Noah Odell House - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Noah Odell House - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Noah Odell House, also known as the Gilbert Rider House and the Wayside Inn, was a historic building located northeast of Nodaway, Iowa, United States. Odell is credited with building the I-house in 1858. It was significant as the only known example of the heavy frame I-house residential construction type in Adams County. with It is also believed that the house served as a stop on a stagecoach route, and it is possible that the house was a stop on the Underground Railroad, or at the very least that Odell was active in assisting runaway slaves. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2000. It was subsequent torn down and removed from the NRHP in 2022. Read more on Wikipedia
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