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National Register of Historic Places
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Historical Site	Site Address	Significance Date Placed on Register
A.J. Andrus Duplex a.k.a. Paul Pritchard Duplex	687-691 E. State St. Mason City	Prairie School architecture Jan. 29, 1980

Amaziah & Cornelia (Wait) Cannon House a.k.a. Crab Apple Grove	1581 N. Eisenhower Ave. Mason City currently vacant/not in use	Mid-19th Century Revival architecture August 25, 2004

City National Bank Building	4 S. Federal Ave. Mason City	Prairie School architcture Frank Lloyd Wright, architect Sept. 14, 1972

East Park Band Shell	E. State St. N. Carolina Ave. & N. Kentucky Av. Mason City	Architects Lewis, Lester, Timmerman, J.H. & Son Oct. 14, 2009

Elks-Rogers Hotel a.k.a. Park Hotel	223 Main Ave. Clear Lake	late Victorian architecture June 21, 1982 demolished April 1987

John L. Etzel House	214 N. 3rd St. Clear Lake	late Victorian architecture Jan. 27, 1983

First Church of Christ Scientist	23 3rd St. NW Mason City	late 19th Century Revival architecture Clyde W. Smith of M.M. Moen Co., architect Oct. 30, 1997

First National Bank	5-7 N. Federal Ave. Mason City	early Commercial architecture Liebbe, Nourse, Rasmussen, architects May 2, 1997

C.F. Franke House	320 1st St. SE Mason City	Prairie School architecture Jan. 29, 1980

E.R. Gibson House a.k.a. Florence Schultheis House	114 4th St. NW Mason City	Prairie School architecture Jan. 29, 1980

Hotel Lester - Lester Cafe a.k.a. Dodge Hotel	408-410 2nd St. NW Mason City currently vacant/not in use	ca. 1950's department store, hotel, restaurant Dec. 20, 2002

Jewell Apartments	404-412 1st St. NW Mason City	Prairie School architecture Fred Lippert, architect Jan. 29, 1980

Keerl-Decker House	119 2nd St. SE Mason City	Classical Revival architecture E.R. Bogardus, architect Dec. 20, 2002

The Kirk Horace P. Kirk	206 N. Federal Ave. Mason City H.P. Kirk, early Mason City photographer	Late Victorian architecture April 12, 1982

Lippert House	521 N. Washington Ave. Mason City	Prairie School architcture Fred Lippert & Einer Broaten, architects Jan. 29, 1980

Mason City Downtown Historic District	Approximately N. 46th St., Georgia Ave., Washington Ave. & S. 2nd St. Mason City	early Commercial architecture Sept. 8, 2005

Mason City Public Library	208 E. State St. Mason City	community architecture Patton & Miller, architects May 25, 1989

Mason City Y.M.C.A.	15 N. Pennsylvania Mason City	Civic & Social History May 2, 2002

MBA (Modern Brotherhood of America) Building a.k.a. Brick & Tile Building	103 E. State St. Mason City	early Commercial architecture Bell & Bentley, architects Sept. 12, 2002

F.M. Norris House a.k.a. Patton House a.k.a. Gerard Photography Studio	108 4th St. NE Mason City	Prairie School architecture Chris Rye, architect Jan. 29, 1980

Park Inn Hotel Park Inn Hotel Tea Room, 2011	7 W. State St. Mason City	Prairie School architecture Frank Lloyd Wright, architect Sept. 14, 1972

Parker Opera House	23 N. Federal Ave. Mason City	Italian Renaissance Revival architecture Foster & William, architects Nov. 20, 1998

Rock Crest-Rock Glen Historic District	off U.S. Route 18 Mason City	Prairie School architecture Frank Lloyd Wright & Walter Burley Griffin, architects Dec. 28, 1979

Rock Falls Bridge, 1929	Spring St. over Shell Rock River Rock Falls	Engineering C.A. Holvik, engineer June 25, 1998

Rogers-Knutson House Clarence A. Knutson	315 N. 3rd St. Clear Lake	Victorian architecture Politics/Government Sept. 9, 1982

George Romey House a.k.a. Bruce Girton House	428 1st St. SE Mason City	Prairie School architecture Fred Lippert, architect Jan. 29, 1980

Duncan Rule House	321 2nd St. SE Mason City	Shingle style architecture E.R. Bogardus, architect Oct. 16, 1979

Chris Rye House a.k.a. Enoch Norem House	630 E. State St. Mason City	Prairie School architecture Chris Rye, architect Jan. 29, 1980

St. John Baptist Church	715 6th St. SW Mason city	African-American Church Jan. 24, 2002

Charles Seney House a.k.a. Van Heel Residence	109 7th St. NW & 622 N. Washington St. Mason City	Prairie School architecture Jan. 29, 1980

C.P. Shipley House a.k.a. Kenneth Schultheis House	114 3rd St. NW Mason City	Prairie School architecture Jan. 29, 1980

State Street Bridge	E. State St. over Willow Creek Mason City	engineering N.M. Stark & Co., architects June 25, 1998

Stewart Avenue Bridge	N. Carolina Ave. over the Winnebago River Mason City	engineering N.M. Stark & Co., architects June 25, 1998

Dr. G.C. Stockman House a.k.a. Mrs. Evangeline Skarlis House	311 1st St. SE (original) moved to 530 1st Street NE Mason City	Prairie School architecture Frank Lloyd Wright, architect Chris Rye, contractor Sept. 17, 1992

Surf Ballroom	460 N. Shore Dr. Clear Lake	Hansen & Waggoner, architects Cultural significance Sept. 6, 2011

Thornton Consolidated School	100 5th St. N. Thornton	Educational structure of historical significance 2002 demolished April 2012

Venura Consolidated School District	Junction Main & Park Sts. Ventura	late 19th Century Revival architecture Thorson Thornwald, archtect 2002

Wagner-Mozart Music Hall	1st St. NE & Delaware Ave. Mason City	Cultural/Social significance Hansen & Waggoner, architects Nov. 16, 1978 demolished, date unknown

Winnebago River Bridge	U.S. Route 65 over Winnebago River Mason City	Engineering Significance longest monolithic concrete girder in Iowa June 25, 1998

Mier Wolf House a.k.a. Agnes Critelli House	811 N. Adams St. Mason C ity	Prairie School architecture William Drummond, architect Jan. 29, 1980

Curtis Yelland House a.k.a. Donald Giesen House	37 River Heights Dr. Mason City	Prairie School architecture William Eugene Drummond, architect Jan. 29, 1980

Tessa Youngblood House	36 Oak Dr Mason City	Prairie School architecture Jan. 29, 1980

SOURCES:
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

National Register Information System

National Park Service database
Globe Gazette archives

Compilation by Sally Youngblood; updated by Sharon R. Becker, November of 2013

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