Iowa's Incredible Exposition Palaces
Sioux City Corn Palace
Central Iowa coal mine
Cultivating corn
The Flax Palace, 1890
The Flax Palace
Creston's Blue Grass Palace
Coal Mining Towns and the Coal Palace
The Flax Palace, 1890
Time Frame: ca. 1892
The Flax Palace was built in 1890 on the Winnebago County Fairgrounds. It was inspired by the Corn Palace of Mitchell, South Dakota, and was paid for by Forest City business owners. Ten acres of flax were harvested to decorate the exterior of the structure.
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