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Gehlen House and Barn

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who settled in this area in 1846. He built a flour mill on the Tetes des Mortes Creek in 1848. As other immigrants from Luxembourg settled here they built distinctive houses from the local
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Gehlen House and Barn is located in Iowa
Gehlen House and Barn is located in the United States
U.S. Route 52
St. Donatus, Iowa
42°21′38″N 90°32′23″W / 42.36056°N 90.53972°W / 42.36056; -90.53972
Village of St. Donatus Historic District
ID89001870
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St. Donatus, Iowa
Luxembourg
limestone
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jerkinhead
Iowa
National Register of Historic Places
contributing properties
Village of St. Donatus Historic District


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