Mrs. Margaret Sieben House

Mrs. Margaret Sieben House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	0.3 miles east of County Road Y34 north of Baldwin
Coordinates	42°05′21″N 90°50′09″W / 42.08917°N 90.83583°W / 42.08917; -90.83583Coordinates: 42°05′21″N 90°50′09″W / 42.08917°N 90.83583°W / 42.08917; -90.83583
Area	less than one acre
Built	1869
Architectural style	Vernacular
MPS	Limestone Architecture of Jackson County MPS
NRHP reference No.	92000916[1]
Added to NRHP	July 24, 1992

The Mrs. Margaret Sieben House is a historic residence located north of Baldwin, Iowa, United States. It is one of over 217 limestone structures in Jackson County from the mid-19th century, of which 101 are houses. This is one of the largest stone houses built in that era, but what makes it unique is the use of ashlar blocks for the major elevations.^[2] It also features "high style" elements such as the denticulated cornice. There is a wing on the south side of the house with an enclosed wooden porch. The house is located at the end of a long lane facing a gently sloping hillside. Margaret Sieben was a native of Oldenberg, Germany who settled in Jackson County in 1850 and married Diederick Sieben, also a German immigrant, the following year. After his death in 1861 she ran the farm herself, and had this house built in 1869. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1]

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