Floyd County Historical Museum
500 Gilbert Street - 641-228-1099
Director: Mary Ann Townsend
As one of the top ten county museums in the nation, this isn't your typical small town museum. The largest attraction to the museum is extensive tractor collection from the creators of the gasoline-powered tractor. One of the first Hart-Parr tractors is part of the museum's permanent display along with about a dozen other Hart-Parr, Oliver, and White Farm equipment. But that's not the only display you're going experience. You'll smell the Legal Drug Store the moment you walk into the real life display. This turn of the century drug store will dazzle you when you see the actual powdered drugs still on the shelf. Then you'll be blown away by the 1968 tornado display, the oldest home in Floyd County (a log cabin), and other permanent and rotating displays (ask to see their quilt room).
Mooney Art Collection
106 Milwaukee Mall - 641-257-6319 - Contact: Virginia Ruzicka
Rembrandt, Picasso, and Monet are just a few of the masters on display at this permanent exhibit recently opened to the public. This impressive collection of engravings, etchings and prints are normally reserved for large metropolitan cities. The exhibit is housed in the Charles City Public Library art gallery.
Read more about the Mooney Art Collection in this
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier article
Hours vary throughout the year as the library's hours very.
Suspension Bridge
Across the Cedar River along Riverside Drive
Built in 1906 the Charles City Suspension Bridge is a Charles City icon. Seen on most of the logos attributed with the local organizations (including CharlesCity365.com). The bridge is one the most recognizable symbols of Charles City. Originally built as a pedestrian bridge the bridge was the link from the community to attend old time Chautauquas. The bridge continues to be a safe structure which thousands of people walk every year and even swings in the wind.
Charles City Arts Center
301 North Jackson Street - 641-228-6284 - Director: Nicole Fullard
www.charlescityarts.com
Like many communities in Iowa, Charles City holds a Carnegie Building in its list of historic buildings. However, unlike many Iowa cities, Charles City uses theirs to the true nature of the Carnegie purpose. The building houses the Charles City Arts Center, with a collection of local and regional artwork. Rotating exhibits range from watercolors to modern impressionistic art.
Arts Center hours: Wed. & Thurs. 1-8 pm
Open Studio Wednesday and Thursday 6-8 pm
Fri. & Sat. 1-5 pm
Little Brown Church
2730 Cheyenne Ave, Nashua - 641-435-2027
Contact: Pastor Carol B. Gailey
Made famous by the hymn, "The Little Brown Church in the Vale", this small house of worship holds about 50 people and is known nationally. The pastor for this church will meet any groups to sing the song, explain history and she has a special treat in store for your tour group. Weekends are usually booked with couples getting married in the church. A marriage reunion is held every August. The next reunion is August, 2007.
Historic Homes Walking Tour
Begin at 409 North Main Street
Beginning at the beautiful and historic Charles Theater you can take a leisurely walk past 25 historic structures in Charles City. The history of the homes, businesses, and buildings featured on the tour are highlighted in a brochure. This self-guided tour takes you along the Cedar River, across the Suspension Bridge, to a Frank Lloyd Wright home, and the Charles City Arts Center. Learn about homes with reputations like the 'death house', the haunted third floor of 306 Clark Street, and how Mrs. Dodge could spy on her neighbors without them knowing she was even there. Several of the structures on the tour are on the National Register of Historic Places.
Download a brochure the Histoic Homes Walking Tour
Carrie Lane Chapman Catt Childhood Dwelling
2379 Timber Avenue - 641-228-3336
Contact: Marilu Wohlers
Standing along side such great women as Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Lane Chapman Catt helped lead the 19th Amendment (allowing women the right to vote) to fruition. Few people know however, Carrie moved to a farm just outside of Charles City in 1865. Her urge to fight for equality began when, as a six-year-old, she asked her mother why her father was loading up all the men on the farm to go into town to vote, and why he was leaving all the women behind. Her dream became a reality when the 19th amendment was ratified. The Victorian style brick home was just completed renovation and is open to the public by appointment.
North Iowa Golf Trail
Golf courses a 'plenty. You pick what you're looking for. Both
9-hole and 18-hole golf courses await you in Charles City. And within a 25-mile radius of Charles City, you can play seven different courses. Both challenging and beautiful, you can spend a four-day weekend in Charles City and never play the same course twice. Here's the breakdown of the courses.
Whether
you have an hour or a week to spend in Charles City, you can always find something
interesting to do. Maybe you want to spend some time splashing in a pool with
the family, or spend a quiet romantic evening with dinner and a local hotel suite.
How about golfing, fossil hunting, or walking past more than twenty
historic homes, buildings, and structures. Whatever piques your interest you can find it here.
Rockford
Fossil & Prairie Center
1227 215th Street, Rockford - 641-756-3490 -
Contact: Barb McKinstry
Just a hop, skip, and a jump away from Charles City, the Rockford Fossil & Prairie
Center is a treasure in the wild. You get to hunt fossils! Dubbed "a collector's paradise and
a scholar's schoolroom". The 185 acre park is the original location of fossils
now in such prestigious locations at the Smithsonian Institute. Fossils are
from the Devonian era; and with trillions of fossils in this park, you can take
a jar of relics home with you. Oh... and school tours... you're always welcome.
Lion's
Field Pool & Waterslide
20 Lions Field - 641-257-6312
Contact: Steve Lindaman
Take a plunge during the summer in our outdoor pool. The pool is
home of a 151-foot waterslide, diving boards, zero degree entry, a wading pool for
the young ones, and several mushroom and floor fountains. If it's just the
sun you're looking for, then the sun and shade decks are for you. Red Cross
trained life guards are always on duty. They'll also teach you how to swim
in the mornings.
Open
from Memorial Day to Labor Day
| Golf Course |
Address |
City |
Phone |
Holes |
| Charles City Golf Course |
2147 Underwood Ave |
Charles City |
641-228-6465 |
18 holes |
| Wildwood Golf Course |
3rd Street & Iowa |
Charles City |
641-257-6322 |
9 holes |
| Raleigh Hill Golf Course |
2048 Cheyenne Ave |
Ionia |
641-394-3256 |
9 holes |
| Nashua Town and County Club |
2898 Asherton Ave |
Nashua |
641-435-4466 |
9 holes |
| C.A.R.D. Inc. |
20303 Highway 188 |
Clarksville |
319-278-4787 |
9 holes |
| Maple Heights Golf & Country Club |
200 Eastwood Street |
Elma |
641-393-2120 |
9 holes |
| Riceville Country Club |
402 East Main |
Riceville |
641-985-2447 |
9 holes |
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