James B. Weaver House

Infobox_nrhp | name =James B. Weaver House
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
location= Weaver Park Road, Bloomfield, Iowa
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 45
lat_seconds = 18
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 92
long_minutes = 24
long_seconds = 44
long_direction = W
locmapin = Iowa
area =
built =1865
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= May 15, 1975cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1539&ResourceType=Building
title=James B. Weaver House |accessdate=2007-10-03|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = May 15, 1975cite 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 = Private
refnum=75000680

James B. Weaver House, in Bloomfield, Iowa was the home of James Weaver (1833-1912) from about 1865 to 1890. Weaver was the Greenback candidate for President in 1880 and the Populist candidate in 1892. He was an anti-monopolist and a proponent of the graduated income tax and principal sponsor of free coinage of silver.

The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/75000680.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: ] |403 KB|date=December 1, 1974 |author=George R. Adams |publisher=National Park Service. PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/75000680.pdf Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1974.] |0.99 MB]

It is located on Weaver Park Road (U.S. Route 63) about .3 miles north of downtown Bloomfield.

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External links

* [http://www.weaver-house.com James B. Weaver House]