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Historic house in Iowa, United States United States historic place


Nishnabotna Ferry House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	W. Minnesota St. Lewis, Iowa
Coordinates	41°18′30″N 95°05′38″W / 41.30833°N 95.09389°W / 41.30833; -95.09389
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	00001676
Added to NRHP	January 26, 2001

The Nishnabotna Ferry House is an historic building located in Lewis, Iowa, United States. The 1½ story, frame, Greek Revival structure was the home of Samuel Harlow Tefft who operated the cable ferry across the East Nishnabotna River from 1857 to 1859. The road that the ferry served was originally an Indian trail that became a primary route used by western bound emigrants, a stage coach and mail route, the Underground Railroad, a later Mormon Trail, and the Mormon handcart companies. The first ferry at this location was operated by Wm. S. Townsend in 1850. A toll bridge was built here 1853 or 1854. It became unstable by 1856. Tefft bought the property in 1857 in order to operate the ferry, and it is assumed that the house had already been built by that time. A new bridge was built by Cass County in 1859. Tefft and his wife remained in the community and are buried in Oakwood Cemetery at Lewis. Several different families lived in the house until the mid-1970s. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
Valda Kennedy. "Nishnabotna Ferry House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-02-05.

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