Property Record
COUNTY HIGHWAY T, .5 MI EAST OF HWY 23
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Lloyd-Jones, James, House |
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| Reference Number: | 147261 |
| Location (Address): | COUNTY HIGHWAY T, .5 MI EAST OF HWY 23 |
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| County: | Iowa |
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| Township/Village: | Wyoming |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 8 |
| Range: | 4 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 31 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1861 |
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| Additions: | C. 1960 |
| Survey Date: | 1981 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | William Wesley Peters (renovations); Tracy Lockman (1861) |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property titled "Lloyd-Jones, James, Farmstead". It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. Built by Tracy Lockman, the house was a reproduction of a Company house that Mr. Lockman and his wife Flavia had resided in in the nearby village of Helena. In 1883, the house was sold to James Lloyd-Jones, uncle to Frank Lloyd-Wright. Lloyd-Wright spent his summers working on this farm from 1883 to 1887. The house was sold in 1944 to Lloyd-Wright's son-in-law William Wesley Peters and his wife Svetlana. Peters sold the property to John Benton in 1975 who in turn sold it to Robert Graves in 1979. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Lloyd-Wright, Frank. A Testament. Horizon Press, New York, 1957, pp 20-21. Lloyd-Wright, Frank. An Autobiography - Frank Lloyd-Wright. Longmans, Green and Co., New York, 1932, pps 16-20. Manson, Grant Carpenter. Frank Lloyd-Wright to 1910: The First Golden Age. Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York, 1958, pps 10-11. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |