Save Union Block

Save Union Block Owned by Main Street Mount Pleasant (HISTORY) The Union Block Building was constructed in 1861 by William McCandless. Penn, dry goods merchant.

The building was commissioned by Henry Ambler, local attorney, and E.L. The third floor main hall, called the Opera House or Union Hall, and in the 1870s and 1880s, it provided a platform for many nationally-known speakers. In 1869, the third floor of the Union Block Building was the scene of a nationally historic event. Belle Babb Mansfield was tested and awarded a license to practice law, becoming the first woman in the United States to accomplish this.

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113 W Monroe Street
Mount Pleasant, IA
52641

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+13193853101

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