Sprague, Brown, and Knowlton Store

Sprague, Brown, and Knowlton Store
Location1st and Court
Winterset, Iowa
Coordinates41°20′03″N 94°00′52″W / 41.33417°N 94.01444°W / 41.33417; -94.01444
Arealess than one acre
Built1866
Built byDavid Harris
Part ofWinterset Courthouse Square Commercial Historic District (ID15000915)
MPSLegacy 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]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b 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.