National Register of Historic Places nomination: Haberkorn House and Farmstead, Sherrill, Iowa (1979)

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National Register of Historic Places nomination: Haberkorn House and Farmstead, Sherrill, Iowa (1979)
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other
date
1979; listed 25 Jan 1980
repository
National Park Service
reference
NRHP no. 80001449; prepared by M. H. Bowers, Iowa Division of Historic Preservation
url
https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/80001449_text
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image
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The house "was built in 1870 by George Haberkorn and his father, Adam, the latter a stonemason and brewer who came with his family to the Dubuque area from Bavaria in 1844. Adam worked in the area lead mines, but the family income was augmented by a small brewery (which according to family tradition dates from soon after Adam's arrival in this area) and the sale of bread baked by Eve Haberkorn in the stone oven near the farmhouse. Once the stone house was finished, its front room became a local tavern," and for many years the polling place. "Adam Haberkorn died in 1890, his son George in 1906." A rock-faced limestone house with a jerkinhead roof and a datestone over the door, "G. HABERKORN. 1870."; the brewery cellar is a cave in the bluff. Still held by descendants in 1979. The nomination draws on family typescripts and Dubuque Telegraph-Herald articles of 1927 and 1960. See also Wikipedia, "Haberkorn House and Farmstead."

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  2. title: "National Register of Historic Places nomination: Haberkorn House and Farmstead, Sherrill, Iowa (1979)"
  3. type: other
  4. date: 1979; listed 25 Jan 1980
  5. repository: National Park Service
  6. reference: "NRHP no. 80001449; prepared by M. H. Bowers, Iowa Division of Historic Preservation"
  7. url: "https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/80001449_text"
  8. seen: image
  9. access: public
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  11. The house "was built in 1870 by George Haberkorn and his father, Adam, the latter a stonemason and
  12. brewer who came with his family to the Dubuque area from Bavaria in 1844. Adam worked in the area lead
  13. mines, but the family income was augmented by a small brewery (which according to family tradition
  14. dates from soon after Adam's arrival in this area) and the sale of bread baked by Eve Haberkorn in the
  15. stone oven near the farmhouse. Once the stone house was finished, its front room became a local
  16. tavern," and for many years the polling place. "Adam Haberkorn died in 1890, his son George in 1906."
  17. A rock-faced limestone house with a jerkinhead roof and a datestone over the door, "G. HABERKORN.
  18. 1870."; the brewery cellar is a cave in the bluff. Still held by descendants in 1979. The nomination
  19. draws on family typescripts and Dubuque *Telegraph-Herald* articles of 1927 and 1960. See also
  20. Wikipedia, "Haberkorn House and Farmstead."
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