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C. B. Gruwell & Company Building, 206 High Ave WeSt Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, IA
Masonry load-bearing walls with brick and clapboard front. Measures approximately 20` x 100`. First-floor plan has a display area and office in the front and storage in the rear. Two-bedroom apartment on the second floor. Plate-window and clapboard covering added to oriel in 1960s. Storefront of diagonally recessed aluminum door and plate-glass window also an alteration. The 1887 city directory indicates that C.B. Gruwell and Company occupied this site, which was probably soon after construction of this building. This was a drugstore which carried a variety of merchandise, including jewelry. Currently the "Photo-Hobby Shop."
C. B. Gruwell & Company Building, 206 High Ave WeSt Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, IA
Masonry load-bearing walls with brick and clapboard front. Measures approximately 20` x 100`. First-floor plan has a display area and office in the front and storage in the rear. Two-bedroom apartment on the second floor. Plate-window and clapboard covering added to oriel in 1960s. Storefront of diagonally recessed aluminum door and plate-glass window also an alteration. The 1887 city directory indicates that C.B. Gruwell and Company occupied this site, which was probably soon after construction of this building. This was a drugstore which carried a variety of merchandise, including jewelry. Currently the "Photo-Hobby Shop."
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
