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Photographer: Winneshiek County Historical Society
Caption: Marker detail: George Phelps / The Silver Dollar
Additional Description: George Phelps who walked to Decorah from Lansing in 1854 became an early land speculator and businessman in Decorah and was the original owner of this lot. The Hartvig Engbretson family constructed this building around 1900. It housed a combination tavern and restaurant known as The Silver Dollar and was operated for a number of years under several owners. (As noted on the photo, the corn show for the first Agricultural Short Course was held at the Silver Dollar.) The American Legion met on the second floor until after World War II when they moved to another location. The building’s style shows Queen Anne influence, a style popular from c.1876-1910 with a decorative turret above the corner entrance, decorative brick insets, corbelled cornices, and rusticated stone accents. The Fareway Grocery Company purchased the building and several adjacent ones in 1958, then demolished them and built a grocery store and parking lot on the site of those buildings. The former Fareway store is now occupied by the Oneota Food Co-op.
Submitted: February 20, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p775110
File Size: 2.106 Megabytes

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