Horace P. Kirk was an early-day Mason City photographer. He produced many sterographs (3-dimensional pictures with two superimposed images of identical photographs placed side-by-side. When viewed through a steroscrope, it produced a 3-dimensional image.) The Kirk was named in Horace's honor.

The Kirk was placed on the National Register of Historic Places April 12, 1982.

Submission by Sharon R. Becker, November of 2013