Several famous people are associated with these Cerro Gordo County historic places including Clarence A. Knutson, Horace P. Kirk, Hanford MacNider and Charles H. McNider.
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Cerro Gordo County places including Frank L. Wright, William Drummond, Hansen and Waggoner, Griffin Marion Mahony, Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Burley Griffin, Chris Rye, Iowa State Highway Commission, N.M. & Co. Stark and Fred Lippert. Prominent architectural styles found in Cerro Gordo Country are Prairie School, Late Victorian and Early Commercial.











