187.1058.2-4

187.1058.2-4
The front of the Ames Stationers store, located on the southeast corner of Main Street and Kellogg Avenue (238 Main). The store operated from 1946 to 1995 at this location. On the night of November 22, 1987, a fire badly damaged the second floor of the store. It was reopened as a one-story building in 1988. It was sold in the late 1995 to Story-Kenworthy, a Des Moines firm, which operated it as ASI Office Experts for a few years, then as Storey Kenworthy. The building is now [2005]occupied by a needlecraft store, the Quilting Connection.
Citation: 187.1058.2-4
Year: 1969 (approx.)