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John Cretsinger House

Built in 1853. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

From the record

“The John Cretsinger House is a historic building located south of Coon Rapids, Iowa, United States. Benjamin and Joseph Tuttle came from Hancock County, Illinois and built this structure in 1853.”

Wikipedia article John Cretsinger House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 8 National Register listings published here for Guthrie County · listed in 1998 · category: Building · built in 1853.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Cretsinger, John, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 1363 Burl Ln., Coon Rapids, 50058
  • When was it listed? October 1998
  • Category. building
  • Township. Orange township
  • When was it built? 1853
  • National Register reference number. 98001206 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of John Cretsinger House: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alex Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Williams PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Guthrie County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Roswell and Elizabeth Garst Farmstead Historic District4.1 miles2009

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 98001206 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Guthrie CountyAll 8 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.