William sold property to the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad for a $1, and it reached Brooklyn in 1862.

His widow Roxann and two of his daughters, Thursia and Nellie, lived here until they died or moved out late in life.

His youngest son Coe bought the house in the mid-1950s when Nellie moved out, and donated it to the city of Brooklyn before he died in 1962.

[3] The two-story frame structure features Italianate elements, especially the tall, segmentally arched windows and hooded crowns.

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