IAIowa field entry
Historic Greef General Store
Bentonsport, IA
An 1840s Bentonsport general store reborn as three floors of antiques, handmade Iowa crafts, local-history displays and memorabilia, with old-fashioned Addie May Fudge made and sold inside the same historic building.
Historic Greef General Store layers an antique-and-craft shop, artifact displays and a working fudge business into a restored 1840s storefront beside the Des Moines River.
Field notes
Why it belongs
Historic general store, antique shop, craft market, Iowa artisan store, furniture-and-memorabilia dealer, local-history display, small museum, and old-fashioned fudge shop.
The building supplies one layer of history, the artifacts another, and then visitors can browse antiques and crafts before buying fresh fudge from a business operating inside the same store.
Historic Greef General Store occupies a restored 1840s commercial building in Bentonsport and now operates as a multi-level antique and craft destination. Current local tourism describes antiques, furniture, glassware, toys, memorabilia, handmade Iowa goods and local or historical artifacts displayed throughout the building. Addie May Fudge operates inside the store, adding handcrafted cream-and-butter fudge to a destination that already shifts between antique shop, artisan market and informal local-history museum.
Store contents
What you will find
Directory categories
Known for
- Restored 1840s general store
- Antiques
- Three floors of browsing
- Handmade Iowa crafts
- Local artisans
- Historical artifacts
- Museum displays
- Furniture
- Glassware
- Memorabilia
- Addie May Fudge
- Historic Bentonsport setting