Luehsen and Engler Hardware Store Luehsen Building <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Garnavillo.Iowa%0D%0A">Garnavillo.Iowa </a> In the 1880's this building housed a furniture store, post office area and undertaking establishment owned by Henry Luehsen. His son Marvin, operated the business for a short time before selling to Bill Dickman. Later the business was sold to Ray Tuecke. Cornelius Tuecke purchased the business in 1955 and operated there till 1958. A new funeral home was then built on East Watson Street. When looking at the building you can see the original outline of where the original building started when it started out as the Lueshen - Kuenzel Store. This building is located on the corner of Main Street (Hwy 52) and Van Buren Street in Garnavillo, Iowa. This photo was taken in 2018. wolter 1880's -2018 This digital image may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in anyway. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted. Photo still image Luehsen Home <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Garnavillo%3B%0D%0AHenry+Lueshen">Garnavillo; Henry Lueshen</a> Henry Luehsen home on the corner of South Main Street and Van Buren Street in Garnavillo, Iowa. The house is still standing today (2018). Notice the three porches on the east side of the house and the four people and one pony in the photo. 1800 ? This digital image may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in anyway. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted. photo M.A. & W.F. Meyer Store <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Garnavillo-Iowa%3B%0D%0A">Garnavillo-Iowa; </a> M.A.& W.F. Meyer Store, 1888. Three clerks in photo, George Tangeman is standing to the far left. Jane Thein This digital image may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in anyway. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted. postcard still image Mill - Motor Mill <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Motor+Mill%3B%0D%0AIowa+mills%3B%0D%0AJames+O+Crosby">Motor Mill; Iowa mills; James O Crosby</a> Motor Mill is located on the Turkey River six miles down stream from Elkader. This six story structure stands approximately fifty feet wide, sixty feet long and over ninety feet high with walls that are five feet thick at the bottom, tapering to two feet at the top. The huge limestone blocks were quarried and transported by cable car from the bluffs above the mill. The mill, built by John Thompson, displays the handiwork of four skilled German masons from Communia. Each wall was constructed by a different mason who was trying to outdo the other masons. Three sides were laid with carefully chipped rounded stone while the fourth, the intake side, was laid with perfectly square cut stone. No two sides are alike. All beams were pegged in and not one nail was used in construction. The wheels and burrs were imported from Italy. More up to date pictures of Motor Mill can be found at millpictures.com . More information on Motor Mill can be found at www.motormill.org or www.claytonconservation.org Garnavillo Historical Society Pust, Earl Mrs. Old Elkader Facts and Food Muller, Jeanette 1867- This digital image may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in anyway. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted. photo still image Mill - Motor Mill and a birds eye view <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Motor+Mill%3B%0D%0AIowa+mill">Motor Mill; Iowa mill</a> This photo was taken from a high elevation across the river. Motor Mill is located on the Turkey River six miles down stream from Elkader. This six story structure stands approximately fifty feet wide, sixty feet long and over ninety feet high with walls that are five feet thick at the bottom, tapering to two feet at the top. The huge limestone blocks were quarried and transported by cable car from the bluffs above the mill. The mill, built by John Thompson, displays the handiwork of four skilled German masons from Communia. Each wall was constructed by a different mason who was trying to outdo the other masons. Three sides were laid with carefully chipped rounded stone while the fourth, the intake side, was laid with perfectly square cut stone. No two sides are alike. All beams were pegged in and not one nail was used in construction. The wheels and burrs were imported from Italy. More up to date pictures of Motor Mill can be found at millpictures.com . More information on Motor Mill can be found at www.motormill.org or www.claytonconservation.org James O. Crosby Garnavillo Public Library - AR Collection Garnavillo Historical Society Archives 1867 This digital image may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in anyway. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted. photocopy still image GEM pg 94 Mill - Motor Mill and bridge 1970 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Motor+Mill%3B+%0D%0AIowa+mill">Motor Mill; Iowa mill</a> Motor Mill is located on the Turkey River six miles down stream from Elkader. This six story structure stands approximately fifty feet wide, sixty feet long and over ninety feet high with walls that are five feet thick at the bottom, tapering to two feet at the top. The huge limestone blocks were quarried and transported by cable car from the bluffs above the mill. The mill, built by John Thompson, displays the handiwork of four skilled German masons from Communia. Each wall was constructed by a different mason who was trying to outdo the other masons. Three sides were laid with carefully chipped rounded stone while the fourth, the intake side, was laid with perfectly square cut stone. No two sides are alike. All beams were pegged in and not one nail was used in construction. The wheels and burrs were imported from Italy. A Pin Connected Pratt Through Truss steal bridge was built at Motor in 1895. The bridge had two 95 foot spans with a 16 foot wide wood deck. In June of 1991 flood waters destroyed the south span. The span was not replaced due to low traffic counts and the historic nature of the bridge. The north span was then destroyed by the flood of 2008. More up to date pictures of Motor Mill can be found at millpictures.com . More information on Motor Mill can be found at www.motormill.org or www.claytonconservation.org Roggman, Arnold Garnavillo Public Library - AR Collection Arnold Roggman photo collection 1970 This digital image may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in anyway. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted. photo 8x10 BW still image Roggman 606 photo Mill - Motor Mill with three men in photo <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Motor+Mill%3B+Iowa+mill">Motor Mill; Iowa mill</a> Motor Mill is located on the Turkey River six miles down stream from Elkader. This six story structure stands approximately fifty feet wide, sixty feet long and over ninety feet high with walls that are five feet thick at the bottom, tapering to two feet at the top. The huge limestone blocks were quarried and transported by cable car from the bluffs above the mill. The mill, built by John Thompson, displays the handiwork of four skilled German masons from Communia. Each wall was constructed by a different mason who was trying to outdo the other masons. Three sides were laid with carefully chipped rounded stone while the fourth, the intake side, was laid with perfectly square cut stone. No two sides are alike. All beams were pegged in and not one nail was used in construction. The wheels and burrs were imported from Italy. The original bridge at Motor was a high-sided wooden structure built in 1868. According to John Thompson’s request for bids, the bridge had three 54 foot spans 16 feet wide. The north and south end had a 15 foot approach made of timber and plank. The three spans were Howe Truss and the 5 or 6 foot high wooden sides were simply added to enclose the trusses. More up to date pictures of Motor Mill can be found at millpictures.com . More information on Motor Mill can be found at www.motormill.org or www.claytonconservation.org This may be the only photo remaining that was taken while the mill was still in operation. Shown is the first bridge at the Motor location with its significant sidewalls and one of the three stone piers. Also shown is a section of the dam with water spilling over it and visiable is a good portion of the mill race or flume with spaced openings allowing water drainage. Three men posed for the photographer, one in the tree, another on the river bank and a third at the end of the bridge. Garnavillo Historical Society ; Crosby, James O; Garnavillo Public Library - AR Collection; GEM of the Prairie Book -A. Roggman 1867 This digital image may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in anyway. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted. photocopy still image GEM pg 99 Mill - Upper Buck Creek Mill -1860s <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Mills%3B%0D%0AClayton+County%2C+Iowa%3B%0D%0AGarnavillo%2C+Iowa">Mills; Clayton County, Iowa; Garnavillo, Iowa</a> Built in 1852 in Garnavillo Township in the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 16-93-3 about one mile east of Garnavillo near Buck Creek on the road to Clayton, Iowa. Purchased from the Government by Benjamin F. Forbes. The mill started as a sawmill and later was turned into a flouring mill in 1857 by John Tangeman. The photo was taken in the time period of 1860s which was then called Tangeman's Mill. For more information about this mill and owners, please contact the Garnavillo Public Library. Garnavillo Historical Society Duedo, Arnold Peterson, Paul Roggman, Arnold GEM of the Prairie Book History of Clayton County -1882 State Library of Iowa 1860s This digital image may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in anyway. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted. Photo 8x10 sepia still image GEM pgs 85-87; History of CC pg 787; 70-21-3 GHS Mill - Valley Mill -1900s <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Mill%3B%0D%0AGarnavillo%3B%0D%0AClayton+County-Iowa">Mill; Garnavillo; Clayton County-Iowa</a> Valley Mill is located on Upper Buck creek in the SE quarter of SE quarter 16-93-3 of Garnavillo Township in Clayton County, Iowa. If you look closely you can see 2 children standing by the house. The limestone mill stood 40x60, with 3.5 stories high. Go to millpictures.com to view more up to date photos. Garnavillo Historical Society History of Clayton County, 1882 GEM of the Prairie, Arnold Roggman 1900s This digital image may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in anyway. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted. photo 8x10 still image History of Clayton County, 1882 pg. 788 GEM of the Prairie, Arnold Roggman, pgs 87-89