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Roswell Spencer House

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structure that overlooked the Mississippi River. The exterior was covered in Wisconsin white pine. It was three by four bays wide with a rectangular-shaped main block. There was a single-story wing on its east side. The house had double hung windows with rectangular surrounds and pediment shaped
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Spencer built this house in the early 1850s and a steam-powered flouring mill across from the house in 1856. In the Financial Panic of 1857, he lost all of his property, except for his house. He served as the local
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with his partner Stephen Henley on both Spencer and Crow creeks. He established another sawmill on Spencer Creek with John Work in 1837. The following year he and Henley brought down the
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near the mouth of Spencer Creek in 1833. The following year he built another cabin above the mouth of Crow Creek. Spencer was a farmer and an industrialist. He operated
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where he was once again engaged in farming. Spencer returned to Rock Island in 1866 where he worked in the grocery business. He died there in 1876.
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window heads. The first floor featured one-over-one windows and the second floor featured six-over-six windows. Medium pitched
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over the entranceway. There were five rooms on the first floor, four rooms on the second, and a large attic.
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on the gable ends where double hung windows were located. The front porch had a
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roofs capped both the main structure and the wing. The exterior also featured
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who headed west in 1830 when he was 29 years old. He initially settled in
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and continued to live in Pleasant Valley until 1862 when he moved to
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Roswell Spencer House is located in Iowa
Roswell Spencer House is located in the United States
U.S. Route 67
Pleasant Valley, Iowa
41°34′11″N 90°25′21.6″W / 41.56972°N 90.422667°W / 41.56972; -90.422667
Greek Revival
82002642
Pleasant Valley, Iowa
National Register of Historic Places
Vermont
Greene County, Illinois
Rock Island, Illinois
Black Hawk War
Iowa
log cabin
saw mills
Mississippi River
Wisconsin
postmaster
Cedar County, Iowa
Greek Revival
gable
pilastered
cornices
frieze
hipped roof
Doric columns
pediment

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