National Historic Landmark · house · Bloomfield, Iowa

Weaver, James B., House

Historic house in Iowa, United States in Bloomfield, Iowa. Added to the National Register in 1975, and a National Historic Landmark.

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What it is

Wikipedia · James B. Weaver House

The James B. Weaver House is a historic house at 102 Weaver Road in Bloomfield, Iowa. Built in 1865, it was the home of James Weaver (1833-1912) until 1890. Weaver, a populist and anti-monopolist, was the Greenback candidate for president in 1880 and the Populist candidate in 1892. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressWeaver Park Rd. (U.S. 63), Bloomfield, IA
CountyDavis County
ListedMay 15, 1975
Reference number75000680
Type of placehouse
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

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AddressWeaver Park Rd. (U.S. 63), Bloomfield, IA
Coordinates40.75502, -92.41241 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitHerbert Hoover National Historic Site · 84 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyBuck Creek (Rathbun Lake) 25 mi · Prairie Ridge (Rathbun Lake) 26 mi · Island View (Rathbun Lake) 27 mi
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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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 75000680. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.