Jason and Elizabeth Baylor Rector House

Jason and Elizabeth Baylor Rector House
Location 2174 Bluff Rd.
Nearest city Thurman, Iowa
Coordinates 40°43′58″N 95°42′35″W / 40.73278°N 95.70972°W / 40.73278; -95.70972Coordinates: 40°43′58″N 95°42′35″W / 40.73278°N 95.70972°W / 40.73278; -95.70972
Area less than one acre
Built 1859
Architect Jason Rector
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 01001542[1]
Added to NRHP February 4, 2002

Jason and Elizabeth Baylor Rector House is a historic residence located in south of Thurman, Iowa, United States. Jason Rector is a native of Indiana who moved with his father, a Methodist minister, in the late 1840s to southwest Iowa. He became a farmer and land owner. Rector returned to Indiana to marry Elizabeth Baylor. They had no children of their own, but took in several homeless children.[2] The two-story brick Greek Revival house follows a T-plan. Both floors have three rooms. The first floor houses a living room, parlor and kitchen, and three bedrooms are located upstairs. A screened in porch and a single-story wing are located adjacent to the kitchen on the first floor. It is capped with a low-pitched gable roof. The summer kitchen on the main floor was converted into a bathroom. The house is located on an 80-acre (32 ha) farm located in the Loess Hills. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Robert and Beverly Collins. "Jason and Elizabeth Baylor Rector House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-26.


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