The house that inspired "American Gothic" is "more than just that little house,” says Cari Nicely, administrator of the namesake visitors center in Eldon, Iowa.

Hours: The American Gothic Visitors’ Center is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Visitors can see inside the American Gothic house on the second ...

Holly Berg is director of the American Gothic House Center, which is the museum next door. HOLLY BERG: We get about 15,000 or 16,000 visitors a year. CORNISH: Not bad for a town of 900.

The American Gothic House is at 300 American Gothic Street in Eldon, Iowa, 103 miles southeast of Des Moines. Gunnar Johnson, a Sun Sentinel designer, is the author of Eccentric Roadside, ...

And, of course, there’s “American Gothic” by Grant Wood. In 1930, Wood noticed a simple house built in Carpenter Gothic style in his home state of […] Skip to content ...

Beth Howard spent decades scuba diving with sharks and baking pies for movie stars before she fell in love with a historic Iowa farmhouse. For $250 a month, she now calls it home.

Writer Beth Howard, who visited Portland in April promoting her book A Memoir of Love, Loss and Pie," lives in the famous "American Gothic" house in Iowa. The farmhouse immortalized by is all of ...

And, of course, there’s “American Gothic” by Grant Wood. In 1930, Wood noticed a simple house built in Carpenter Gothic style in his home state of […] Skip to content ...

Americana lives in Eldon, Iowa, the location of the house seen in Grant Wood's American Gothic painting . Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 84°F. Tuesday, June 24th 2025 ...

There are only a few paintings that are so well known, they’re part of popular culture. Leonardo Da Vinci’s “The Mona Lisa” is one, Edvard Munch’s “The Scream&#8… ...