114 North First Avenue

114 North First Avenue (HM1DRF)

Location: Winterset, IA 50273 Madison County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 20.101', W 94° 0.882'

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c.1865

Over the years, this building has housed several businesses including "furnishing goods," a tailor shop, a piano store, a jewelry store, a bank, and an abstract office.

In 1864, the post office was in a wooden structure on this lot.

For many years in the late 1800's, The Winterset Madisonian newspaper office was on the second floor. Access to the second floor was gained from an outside stairway on the south side of the building. The stairway differed from most outside stairways in that it rose from both the front and the back of the building to a landing at the outside door on the second floor. In 1896 a gasoline engine powering the printing press exploded and caused a fire.

1999 Sesquicentennial Project
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HM NumberHM1DRF
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Year Placed1999
Placed ByMadison County Antique Association and Central Iowa Tourism Region
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 at 1:20pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 415095 N 4576444
Decimal Degrees41.33501667, -94.01470000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 20.101', W 94° 0.882'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 20' 6.06" N, 94° 0' 52.92" W
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Area Code(s)515, 641
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 124 N 1st Ave, Winterset IA 50273, US
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