[2] The Chicago and North Western Railroad provided a connection to transport the materials.

The last of the usable building stone was quarried in 1915, when they shifted to crushed gravel.

The influence of the style is found in the "heavy massing, texture of the stone, and the window, door, and corner treatments.

The Pratt truss bridge across Buffalo Creek, the contributing structure, was built in 1912.

This article about a property in Jones County, Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.