Beaconsfield Supply Store, Historic store in Iowa, United States

The Beaconsfield Supply Store is a single-story brick building with plain early 20th-century commercial architecture located in a rural part of Iowa. The structure has straightforward lines, small windows, and solid masonry walls that reflect its practical design as a retail shop.

The building was constructed in 1916 and originally served as a general store for the community. In 1930, Charles Hyde and David Vredenburg opened their business here, which would grow into the Hy-Vee supermarket chain.

This building is tied to the founding of the Hy-Vee grocery chain, a major business that began in this small community. For locals, the store represents entrepreneurial tradition and how small towns once supported themselves through independent commerce.

The building stands in Beaconsfield, a town of 15 residents as of 2021, in rural Ringgold County in southwestern Iowa. It is a community center rather than a staffed museum, so visits depend on local arrangements; the community is working to restore it, possibly as a museum. Check access before traveling, as the site was named one of Iowa's most endangered historic sites in 2021.

The store stayed in retail use until 1956, when a local telephone company took ownership of the building. In 2021 it was named one of Iowa's most endangered historic sites, and residents of the town, which had 15 people that year, are working to restore it, possibly as a museum.