We meet at 7:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month in the Walnut Room of First National Bank (enter at E. 2nd & Walnut corner). All are welcome. Membership: Annual dues $20. Click HERE to download brochure--includes membership form. Send e-mail to Michael Maharry, President.

Citation URL: The permanent address of this page is http://muscatinepreservation.org/.

Mothers Day Historic Home Tour - Sunday, May 10, 2009

This year's theme is "House Calls: Muscatine Doctors Past and Present." The tour will showcase five homes of physicians in the West Hill Historic Distric near Downtown Muscatine. Tickets are available for sale at River's Edge Gallery (216 W. 3rd Street), Muscatine Books and More (124 E. Second Street), and Sweet Temptations (208 W. Second Street). The $10 ticket is also a brochure describing the houses, with check boxes indicating where you have visited, and will also be available at each house during the tour. The five homes are located at 309 W. 2nd Street, 614 W. 3rd Street, 216 W. 3rd Street (River's Edge Gallery), 207 Broadway Street, and 315 W. 3rd Street. Click HERE for poster.

PRESERVATION CONCERNS

1402 Mulberry Avenue - The Henry Jayne House has been acquired by the Muscatine Art Center and must be moved. Click HERE to see photos and links to articles, etc. Also listed on the national "This Place Matters" site. Latest Muscatine Journal article: "Historic home: Move, sell or demolish." Click HERE for achitectural conservator's report.

WORK IN PROGRESS

417 W. 3rd Street - Maharry project (once the home of Col. Fred Welker, a Civil War soldier for whom a local veterans' organization was named). Historic Oscar Grossheim photo (1909). Click HERE for more photos.

PRESERVED & RESTORED

203 W. 3rd Street - The Alexander G. Clark House was built in 1878 by Muscatine's famed "Colored Orator of the West" who was named U.S. minister to Liberia by President Benjamin Harrison. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been recommended for nomination as a National Historic Landmark.

108 W. 5th Street - Reischauer residence

LINKS

FHP Iowa City
MAGIC property search
Muscatine Art Center
Muscatine City Code
Muscatine County Genealogy
Muscatine History and Industry Center
Musser Public Library
National Register of Historic Places
State Historical Society of Iowa
Rock Island Preservation Society

JOIN US ON FACEBOOK

Click HERE to visit our Cause page. Please join and invite all your friends!

LISTEN ONLINE

Dan Clark and Michael Maharry discuss historic preservation on "Trolleys, Tales & Talk" on April 28, 2009.

OUR NEW BOOK!

Rooftops of Muscatine, Iowa is available for purchase at Muscatine Books and More, 124 E. Second St. All proceeds support Friends. Read the Muscatine Journal story about the project.

PRESERVATION AWARDS 2009

To be announced at a City Council meeting in May.

PRESERVATION AWARDS 2008

LOCAL PROPERTIES LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER

Click HERE for online listing.

CITY OF MUSCATINE
Historic Preservation Commission

The seven-member commission was created in 2000 by ordinance and is appointed by the mayor and council. HPC meets at 5:15 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month, usually in the lower level conference room at City Hall. The meetings are open, and all are welcome. Contact the commission via city staff liaison Jim Rudisill at City Hall (563-264-1550).

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