MUSEUMS OF STORY CITY
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  • About
    • Story City Historical Society
    • Staff
  • 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
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MUSEUMS OF STORY CITY

526 Broad St 

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This building was built in 1900-01 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.  

anderson, Oleson & co. 
(1901-1902)

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January 18, 1901
January 25, 1901
February 22, 1901
March 29, 1901
April 5, 1901
May 10, 1901
June 6, 1901
July 11, 1901
July 11, 1901
August 1, 1901
September 5, 1901
September 26, 1901
November 7, 1901
November 14, 1902

Larson & Brown 
(1902-1903)

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Story City Herald Articles
November 14, 1902
November 14, 1902
November 21, 1902
November 28, 1902

Donhowe, Jacobson & co.
(1904-1904)

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Story City Herald Articles
January 29, 1904
January 29, 1904
November 4, 1904

Donhowe Bros. clothing Store
​(1904-1909)

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Story City Herald Articles
November 11, 1904
April 7, 1905
April 14, 1905
May 5, 1905
October 15, 1905
November 28, 1907
November 28, 1907
December 19, 1907
May 28, 1908
August 27, 1908
October 1, 1908
October 1, 1908
November 12, 1908
February 18, 1909
September 9, 1909

Donhowe & Charlson Clothing
(1909-1918)

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Exterior photo showing Ed Charlson, left, and on the right is Peter Donhowe c. 1915.
Story City Herald Articles
April 29, 1909
September 9, 1909
September 30, 1909
December 9, 1909
June 16, 1910
March 9, 1911
April 20, 1911
April 27, 1911
May 2, 1912
December 26, 1912
September 18, 1913
April 16, 1914
October 21, 1915
October 12, 1916
June 21, 1917
June 21, 1917
May 30, 1918

Charlson's Clothes Shop
(1918-1986)

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Exterior photo of the Charlson building c. 1955.
Story City Herald Photos
June 23, 1955
Alfred Jacobson & Arnold Johnson November 10, 1960
Alfred Jacobson August 2, 1967
June 4, 1980
John & Robert Lekwa. June 4, 1980
Story City Herald Articles
September 5, 1918
December 19, 1918
June 12, 1919
June 10, 1920
October 27, 1921
February 22, 1923
January 31, 1924
January 31, 1924
August 19, 1926
January 21, 1926
January 13, 1927
February 16, 1928
March 15, 1928
May 16, 1929
May 16, 1929
March 27, 1930
November 10, 1932
January 26, 1933
June 7, 1934
August 1, 1935
August 20, 1936
June 17, 1937
May 19, 1938
March 9, 1939
May 4, 1939
June 6, 1940
May 29, 1941
September 24, 1942
February 11, 1943
February 10, 1944
May 10, 1945
February 14, 1946
January 30, 1947
December 2, 1948
April 7, 1949
February 16, 1950
May 10, 1951
September 18, 1952
February 12, 1953
January 14, 1954
June 16, 1955
November 8, 1956
February 7, 1957
March 6, 1958
March 19, 1959
November 10, 1960
January 5, 1961
February 8, 1962
January 10, 1963
January 23, 1964
July 22, 1965
January 5, 1966
February 1, 1967
August 2, 1967
April 2, 1969
September 30, 1970
January 6, 1971
June 7, 1972
April 18, 1973
May 22, 1974
January 15, 1975
June 9, 1976
July 6, 1977
July 6, 1977
October 25, 1978
February 14, 1979
January 30, 1980
September 16, 1981
April 7, 1982
March 2, 1983
June 13, 1984
November 13, 1985
December 4, 1985
December 25, 1985
January 8, 1986
December 9, 1987

Second Time Around
(1986-2002)

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Photo from the Story City Herald on May 29, 1991.
Story City Herald Articles
April 9, 1986
February 25, 1987
January 20, 1988
February 15, 1989
November 15, 1989
May 15, 1991
May 29, 1991
December 18, 1991
November 11, 1992
September 22, 1993
April 19, 1995
August 14, 1996
January 14, 1998
August 26, 1998
November 10, 1999
May 31, 2000
March 14, 2001
March 6, 2002
August 28, 2002

Rvp- 1875
(2003-2008)

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Robby Pedersen at work in his shop.
Story City Herald Articles
December 17, 2003
March 10, 2004
May 5, 2004
March 2, 2005
September 7, 2005
June 6, 2007
September 3, 2008
September 3, 2008

Charlson building Restoration
(2008-2011)

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Story City Herald Articles
April 30, 2008
October 15, 2008
May 6, 2009
May 27, 2009
August 25, 2010
February 16, 2011
February 23, 2011
March 2, 2011
March 16, 2011
July 20, 2011
October 12, 2011
November 16, 2011

Invintg
(2012-2015)

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Kim Hermanson, the owner of InVintg, with Story City Ambassadors during the ribbon cutting ceremony on May 18, 2012. Photo from the Story City Herald on May 23, 2012.
Photos Courtesy of InVintg
Story City Herald Articles
February 20, 2013
February 20, 2013
February 27, 2013

The Tin Chandelier
​​(2016-present)

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Exterior of the Tin Chandelier 2017.
Photos Courtesy of the Tin Chandelier

Upstairs Businesses

The businesses that were located upstairs over 530, 526, and 524 Broad St are shown on the 527 Pennsylvania Ave page as the entrance for those offices was located on the Pennsylvania Ave side of the building. Follow this link to learn more about the businesses upstairs: 527 Pennsylvania Ave.
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