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It is the only stone house in the area. [2] Early owners of the house were area speculators that included Laurel Summers, who platted the town of Parkhurst, which is now a part of Le Claire, James Eads and Lyman Smith. Other owners include farmer Henry Stone, who settled in Scott County in 1844 and owned the house from 1866 to 1877. He was ...
The county seat moved to Clarion in 1866 and another courthouse was constructed there. That building became a part of the Avondale Hotel after the present courthouse was built in 1892. The present courthouse is a three-story building that was completed for $50,000 in 1892. [3] It was designed by W.R. Parsons & Son, and built by E.D. Jones ...
Bridge distinguished as the oldest remaining example of the Pratt half-hip pony truss in Iowa, built in 1890. 29: Matt-Bahls House: Matt-Bahls House: September 24, 1984 : 615 S. 3rd St. Guttenberg: 30: McClaine House: McClaine House: September 24, 1984
Wright County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa.As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,943. [1] The county seat is Clarion. [2] The county organization became effective in January 1851, and is believed to be named either after Silas Wright, a governor of New York, or Joseph Albert Wright, a governor of Indiana.
Clarion is the birthplace of the four-leaf clover emblem used by the 4-H Clubs of America, conceived of in 1907 by the local school superintendent, O.H. Benson. [4] See June 15, 1927 article in Wright County Monitor. Clarion is the site of an unsolved murder case from 1888.
Stone House (Le Claire, Iowa) Stone House (Portland, Oregon) Stone House (Bridgton, Maine) Stone House (Taunton, Massachusetts) Stone Houses (St. Louis, Missouri), on the National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis, Missouri; Stone House by the Stone House Brook the "Old Stone House", South Orange, New Jersey, on National ...
The Leander Reeve House, also known as the Old Stone House, is a historic structure located near Geneva, Iowa in the United States. Leander Reeve came to Franklin County from Ashtabula County, Ohio in 1853. He initially worked as a trapper until he acquired 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land from Allison Phelps and began to farm. [2]
St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Elkader, Iowa) St. Mary's Catholic Church (Guttenberg, Iowa) St. Peters United Evangelical Lutheran Church; Schmidt House (Elkader, Iowa) St. Olaf Auditorium; Peter Stauer House; J.C. Stemmer House; Stone Barn (Guttenberg, Iowa)