Sherrill Mount House
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Sherrill Mount House | |
Location | 5259 S. Mound Rd. Sherrill, Iowa |
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Coordinates | 42°36′14.8″N 90°47′06.2″W / 42.604111°N 90.785056°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1856 |
Built by | Peter Fries |
Architectural style | Mid 19th Century Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 02000760[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 11, 2002 |
The Sherrill Mount House, also known as the Fries Hotel, Moundside Apartments, and The Inn at Sherrill, is a historic building located in Sherrill, Iowa, United States. This is one of the few surviving pre-Civil War hotels left in Iowa, and one of the largest early stone structures remaining in rural Dubuque County.[2] The three-story building is composed of native limestone with a cupola on top of the hip roof. It was built along a stagecoach route that traveled along the Mississippi River. At one time it was situated on a 40-acre (16 ha) plot of land on which were several out buildings for an agricultural operation that included an orchard and vineyard. The building also served the community as a post office and meeting hall. Before national prohibition in 1919 the inn included a beer garden, tavern and dance hall. It was at this time that the building was converted into an apartment building. It has subsequently been converted into a bed and breakfast called the Black Horse Inn. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Mark W. Maiers. "Sherrill Mount House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-02. with photos