The Matthew Edel Blacksmith Shop historic site was donated to the State Historical Society of Iowa in 1986 by descendants of Matthew Edel. At the time of Matthew's death in 1940, he and his son, Louis, were operating the Edel Blacksmith Shop along with the adjoining automobile repair shop. Louis maintained the blacksmith shop much as his father left it, and because of him, the shop survived World War II scrap metal drives. The shop was never ransacked or vandalized when it sat unattended thanks to the watchful people of Haverhill. Matthew's heirs were able to donate the site and collection intact to the State Historical Society. The shop's relatively untouched condition was one reason for it being listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and becoming a state-owned historic site in 1986. Unlike most blacksmith shops still surviving in Iowa, the Edel Blacksmith Shop is not a reconstruction.

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