Humboldt County
Historical Association
PO Box 162
Humboldt, Iowa
50548
MILL FARM HOUSE
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Built in 1878, this stately Italianate
residential house has an interesting history. The
miller, Corydon Brown, Sr., a native of New York, built this gracious
home for his family close to the mill on the east fork of the Des Moines
River. For many years he and his wife, Lucelia Stevens Brown, made the
house the social and cultural center for the community. After the Brown
family moved away, it gradually deteriorated.
In 1966 the Art Kunerts and Mrs. Clarence Kunert
donated the Mill Farm House and surrounding land to the Humboldt County
Historical Association. Volunteers from all over the county worked to
restore the house. In 1968, Mill Farm House, furnished to reflect the
Victorian era in which it was built, was opened to the public.
In 1979 the house became the first building in Humboldt
County to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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The East Des
Moines River Mill was destroyed
by fire in 1943. The dam also went out in 1943.
Remains of the mill and the dam can still be
seen on the river bank near Mill Farm House.
The Mill Farm House is open May through September on
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
10:00 - 4:00
Sunday 1:30 - 4:30
GENERAL ADMISSION $5.00
Association
President:
Norm Caldwell (515) 332 5285
Museum Director: Connie Overby (515) 890 9652
c.overby@mchsi.com