John R. Wheeler Jr. House


John R. Wheeler Jr. House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	407 S. 3rd St. Dunlap, Iowa
Coordinates	41°51′04″N 95°36′11.5″W / 41.85111°N 95.603194°W / 41.85111; -95.603194Coordinates: 41°51′04″N 95°36′11.5″W / 41.85111°N 95.603194°W / 41.85111; -95.603194
Area	less than one acre
Built	1897
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference #	86003171^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 4, 1986

The John R. Wheeler Jr. House, also known as Immaculate Conception Convent, is a historic building located in Dunlap, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1897 by J.R. Wheeler Sr. for his son and his new wife. Wheeler Sr. was a Civil War veteran, state legislator, local lumber merchant. The house is said to have served as an advertisement for the range of woods that Wheeler marketed.^[2] When Wheeler Jr. left the community in 1910, he sold the house to neighboring St. Patrick's Catholic Church for use as a convent. As many as 45 rural students were housed here to makeup for the low church population in town. The parish sold the house in 1973, and it became a private home again.

The two-story, frame, front gabled, Colonial Revival house is symmetrical in plan, with the exception of the wrap-around porch. It features Georgian corner pilasters, pedimented dormers, wooden belt courses, an Adamesque-style cornice with dentils and decorative modillions, and an elliptical fanlight. The porch features columns in the Doric order and a plain dentilled cornice. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ James E. Jacobsen. "John R. Wheeler Jr. House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-10-16. with photos

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National Register of Historic Places in Harrison County, Iowa

Dunlap	I.O.O.F. Hall John R. Wheeler Jr. House

Little Sioux	Murray General Merchandise Store

Logan	Harrison County Courthouse State Savings Bank

Magnolia	Old Harrison County Courthouse

Modale	Modale School and Masonic Hall

Pisgah	William Haner Polygonal Barn

Woodbine	Siebels' Department Store-Boyer Valley Bank Woodbine Lincoln Highway and Brick Street Historic District Woodbine Normal and Grade School Woodbine Public Library Woodbine Savings Bank

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Harrison County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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