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The Elkader Downtown Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Elkader, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. [ 1 ] The district cover's the city's central business district , mainly along Main Street, but also along the intersecting side streets as well.
John Thompson, James Crosby, and J.P. Dickinson formed a partnership to establish a town, a mill, and other business ventures along the Turkey River at a place known as Hastings Bottom. The new town was named Motor. They spent $50,000 constructing the mill and $40,000 on equipment and other buildings.
Artifacts from rural Iowa history (1890 - 1950) [34] George M. Verity River Museum: Keokuk: Lee: East: Maritime: Riverboat museum of Upper Mississippi River history German American Heritage Center: Davenport: Scott: East: Ethnic: History of German-Americans in the Midwest region Gilbertson Conservation Education Area: Elgin: Fayette: East: Multiple
St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Elkader, Iowa) St. Mary's Catholic Church (Guttenberg, Iowa) St. Peters United Evangelical Lutheran Church; Schmidt House (Elkader, Iowa) St. Olaf Auditorium; Peter Stauer House; J.C. Stemmer House; Stone Barn (Guttenberg, Iowa)
Elkader / ɛ l ˈ k eɪ d ər / [2] is a city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,209 at the time of the 2020 census, down from 1,465 in 2000. [3] It is the county seat of Clayton County. [4] It is the site of Iowa's lowest recorded minimum temperature, −44 °C (−47 °F) on February 3, 1996.
The Turkey River is a 153-mile-long (246 km) [3] tributary of the upper Mississippi River. Its main branch rises in Howard County, Iowa, near the city of Cresco. The other counties it or its tributaries cover are Chickasaw, Winneshiek, Fayette, Clayton, Delaware, and Dubuque. Tributaries include the Little Turkey River and Crane Creek.
The Carter House Museum in Elkader, Iowa, is a seasonal museum open on Saturdays and Sundays from June through August. It is also known as the W. C. Reimer House , and is a Greek Revival building built in 1855 as a two family dwelling by brothers Elbert (E.V.) and Henry (H. B.) Carter.
The SHSI currently publishes The Annals of Iowa, edited by Dr. Andrew Klumpp. [5] [6] In the past it published the Iowa Heritage Illustrated, Goldfinch, the Iowa Journal of History and Politics, and the Iowa Historical Record. [7] It also currently produces an e-newsletter, the Iowa Historian. [7]