Chris Rye House

Chris Rye House
Location 630 E. State St.
Mason City, Iowa
Coordinates 43°09′04.2″N 93°11′36.4″W / 43.151167°N 93.193444°W / 43.151167; -93.193444Coordinates: 43°09′04.2″N 93°11′36.4″W / 43.151167°N 93.193444°W / 43.151167; -93.193444
Area less than one acre
Built 1912
Built by Chris Rye
Architectural style Prairie School
MPS Prairie School Architecture in Mason City TR
NRHP reference # 80001438[1]
Added to NRHP January 29, 1980

The Chris Rye House is a historic building located in Mason City, Iowa, United States. Reye was a local contractor who built this Prairie School influenced house for his family. He may have designed it as well.[2] Rye was responsible for constructing many of Walter Burley Griffin's houses in the Rock Crest – Rock Glen development, as welll as other buildings in north-central Iowa.[2][3] The exterior of the two-story house is a unique combination of brick and stucco, and it's capped with a hip roof. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Ronald Schmitt. "Chris Rye House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-12-05. with photos
  3. ↑ "Mason City's Prairie School Architecture". Iowa GenWeb. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
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