Houses and mansions in Council Bluffs
This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the Council Bluffs register is houses than any other kind of building, 12 listings of it in all.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1886 to 1888. 11 stops, 1.5 miles end to end. One stop is a National Historic Landmark.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Oct 16, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed October 17, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Grenville M. Dodge HouseNHL605 S. 3rd St.Building · listed 1966start
- 2August Beresheim House621 3rd St.Building · listed 1976207 ft from stop 1
- 3Martin Hughes House903 3rd St.Building · listed 19840.1 mi from stop 2
- 4Thomas Jefferis House523 6th Ave.Building · listed 19790.3 mi from stop 3
- 5O. P. Wickham House616 S. 7th St.Building · built 1888 · listed 19790.2 mi from stop 4
- 6John J. and Agnes Shea House309 S. 8th St.Building · built 1888 · listed 19950.2 mi from stop 5
- 7Shepard and Emma Farnsworth House301 S 8th St.Building · built 1886184 ft from stop 6
- 8Jean and Inez Bregant House514 S. 4th St.Building · listed 20130.3 mi from stop 7
- 9Wickham–De Vol House332 Willow Ave.Building · listed 1995360 ft from stop 8
- 10Thomas E. Cavin House150 Park Ave.Building · listed 19840.2 mi from stop 9
- 11Lysander Tulleys House151 Park Ave.Building · listed 1979138 ft from stop 10
1.5 straight-line miles over 10 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 11 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Local history books for Council Bluffs
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Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Iowa
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.