Hitchcock, Rev. George B., House
Historic house in Iowa, United States in Lewis, Iowa. Added to the National Register in 1977, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Reverend George B. Hitchcock House is a historic house museum in Cass County, Iowa, near the city of Lewis. Built in 1856 by the Congregationalist minister George B. Hitchcock, it has features indicative of its use as a "station" on the Underground Railway, corroborated by documentary evidence of Hitchcock's involvement in the shelter and transport of escaped slaves. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2006. It now houses a museum.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 63788 567th Lane, Lewis vicinity, IA |
| County | Cass County |
| Listed | Nov 9, 1977 |
| Reference number | 77000500 |
| Architect | George B. Hitchcock |
| Type of place | house |
| Style | Federal architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 63788 567th Lane, Lewis, IA |
| Coordinates | 41.30313, -95.10348 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail · 43 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 77000500. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.