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People Awaiting Train

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The north face of the 1902 railroad depot. Passengers awaiting arrive of the train — … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, Welcome Page Slider, Who am I?, Women

Mount Vernon Bank & Trust Company

photo of Mount Vernon Bank & Trust Company

Mount Vernon Bank

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

Cornell College Football Team

photo of Cornell College Football Team

Cornell College football team. Note: size and shape of the football and lack of pads … Read more …

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Sports, Welcome Page Slider, Where is this?, Who am I?

Two Unidentified Women and a Man at the Cornell Sundial

photo of Two Unidentified Women and a Man at the Cornell Sundial

Spear Memorial Fountain

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Students, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Spear Memorial Fountain, Welcome Page Slider, When is this?, Women

1st Street looking West

photo of 1st Street looking West

Board sidewalk, fenced yards and dirt street looking west. Date @1910

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

Cornell Band

photo of Cornell Band

East side of King Chapel. return for yearbook search & better dating Date @1910

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Faculty, Cornell Students, Fashion, King Chapel, Men, Mount Vernon, Welcome Page Slider, Who am I?

President William Fletcher King

photo of President William Fletcher King

In front of Alumni Gymn (McWethy Art)– last building under King just before he retired … Read more …

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Alumni Gym, Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Faculty, Fashion, Men, Mount Vernon, Welcome Page Slider

King Chapel

photo of King Chapel-1960

King Chapel on Cornell College campus. Date @1960

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

Lytle House

photo of Lytle House

Note: Board sidewalk, bay window on Lytle House Date @1910

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Home Life, House, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, Welcome Page Slider

Bowman-Carter Hall

photo of Bowman-Carter Hall

Note Solarium off Parlor – removed in 1940s and replaced by dining hall

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Bowman-Carter Hall, Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Welcome Page Slider, When is this?

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

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
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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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