By the early 1870s the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railroad was also built through town.

The presence of the railroads led to the town's prosperity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

There is a small portion of Calhoun Street near the railroad tracks that is now asphalt with the original bricks being removed.

[2] The sixth contributing structure is the grain elevator that anchors the southwest corner of the district.

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