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Chambers Ford Bridge: This pin-connected Pratt through-truss Pythian Castle: This Knights of Pythias Lodge was
bridge was built in 1890 by the George King Bridge Company built about 1895. Recommended as contributing to a
and the Clinton Bridge and Iowa Works over the Iowa River potential NRHP historic district.
near Chelsea. NRHP-listed.
94 separate residential properties: Mostly constructed
Toledo between 1870 and 1900. Either recommended
individually NRHP-eligible or as elements contributing
Tama County Courthouse: Striking brick building with restored to a potential NRHP historic district.
clock tower, built 1866. NRHP-listed.
Benton County, rural
Tama County Jail: This 1870 building is now used as the Tama
County Historical Museum and Genealogical Library. NRHP- Kosik farmstead: House and two barns. Recommended
listed� NRHP-eligible.

Weiting Opera House: Built in 1912, presently undergoing a Chelsea
major restoration. Expected to reopen in 2012. NRHP-listed.
Dvorak’s DX Station: Lincoln Highway-era service
Hotel Toledo: Recommended NRHP-eligible. station�

Vining 21 separate residential properties: Mostly constructed
between 1870 and 1900. Recommended individually
CSA Hall (Karel Jonas Lodge No. 279): CSA Fraternal life NRHP-eligible.
(formerly the Czechoslovak Society of America) is this nation’s
oldest fraternal benefit society. This building is still used for Haven
various community events�
Haven School: This rural schoolhouse is an element of
Vining Grocery Store: An element of the Czech Driving Trail. the Czech Trail driving tour.

Not open to the public, but interesting even from the Iowa County, rural
exterior: Maas Cemetery (West): Pioneer cemetery.
Recommended NRHP-eligible.
Belle Plaine
Kuen Farmstead and Davis School #1: Rural
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Depot: Rare 1895 English- schoolhouse and 1920 farmstead. Recommended
style depot, undergoing restoration. Recommended NRHP- NRHP-eligible.
eligible.
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Ice House: Recommended Oak Grove Schoolhouse: Rural school.
NRHP-eligible.
Ladora
Herring Hotel: Lincoln Highway era, called “The Swellest Little
Hotel in Iowa,” Teddy Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan Ladora Savings Bank: Built in 1920 in Neoclassic style
were both guests here. Undergoing restoration. NRHP-listed. with large columns flanking the entrance. Recently
renovated and run as a restaurant, but business is
George Preston filling station and motel: Elaborate currently closed. NRHP-listed.
advertisements from the Lincoln Highway heyday decorate the
buildings’ exterior.