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Visiting Information
214 1st St.
Haverhill, IA 50120
Memorial Day - Labor Day
Sunday-Saturday
12:00-4:00 p.m.
Labor Day - Memorial Day
Closed
Free Admission
Group tours welcome. Please schedule in advance with:
Historical Society of Marshall County
503 West Main Street
Marshalltown, IA 50158
(641) 752-6664
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A skilled blacksmith and inventor, German immigrant Matthew Edel owned this shop from 1883 until his death in 1940. In 1884, Edel was one of 2,100 blacksmiths in Iowa.
Today it's rare to find such a complete and original shop open to visitors, kept just as he left it the day he died. See his tools, inventions, and hear stories about blacksmithing in the age before tractors and automobiles.
