The two-story structure is a good example of 19th-century vernacular commercial design constructed in limestone.

[2] The only thing that differentiates these rectangular, front gable structures from a house or a school is the first floor storefront.

The building is associated with Voltaire P. Twombly, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery at the Battle of Fort Donelson during the American Civil War.

He operated a dry goods and grocery business in this building beginning in 1876.

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