John Stewart built the first commercial creamery in the state of Iowa at this location in 1872.
Because of this, he made technological and managerial changes to his operation that transformed commercial butter making in the state.
Stewart became the founding president of the Northern Iowa Butter and Cheese Association, which was headquartered in Manchester.
As markets on the East Coast expanded "creamery grade" butter was shipped regularly between northeast Iowa and New York City.
This article about a property in Delaware County, Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.