The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Mount Auburn was platted in 1871 when the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railway was extended to that point.
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Before
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Mount Auburn is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mount Auburn has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Chapple and Young Block in La Porte City, 6.2 miles away.
Mount Auburn and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Mount Auburn
Chapple and Young BlockLa Porte City · Romanesque6.2mi
Clement B. Gingrich HouseLa Porte City · Georgian6.2mi
LaPorte City Town Hall and Fire StationLa Porte City · Building6.3mi
Syndicate BlockLa Porte City · Late Victorian6.3mi
John N. and Mary McQuilken HouseLa Porte City · Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals6.4miHow a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Chapple and Young Block’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Mount Auburn?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Mount Auburn’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.