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

529 Broad St 

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The first wood frame building at this location was built in the late 1800s. In 1913, the wood frame building was moved onto north Penn Ave. in order to start construction for a brick building. The current brick building was built to house the Story City National Bank, and was finished in 1913. 

Devendorf Drug
​ (1893-1904, 1906-1909)

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April 6, 1894
September 21, 1894
September 21, 1894
September 28, 1894
September 13, 1895
September 13, 1895
April 17, 1896
December 17, 1897
October 28, 1898
November 25, 1898
January 20, 1899
April 21, 1899
December 4, 1900
May 10, 1901
September 5, 1901
September 12, 1901
May 23, 1902
August 8, 1902
November 7, 1902
March 4, 1904
May 20, 1904
April 7, 1905
March 15, 1906
May 31, 1906
September 19, 1907
June 10, 1909
November 18, 1909
December 14, 1911

Kramme & Jones
​(1904-1906)

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Interior of Kramme & Jones. Photo from Story City Herald on April 7, 1905.
Story City Herald Articles
May 20, 1904
September 2, 1904
November 4, 1904
February 17, 1905
April 7, 1905
June 2, 1905
September 28, 1905
January 4, 1906
March 15, 1906

Story City national Bank 
(1909- 1928)

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June 10, 1909
June 20, 1912
July 25, 1912
September 12, 1912
February 20, 1913
February 20, 1913
March 13, 1913
April 10, 1913
May 1, 1913
January 8, 1914
December 16, 1915
January 11, 1917
December 20, 1917
March 21, 1918
May 16, 1918
May 8, 1919
September 11, 1919
April 22, 1920
June 17, 1920
December 2, 1920
February 24, 1921
March 17, 1921
March 31, 1921
March 23, 1922
August 23, 1923
December 18, 1924
February 5, 1925
February 5, 1925
May 21, 1925
July 16, 1925
December 30, 1926
May 12, 1927
May 19, 1927
January 26, 1928
March 1, 1928
June 7, 1928
June 14, 1928
April 11, 1929

Brattebo Bootery
(1928-1937)

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October 4, 1928
October 11, 1928
December 6, 1928
March 21, 1929
May 1, 1930
June 26, 1930
January 29, 1931
January 29, 1931
November 5, 1931
May 26, 1932
June 30, 1932
June 29, 1933
June 28, 1934
January 17, 1935
June 27, 1935
February 13, 1936
December 3, 1936
January 28, 1937
May 6, 1937

Chat-N-Eat Cafe
(1937-1947)

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May 6, 1937
May 13, 1937
September 2, 1937
December 22, 1938
July 13, 1939
June 27, 1940
July 4, 1940
November 20, 1941
July 1, 1943
March 30, 1944
May 17, 1945
November 15, 1945
January 3, 1946
January 3, 1946
March 6, 1947

Story Cafe
(1948-1980)

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Velda Johnson making coffee. Photo from the Story City Historical Society's collection.
Story Cafe 1966 SCHS yearbook ad.
Story Cafe 1967 SCHS yearbook ad.
Exterior of Story Cafe during 1968 Scandinavian Days parade. Photo courtesy of Bev Aga Schmidt.
Sign from the museum's collection.
Story City Herald Articles
March 6, 1947
March 25, 1948
May 20, 1948
June 17, 1948
August 26, 1948
February 17, 1949
August 24, 1950
December 7, 1950
January 18, 1951
February 26, 1953
December 24, 1953
April 1, 1954
April 15, 1954
April 21, 1955
June 23, 1955
December 27, 1956
April 11, 1957
July 3, 1958
June 4, 1959
December 24, 1959
October 27, 1960
February 9, 1961
March 22, 1962
August 8, 1963
December 26, 1963
June 25, 1964
December 23, 1965
August 10, 1966
February 15, 1967
November 29, 1967
January 10, 1968
November 27, 1968
July 23, 1969
July 22, 1970
April 14, 1971
December 20, 1972
March 28, 1973
March 28, 1973
May 30, 1973
September 5, 1973
June 5, 1974
May 7, 1975
June 11, 1975
March 3, 1976
December 7, 1977
December 7, 1977
April 5, 1978
October 25, 1978
May 28, 1980
June 4, 1980
November 19, 1980

Aunt Denise's Cafe
(1980-1981)

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December 10, 1980
February 25, 1981
March 4, 1981
May 13, 1981
June 10, 1981
July 1, 1981
July 22, 1981
July 29, 1981

The Young Set
(1982-1984)

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Photo from the Story City Herald on July 14, 1982.
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March 31, 1982
April 21, 1982
June 30, 1982
June 30, 1982
July 14, 1982
November 17, 1982
June 1, 1983
December 14, 1983
July 11, 1984

Story PIzza
​(1984-1987)

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​Story City Herald Articles
August 8, 1984
September 12, 1984
October 3, 1984
October 10, 1984
October 17, 1984
December 5, 1984
February 6, 1985
February 20, 1985
April 24, 1985
June 26, 1985
January 8, 1986

Main Street Connection
(1987-1989)

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February 19, 1986
April 2, 1986
August 27, 1986
January 7, 1987
June 10, 1987
August 26, 1987
August 27, 1987
June 1, 1988

Ramon's Pizza
(1990-1991)

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Photo from March 7, 1990 edition of the Story City Herald.
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February 7, 1990
March 7, 1990
March 28, 1990
April 11, 1990
April 11, 1990
April 11, 1990

Doyle Design flowers 
​(1991-1994)

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April 17, 1991
May 1, 1991
October 23, 1991
October 30, 1991
October 30, 1991
December 11, 1991
April 22, 1992
May 27, 1992
February 24, 1993

Linden Corner
(1994-1998)

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Photo from December 14, 1994 edition of the Story City Herald.
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October 12, 1994
November 16, 1994
November 30, 1994
December 7, 1994
December 14, 1994
January 25, 1995
May 10, 1995
October 25, 1995
January 17, 1996
September 4, 1996
February 5, 1997
September 24, 1997
January 14, 1998
February 11, 1998

Swinging Bridge Coffeehouse
(2000-2001)

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Photo from the Story City Herald on July 5, 2000.
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June 14, 2000
July 5, 2000
August 30, 2000
January 3, 2001
April 4, 2001

Alley's Pizza 
(2004- present)

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June 23, 2004
March 9, 2005
April 13, 2005
April 20, 2005
December 21, 2005
February 15, 2006
December 20, 2006
January 24, 2007
July 16, 2008
December 23, 2009
May 5, 2010
May 25, 2011
June 20, 2012
October 2, 2013

Downstairs Businesses 

Thomas Knutson Barber Shop
(1913-1915) 

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Story City Herald Articles
November 20, 1913
December 11, 1913
December 18, 1913
October 8, 1914
July 29, 1915

Frank Campbell Barber Shop
(1915-1916)

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Story City Herald Articles
July 29, 1915
August 12, 1915
August 10, 1916

​Lewis Barber Shop
(1916-1917)

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Story City Herald Articles
November 9, 1916
December 14, 1916
June 7, 1917

O'Keefe, Jones, & Elliot Barber Shop 
​(1917-1922)

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June 14, 1917
April 18, 1918
June 6, 1918
June 13, 1918
June 20, 1918
August 8, 1918
August 15, 1918
June 12, 1919
August 28, 1919
May 6, 1920
June 24, 1920
April 13, 1922
May 18, 1922

Silkebakken Barber Shop 
(1922-1929)

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July 20, 1922
April 12, 1923
October 25, 1923
June 12, 1924
October 21, 1926
January 13, 1927
June 9, 1927
July 14, 1927
May 24, 1928
June 7, 1928
May 2, 1929

NIbe Barber Shop 
​(1929-1942)

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(Left to Right) Henry (Hank) Matson, George Nibe, and Martin Silkebakken. Photo from the Story City Herald on March 6, 1996.
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May 2, 1929
December 19, 1929
February 4, 1932
February 4, 1932
February 18, 1932
March 24, 1932
July 28, 1932
August 3, 1933
April 15, 1937
May 4, 1939
November 5, 1942
March 6, 1996

Upstairs Businesses

The businesses that were located upstairs over 529 and 527 Broad St are shown on the 605 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: 605 Pennsylvania Ave.
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