ANTIQUE AMERICAN GAMEWELL & CO. FIRE ALARM BOX FROM MASON CITY, IOWA For Sale

YOU ARE offerDING ON A VERY EARLY AMERICAN FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH GAMEWELL & CO. FIRE ALARM BOX SHELL.  IN AS FOUND CONDITION.. BARN FIND .VERY FEW OF THESE REMAIN . WHILE THERE IS NO HARD EVIDENCE THIS BOX IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED IN MASON CITY, IOWA. IT WAS FOUND AT A FLEA MARKET JUST OUTSIDE OF MASON CITY. ACCORDING TO THE 1912 CENSUS AS REPORTED IN PAUL RONCALLO\'S BOOK \" HISTORY OF THE FIRE ALARM AND POLICE TELEGRAPH\" MASON CITY HAD 6 BOXES AND THIS IS BOX #6.ADDITIONALLY THE SHAPE OF THIS BOX IS CONSISTIENT WITH THE ONES FOUND IN THE MIDWEST AND WESTERN PART OF THE USA. THE SIZE OF THIS CAST IRON BOX IS 20 1/4 INCHES TALL BY 12 1/4 INCHES WIDE BY 5 1/2 INCHES DEEP. SOME OF THIS STYLE OF BOX HAD A DATE IN THE GABLE AND SOME WERE PRODUCED WITHOUT A DATE. NOTE THAT AT SOME POINT IN IT\'S HISTORY THIS BOX HAD A KEY GUARD...THUS THE 4 HOLES IN THE DOOR AND THE REASON BEHIND THE \"E\" IN TELEGRAPH AND THE \"S\" IN STATION BEING GROUND DOWN. THE STAND IS NOT PART OF THE sale AS IT IS FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY. PAUL RONCALLO\'S BOOK IN 2005 LISTED THE VALUE OF THIS STYLE BOX ( SHELL ONLY) AS APPROXIMATELY $2500.00. I CAN RESTORE THIS BOX AT AN ADDITIONAL COST IF DESIRED. PLEASE VIEW ALL OF THE PICTURES, CONSIDER THEM PART OF THE DESCRIPTION , AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS PRIOR TO offerDING AS ITEM IS SOLD \" AS IS\". CHECK MY response AND offer WITH CONFIDENCE. ITEM WILL BE RELISTED IF PAYMENT IS NOT RECEIVED WITHIN 5 DAYS OF sale END !!!