National Register of Historic Places

Wheeler, John R., Jr., House

Dunlap, Harrison County, Iowa
Listed
November 4, 1986
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
86003171

About this property

The John R. Wheeler Jr. House, also known as Immaculate Conception Convent, is a historic building located in Dunlap, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1897 by J.R. Wheeler Sr. for his son and his new wife. Wheeler Sr. was a Civil War veteran, state legislator, local lumber merchant. The house is said to have served as an advertisement for the range of woods that Wheeler marketed. When Wheeler Jr. left the community in 1910, he sold the house to neighboring St. Patrick's Catholic Church for use as a convent. As many as 45 rural students were housed here to makeup for the low church population in town. The parish sold the house in 1973, and it became a private home again. The two-story, frame, front gabled, Colonial Revival house is symmetrical in plan, with the exception of the wrap-around porch. It features Georgian corner pilasters, pedimented dormers, wooden belt courses, an Adamesque-style cornice with dentils and decorative modillions, and an elliptical fanlight. The porch features columns in the Doric order and a plain dentilled cornice. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Location

407 S. Third St.
Dunlap, Harrison County, Iowa
41.85088, -95.60951

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Sources

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When was Wheeler, John R., Jr., House listed on the National Register?

Wheeler, John R., Jr., House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 4, 1986.

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Wheeler, John R., Jr., House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Wheeler, John R., Jr., House is recorded as the industrial era.

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