He went to stay with his brother John in Lyons, Iowa, now the north side of the city of Clinton.

He died in 1897 and his son, Peter Dierks, Jr., took over the farm and raised his ten children in the house.

[2] The Creveling family owned the house for almost 60 years when they sold it to Leif and Barbara Solheim in 1990.

The Dierks-Creveling House is a two-story dwelling of native yellow limestone that was built on a 21-inch (53 cm) stone foundation.

A two-story porch with square columns, corbels and turned spindles extended the length of the main house.