Anson Wilson House

The Anson Wilson House is a historic residence located south of Maquoketa, Iowa, United States.

Wilson was a native of Canada who arrived in Jackson County in 1839 and squatted on his claim on the prairie from 1840 until the US Government made it available for purchase in 1846.

[2] In his early years he worked a variety of manual jobs before settling into farming.

The rectangular plan house is composed of coarsely-dressed limestone blocks laid in a random ashlar pattern.

This article about a property in Jackson County, Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.