Ramsey Building

Ramsey Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	204 E. Broadway Ave. Keota, Iowa
Coordinates	41°21′48.9″N91°57′11.9″W / 41.363583°N 91.953306°W / 41.363583; -91.953306
Area	less than one acre
Built	1893
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.	100000909 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 24, 2017

The Ramsey Building is a historic building located in Keota, Iowa, United States. Eben J. Ramsey had the two-story, brick, Romanesque Revival commercial building constructed in 1895. Its significance is derived from its association with both the furniture and funeral business. ^[2] Ramsey had both businesses in the building until 1907. He had to partially rebuild it after a fire in 1897. A furniture store continued to occupy the building until 1957. A funeral home was located here until 1937 when it was relocated to a house. This marked the separation of a business marketing goods with one that provided services. ^[2] At the same time, the furniture store merged with the new appliance store, which represented a sift to selling traditional furnishings with modern conveniences for the home. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Rebecca Lawin McCarley. "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Ramsey Building" (PDF). National Park Service . Retrieved January 13, 2016.