Prairie Arts Historical Park

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Little Picasso Kids Art, Ceramic House, a 1870 Pioneer Home, 1908 Sears Roebuck Mail Order Catalog home, 1878 Nelson County School, 1873 Sheldon’s First Pioneer School, Lynn Township School, Baker Township School.

Looking for people who would love to make a difference.Prairie Arts Historical Park needs you! We have been working on g...
05/31/2026

Looking for people who would love to make a difference.

Prairie Arts Historical Park needs you!

We have been working on getting the rails to the ramp of the old Wansink, 1908 Sears Roebuck Home scraped. Then they need to be primed and painted. As well as the window casings and door. This can not be done in temps under 40 degrees or over 90 degrees. Thus the extreme peeling.

There is also a piece of siding that the wind has caught and is hanging in front of the Sears Roebuck Mail Order Catalog home.

It is at a height that would need some type of lift to fix this.

We want to continue to keep these buildings in good shape, and to last for years to come.

If you are willing, and want to help make a big difference, please call Karin at (712) 899-1748.

Thanks in advance.

Beautiful peony bed and 2 year old shrub roses are blooming and lovely!
05/31/2026

Beautiful peony bed and 2 year old shrub roses are blooming and lovely!

Pictures of the Little Picasso Snake in front of Baker School. Made from cement pavers that the Little Picasso’s painte...
05/17/2026

Pictures of the Little Picasso Snake in front of Baker School. Made from cement pavers that the Little Picasso’s painted. Too cute!

Volunteers are needed to help with odd jobs at Prairie Arts Historical Park. 1) water our plants2) finish scraping, then...
05/16/2026

Volunteers are needed to help with odd jobs at Prairie Arts Historical Park.
1) water our plants
2) finish scraping, then primer and then paint the rails to Sears and Roebuck home.
3)windows washed in/out on Sears Roebuck home, trim scraped/ primed and painted
4) roof over basement entry of 1909 Sears Roebuck home repaired.
Contact Karin if you would be willing to help with any of these. 7i12-899-1748

05/16/2026

If anyone would like to tour the buildings at Prairie Arts Historical Park… please call Karin at (712) 899-1748 to schedule a time.

Little Picasso's took the classroom snake, made of cement pavers, outside for a sun-kissed adventure on the sidewalk, sp...
05/16/2026

Little Picasso's took the classroom snake, made of cement pavers, outside for a sun-kissed adventure on the sidewalk, sparking joy in the young artists. The kids then unleashed their creativity with spray paint on their T-shirts, followed by a fun-filled game of Roll that Dice bringing vibrant colors to their pictures of a vase with flowers.

We Need Help From Volunteers!The Prairie Arts Historical Park is looking for someone who knows how to reglaze old window...
05/14/2026

We Need Help From Volunteers!

The Prairie Arts Historical Park is looking for someone who knows how to reglaze old windows.
The windows on the 1878 Nelson School, which houses the Werner Lode collection, need to be reglazed before the glass falls out. These windows were done about 5-7 years ago.
They need to be done ASAP. But we have no one on the board , who knows how to do it.
If you do, and are willing to help us. We will provide whatever is needed to fix the glass.

Here is our list of things to be done on 1878
Nelson School. Which houses the Werner Lode display.
1. Building scraped & painted.
2. Some boards on building need repairing or replaced.
3. Some walkway boards in front of school need replacing.
4. Items to be hung on the walls.
5. We need to move some of the displays to make room for visitors to walk around easily.
6. The large sign on the building needs to be taken down and repaired and repainted
We pray we find a volunteer or several volunteers who would be willing to bring this school back to its original beauty.
Contact Karin at (712) 899-1748

Beautiful bridal wreath bushes by the 1873 Prairie School opened today and absolutely Beautiful!And the old fashioned Ph...
05/13/2026

Beautiful bridal wreath bushes by the 1873 Prairie School opened today and absolutely Beautiful!
And the old fashioned Phlox are showing their beauty also today

After three days of working at the Historical Park the flower beds are looking much better. Thank you to MOCFV school st...
05/09/2026

After three days of working at the Historical Park the flower beds are looking much better.
Thank you to MOCFV school students, Progressive Insurance Employees, and the lawn work done by Eddy Gamboa Lawn service, Ron Noack and Pete Vanden Berg….
Many trips to the grass dump and tree dump,the Prairie Arts Historical Park is starting to shine!

Prairie Arts Historical Park needs someone with a very tall ladder or some type of lift. We need to reach under the soff...
05/09/2026

Prairie Arts Historical Park needs someone with a very tall ladder or some type of lift. We need to reach under the soffits to be able to spray about 32 wasp nest’s before we can knock them down on our Baker School.
We need help. Any suggestions?
Call Karin at (712) 899-1748

Address

1423 Park Street
Sheldon, IA
51201

Opening Hours

6pm - 8pm

Telephone

+17128991748

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