The Ramsey Building is a historic building located in Keota, Iowa, United States. Eben J. Ramsey had the two-story, brick, Romanesque Revival commercial building constructed in 1895. Its significance is derived from its association with both the furniture and funeral business.[2] Ramsey had both businesses in the building until 1907. He had to partially rebuild it after a fire in 1897. A furniture store continued to occupy the building until 1957. A funeral home was located here until 1937 when it was relocated to a house. This marked the separation of a business marketing goods with one that provided services.[2] At the same time, the furniture store merged with the new appliance store, which represented a sift to selling traditional furnishings with modern conveniences for the home. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]
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| Location | 204 E. Broadway Ave. Keota, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 41°21′48.9″N 91°57′11.9″W / 41.363583°N 91.953306°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1893 |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 100000909[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 24, 2017 |
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Rebecca Lawin McCarley. "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Ramsey Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
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