This is a photograph taken of the hewn log home built by James Heatherlo in the 1840's in Rochester, Iowa, in Mahaska County. The Heatherlo home was lived in until 1950, quite the stint for a log home to be lived in. In the picture is James…
The Spencer house is one of the historic homes found in Oskaloosa, Iowa. It is located on 1st Avenue East and was owned by Amos P. Spencer. The date of this picture is unknown, but the house itself was most likely built in the late 19th Century.
This picture shows the hard work that went on in machine shops during the late 19th Century. This image was taken inside Seever's Mfg. Co. of men inside a machine shop. Seever's Mfg. Co. specialized in creating iron bridges, water heaters, and…
This is a view of the Oskaloosa Hospital as it appeared in 1896. Today, this hospital is known as the Mahaska Hospital and Health Partnership. The original hospital was located where the current hospital is, but was of much smaller proportion on C…
This is a view of the Oskaloosa National Bank as it appeared in 1896. Banks in Oskaloosa have come and gone, but the location of the banks in this community until the past few decades have remained within a block or two of this bank's location here;…
This is a view of the Oskaloosa Post Office as it appeared circa 1940. To the left in the picture was Mercy Hospital. Today, the building is used as headquarters for the Democratic Party.
