Todd House (Tabor, Iowa) Explained

Todd House
Nrhp Type:indcp
Nocat:yes
Partof:Tabor Antislavery Historic District
Partof Refnum:07001117
Location:Park St.
Tabor, Iowa
Coordinates:40.8994°N -95.6764°W
Built:1853
Architect:John Todd
Added:August 15, 1975
Refnum:75000689

The Todd House is a historic house museum that was the home to abolitionist and Congregationalist minister, John Todd. The house is located on Park Street in Tabor, Iowa.

It was built in 1853 around the time when Todd moved to Tabor as a co-founder of Tabor College and the town of Tabor. John Brown visited the home around the time of his raids, and the house served as a stop on the Underground Railroad prior to the Civil War.[1] John Todd served as a model for the grandfather of the main character in the 2004 Pulitzer Prize winning book, Gilead. The house is a two-story frame clapboard structure. Todd's House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It is currently maintained as a museum by the Tabor Historical Society.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Todd House. 2016-01-26. National Park Service. Wanda Ewalt.