NRHP: Meisch House

Meisch House (Garlock House)

Meisch House (Garlock House)

NRHP Reference #: 86000387

NRHP Listing Date: 19860313

Location

213 17th, South Sioux City, Dakota County, Nebraska

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Summary

The Meisch House is a well preserved and notably elaborate example of one of Nebraska's most common house types: the one-story "square" or "cubic" house. The house was constructed in 1888, only a year after South Sioux City was incorporated, and it remains the best example of an early brick house in town. Very little is known about builder Peter Meisch except that he owned a brick yard. Local legend holds that Meisch set up a kiln directly west of the site and fired the bricks to construct the house.

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