John and Amanda Bigler Drake House


John and Amanda Bigler Drake House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	11 miles west of Winterset on Iowa Highway 92
Coordinates	41°18′57″N 94°13′22″W / 41.31583°N 94.22278°W / 41.31583; -94.22278Coordinates: 41°18′57″N 94°13′22″W / 41.31583°N 94.22278°W / 41.31583; -94.22278
Area	less than one acre
Built	1856
Built by	David Harris
MPS	Legacy in Stone: The Settlement Era of Madison County, Iowa TR
NRHP Reference #	87001670^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 29, 1987

The John and Amanda Bigler Drake House is a historic residence located west of Winterset, Iowa, United States. The Drake's settled in Madison County in 1853. Within five years he had acquired 560 acres (230 ha) of land.^[2] This house was built around 1856. It is an early example of a vernacular limestone farmhouse. This two-story structure has a two-story addition composed of locally quarried ashlar and rubble stone. It features a lintel course, a protruding water table, the main entryway has an elaborate transom and sidelights, and stone chimneys on both gable ends. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1] When the house was nominated for the National Register it was still owned by the Drake family.

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Roslea Johnson. "John and Amanda Bigler Drake House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-07-24. with photos

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National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Iowa
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St. Charles	John S. and Elizabeth Beem Holmes Barn Imes Covered Bridge Hogan and Martha A. Runkle Queen House
Winterset	George and Susan Guiberson Armstrong House C.D. and Eliza Heath Bevington Privy C.D. Bevington House and Stone Barn Seymour Church House W.J. and Nettie J. Cornell House Cutler–Donahue Covered Bridge John and Amanda Bigler Drake House Duff Barn John M. Duncan House Henry and Elizabeth Adkinson Evans House Guiberson House Hogback Covered Bridge Holliwell Covered Bridge Emily Hornback House Miles and Elizabeth Smith Kellogg House John Andrew and Sara Macumber Ice House Madison County Courthouse McDonald House Miller Bridge William Anzi Nichols House North River Stone Schoolhouse Roseman Covered Bridge John and Fredericka Meyer Schnellbacher House Nicholas Schoenenberger House and Barn William R. and Martha Foster Shriver House Hiram C. Smith House Hiram C. Smith Milking Shed Sprague, Brown, and Knowlton Store Miller Richard and Mary Fisher Tidrick House J.G. and Elizabeth S. Vawter House Henry C. Wallace House White, Munger and Company Store Winterset Courthouse Square Commercial Historic District
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Madison County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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