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The
Ellis House History This beautifully restored Queen
Anne, Victorian mansion was built in 1892 by W.C. Ellis who owned the Ellis & Son
lumber mill. Ellis was a co-founder and president of the Kelly Canning Company that same
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In 1895 the company was
re-established as the Iowa Canning Company with Ellis as vice president and was considered
the largest operation of its kind in the world. There were two banks in Vinton, at the
turn of the century, Ellis was president of one bank and vice president of the other. He
was quite the entrepreneur.
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With
a desire to preserve the history of this beautiful home, the Waterbury's, who purchased the house in July of 1993
lovingly restored it and named the six bedrooms after the Ellis' and their children.
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