Sprague, Brown, and Knowlton Store

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Sprague, Brown, and Knowlton Store
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Location1st and Court
Winterset, Iowa
Coordinates 41°20′03″N94°00′52″W / 41.33417°N 94.01444°W / 41.33417; -94.01444 Coordinates: 41°20′03″N94°00′52″W / 41.33417°N 94.01444°W / 41.33417; -94.01444
Arealess than one acre
Built1866
Built byDavid 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 NRHPSeptember 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 Roslea Johnson. "Sprague, Brown, and Knowlton Store". National Park Service . Retrieved 2016-07-28. with photos
  3. Leah D. Roger. "Winterset Courthouse Square Commercial Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service . Retrieved 2016-07-28.