MUSEUMS OF STORY CITY
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  • About
    • Story City Historical Society
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  • Museums
    • Bartlett House Museum
    • Carriage House Museum
    • Story City Museum
    • Sheldall Schoolhouse
  • 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
    • Medical History
  • Virtual Exhibits
  • Membership
  • Contact Us & Hours
  • News & Updates
  • Gift Shop
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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
​ (c.1890-1948)

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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
July 15, 1887
January 18, 1889
July 26, 1895
July 26, 1895
July 26, 1895
May 29, 1896
August 23, 1898
December 5, 1901
September 19, 1902
April 7, 1905
December 7, 1905
December 7, 1905
November 15, 1906
August 1, 1907
April 9, 1908
September 9, 1909
November 18, 1909
January 13, 1910
January 13, 1910
May 4, 1911
October 19, 1911
October 19, 1911
January 9, 1913
July 17, 1913
July 30, 1914
November 25, 1915
February 7, 1918
April 11, 1918
April 10, 1919
September 2, 1920
October 25, 1923
June 26, 1924
December 11, 1924
December 25, 1924
March 25, 1926
December 6, 1928
December 27, 1928
January 3, 1929
December 25, 1930
September 24, 1931
June 9, 1932
May 3, 1934
August 9, 1934
July 11, 1935
December 24, 1936
August 19, 1937
May 19, 1938
May 4, 1939
November 9, 1939
July 4, 1940
October 1, 1942
November 25, 1943
March 22, 1945
January 9, 1947

F. A. Fuller, Barber
(1895-1898)

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​Story City Herald Articles
July 26, 1895
August 23, 1895
May 8, 1896
September 11, 1896
December 11, 1896
September 9, 1898

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.
1954 receipt.
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
To learn more about Holm Hardware, visit their other page at 525 Broad St. 

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

Brekken & Deppe Law Firm
(1972- 1994)

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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

Brekken, Wynia & Hyland, P.C.
(1994-present)

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Story City Herald Articles
November 30, 1994
August 6, 1997
November 18, 1998
February 9, 2000
December 14, 2005
June 7, 2006
January 3, 2007
December 31, 2008
January 13, 2010
January 5, 2011
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