The John H. Herman House (also known as the Robert and Coleen Manderscheid House) is a historic house located at 711 South Story Street in Boone, Iowa.

Description and history

Herman was a local banker who served as an officer at the First National Bank. He had the

Des Moines Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, ...

architectural firm of

Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson Proudfoot & Bird was an American architectural firm that designed many buildings throughout the Midwest region of the United States. Originally established in 1882, it remains active through its several successors, and since 2017 has been known as ...

, who had just designed the bank's new building, design this house. It is one of nine known structures in Boone attributed to the firm. Local contractor Gust J. Carlson built the house in 1919. The two-story, brick Colonial Revival is typical of how Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson designed this style of house. It features a side gable, side porches offset from the main block, and high quality brick. This is only one of three of their houses of this quality located outside of the immediate Des Moines area. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

References

Houses completed in 1919 Boone, Iowa Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Boone County, Iowa Houses in Boone County, Iowa Colonial Revival architecture in Iowa {{BooneCountyIA-NRHP-stub