welcome Page Slider

Funeral Procession

photo of Funeral Procession-1900

Note: Board sidewalks, animal watering tank in middle of Hi Way #1 and Main Street. … Read more …

Categories Commercial District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Children, Fashion, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Men, Mount Vernon, Welcome Page Slider, Who am I?, Women

Ford Model A

photo of Ford Model A

The ten millionth of the Ford Model “A”. Cross country tour of restored automobile in … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Fashion, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Men, Mount Vernon, The New Age, Welcome Page Slider, Who am I?
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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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