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    • Story City Historical Society
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  • Museums
    • Story City Museum
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    • Bartlett House Museum
    • Carriage House Museum
  • Events
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    • 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
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MUSEUMS OF STORY CITY
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523 Broad St 

This building served as the Post Office until 1947, when it was heavily damaged in the Holm Hardware fire. In 1948, the Holms purchased the lot and built a new building to house their hardware store, joining 523 Broad St. with 525 Broad St. 
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Post Office
​ (-1948)

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Post Office in 1931. Photo from the Story City Historical Society's collection.
Photos from the Story City Historical Society's Collection
Interior of the Post Office.
1947 fire.
After the 1947 fire.
Story City Herald Articles
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Holm Hardware
​(1949-1969)

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Photo from Don Henderson.
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Photo from the Story City Historical Society's collection.
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Sterling & Eleanor Anderson, owners of Holm Hardware after 1960. Photo taken from the Story City Historical Society's collection.
Story City Historical Society & Story City Herald Photos
1947 fire.
1947 fire.
The Post Office and Holm Hardware after the 1947 fire.
Construction on the new building. Photo from Don Henderson.
Construction on the new building. Photo from Don Henderson.
Photo from the Story City Herald on December 7, 1961.
Photo from the Story City Herald on December 7, 1961.
Photo from the Story City Herald on December 7, 1961.
Photo from the Story City Herald on February 15, 1967.
Photo from the Story City Herald on February 15, 1967.
Photo from the Story City Herald on February 15, 1967.
Photo from the Story City Herald on February 15, 1967.
Story City Herald Articles
March 11, 1948
January 13, 1949
January 13, 1949
August 10, 1950
July 5, 1951
January 31, 1952
February 12, 1953
April 29, 1954
November 10, 1955
September 27, 1956
April 25, 1957
August 14, 1958
June 25, 1959
February 18, 1960
February 25, 1960
February 25, 1960
February 25, 1960
June 15, 1961
January 18, 1962
April 18, 1963
November 26, 1964
January 14, 1965
January 12, 1966
February 15, 1967
March 19, 1969
April 2, 1969
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Gambles 
(1969-1971)

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Owner Bud Ashpole during the Gambles grand opening days. Photo from the Story City Herald on June 11, 1969.
Story City Herald Articles
March 19, 1969
June 4, 1969
June 4, 1969
June 11, 1969
November 19, 1969
March 25, 1970
June 3, 1970
February 17, 1971
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Brekken & Deppe Law Firm
(1972- Present)

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J. C. Brekken honored for 50 years of legal service. Photo from the Story City Herald on August 6, 1997.
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Photo from the Story City Herald on December 11, 1974.
Story City Herald Articles
June 30, 1971
April 5, 1972
November 15, 1972
October 31, 1973
October 31, 1973
October 2, 1974
July 21, 1976
July 6, 1977
November 29, 1978
August 22, 1979
April 2, 1980
June 17, 1981
September 23, 1981
October 9, 1985
June 25, 1986
January 4, 1989
June 12, 1991
May 5, 1993
November 30, 1994
August 6, 1997
November 18, 1998
February 9, 2000
December 14, 2005
January 3, 2007
December 31, 2008
December 31, 2008
January 13, 2010
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