The "county seat" style brick and limestone depot was built in 1900 by the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad.Later it became a part of the Rock Island system.Placed on National Register of Historic Places in 1990 and designated heritage site for Silos &
Vinton, IA Railroad HistoryThe Ray House is a three story Queen Anne style house built 1893-4.The entire building,including the attic, was lit by electricity. A motor pumped water from the cistern to a tank in the attic which supplied hot and cold water to all parts of the house, except the "water closets"
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The original Carpenter Gothic-style house was built around 1868 and consisted of locally produced brick. The pressed tin ceiling and walls in the kitchen are believed to have been made by the original owner or his firm. A garage was added to the sunroom to accommodate the wife'
Vinton, IA MuseumsTour the old railroad express building and yard office, with refurbished cabooses and engines. Gift shop....
Reconstructed depot includes tourism information center, gift shop, and museum of local and railroad history....
A visual history of our agricultural heritage and the role of small communities in rural America. Antique farm implements, to...
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Natural prairie offers 240 acres of wildflowers, birds and wildlife....