The Byron Howes House (also known as the Howes-Graus House) is a historic house located at 718 Vermillion Street in Hastings, Minnesota.

Description and history

The house was built in 1868 in the

Italianate style The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian R ...

by Byron Howes, an early resident of Hastings. The Italianate style was being popularized by

Andrew Jackson Downing Andrew Jackson Downing (October 31, 1815 – July 28, 1852) was an American landscape designer, horticulturist, and writer, a prominent advocate of the Gothic Revival in the United States, and editor of ''The Horticulturist'' magazine (1846–5 ...

around the time. Byron Howes helped to establish two banks, one in Hastings and one in

St. Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

. He also served as a deputy county treasurer and held other public offices in Hastings. The house was later purchased by Wendel Graus, a businessman involved in hardware and lumber businesses. The house was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1978.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Howes, Byron, House Buildings and structures in Hastings, Minnesota Houses in Dakota County, Minnesota Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota National Register of Historic Places in Dakota County, Minnesota Italianate architecture in Minnesota