Brown Bag Lunch History Talk: Unraveling the Mysteries of the IXL Block, One Bead at a Time

Published: Jan. 26, 2017, 10 a.m.

Join Al Dawson, Beadology Iowa's official historian, in a talk about the history of the space currently occupied by the bead store. Al will discuss this 1880's building that has thrived as a bakery, an optician's office, and a jewelry shop, a techno bar, as well as many other interesting uses. Be the first to learn how the building got its mysterious name.