Mason City, Iowa · Style

Prairie School houses in Mason City

Prairie School buildings stress the horizontal, with low hipped roofs, wide overhangs, banded windows and broad chimneys. The work centred on the Midwest between 1900 and 1917.

13 stops, 1.7 miles end to end.

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 Sep 18, 2026.

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13
Stops
1.7 mi
Total, straight line
0.4 mi
Longest leg
0
With a construction date

Map

Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data. 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 September 19, 2026.

Walking order

  1. 1Mier Wolf House811 N. Adams St.Building · listed 1980start
  2. 2Charles Seney House109 7th St., NW and 622 N. Washington St.Building · listed 19800.1 mi from stop 1
  3. 3E. R. Gibson House114 4th St., NWBuilding · listed 19800.2 mi from stop 2
  4. 4C. P. Shipley House114 3rd St., NWBuilding · listed 1980361 ft from stop 3
  5. 5F. M. Norris House108 4th St., NEBuilding · listed 19800.2 mi from stop 4
  6. 6Dr. G. C. Stockman House311 1st St., SEBuilding · listed 19920.4 mi from stop 5
  7. 7C. F. Franke House320 1st St., SEBuilding · listed 1980269 ft from stop 6
  8. 8George Romey House428 1st St., SEBuilding · listed 1980394 ft from stop 7
  9. 9Curtis Yelland House37 River Heights Dr.Building · listed 19800.2 mi from stop 8
  10. 10Park Inn Hotel15 W. State St.Building · listed 19720.3 mi from stop 9
  11. 11City National Bank Building4 S. Federal Ave.Building · listed 197274 ft from stop 10
  12. 12Chris Rye House630 E. State St.Building · listed 1980231 ft from stop 11
  13. 13A. J. Andrus Duplex687--691 E. State St.Building · listed 1980412 ft from stop 12

1.7 straight-line miles over 12 legs. Printed from registeratlas.com/tours/ia/mason-city/style-prairie-school/

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