Schmidt House (Elkader, Iowa)

Schmidt House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	101 Oak, NW. Elkader, Iowa
Coordinates	42°51′10.8″N 91°24′26.6″W / 42.853000°N 91.407389°W / 42.853000; -91.407389Coordinates: 42°51′10.8″N 91°24′26.6″W / 42.853000°N 91.407389°W / 42.853000; -91.407389
Area	less than one acre
Built	1867
Built by	Henry Behnke
NRHP reference No.	77000503[1]
Added to NRHP	March 25, 1977

The Schmidt House, also known as the Bandow Apartments, is a historic building located in Elkader, Iowa, United States. The two-story brick structure was built in 1867 by Wolfgang and John Blasius Schmidt, who were immigrants from Bavaria.^[2] They built their brewery next to the house, no longer extant, and it remained in operation until 1884 when prohibition passed in Iowa. The duplex is a vernacular form of the Federal style. At one time it had a common kitchen and dining room, with a summer kitchen, no longer extant, in the rear. The building was converted into apartments in the late 19th- or early 20th-century. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.^[1]

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