Townsend's Corner Block

Historical marker location:

10 South Main Street, Albia, Iowa

( Marker is on South Main Street (Iowa Route 5) just south of Benton Avenue East (County Road H35), on the right when traveling north.)

In 1979, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in favor of gay rights in the case of Varnum v. Brien. The ruling declared that Iowa's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, making Iowa the third state in the country to legalize same-sex marriage.