Alexander Brownlie House

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Alexander Brownlie House
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Location 206 Pine St.
Long Grove, Iowa
Coordinates 41°42′03″N90°35′05″W / 41.70083°N 90.58472°W / 41.70083; -90.58472 Coordinates: 41°42′03″N90°35′05″W / 41.70083°N 90.58472°W / 41.70083; -90.58472
Built 1839, 1846
Architect Alexander Brownlie
Architectural style Vernacular
NRHP reference # 76000809 [1]
Added to NRHP December 22, 1976

The Alexander Brownlie House, also known as the Sod House, is a historical structure located in Long Grove, Iowa, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976. [1]

Long Grove, Iowa City in Iowa, USA

Long Grove is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States. The population was 808 at the 2010 census.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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History

The significance of the Brownlie House is found in its development as rural architecture from the pioneer era to the early 20th century. [2] Alexander Brownlie and his brother James settled this part of Scott County in the late 1830s. The first section of the house was completed by Alexander Brownlie in 1839 on a foundation of coursed limestone. The structure was composed of bricks made of molded clay and grass. [2] Lathe was then attached to the bricks by using square nails and it was covered with plaster. The exterior was covered with clapboard.

Scott County, Iowa County in the United States

Scott County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 165,224, making it the third-most populous county in Iowa. The county seat is Davenport.

Limestone Sedimentary rocks made of calcium carbonate

Limestone is a carbonate sedimentary rock that is often composed of the skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, foraminifera, and molluscs. Its major materials are the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). A closely related rock is dolostone, which contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2. In fact, in old USGS publications, dolostone was referred to as magnesian limestone, a term now reserved for magnesium-deficient dolostones or magnesium-rich limestones.

Clapboard (architecture) wooden siding on a building in the form of horizontal boards, often overlapping

Clapboard or clabbard, also called bevel siding, lap siding, and weatherboard, with regional variation in the definition of these terms, is wooden siding of a building in the form of horizontal boards, often overlapping.

An addition was built onto the east side in 1846. It was a 2½-story frame structure with brick nogging. The original chimney was removed and replaced with a connecting doorway between the original house and the addition. The main entrance into the house was moved to the right, yet it remains on the original structure. [2] A third addition was added after 1893 on the north side, which gave the structure an "L" shaped floor plan. It too was of frame construction. In subsequent years the second floor and the third addition have been removed.

Floor plan drawing to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces and other physical features at one level of a structure

In architecture and building engineering, a floor plan is a drawing to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces, traffic patterns, and other physical features at one level of a structure.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 Howard L. Brownlie. "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Alexander Brownlie House". National Park Service . Retrieved 2015-04-08. with photos