"Lockkeeper's" House


"Lockkeeper's" House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Whitefish Trail
Nearest city	Eldon, Iowa
Coordinates	40°53′07″N 92°11′49″W / 40.88528°N 92.19694°W / 40.88528; -92.19694Coordinates: 40°53′07″N 92°11′49″W / 40.88528°N 92.19694°W / 40.88528; -92.19694
Area	less than one acre
Built	1857
Architectural style	Vernacular
NRHP Reference #	09000826^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 14, 2009

"Lockkeeper's" House is located south of Eldon along the Des Moines River in Davis County, Iowa, United States. Local legend associates this stone house with the Des Moines River Improvement Project, which was conceived to build a lock and dam system along the Des Moines River to make it navigable from the Mississippi River to the Raccoon River at Des Moines. While this is the general location for lock and dam #10, and construction did begin on the complex, there is no evidence that this house was built for the lockkeeper, or that it was even built as part of the project.^[2] The lock and dam were never completed here, and the project itself faltered because of corruption. It is possible that stone quarried for the project could have been used to build the house. While local legend may not be accurate, the 1¾-story structure is a fine example of mid-19th century vernacular architecture. The house is unique in that limestone was rarely used in residential construction in this part of Iowa.^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 Molly Myers Naumann. ""Lockkeeper's" House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-03-07.

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National Register of Historic Places in Davis County, Iowa

Bloomfield	Bloomfield Public Library Bloomfield Square Davis County Courthouse William Findley House Trimble-Parker Historic Farmstead District James B. Weaver House Asa Wilson House Henry Wishard House

Eldon	"Lockkeeper's" House

Troy	Stringtown House Troy Academy

West Grove	West Grove United Methodist Church

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Davis County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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