Fillmore Block

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Fillmore Block

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| image = Fillmore Block Dows.jpg

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| location = Junction of Ellsworth and Garfield, Dows, Iowa

| coordinates = {{coord|42|39|23|N|93|29|59|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Iowa#USA

| area = less than one acre

| built = 1894-1895

| architect = A.H. Conner & Co.

| architecture = Romanesque Revival

| added = November 20, 1998

| mpsub =

| refnum = 98001323{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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The Fillmore Block, now known as the Dows Mercantile Store, is a historic building located in Dows, Iowa, United States. The Dows commercial district was destroyed in a fire in 1894. This building was completed for $12,000 in 1895 for D.H. Fillmore, a member of a prominent family in the community.{{cite web|author=James C. White|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/nrhp/text/98001323.PDF|title=Fillmore Block|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2016-02-05}} The two-story Victorian Romanesque Revival style structure was designed by A.H. Conner & Co. It was one of 17 stores constructed in the commercial area. The building housed a variety commercial enterprises including a restaurant, ladies clothing and dress goods, boots and shoes, notions, groceries, flour, hardware, furniture and the like. It was acquired by the Dows Historical Society in 1987.{{cite web|url= http://www.dowsiowa.com/Mercantile.html |title= Dows Mercantile|publisher=City of Dows|accessdate=2012-05-24|last=|first=}} It was reopened two years later as an antique mall that also sells Iowa-made products. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.