New Providence, IA

The New Providence Building Association Stores is a historic building located in New Providence, Iowa, United States. Numerous businesses in the town that were located in wooden structures in the central business district were destroyed by a fire on December 30, 1910. As a result, the citizens of the town banded together and formed the New Providence Building Association. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of New Providence, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For New Providence, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. New Providence was established to buy land and construct buildings in which businesses would lease space. Such a community based effort was necessary because New Providence, which had been by-passed by the Chicago and North Western Railroad, needed economic stability to stay viable.