Audubon County Home Historic District

	Audubon County Home; Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
Location	1891 215th St.
Nearest city	Audubon, Iowa
Coordinates	41°41′44″N 94°55′21″W / 41.69556°N 94.92250°W
NRHP reference No.	15000080
Added to NRHP	March 17, 2015

The Audubon County Home Historic District, also known as the Nathaniel Hamlin Park & Museum, is a nationally recognized historic district located south of Audubon, Iowa, United States. During their journey to the West, Mormons camped here in the 1840s. The place became known as Blue Grass Grove because of a legend that they spilled bluegrass seed from their wagons. The Meskwaki tribe used the area as a summer campground for hunting parties until 1886. The county purchased the property in 1890, and built the Renaissance Revival style home as a care facility. The facility stood empty for several years when it was designated as a preservation project to observe the United States Bicentennial. The park is named after Nathaniel Hamlin, one of the first settlers in Audubon County.^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Nathaniel Hamlin Park & Museum" (PDF). Audubon County. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 17, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[Johnson-2] "Nathaniel Hamlin Park & Museum" (PDF). Audubon County. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 17, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.

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Exira	Audubon County Courthouse John D. Bush House
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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Audubon County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa