Cook Farm (Charles City, Iowa)

United States historic place


Cook Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	South of Charles City on U.S. Route 218
Coordinates	43°01′51″N 92°38′41″W / 43.03083°N 92.64472°W / 43.03083; -92.64472
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
NRHP reference No.	79000895
Added to NRHP	June 18, 1979

The Cook Farm is a collection of historic domestic and agricultural buildings located south of Charles City, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The historic designation includes a large house (c. 1860), a smaller house (c. 1855), and a barn, all constructed in locally quarried limestone. There are very few agricultural stone buildings in Iowa. The main house is the most sophisticated of the three. The two-story structure features dressed limestone blocks laid in a random ashlar pattern, a front-gable main block, and a single-story dining/kitchen wing. The older house is a single-story structure composed of rubble stone. The barn's westernmost section has a unique cube shape.

The O'Hair family acquired the property in the early 1850s and built the smaller house and the first two sections of the barn. Elizabeth Strawn, two times a widow, moved her family to the farm around 1860. She had the large house and the third section of the barn constructed. She moved into Charles City around 1865, and sold the farm to A.W. Cook who remained here until his death in 1887. He is believed to be the first person in Iowa to raise Percheron's, which he imported from France. He also raised Shorthorn cattle.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ M.H. Bowers. "Cook Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-08-21. with photos

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Charles City	Central Park-North Main Street Historic District Charles City Junior-Senior High School Cook Farm A. B. C. Dodd House Dr. Salsbury's Laboratories, Main Office and Production Laboratory Building Floyd County Court House Charles Walter Hart House Lucius and Maria Clinton Lane House Main Street Bridge Alvin Miller House Charles Henry Parr House Sherman Nursery Company Historic District Spotts Round Barn Wildwood Park Historic District
Dougherty	Tyden Farm No. 6 Farmstead Historic District
Marble Rock	Marble Rock Bank River Street Bridge
Nashua	Brooks Round Barn
Nora Springs	Hawkeye Street Underpass
Rockford	Rockford Mill
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Floyd County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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