MUSEUMS OF STORY CITY
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    • Dr. Frances Bartlett Kinne
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      • Century Buildings
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      • Woodland Farms International
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      • Clifford Cate
      • Milton Goins
      • Hans Abrahamson
      • Peterson & Wier
      • Boyd & Larson
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      • Clarence Olson
      • Peter Swenson Bratteland
      • Kornelius Tvedt
    • Story City in WWII
    • Downtown Business Project
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MUSEUMS OF STORY CITY

524 Broad St 

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This building was built in 1900 by John Swan to hold Citizens Bank. The wood frame building which had previously held the bank was moved to the back of the lot and later torn down. The brick building housed three businesses downstairs and multiple rooms upstairs, including Swan's opera hall. After John Swan declared bankruptcy in 1912, the opera hall was also split up into multiple rooms.  524 Broad St is shown in the yellow oval.​

O. O. Donhowe Clothing & Furnishing
​ (1900-1902)

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Story City Herald Articles
August 28, 1900
November 13, 1900
October 3, 1901
October 24, 1902

Donhowe, Jacobson & Co.
​ (1902-1904)

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Story City Herald Articles
October 24, 1902
October 24, 1902
November 21. 1902
December 26, 1902
January 8, 1904
January 29, 1904
Donhowe, Jacobson & Co. moved to 526 Broad St.

Brown's Cafe
​ (1904)

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Story City Herald Articles
February 12, 1904
February 12, 1904
February 26, 1904
April 29, 1904

O. o. Donhowe Dry Goods
​(1904-1908)

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O.O. Donhowe, photo from 1931 Story City Golden Jubilee Book.
Story City Herald Articles
October 28, 1904
October 28, 1904
November 11, 1904
November 18, 1904
April 14, 1905
October 19, 1905
December 21, 1905
December 13, 1906
May 16, 1907
April 23, 1908
May 14, 1908

Bill Myers Billiard Parlor 
(1908-1911)

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Advertisement from about 1909.
Story City Herald Articles
August 27, 1908
April 1, 1909
June 10, 1909
June 30, 1910
January 19, 1911

Dell Hoes Billiard Parlor
(1911-1913)

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Billiard parlor located on the right with the American flags, 1911.
Story City Herald Articles
January 19, 1911
September 21, 1911
March 13, 1913
September 18, 1913
December 4, 1913
July 10, 1919

Weidman & ALWOOD Billiard Parlors
(1916-1917?)

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Neither of this billiard parlors are mentioned very often in the Story City Heralds. There is a couple year gap we have not been able to fill in between the Dell Hoes Billiard Parlor and these billiard parlors. But it does seem like there was a billiard parlor at this address from 1908-1921.
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524, 526, & 530 Broad St shown on the Sanborn Fire Insurance map from 1916.
Story City Herald Articles
February 15, 1917
March 8, 1917

E.R. Hardy Billiard Parlor 
(-1920)

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Not sure of exact dates for this business. Earliest reference we could find was from 1919.
Story City Herald Articles
August 21, 1919
January 22, 1920

Shaver Billiard Parlor 
(1920-1921)

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Story City Herald Articles
August 5, 1920
July 7, 1921

Kramme Drug co.
(1921-1929)

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Interior view of Kramme Drug.
Story City Herald Articles
October 13, 1921
November 3, 1921
December 1, 1921
June 1, 1922
February 22, 1923
March 29, 1923
May 1, 1924
June 11, 1925
June 25, 1925
March 25, 1926
December 9, 1926
January 27, 1927
March 29, 1928
December 6, 1928
March 28, 1929

Johnson Cash Grocery
(1929-1932)

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Charlson building photo from 1931 Story City Golden Jubilee Book.
Story City Herald Articles
December 12, 1929
December 12, 1929
December 19, 1929
March 27, 1930
October 2, 1930
April 28, 1932

Story City Bakery
(1932-1948)

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Photo of Lloyd Valline from the 1931 Story City Golden Jubilee Book.
Story City Herald Articles
May 26, 1932
June 2, 1932
June 9, 1932
June 16, 1932
June 16, 1932
June 23, 1932
July 20, 1933
October 26, 1933
August 9, 1934
March 21, 1935
June 27, 1935
July 4, 1935
August 20, 1936
January 14, 1937
January 27, 1938
January 5, 1939
March 21, 1940
October 16, 1941
February 26, 1942
April 13, 1944
July 19, 1945
July 18, 1946
September 11, 1947
April 8, 1948
April 15, 1948
April 22, 1948
August 17, 2005

pollyanna shoppe
(1948-1958)

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Pollyanna Shoppe is shown in the yellow circle. Photo taken c. 1955.
Story City Herald Articles
September 2, 1948
October 14, 1948
February 24, 1949
February 16, 1950
February 22, 1951
May 22, 1952
May 22, 1952
January 29, 1953
April 29, 1954
January 20, 1955
May 3, 1956
April 18, 1957
May 8, 1958
October 30, 1958

Peoples Natural gas
(1959-1992)

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Story City Herald Articles
February 5, 1959
December 3, 1959
July 20, 1961
April 19, 1962
March 11, 1965
July 26, 1967
November 29, 1967
February 5, 1969
October 14, 1970
October 18, 1972
March 27, 1974
October 20, 1976
March 9, 1977
May 17, 1978
October 3, 1979
March 5, 1980
November 4, 1981
May 12, 1982
May 11, 1983
February 15, 1984
November 27, 1985
January 15, 1986
December 23, 1987
Apri 20, 1988
April 26, 1989
April 26, 1989
November 14, 1990
October 30, 1991
September 30, 1992

Sport Hill Factory Outlet
​(1993-1998)

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Alan Hill, co-owner of Sport Hill. Photo from the Story City Herald on July 14, 1993.
Story City Herald Articles
July 14, 1993
July 28, 1993
May 24, 1995
May 24, 1995
June 5, 1996
August 26, 1998

Prime Time Cards
(1993-1997)

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Story City Herald Articles
October 20, 1993
January 5, 1994
July 9, 1997

Creative Apparel
(1998-2000)

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