The Gen. Samuel R. Curtis House is a historic building located in

Keokuk, Iowa Keokuk is a city in and a county seat of Lee County, Iowa, United States, along with Fort Madison. It is Iowa's southernmost city. The population was 9,900 at the time of the 2020 census. The city is named after the Sauk chief Keokuk, who is ...

, United States. Samuel R. Curtis was an engineer, congressman and served as mayor of Keokuk in the 1850s. He was the hero of the

Battle of Pea Ridge The Battle of Pea Ridge (March 7–8, 1862), also known as the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, took place in the American Civil War near Leetown, Arkansas, Leetown, northeast of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. United States, Federal f ...

during the

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. Curtis was the first

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from Iowa during the war. Curtis had this

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...

house built about 1849. The significance of the house is its association with Curtis, who died in 1866. with It remained in the Curtis family until 1895 when it was sold. The house was listed on the

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in 1998. The house is a two-story rectangular

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structure. When it was built it was L-shaped, but an 1857 renovation brought it to its current shape. It features a full-width front porch supported by Ionic columns and Adamesque details that was part of a later renovation. It has a walk-out basement in the back. In the back of the property is a two-story carriage house, which is not a part of the house's historic designation because it was built after Curtis' death. SRCH-2nd.JPG, 2nd Street View Gardenworks.JPG, Coach house with garden Front_Porch_Close_Gen._Samuel_R_Curtis_House.JPG, Front Porch Front_Porch_Gen_Samuel_R_Curtis_House.JPG, Front Porch view of High Street Master_bedroom_Gen_Samuel_R_Curtis_House.JPG, Master Bedroom Music_Room_Gen_Samuel_R_Curtis_House.JPG, Music Room

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Greek Revival houses in Iowa Houses in Keokuk, Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, Iowa Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa {{LeeCountyIA-NRHP-stub