The Samuel Van Sant House is an historic building located in Le Claire, Iowa, United States.
[1] The property is part of the Houses of Mississippi River Men Thematic Resource, which covers the homes of men from LeClaire who worked on the Mississippi River as riverboat captains, pilots, builders and owners.
Van Sant who was the head of the Le Claire Marine Railway boatyards.
[4] They also developed the bowboat, which was a small sternwheeler set crosswise at the front of the raft to provide additional control over direction of movement.
The house features a wide front gable and the main roofline that parallel the street.