MUSEUMS OF STORY CITY
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    • Story City Historical Society
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  • Museums
    • Story City Museum
    • Sheldall Schoolhouse
    • Bartlett House Museum
    • Carriage House Museum
  • Events
  • Exhibits
    • Dr. Frances Bartlett Kinne
    • Story City Century Homes & Buildings >
      • Century Buildings
      • Century Homes
      • Brochure & Map
    • Sheldall Schoolhouse >
      • A Day in the Sheldall Schoolhouse
      • Sheldall School Students
      • Sheldall School Teachers
      • Life After Sheldall Schoolhouse
      • Sheldall Schoolhouse Video
    • Woodland Farms >
      • Hermanson Origins
      • Women of Woodland Farms
      • Woodland Diary
      • Woodland Turkey Growers
      • Woodland Farms International
      • Woodland Farms & Story City
    • WWI Gold Star Soldiers >
      • Clifford Cate
      • Milton Goins
      • Hans Abrahamson
      • Peterson & Wier
      • Boyd & Larson
      • Christian Karlsen
      • Clarence Olson
      • Peter Swenson Bratteland
      • Kornelius Tvedt
    • Story City in WWII
    • Downtown Business Project
  • Virtual Exhibits
  • Membership
  • Contact Us & Hours
  • News & Updates
  • Gift Shop
  • Annual Fund
MUSEUMS OF STORY CITY

513 Penn Ave

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The brick building at this location was built in 1917 by Amiel Mathison. Before 1917, the lot contained an old feed shed and a couple of other frame buildings that were torn down. 

Mathison Motor Co.
​ (1917-1923)

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Story City Herald Articles
February 8, 1917
July 12, 1917
July 12, 1917
November 29, 1917
December 6, 1917
April 18, 1918
January 16, 1919
April 3, 1919
January 8, 1920
January 6, 1921
June 29, 1922
August 3, 1922
April 19, 1923
August 23, 1923

Donhowe Motor Co. 
(1923-1929)

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​Story City Herald Articles
August 23, 1923
September 6, 1923
October 18, 1923
January 3, 1924
June 11, 1925
February 18, 1926
December 1, 1927
March 8, 1928
January 10, 1929
August 15, 1929
October 3, 1929
October 24, 1929

JOhn Hill Motor Co. 
(1929-1933)

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​Story City Herald Articles
October 31, 1929
November 7, 1929
February 6, 1930
June 11, 1931
October 8, 1931
March 24, 1932
October 27, 1932

The Electric Shop
(1932-1933)

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​Story City Herald Articles
July 7, 1932

Bergendahl's Garage
(1933-1935)

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Story City Herald Articles
January 5, 1933
January 19, 1933
November 9, 1933
NOvember 16, 1933

Story City Auto Co. 
​(1935-1951)

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Story City Herald Articles
February 28, 1935
February 28, 1935
October 31, 1935
October 29, 1936
April 1, 1937
December 8, 1938
January 19, 1939
September 19, 1940
September 25, 1941
December 25, 1941
June 18, 1942
December 23, 1943
February 24, 1944
October 25, 1945
October 25, 1945
November 1, 1945
January 10, 1946
February 14, 1946
February 13, 1947
May 15, 1947
January 15, 1948
July 8, 1948
February 10, 1949
February 24, 1949
July 28, 1949
February 2, 1950
February 16, 1950
January 11, 1951
February 1, 1951

Munsen Chevrolet Buick 
(1951-1998)

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Photo from the Story City Herald on September 27, 1978.
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Photo from the 1965 Story City High School Yearbook.
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Doug & Don Munsen, and Dee Sanderson. June 1, 1994
Dick Munsen, right, shows Bob Sweet the inside of a new car. October 2, 1968
Don, Serral, and Dick. October 6, 1960
September 27, 1978
(from left) Serral, Don, Dick, and Embert Munsen. September 27, 1978
May 10, 1989
Story City Herald Articles
June 7, 1951
November 29, 1951
December 4, 1952
January 8, 1953
February 11, 1954
May 13, 1954
June 23, 1955
October 18, 1956
December 12, 1957
October 16, 1958
October 1, 1959
January 21, 1960
October 6, 1960
February 23, 1961
July 5, 1962
January 24, 1963
January 16, 1964
January 14, 1965
January 12, 1966
January 25, 1967
September 25, 1968
September 30, 1970
September 15, 1971
September 20, 1972
April 25, 1973
October 8, 1975
October 12, 1977
September 27, 1978
October 25, 1978
June 13, 1979
August 20, 1980
September 23, 1981
March 10, 1982
February 16, 1983
December 19, 1984
February 20, 1985
January 22, 1986
April 22, 1987
May 11, 1988
May 10, 1989
May 10, 1989
September 19, 1990
October 30, 1991
September 23, 1992
July 21, 1993
January 12, 1994
February 15, 1995
February 14, 1996
May 7, 1997
April 8, 1998
July 15, 1998
September 23, 1998

Munsen Body shop
(1994-1998)

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Story City Herald Articles
August 17, 1994
December 13, 1995
January 10, 1996
February 14, 1996
March 13, 1996
December 24, 1997
April 8, 1998

KNK Home Resort Distributors
(1999-2001)

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Lynn and Jeff Knutson. Photo from the Story City Herald on December 15, 1999.
Story City Herald Articles
October 27, 1999
December 15, 1999

MSdirected & Unexpected
(2002-2002)

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Story City Herald Articles
May 29, 2002
July 3, 2002
September 11, 2002

BUSINESS
(DATES)

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Story City Herald Articles

Precision Restoration & Paint
(2007-2008)

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Story City Herald Articles
November 28, 2007
December 12, 2007
April 30, 2008

Wheeler NAPA Auto Supply
(2010-present)

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Story City Herald Articles
April 21, 2010
May 5, 2010
January 26, 2011
December 19, 2012
June 19, 2013
May 28, 2014

Business
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Story City Herald Articles

BUSINESS
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Story City Herald Articles
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