Salisbury House (Des Moines, Iowa)

Salisbury House, in Des Moines, Iowa, is a Tudor, Gothic and Carolean style manor home built on a wooded hill with commanding views.

[1] Salisbury House is also on the List of Registered Historic Places in Iowa.

The Weeks Family amassed extensive collections of fine art, decorative art, rare books, musical instruments, historic documents, weapons and sculpture, and most of their holdings remain in Salisbury House to this day.

However, in the summer of 2019, Grinnell College purchased the library of Carl and Edith Weeks and moved the collection of approximately 3,000 volumes and 2,500 historic documents to Burling Library on the Grinnell College campus.

The Salisbury House Foundation offers various tour packages that allow visitors to experience many highlights from the Weeks Family's collections.