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Plum
Grove Historic Site
Iowa City, Iowa
Enjoy a guided tour of the home of Iowa's first
Territorial Governor, Robert Lucas, and Friendly
Lucas, his wife. The seven-room Greek Revival
house was constructed of local red brick. The
National Society of Colonial Dames of America
furnished the home with authentic period pieces,
representative of the 1844-53 period. The State
Historical Society of Iowa owns and preserves the
Plum Grove Historic Site which is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places.
Hours:
1:00 p.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday to Sunday,
Memorial Day weekend through October 31
Location:
1030 Carroll Street off Kirkwood Avenue in Iowa
City
For more information or to schedule a group
tour, contact the local manager at:
Leigh
Ann Jero
Johnson
County Historical Society
P.O.
Box 5081
Coralville,
Iowa 52241
Telephone:
319-351-5738
Jerome
Thompson
State
Historical Society of Iowa
600
East Locust
Des
Moines, IA 50319
Telephone:
515-281-4221
Email:
Jerome.Thompson@iowa.gov
Check
out another Plum Grove web site at:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~plumgrov/
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