Location 2174 Bluff Rd. Built 1859 Opened 1859 Nearest city Thurman | Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 01001542 Added to NRHP 4 February 2002 | |
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Architectural style Greek Revival architecture | ||
Jason and Elizabeth Baylor Rector House is a historic residence located in south of Thurman, Iowa, United States. Jason Rector is a native of Indiana who moved with his father, a Methodist minister, in the late 1840s to southwest Iowa. He became a farmer and land owner. Rector returned to Indiana to marry Elizabeth Baylor. They had no children of their own, but took in several homeless children. The two-story brick Greek Revival house follows a T-plan. Both floors have three rooms. The first floor houses a living room, parlor and kitchen, and three bedrooms are located upstairs. A screened in porch and a single-story wing are located adjacent to the kitchen on the first floor. It is capped with a low-pitched gable roof. The summer kitchen on the main floor was converted into a bathroom. The house is located on an 80-acre (32 ha) farm located in the Loess Hills. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.