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Netcott-Pfeiffer House

Coordinates: 42°34′37″N 92°47′29″W / 42.57694°N 92.79139°W / 42.57694; -92.79139
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Netcott-Pfeiffer House
Netcott-Pfeiffer House is located in Iowa
Netcott-Pfeiffer House
Netcott-Pfeiffer House is located in the United States
Netcott-Pfeiffer House
Location206 Buswell St.
Parkersburg, Iowa
Coordinates42°34′37″N 92°47′29″W / 42.57694°N 92.79139°W / 42.57694; -92.79139
Arealess than one acre
Built1894
Built byGeorge Netcott, Jr.
George A. Netcott
ArchitectHarry E. Netcott
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.07000347[1]
Added to NRHPApril 24, 2007

Netcott-Pfeiffer House is a historic building located in Parkersburg, Iowa, United States. The Italianate style double house was built in 1894 by George Netcott, Jr. and his son George A. Netcott.[2] Harry E. Netcott, another of George Jr.'s sons, is believed to have designed the house. George A. Netcott sold the house in 1896 to Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, a pharmacist, and his brother Paul, a local banker and land baron. The brothers, who were also humanitarians and philanthropists, lived here together with their families until Gustavus moved to St. Louis in 1901. Paul's daughter Pauline was a journalist and the second wife of Ernest Hemingway.[2] She lived in the house from 1896 to 1901. The house is also associated with physicist Edwin Thompson Jaynes, who lived here from 1929 to 1942 with his mother after his father's death. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Melodie McLean. "Netcott-Pfeiffer House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-02-13.