Jason and Elizabeth Baylor Rector House

Jason and Elizabeth Baylor Rector House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	2174 Bluff Rd.
Nearest city	Thurman, Iowa
Coordinates	40°43′58″N 95°42′35″W / 40.73278°N 95.70972°WCoordinates: 40°43′58″N 95°42′35″W / 40.73278°N 95.70972°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1859
Architect	Jason Rector
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP Reference #	01001542[1]
Added to NRHP	February 4, 2002

Jason and Elizabeth Baylor Rector House is a historic residence located in south of Thurman, Iowa, United States. Jason Rector is a native of Indiana who moved with his father, a Methodist minister, in the late 1840s to southwest Iowa. He became a farmer and land owner. Rector returned to Indiana to marry Elizabeth Baylor. They had no children of their own, but took in several homeless children.^[2] The two-story brick Greek Revival house follows a T-plan. Both floors have three rooms. The first floor houses a living room, parlor and kitchen, and three bedrooms are located upstairs. A screened in porch and a single-story wing are located adjacent to the kitchen on the first floor. It is capped with a low-pitched gable roof. The summer kitchen on the main floor was converted into a bathroom. The house is located on an 80-acre (32 ha) farm located in the Loess Hills. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Robert and Beverly Collins. "Jason and Elizabeth Baylor Rector House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-26.