The A. B. C. Dodd House (also known as the Thomsen House) is a historic house located at 310 3rd Avenue in

Charles City, Iowa Charles City is a city in and the county seat of Floyd County, Iowa. Charles City is a significant commercial and transportation center for the area. U.S. Routes 18 and 218, Iowa Highway 14, and the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railr ...

Description and history

It is a wood-framed, two-story,

Prairie School Prairie School is a late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural style, most common in the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped in ...

-style house with attic and basement, built in 1910 and designed by architects Purcell and Elmslie, of the Purcell, Feick & Elmslie firm. It has an open plan around a fireplace core. Its 1977 nomination describes it as "deceptively simple in appearance," and, "architecturally, very important as a handsome and inexpensive Prairie School dwelling. Its meticulous maintenance and preservation of the original materials and colors reinforce its significance. with It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1978.

References

Houses in Floyd County, Iowa Charles City, Iowa Houses completed in 1910 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa Prairie School architecture in Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Floyd County, Iowa 1910 establishments in Iowa {{FloydCountyIA-NRHP-stub