Built 1893 Opened 1893 Architect George Franklin Barber | NRHP Reference # 05000276 Added to NRHP 11 April 2005 | |
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Location 1502 1st Ave. N
Denison, Iowa Architectural style Queen Anne style architecture People also search for Clarence D. Chamberlin House, Yellow Smoke Park Bridge, William A. McHenry House, Park Motel | ||
The John T. and Marietta Carey House is a historic residence located in Denison, Iowa, United States. The house is associated with John Carey, who served for six years as Denison's mayor. During that time the city's sewer system was put in, street signs were put up, preparations were made for mail delivery, the Carnegie Library and the courthouse were built, a telephone exchange was installed and the city's more than doubled in size. President Theodore Roosevelt and Treasury Secretary L. M. Shaw, a former Iowa governor, visited Denison when Carey was mayor. He also served in county government. Marietta (Greek) Carey was the daughter of early pioneers to the county, and she was one of the first people born in the county. The two-story, frame, Queen-Anne style house was built in 1893. It is a mail-order house from the George F. Barber & Co. in Knoxville, Tennessee. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.