Calder Houses

The two identical houses were built by Charles Calder who moved to Cedar Rapids from the state of New York in 1851.

[2] He was involved in real estate and land speculation and at the time of his death in 1890 he held a significant amount of real estate in the city.

The houses are two-story front gable cottages.

The brick structures are built on stone foundations.

The houses were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

The Calder Houses from the rear