108 4th St., NE, Mason City, Iowa. County/parish: Cerro Gordo.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 29, 1980. NRIS 80001436.
Part of Prairie School Architecture in Mason City TR (NRIS 64000156).
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The F.M. Norris House, also known as the Patton House and the Gerard Photography Studio, was a historic building located in Mason City, Iowa, United States. Fred Magee Norris (1864-1938) served two terms as the mayor of the city. He was married to Elizabeth (Atkinson) Norris (1866-1933). They had Chris Rye build this Prairie School house for them. While Rye built some of Walter Burley Griffin's designs, it is possible that he designed this house himself. It featured a horizontal emphasis, wide eaves, broad hip roof, and stucco walls. The building was altered by Jerome J. Gerard (1913-2010) for his photography studio. In addition to his photographic work, he wrote for the magazine Popular Photography for 20 years. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It has subsequently been torn down.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75336135