The architectural high point of the town is the Carlson house, designed in the Second Empire style (1875), located at 612 Main Street. This dwelling is certainly one of the most sumptuous Second Empire houses in Iowa. Above the dormered mansard roof of this two-and-a-half-story house rises a fanciful tower whose shingled
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Carlson House
1875. 612 Main St.
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