National Register of Historic Places

Booth, Edmund and Mary Ann Walworth, House

Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa
Listed
March 13, 2013
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
13000067

About this property

The Edmund and Mary Ann Walworth Booth House is a historic building located in Anamosa, Iowa, United States. Raised in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Edmund Booth contracted meningitis at age four and lost part of his hearing. By the time he was eight he was totally deaf. His wife Mary Ann was born in Connecticut and she was also four when she contracted meningitis, but lost all of her hearing at that time. Booth became an early educator for the deaf, and his wife was one of his pupils. They both relocated separately to Iowa in 1839, and married the following year. After spending five years in the California gold fields while his family remained in Iowa, Booth returned to Iowa and resumed farming. He was instrumental in establishing the Iowa School for the Deaf in 1855, and the Iowa Association of the Deaf in 1881. He became the association's president in 1884. Booth had a thirty-year career as the publisher and editor of the Anamosa Eureka. The Booth's had this brick Italianate house built in 1870. They lived here until Mary Ann died in 1898 and Edmund in 1905. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Location

125 S. Ford St.
Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa
42.10822, -91.28514

Categories

HEALTH/MEDICINECOMMUNICATIONSSOCIAL HISTORY
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Booth, Edmund and Mary Ann Walworth, House listed on the National Register?

Booth, Edmund and Mary Ann Walworth, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 2013.

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Booth, Edmund and Mary Ann Walworth, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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