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Name, City, Type of Resource

House Museum Iowa to Decorah

  Ames

  Farm House Museum

  Knoll Road

  ISU Campus

  Ames  IA

  Phone  515 294-3342

  Web Site www.museums.iastate.edu/

  E-mail  mailto:aclone@iastate.edu

  Description  first house on campus, built for the farm program, occupied by college

                    presidents, deans, and faculty, by appointment only

  Type of Resource  House Museum

  Primary Focus  Building

  Collection A-F  Decorative Arts

  Era  1862

  New or Updated:  9/21/2007

  IA

  Boone

  Mamie Doud Eisenhower Birthplace

  709 Carroll Street

  PO Box 55

  Boone  IA  50036    

  Phone  515 432-1896

  Web Site http://www.shopcpn.com/webpage/display.cfm?ID=35884

  Alt Web http://www.pionet.net/~macinc/mac1.htm

  Description birthplace of President Eisenhower's wife

  Type of Resource  House Museum

  Primary Focus President

  Research  Library

  New or Updated:   9/10/2006

Burlington
Hawkeye Log Cabin
2915 South Main Street
Crapo Park
Burlington IA 52601
Phone 319 753-5981
Alt Phone 319 753-2449
Web Site ******
E-mail mailto:dmcohist@interl.net
Alt Web http://www.burlington.lib.ia.us/City/localgo/parks/guidepar.htm
Description replica of cabin constructed by Hawkeye Natives, group for those born in Des Moines County and 50+, now owned by historical society
Type of Resource House Museum
New or Updated: 04/19/2003

Iowa
Burlington
Phelps House
512 Columbia Street
Burlington IA 52601
Phone 319 753-5880
Alt Phone 319 753-2449
Web Site http://www.visit.burlington.ia.us/history.html-des
Description Victorian furnishings and hospital memorabilia
Type of Resource House Museum
Building Type Hospital
Collection A-F Furniture
Owner/Operator: Des Moines County Historical Society
New or Updated: 04/21/2003

Cedar Rapids
Brucemore
2160 Linden Drive, SE
Cedar Rapids IA  52403
Phone  319 362-7375
Web Site  www.brucemore.org
Description
Type of Resource  House Museum

Clermont
Montauk
26233 Harding Road
PO Box 372
Clermont IA 52135
Phone 319 423-7173
Web Site http://www.iowahistory.org/sites/index.html
E-mail mailto:Montauk@acegroup.cc
Alt Web http://members.aol.com/montaukiowa/montauk.htm
Description brick and stone home of William Larrabee, Iowa's 12th governor -- with original furnishings
Type of Resource Museum
Era 1874
New or Updated: 04/30/2003

  IA

  Council Bluffs

  Historic General Dodge House

  621 3rd St

  Council Bluffs  IA  51501    

  Phone  712 322-2406

  Web Site http://www.cbparksandrec.org/historical.asp?page=4

  Alt Web http://www.councilbluffsiowa.com/tourism/default.asp

  Description 14 room home of Civil War General & railroad builder Grenville Dodge

  Type of Resource  House Museum

  Primary Focus  Famous People

  Era  1869

  New or Updated:  6/28/2007

  Decorah
  Porter House Museum
  401 West Broadway
  PO Box 115
  Decorah  IA   52101
  Phone   563 382-8465
  Web Site  *****
  E-mail  mailto:park-rec@salamander.com
  Alt Web  http://www.decorah-
  Description  brick Villa with furnishings
  Type of Resource   House Museum
  Era  1867
  New or Updated:    6/1/2004