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The Clement B. Gingrich House is a historic building located in
La Porte City, Iowa La Porte City is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,284 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Waterloo– Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. History La Porte City was platted in 1855. It is named ...
, United States. Gingrich grew up on a nearby farm, and was a teacher before he operated the family's creamery. He hired
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architect J.G. Ralston to design this house, which was completed in 1916. Architecturally, the two-story frame structure is "transitional" in its design. with It features
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cube massing, with
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,
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and Colonial Revival influences. After Ella Gingrich died in 1943 the house was sold. It served as the
rectory A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of religion. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, parsonage, rectory or vicarage. Function A clergy house is typically ow ...
for Sacred Heart Catholic Church from 1946 to 1973. During that time the basement was used for a daily Mass chapel and catechism classes. Twenty-seven interdenominational weddings were celebrated in the house. After its use as a rectory it reverted to being a single-family home. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.


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Houses completed in 1916 La Porte City, Iowa Houses in Black Hawk County, Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Black Hawk County, Iowa Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa {{Iowa-struct-stub