[1] Smith Wildman Brookhart was a lawyer, and was elected twice to the United States Senate as a Republican.

He also was a member of a group of senators from the Midwest and West that fought for government assistance for farmers.

Originally the house was located on a small farm outside of town, but Washington grew to include the property.

The home's south wing, Sherman Hall, was built onto the back of the Brookhart house in the 1950s.

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