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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DPO_68-court-avenue_Winterset-IA.html
This building was a hardware store in 1886. In the early 1900s H. N. Shaw moved his dry goods store from the west side of the square to this site. From 1931 to 1997 the J. C. Penney department store was in business here. An advertisement that r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DPG_70-72-74-court-avenue_Winterset-IA.html
This building is constructed of locally made soft bricks and originally housed three separate businesses. The east section was home to a variety of grocery stores, a jewelry store, a Skelgas appliance store, and a plumbing and heating business. In…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DOC_carnegie-building_Winterset-IA.html
Built in 1903 and used as the Public Library from 1905 to 2001 Renovated in 2002 and reopened as City Hall in 2003 In MemoriamDr. Charles D. BevingtonBorn January 13, 1826 Died November 13, 1903Resident of Winterset since 1853The site for th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DO4_101-north-john-wayne-drive_Winterset-IA.html
In the early 1850's this was the site of Winterset's first hotel. Berger's Hotel was a story-and-a-half log cabin that soon became a stagecoach stop. Later known as the Bare Block, this building has had many businesses: several grocery stores, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DO1_103-north-john-wayne-drive_Winterset-IA.html
This is one of the few one-story buildings around the square. Uses of this building include a grocery store, a confectionary, restaurants, including the Club Cafe, a health food and gift shop. For many years there was a bus stop on this end of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DNZ_105-north-john-wayne-drive_Winterset-IA.html
Businesses in this building have included dry goods, boots and shoes, millinery, appliances, and health foods. At one time the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service had offices upstairs. A Sears Catalog Store operated here…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DNW_107-john-wayne-drive_Winterset-IA.html
In the early 1870s the City Bakery operated here in a wooden structure. This brick building was used by farm implement dealers in the late 1800s. In 1907 it was a grocery/meat market, and motion pictures were shown here in 1916. By the 1930s Mr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DKJ_109-john-wayne-drive_Winterset-IA.html
1n 1886 there was a restaurant in the north side of the original building and a harness shop in the south side. A dry goods store in the north side and a jewelry store in the south side occupied the double store building in 1899. The Evening Star …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DKI_113-john-wayne-drive_Winterset-IA.html
Uses of this building include a bakery*, a harness shop, a grocery, a pool hall, a Coast to Coast store, and a law office. The double store front was replaced after this building suffered fire damage in 1968. *As with many bakeries of the ti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DKH_115-john-wayne-drive_Winterset-IA.html
This building's uses have included a boot and shoe shop, a meat market, a second hand furniture store, a dry cleaner, a Coast to Coast store, restaurants, a fitness center, and a quilt supply mail-order business. In 1886 a shoemaker had a shop …
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