The Todd House is a historic house museum that was the home to abolitionist and Congregationalist minister, John Todd. The house is located on Park Street in Tabor, Iowa.
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| Location | Park St. Tabor, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 40°53′58″N 95°40′35″W / 40.89944°N 95.67639°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1853 |
| Architect | John Todd |
| Part of | Tabor Antislavery Historic District (ID07001117) |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000689[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 15, 1975 |
It was built in 1853 around the time when Todd moved to Tabor as a co-founder of Tabor College and the town of Tabor. John Brown visited the home around the time of his raids, and the house served as a stop on the Underground Railroad prior to the Civil War.[2] John Todd served as a model for the grandfather of the main character in the 2004 Pulitzer Prize winning book, Gilead. The house is a two-story frame clapboard structure. Todd's House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It is currently maintained as a museum by the Tabor Historical Society.
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Wanda Ewalt. "Todd House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
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