The McElhinny House is a historic building located in Fairfield, Iowa, United States.

Its prominent feature is the two-story porch that covers three of the five bays on the main facade.

He was elected the first president of the Jefferson County Library Association, one of the first groups of this type in Iowa.

[2] He also served on the board of Fairfield University when it was established in 1854, and contributed to its successor, Parsons College, at its founding.

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