The Samuel M. Lane House is a historic building located in Marion, Iowa, United States. This two-story Italianate style dwelling was built in 1868 using locally produced brick. with It is in a neighborhood where the community's more prominent citizens built their homes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It features a low-pitched hip roof, a limestone foundation, a two-story rear

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, and wide

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that had brackets that were removed in the 1930s. The original carriage house attached to the back of the house has been converted into a

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, and the present wrap-around porch replaced original full length front porch in the 1930s. The house was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. At the same time it was included as a

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in the Pucker Street Historic District.

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Houses completed in 1868 Italianate architecture in Iowa Houses in Marion, Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Linn County, Iowa Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Iowa {{Iowa-struct-stub