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Cerro Gordo County, 1897

Cerro Gordo County Courthouse
Mason City, Iowa

1900	circa 1905	circa 1908
1910	1915	1917
circa 1920	Civil War Monument Close-up of Plaque	Civil War Monument Mason City Park
Mason City G.A.R. Week Parade 1912	Civil War Monument Mason City Park	Veterans Monument Mason City

Mason City
Mason City had a population of 29,172 ~ 2000 census.

Greetings from Mason City	Aerial View of Mason City	24th Northern Iowa Band Festival 1962 Program
Charles H. MacNider Museum	City Park	East Park
I.O.O.F. Orphans Home Band	Markley Gardens	Mason City Bank, circa 1900
Meredith Willson North Iowa Band Festival, 1962	Meredith Willson Statue next to his boyhood home	The Park, 1907 looking North from State Street
Stone Arch Bridge	Town Docks	Willow Creek near Mason City
	Veterans Monument

Mason City Main Street & Businesses

North Main Street, 1900	North Main Street, 1906	Main Street looking North, 1906
Main Street looking North from 4th	Main Street looking North from 5th, 1908 Population 12,000	Main Street looking South to 7th Street
Main Street & Kirk Apartment House	South Main Street	South Main Street, 1908
South Main Street, 1909	South State Street, 1911	Main Street Bridge, 1912
East State Street, 1911	State Street Bridge, 1908	State Street Bridge Willow Creek
American Brick and Tile Company	American Brick and Tile Company	Americana Nursing Center
Brick and Tile Company	Brick and Tile Company	Cecil Hotel & Theatre
Cecil Hotel & Theatre	Chicago Minneapolis St. Paul Railroad Depot and Yards	Chicago North Western Railroad, 1988
Crystal Sugar Mason City Plant	Drain Tile Plant, 1912	Federal Avenue
Federal Avenue at Night, 1920's	East Side of Federal Avenue	Federal Avenue, 1935
1st National Bank Building, 1910	1st Street Southeast	Forester Building, 1947
Hotel Cerro Gordo, 1911	Hotel Cerro Gordo	Hotel Cerro Gordo
Hotel Cerro Gordo	Hotel Hanford	Hotel Hanford
Hotel Hanford	International Harvester Company of America	I.O.O.F. Old Peoples & Orphans Home
I.O.O.F. Old Peoples & Orphans Home	I.O.O.F. Old Folks Home, 1925	I.O.O.F. Odd Fellows Home
I.O.O.F. Orphans Home	I.O.O.F. Orphans Home	Kuppengers Mill Lime Creek
Kuppengers Mill Lime Creek	Maple Crest Modern Motel S. Federal Ave., Highway 65	Mason City Depot, 1954
CRI-PAC Depot, 1960	Chicago North Western Depot, 1913	M.B.A. Building
Mason City Block, Railroad 1988	Mason City ~ Clear Lake Depot	Mason City Country Club
Mercy Hospital	Minneapolis - St. Louis Railroad Depot, 1967	National Steel Service Center, 1986
North Iowa Brick and Tile Company	Northwestern States Portland Cement Plant	Parkers Mill, 1908
Park Hospital, 1914	Park Inn Hotel a Frank Lloyd Wright building	Park Inn Hotel a Frank Lloyd Wright building
Park Inn Hotel a Frank Lloyd Wright building	Post Office, 1908	Post Office, 1909
Post Office	Principal Finanacial Group Building	Public Library, 1907
Public Library, 1910	Public Library, 1914	Public Library
Public Library	Public Library	Railroad, West Mason City, 1958
Scotts Modern Motel	Soo Line Railroad, 1990	South Side Nursing Home
The Times Building Park Hospital, circa 1900	U.S. Post Office & Federal Courthouse	U.S. Post Office & Federal Courthouse
U.S. Post Office & Federal Courthouse	Wind Farm west of Mason City	Wilson Hotel
Wilson & Charles Hotels	Y.M.C.A. Building

Mason City's Churches

Mason City Churches, 1906	Bethlehem Lutheran Church	Lutheran Church Window
First Baptist Church, 1911	First Methodist Church	First Methodist Church
Holy Family Catholic Church 1957	Presbyterian Church, 1909	St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church

Mason City's Schools

Mason City's Schools, circa 1900	Mason City's Schools	Central School & High School, 1910
Central School, 1900	Father Murphy's School, 1926	High School, 1910
High School, 1910	High School, 1920's	High School, 1930's
Mason City High School	Mason City High School, 1953	McAuley Hall St. Josephs School of Nursing
Memorial University, 1907	Roosevelt Junior High School	Mason City Junior College