Its most important association is regionalist artist Grant Wood, who lived here from 1936 and until his death in 1942.

The paintings he completed here include: Portrait of Nan (1938), Haying (1939), New Road (1939), Parson Weems' Fable–Washington Cherry Tree (1939) and Adolescence (1940).

He also experimented with lithography and among the prints he created here include: Seedtime and Harvest, January, and December Afternoon.

[2] The house was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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