Property Record
HIGHWAY 23, W SIDE, .5 MILE S OF UPPER WYOMING RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ALEX JORDAN HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | HOUSE ON THE ROCK |
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| Reference Number: | 47276 |
| Location (Address): | HIGHWAY 23, W SIDE, .5 MILE S OF UPPER WYOMING RD |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Wyoming |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 7 |
| Range: | 3 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 9 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1960 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1976 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | |
| Architect: | ALEX JORDAN |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | WISE MAN SAY: DO NOT BUILD HOUSE ON SAND. ALEX JORDAN, NEWSPAPER MAN AND BON VIVANT, HEEDED THIS SAGACIOUS ADVICE AND BUILT HIS HOUSE ON A ROCK. OR RATHER, IN A ROCK... |
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| Bibliographic References: | SEE: BALOUSEK, MARV. THE HOUSE OF ALEX. OREGON, WI: WAUBESA PRESS, C. 1990; (NO AUTHOR CITED) THE HOUSE ON THE ROCK. SPRING GREEN, WI: THE CORPORATION, 1971; (NO AUTHOR CITED) "THE HOUSE ON THE ROCK." (PAMPHLET). MADISON, WI: STRAUSS PRINTING CO., 1973. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |