- Simon E. Dow House
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Dow House
Dow House
Location: Prince St. at south city limits, Dow City, Iowa Coordinates: 41°55′30″N 95°29′50″W / 41.925°N 95.49722°WCoordinates: 41°55′30″N 95°29′50″W / 41.925°N 95.49722°W Built: 1872 Governing body: Local NRHP Reference#: 72000471[1] Added to NRHP: June 14, 1972 The Simeon E. Dow House is an historic two-story 13-room red brick house in Dow City, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1872 by Simon E. Dow, (Simeon E. Dow), who in 1869 co-founded Dow City and later became one of its leading businessmen.[2] In 1970 it was bought by the Crawford County Conservation Board to be restored and is now open for public tours from the last week of May through Labor Day.[1][3]
On June 14, 1972, the Dow House was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Simeon E. Dow House, South Prince Street, Dow City, Crawford County, IA: 2 photos and 2 data pages, at Historic American Building Survey
- ^ Crawford County Conservation Board listing for Dow House
External links
- Crawford County Conservation Board website about the house, includes house museum hours
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- United States museum stubs
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