Jason and Elizabeth Baylor Rector House is a historic building located south of Thurman, Iowa, United States. Jason Rector is a native of Indiana who moved with his father, a Methodist minister, in the late 1840s to southwest Iowa. He became a farmer and land owner. Rector returned to Indiana to marry Elizabeth Baylor. They had no children of their own, but took in several homeless children.[2] The two-story brick Greek Revival house follows a T-plan. Both floors have three rooms. The first floor houses a living room, parlor and kitchen, and three bedrooms are located upstairs. A screened in porch and a single-story wing are located adjacent to the kitchen on the first floor. It is capped with a low-pitched gable roof. The summer kitchen on the main floor was converted into a bathroom. The house is located on an 80-acre (32 ha) farm located in the Loess Hills. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
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| Location | 2174 Bluff Rd. |
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| Nearest city | Thurman, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 40°43′58″N 95°42′35″W / 40.73278°N 95.70972°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1859 |
| Architect | Jason Rector |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 01001542[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 4, 2002 |
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Robert and Beverly Collins. "Jason and Elizabeth Baylor Rector House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
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