The Job A. and Rebecca E. McWaid House is a historic residence located in Atlantic, Iowa, United States.

[2] He entered a partnership in a blacksmith and wagon shop, before he expanded into an agricultural implements, grain and coal.

The American Civil War caused him to change his political affiliation to the Republican Party.

The city's sewage system, the Carnegie library, and other municipal improvements were initiated during his public service.

This two-story, frame, Queen Anne house was built around 1875, and McWaid moved here in 1883.