Sprague, Brown, and Knowlton Store

Sprague, Brown, and Knowlton Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
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Location	1st and Court Winterset, Iowa
Coordinates	41°20′03″N94°00′52″W / 41.33417°N 94.01444°W / 41.33417; -94.01444
Area	less than one acre
Built	1866
Built by	David Harris
Part of	Winterset Courthouse Square Commercial Historic District (ID15000915)
MPS	Legacy in Stone: The Settlement Era of Madison County, Iowa TR
NRHP reference No.	87001690 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 29, 1987

The Sprague, Brown, and Knowlton Store is a historic building located in Winterset, Iowa, United States. Built in 1866 to house a dry goods store, it is an early example of a vernacular limestone commercial building. ^[2] The two-story structure is composed of locally quarried ashlar and rubble stone. It features chamfered quoins and jambs, and a bracketed stone cornice. Its construction has been attributed to local stonemason David Harris. ^[2] The storefront has subsequently been altered. The building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, ^[1] and it was included as a contributing property in the Winterset Courthouse Square Commercial Historic District in 2015. ^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Roslea Johnson. "Sprague, Brown, and Knowlton Store". National Park Service . Retrieved July 28, 2016. with photos
3. Leah D. Roger. "Winterset Courthouse Square Commercial Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.