TheGeorge H. Gallup House is an historicoctagonal house built in 1901 that is located at 703 South Chestnut Street inJefferson, Iowa, United States. It was the birthplace and boyhood home of Dr.George Horace Gallup, the pioneer of public opinion polling. On July 18, 1985, it was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places.[1]
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| Location | 703 S. Chestnut St. Jefferson, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 42°0′27″N94°22′22″W / 42.00750°N 94.37278°W /42.00750; -94.37278 |
| Built | 1901-1902 |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 85001581[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 18, 1985 |
George H. Gallup was committed to theoctagon house, having built three of them.[2] The first was built in 1893 on North Elm Street in Jefferson. It featuredQueen Anne detailing, and it was somewhat asymmetrical because of its porch and bay placement. He sold this house in 1899 and began building a second one. Gallup began building his third and final octagon house in 1901 and completed it the following year. It was in this house that his son George was born and raised. The 21⁄2-story frame house is built on a rubble coursed stone foundation. Its eight sides are 16 feet (4.9 m) wide and covered withclapboard siding.[2] The house is capped with a truncated octagonal roof.
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edit- ^ab"National Register Information System".National Register of Historic Places.National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^abRalph C. Christian, James E. Jacobsen."George H. Gallup House"(PDF).National Park Service. RetrievedFebruary 18, 2016.
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