IowaJones/Tours/Anamosa Homes

Take a home tour of Anamosa via these photos. Unless otherwise noted, they were taken by D. W. Ellis and are included in the book Picturesque Anamosa, compiled and published by W. Leon Hall, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, ca. 1900. Lois O'Donnell kindly allowed me to scan her copy of the book. Click on any photo for an enlargement. Photos from Souvenir Album of Anamosa, Iowa—Summer of 1891, published by C. E. Littlefield and F. A. Roehl, were submitted by Jim Christianson.

If anyone has information about when any of these houses were built or when Mr. Ellis was working in Anamosa, please send it in. It will help pin down the exact publication date of the book. Addresses would be nice, too, as well as current photos of any of the homes still standing.


*Dr. L. J. Adair*	*C. H. Anderson*	*E. L. Atkinson*	*R. S. Blackmar* From Souvenir Album
*T. E. Booth*	*F. S. Dunklee* From Souvenir Album	*D. W. Ellis* Photographer for Picturesque Anamosa.	*Ellis Studio*
*T. R. Ercanbrack*	*J. G. Fegan*	*F. Fisher*	*W. P. Gordon* From Souvenir Album
Drs. Nettie G. & R. H. Gray	*Dr. W. Hedgin* From Souvenir Album	*Dr. A. G. Hejinian* From Souvenir of Anamosa, 1907, and provided by Mary Kay Kuhfittig.	*Holister*
*E. C. Holt*	*C. M. Hubbel*	*M. Keefe*	*M. B. Kenyon*
*C. H. Lull*	*Judge D. M. McCarn* "Judge McCarn's house is located at 106 West Webster. Owners since 1969 are Harvey and Dianna De Sotel. We are the third owners. The house looks much the same as when the picture was taken. We have a few oil paintings done by Mrs. McCarn and old books belonging to both." Harvey & Dianna De Sotel	*Mrs. Ada McIntire*	*C. S. Milliard*
*C. L. Niles*		*H. E. M. Niles*	*J. S. Perfect* From Souvenir Album
*Wm. Port* From Souvenir Album	*H. M. Remley"The Remley house was torn down years ago. There was a long, long fight over the estate. For all that time the house was shut up and everything was left in place. It was finally sold in the 1960s, if memory serves me correctly. The house was in bad shape and the contents sold at auction." Steve Hanken*	*T. W. Shapley*	*W. T. Shaw*The Shaw house, 509 S. Oak Street, is currently a Bed and Breakfast. The three-story Italianate mansion was built in 1872 and is listed on the National Historic Register. Its hilltop location also gives Shaw House magnificent panoramic view of the surrounding area.
*D. B. Sigworth"The D. B. Sigworth house is the house I own and live in at 112 South Sales Street. The horse barn is still there. Walter Waggoner bought the house in 1903 from D. B. Sigworth. Then in 1910, my great-great-grandfather Charles Barnhart Waggoner his and wife Mary (May) bought it from Walter (their son) and retired from their farm in Jackson Twp. It stayed in the family until March 1922, when Ruth Waggoner (their daughter) sold it to Sheriff W. A. Hogan. I bought the house in 1991 and have been working at restoring it." Jim Christianson*		*Dr. H. W. Sigworth*
	*Dr. M. P. Sigworth*	*F. Strauss*	*Strauss Reception Hall*
	*Strauss Drawing Room*	*J. R. Washington*