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Goedert Meat Market
The Goedert Meat Market, also known as the Main Street Mall, is a historic building located in McGregor, Iowa, United States. The two-story, single-unit, brick building was completed in 1890 in the Italianate architecture, Italianate style. It maintains the only complete cast-iron storefront in town. with The storefront was manufactured by Mesker Bros. Front Builders of St. Louis, Missouri. The facility dates from the time when all aspects of the meat business from slaughter, to processing, to sales were housed in one building. The New Yorkâstyle meat market was built for John Goedert, who maintained his residence upstairs. By the turn of the 20th-century it housed Bergman's deli/butcher shop, and remained a butcher shop until 1944. The building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1996. In 2002 it was listed as a contributing property in the McGregor Commercial Historic District. The building was hit by an EF-1 tornado and collapsed on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McGregor Commercial Historic District
The McGregor Commercial Historic District is a nationally recognized Historic districts in the United States, historic district located in McGregor, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. At the time of its nomination the district consisted of 60 resources, including 51 National Register of Historic Places property types#Building, contributing buildings, one National Register of Historic Places property types#Site, contributing site, one National Register of Historic Places property types#Structure, contributing structure, and seven noncontributing buildings. with Unlike most river towns in Iowa the central business district does not follow along the Mississippi River, but moves away from it. It is linear in shape, following Main Street, which runs from the southwest to the northeast in a narrow valley between two bluffs. The narrow valley ends at the river. The buildings in the district were constructed between 1849 and 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |