This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
William Lightner master builder of eastern Iowa remembered
A Gazette feature recalls William H Lightner a prominent master builder of the early 1900s His family Lightner Brothers led local carpentry business J W Wesley and William held leadership roles in the Master Builders Association He rebuilt St Patrick's Church and created Mount Mercy grottoes while his obelisks mark former Lightner property locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Lightner
We Avenue NW
C Avenue NW
Christina Thomas-Langton
C Avenue
C Ave
Lightner
Joseph
the Gazette
William
J.W
Wesley
Lightner Brothers
George
Bill” Lightner
Iowa
Gazette
Hutchinson Ice Cream Co
Fifth Avenue
Wesley Lightner
Hutchinson
Borden Co
Killian
Century Engineering
Network Data Processing
Fiserv Ndp
OPN
William Lightner
Master Builders Association
State Association
Montrose
U.S
E Avenue NW
C Ave. NW
Mount St. Clare Junior College
Clinton
St. Francis Hospital
Grinnell
St. Thomas Hospital
Marshalltown
Ladora Savings Bank
Durr Brothers Grocery
Williamsburg
Sisters of Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Clutter
Mercy Hospital
Mercy Academy
Warde Hall
St. Ludmila’s Catholic Church
Burlington
Penick & Ford
Congregational Church