The Amaziah and Cornelia (Wait) Cannon House, also known as Crab Apple Grove, is a historic building located in Mason City, Iowa, United States. New York natives Amaziah and Cornelia Cannon settled here from Wisconsin in 1866 with their three children. They built this 1½-story stone house the same year in a grove of crab apple trees. It is one of three stone houses built during the settlement era remaining in Mason City.[2] It was occupied by the Cannons and their descendants until 1963, when the present house on the farmstead was built immediately to the east. This house is currently unoccupied and in a deteriorating condition. It has been used as a workshop intermittently. At the time of its construction it was 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of town, but the farmstead was incorporated into the city limits in the 1970s.[2] The immediate area has remained rural, however. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]
Amaziah and Cornelia (Wait) Cannon House | |
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Location | 1581 N. Eisenhower Ave., Mason City, Iowa |
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Coordinates | 43°10′01.6″N 93°15′37″W / 43.167111°N 93.26028°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1866 |
Architectural style | Mid 19th Century Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 04000899[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 25, 2004 |
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Alexa McDowell. "Amaziah and Cornelia (Wait) Cannon House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-12-05. with photos