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Store Building (now West Branch Heritage Museum)

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now West Branch Heritage Museum
1884. 109 W. Main St.

This is a classic example of the single-floor false-fronted wooden store building, a type encountered throughout the country. This building retains its storefront windows and the wood paneling below.

Writing Credits

Author: 
David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim
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Citation

David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim, "Store Building (now West Branch Heritage Museum)", [West Branch, Iowa], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/IA-01-ME387.

Print Source

Buildings of Iowa, David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, 152-152.

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