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POSTVILLE
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| John R. Mott House, 225 Williams Street, Postville |
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Constructed in 1867; two-story frame house; Victorian style; home of 1946 Nobel Peace Prize winner John R. Mott; once served as a hospital. In 1946, former Postville resident Dr. John Raleigh Mott (1865-1955) received the Nobel Peace Prize (with Emily Greene Balch) for founding the World Council of Churches. Hailed as an international religious leader, Dr. Mott was recognized for his service, particularly in far-reaching church and missionary movements. Dr. Mott’s boyhood home at 225 Williams Street in Postville is identified with a bronze plaque and is now a private apartment building known as Mott Manor. |
| Roger Kolarich Home, 111 East Tilden Street, Postville |
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Constructed in 1872 by Godfrey Stadt; two-story frame home in Victorian Gothic style; includes a stage, which was built so Stadt's son could perform one-person shows. |
| Turner Hall, 119 East Greene Street, Postville |
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Constructed in 1913; shows the predominance of the German-American settlement; added to National Register of Historic Places in 2000. |
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