Hennion Block

Historical marker location:

109 South Clinton Street, Albia, Iowa

( Marker is on South Clinton Street just south of Washington Avenue West, on the right when traveling south.)

In the early 1900s, the town of Villisca, Iowa was the site of a gruesome murder that remains unsolved to this day. On June 10, 1912, eight people were bludgeoned to death with an axe in their home. The crime is known as the Villisca Axe Murders and has been the subject of numerous books, films, and TV shows.