MUSEUMS OF STORY CITY
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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
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MUSEUMS OF STORY CITY

601 Broad St

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The first building at 601 Broad St. was a wood frame building built in the late 1800s. A fire in March of 1909 destroyed that building. In 1910, it was replaced with the brick building that still stands today.  L.A. Dale is shown driving the wagon, James Jacobsen is at the left in the background.

Jacobsen Hardware
​(1889- 1905)

Story City Herald Articles
April 6, 1894
June 28, 1898 (The Messenger)
March 31, 1905
April 7, 1905
September 14, 1905
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W. F. Boggs Hardware Store
​(1905-1909)

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Photo taken from the Story City Herald on October 10, 1984.
Story City Herald Articles 
April 28, 1905
June 2, 1905
September 14, 1905
October 12, 1905
October 26, 1905
December 21, 1905
February 1, 1906
February 15, 1906
June 14, 1906
September 13, 1906
September 27, 1906
September 27, 1906
October 4, 1906
October 11, 1906
November 15, 1906
October 10, 1907
October 31, 1907
December 5, 1907
February 13, 1908
September 24, 1908
December 10, 1908
December 17, 1908
March 4, 1909
March 4, 1909
March 4, 1909

Linder Drug
​​(1910-1911) 

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Story City Herald Articles ​
March 17, 1910
May 19, 1910
April 6, 1911
November 16, 1911

Severson Drug Co.
​  (1911-1916)

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Story City Herald Articles ​
November 16, 1911
April 10, 1913
May 1, 1913
December 4, 1913
October 15, 1914
October 29, 1914
December 3, 1914
February 11, 1915
April 1, 1915

S.J. Ellingson Jeweler & Optician
​ (1915-1919)

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Story City Herald Articles ​
November 11, 1915
November 11, 1915
April 13, 1916
April 19, 1917
December 13, 1917
December 12, 1918
January 30, 1919
February 6, 1919
March 20, 1919

Kramme Drug
​ (1916-1921)

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Photo from 1931 Story City Jubilee Book.
Story City Herald Articles ​
September 21, 1916
September 28, 1916
September 28, 1916
October 12, 1916
November 30, 1916
February 22, 1917
April 12, 1917
April 19, 1917
June 14, 1917
July 19, 1917
September 12, 1918
December 5, 1918
November 18, 1920
October 13, 1921

Jacobsen Drug Store
​(1921-1959)
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Photo take by Robert Sevold showing the exterior of Jacobsen's Drug Store.
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Photo taken from the Story City Herald on August 14, 1919.
Story City Herald Articles ​
January 10, 1924
December 16, 1926
April 19, 1928
November 14, 1929
June 5, 1930
June 18, 1931
June 23, 1932
October 12, 1933
April 5, 1934
March 28, 1935
October 22, 1936
August 12, 1937
January 13, 1938
June 29, 1939
March 21, 1940
May 15, 1941
December 23, 1943
April 6, 1944
February 15, 1945
October 31, 1946
March 27, 1947
May 15, 1947
May 22, 1947
June 5, 1947
June 5, 1947
June 8, 1950
December 19, 1957
August 27, 1959
August 27, 1959
September 3, 1959

Olson's Sundries
​(1959-1973)

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1968 Scandinavian Days Parade, photo courtesy of Bev Aga Schmidt.
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Olson's Sundries grand opening. Photo from the Story City Herald on October 22, 1959.
Story City Herald Articles ​
October 15, 1959
October 22, 1959
October 22, 1959
March 31, 1960
August 4, 1960
August 18, 1960
February 9, 1961
June 10, 1965
December 7, 1966
June 12, 1968
April 30, 1969
January 28, 1970
February 17, 1971
June 7, 1972
May 2, 1973

Frohling's sundries
(1973-1977)

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Photo taken in early 1970s.
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1976 tornado damage.
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Remodeled facade in the 1970s.
Story City Herald Articles ​
May 2, 1973
May 2, 1973
May 9, 1973
June 6, 1973
February 6, 1974
March 12, 1975
September 10, 1975
December 22, 1976
February 16, 1977

Yeakel Corner Drug
​(1977-1987)

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Photo from Herald Progress Edition October 1978.
Story City Herald Articles ​
June 29, 1977
July 27, 1977
October 4, 1978
October 11, 1978
November 29, 1978
November 7, 1979
November 21, 1979
January 2, 1980
March 26, 1980
November 26, 1980
May 27, 1981
March 30, 1983
May 4, 1983
August 3, 1983
May 30, 1984
September 5, 1984
September 12, 1984
September 19, 1984
November 28, 1984
December 26, 1984
April 24, 1985
September 4, 1985
January 8, 1986
February 5, 1986
April 30, 1986
July 16, 1986
October 28, 1987

Country Sampler
​(1987-1991)

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Story City Herald Articles ​
November 18, 1987
December 2, 1987

Helga's Rosemaling & Woodcraft
​ (1987-1994)

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Helga Kennedy, owner of Helga's Rosemaling.
Story City Herald Articles ​
November 18, 1987
December 2, 1987
December 16, 1987
April 20, 1988
December 28, 1988
May 29, 1991
December 1, 1993

KJ's Arcade & Video
​(1994-1995)

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Photo from 1995 Story City High School Yearbook.
Story City Herald Articles ​
February 23, 1994
March 9, 1994
March 16, 1994
April 13, 1994
August 31, 1994
October 5, 1994

S & P Marketing
​(1995-1996)

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Story City Herald Articles ​
April 19, 1995
April 10, 1996

S & P Factory Outlet
(1996-2000)

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Story City Herald Articles ​
July 24, 1996
October 9, 1996
December 15, 1999

The Christmas stocking
(2000-2003)

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Interior of the store.
Story City Herald Articles ​
March 22, 2000
December 12, 2001
May 29, 2002