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Levi P. Grinnell House

Coordinates: 41°44′41″N 92°43′20″W / 41.74472°N 92.72222°W / 41.74472; -92.72222
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Levi P. Grinnell House
Levi P. Grinnell House is located in Iowa
Levi P. Grinnell House
Levi P. Grinnell House is located in the United States
Levi P. Grinnell House
Location1002 Park St.
Grinnell, Iowa
Coordinates41°44′41″N 92°43′20″W / 41.74472°N 92.72222°W / 41.74472; -92.72222
Arealess than one acre
Built1860
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.79000935[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 1, 1979

The Levi P. Grinnell House is a historic dwelling located in Grinnell, Iowa, United States. Levi Grinnell came from Vermont to settle in Poweshiek County in the 1850s. He was a cousin of Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, a political and social activist who founded the town and Grinnell College. Levi Grinnell owned this property from 1857 to 1863, and had the house built about 1860. After he left here he farmed outside of town. The 1½-story frame structure is characteristic of vernacular Greek Revival domestic architecture found in the small towns and the rural areas of the upper Midwest.[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ M.H. Bowers. "Levi P. Grinnell House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-14.