The Farm House (Knapp-Wilson House)

The Farm House (Knapp-Wilson House)

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nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
location= Ames, Iowa
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 1
lat_seconds = 48
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 93
long_minutes = 38
long_seconds = 32
long_direction = W
locmapin = Iowa
area =
built =1861
architect= Burt,Milens
designated= July 19, 1964cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=226&ResourceType=Building
title=The Farm House (Knapp-Wilson House) |accessdate=2007-10-08|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service
]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=66000339

The Farm House (Knapp-Wilson House) is a site significant for its association with agriculturist and teacher Seagram A. Knapp and with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson (U.S. politician). It is now located within, and is the oldest building upon, the campus of Iowa State University.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000339.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: The Farm House / The Knapp-Wilson House] |370 KB|date=May, 1975 |author=Blanche Higgins Schroer and Ray H. Mattison |publisher=National Park Service. PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000339.pdf Accompanying 8 photos, exterior and interior, from c. 1870, 1908, 1963, and 1975.] |2.30 MB]

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