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Welcomes You

 
Cedar Falls Historical Society
308 W. 3rd Street
Cedar Falls, IA 50613

Office Hours are:
8a.m. - 4p.m.
Monday - Friday
Tours & Research - Arranged by calling 
(319) 266-5149
or by email
Office located in Victorian Home Museum

  Mission Statement:

Engaging the Community in the preservation, education, and celebration of our heritage. To preserve for research and educational purposes, artifacts and information about the life and times of the people of Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa from its pioneer origins to present day times. To this end, we will endeavor to acquire, preserve, and display historical artifacts and documents in a manner that will encourage people to use our facilities, to learn of our history and to create community pride.

Victorian Home and Carriage House Museum
 Victorian Home and Carriage House Museum

Ice House Museum
Ice House Museum

photo link to Little Red School House Museum, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Little Red School House

photo link to Wyth House & Viking Pump Museum
Wyth House & Viking Pump Museum

photo link to Behrens - Rapp Station Welcome Center, Cedar Falls, Iowa
 Behrens-Rapp Station

photo link to Lenoir Railroad Museum, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Lenoir Model Train Museum

From time to time we will have pdf files available. Get Acrobat Reader by
clicking the logo below.

About the Historical Society

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June 1962 - First meeting of the Iowa Historical Group
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June 1965 - Purchased the 1863 Victorian Home at 303 Clay St.
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May 1968 - Cedar Falls Historical Society opened Victorian Home to public.
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1976 - Ice House saved from demolition
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1977 - Ice House Museum placed on the National Register of Historic Places
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1979 - Dorothy Wyth bequeaths the family home built in 1907, located at 303 Franklin St. to the Historical Society
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June 1979 - Ice House Museum opened to the public
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December 1983 - George Wyth House Museum  opened to the public.
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1987 - Viking Pump Museum on the Wyth House's third floor opened to the public.
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October 1988 - Little Red School House opened to the public.
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November 1991 - Carriage House Addition to the Victorian Home completed.
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May 1992 - Victorian Home and Carriage House Museum reopened to the public.
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May 1994 - Behrens-Rapp Station opens as an information center for Cedar Falls.
Cedar Falls Historical Society ã 2002
For questions regarding this web site contact cfhistory@cfu.net.
Last updated: 01/11/2008


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