Historic Pella Trust Blog

175 years ago, the territory east of the Mississippi river, past the city of Fairfield, Iowa was controlled by the Native Americans. The United States Dragoon Soldiers kept pioneers away…

Mikol Sesker and Judi Gustofson visit about moving the massive home from Central Collegehttp://kniakrls.com/2018/10/lets-talk-pella-boardwalk-house-move/The above link will take you to the radio station link, you will have to come back…

Bob Zylstra describes about the honor of being on the National Register of Historic Places along with the need for a local ordinance that the neighbors will have to petition…

You can visit with Historic Pella Trust board member and historic home owner, Jill Jansen,  during our Block Party, Oct 13, from 10-2! She is even inviting you to visit…

Andrew Schneider visits with Rhonda and JIll about celebrating the Collegiate Historic Neighborhood with a block party and their passion for historic preservation of our communities remaining homes over 50…

Dr. Bob Leonard goes “In Depth” with Bruce Boertje, Bob Zylstra, and Jim Mansueto, with the Historic Pellahttp://kniakrls.com/2018/10/in-depth-the-historic-pella-trust/

Collegiate Historic District Block Party Rescheduled to October 13, 2018Saturday Oct 6 seemed to be a dress rehearsal for our big event on the 500 block of Broadway Street. From…

Written by Jill Jansen; Historic Pella Trust; Board of Directors

 A Historic wagon was given to Historic Pella trust from Sharon Fisher in memory of William and Amy Pfoutz and their children George and Esther from New Sharon, Iowa.It helps…

The sun was shining and it was a beautiful week to host the Second grade students from Lincoln Elementary and Pella Christian Grade school at Tuttle Cabin. This event took…