McClellan's General Store explained

McClellan's General Store
Coordinates:40.9278°N -91.4011°W
Built:1867
Added:August 28, 2003
Refnum:03000828

McClellan's General Store is a historic structure located in New London, Iowa, United States. James and Adeline McClellan moved to Henry County in 1856. He bought the lot for $365 in 1867 and had the building built for a mercantile business that he founded the same year.[1] It was the first building constructed in the simplified Italianate style in town[1] He added dry goods to his store in 1875 and the business was renamed McClellan and Stottard Dry Goods Store at about the same time. The McClellan family used the second floor as their residence for several years The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Properties Listed on National Register of Historic Places Earn Recognition . State Historical Society of Iowa . 2012-05-31 . Oltrogge . Sarah . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131219021549/http://www.iowahistory.org/contacts/news_release/2004/nrhp_properties.htm . December 19, 2013 .