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Jennifer Price with Price Preservation Research has finished her historical survey on the Storm Lake Downtown and has found an historic district! Of the thirty-five buildings within the target area for the grant, twenty-seven buildings contribute to an historic district. The historic district within the Storm Lake Downtown is eligible to be on the National Register of Historic Places. Jennifer also reviewed the areas surrounding the downtown facade project target area and found some expansion possiblity for the historic district. The historic district could potentially expand on the south side of E 5th Street until Cayuga Street and also expand north to include approximately half of the 700 block of Lake Avenue. These buildings would need to be surveyed and evaluated to determine if these buildings would also help contribute to an historical district.
Jennifer also concluded that two buildings within the downtown may be individually eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. These buildings include the Boathouse at 502 Lake Avenue and the old Masonic Temple at 615 Lake Avenue. These two buildings are eligible because they have retained most of the historical character from the year they were built until the present day.
Congrats Storm Lake Downtown We Are Historic!
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