Upper South Hotel
Seven villages in Iowa, US in Middle Amana, Iowa. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Amana Colonies are seven villages on 26,000 acres (110 km2) located in Iowa County in east-central Iowa, United States: Amana, East Amana, High Amana, Middle Amana, South Amana, West Amana, and Homestead. The villages were built and settled by German Radical Pietists, who were persecuted in their homeland by the German state government and the Lutheran Church. Calling themselves the True Inspiration Congregations, they first settled in New York near Buffalo in what is now the town of West Seneca. However, seeking more isolated surroundings, they moved to Iowa in 1856. They lived a communal life until 1932.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | NE Iowa County, Middle Amana vicinity, IA |
| County | Iowa County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000336 |
| Type of place | intentional community, group of settlements |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | NE Iowa County, Middle Amana, IA |
| Coordinates | 41.76571, -91.96822 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Herbert Hoover National Historic Site · 32 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Sandy Beach Camp 19 mi · Sugar Bottom Campground 21 mi · Sugar Bottom Day Use Area 21 mi |
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Sources
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 66000336. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.