NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.

1024-0018
(8-86)

United States Department of the Interior

National Park Service

National Register of Historic Places

Continuation Sheet
Section number ___ Page ___

SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD

NRIS Reference Number: 92001664 Date Listed: 12/18/92

Farm No. 1. Iowa Men's Reformatory Jones IA

Property Name County State
Municipal, County and State Corrections Properties MPS
Multiple Name

This property is listed in the National Register of Historic

Places in accordance with the attached nomination documentation
subject to the following exceptions, exclusions, or amendments,
notwithstanding the National Park Service certification included
in/the nomination documentation.

Signature of the Keeper Date of Action

Amended Items in Nomination:

U.T.M.: The U.T.M. coordinates are revised to read:
1. 15 640660 4663030
2. 15 640320 4662850
3. 15 640000 4663210
4. 15 640640 4663210

This information was confirmed in a telephone conversation with

Lisa Linhart of the Iowa SHPO.

DISTRIBUTION:
National Register property file
Nominating Authority (without nomination attachment)
NFS Form 10-900 OMB No. 10024-0018
(Oct. 1990)

United States Department of the Interior

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National Register of Historic Places Mnw r <? 1oro

Registration Form NUV ° 6 lb92
NATIONAL
This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions iflj-^gprCjBFptete the
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking x in me appropriate box or
by entering the information requested. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions,
architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional
entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items.

1. Name of Property

historic name Farm No. 1. Iowa Men's Reformatory_____________________________________________________

other names/site number West Farm

2. Location

street & number County Trunk Highway E28 D not for publication n/a

city or town Anamosa _ H vicinity

state Iowa code county Jones code 105 zip code 52205

3. State/Federal Agency Certification

As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this 13 nomination
D request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of
Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property
TL! meets O does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant
D nationally}._,_ statewide O locally. (D See continuation sheet for additional comments.)
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Signature of certifying official/Title Date
State Historical Society of Iowa
State of Federal agency and bureau

In my opinion, the property D meets D does not meet the National Register criteria. (D See continuation sheet for additional
comments.)

Signature of certifying official/Title Date

State or Federal agency and bureau

4. National Park Service Certification

hereby'certify that the property is: Signature of the Keeper Date of Action
•£/ entered in the National Register.
D See continuation sheet.
D determined eligible for the
National Register
D See continuation sheet.
D determined not eligible for the
National Register.
D removed from the National
Register.
D other, (explain:) _________
Farm No. 1, Iowa Men's Reformatory Jones Co., IA
Name of Property County and State

5. Classification
Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property
(Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.)

D private D building(s) Contributing Noncontributing

D public-local B district
7 3 buildings
H public-State D site
D public-Federal D structure 0 0 sites
D object
0 0 structures
0 0 objects
7 3 Total
Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed
(Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) in the National Register

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Miiniripfil Cnnnt'y f!nrr€''*t""f nn R none
roeries±1 in lotta.
$ Function or Use
Historic Functions Current Functions
(Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions)
GOVERNMENT/correctional facility GOVERNMENT/correctional facility
AGRICULTURE/SUBSISTENCE/agricultural AGRICULTURE/STJBSISTENCE/a^ricultural
_____________________outbuilding ____________________outbuilding

7. Description
Architectural Classification Materials
(Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions)

foundation.
walls ___ T.-fmARt-nnp

CONCRETE
roof

other

Narrative Description
(Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.)
Farm No. 1, Iowa Men's Reformatory Jones Co. * IA
Name of Property County and State

8. Statement of Significance
Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance
(Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property (Enter categories from instructions)
for National Register listing.)
LAW

S A Property is associated with events that have made ARCHITECTURE

a significant contribution to the broad patterns of
our history.

D B Property is associated with the lives of persons

significant in our past.

Q C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics

of a type, period, or method of construction or
represents the work of a master, or possesses
high artistic values, or represents a significant and
distinguishable entity whose components lack Period of Significance
individual distinction. 1912-1942
D D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield,
information important in prehistory or history. ./.. .

Criteria Considerations > r A Significant Dates

(Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.)
1912
Property is:

D A owned by a religious institution or used for

religious purposes.
Significant Person
D B removed from its original location. (Complete if Criterion B is marked above)
n/a
D C a birthplace or grave.
Cultural Affiliation
D D a cemetery.
n/a
D E a reconstructed building, object, or structure.

D F a commemorative property.

D G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance Architect/Builder

within the past 50 years. unknown

Narrative Statement of Significance

(Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.)
9. Major Bibliographical References
Bibilography
(Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.)
Previous documentation on file (NFS): Primary location of additional data:
D preliminary determination of individual listing (36 H State Historic Preservation Office
CFR 67) has been requested S Other State agency
D previously listed in the National Register D Federal agency
D previously determined eligible by the National D Local government
Register D University
D designated a National Historic Landmark D Other
D recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository:
#______________
D recorded by Historic American Engineering
Record # _____________
Farm No. 1, Iowa Men's Reformatory Jones Co., IA
Name of Property County and State

10. Geographical Data

Acreage of Property

UTM References
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1 I 1\5\ leUiol 5i 9i Q| I 4i 6\ 6i2 9i6iOl 3 Ui5| 6[4|0|0|0,0| |4,6|6,3| 1,8,01

Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing
2 \l\5\ I6l4i0l2i4i0l 4i 6 6i 2\ 8i Oi 0 4Ui5| |6|4|0|1|8|0| 14,6161316,0,01
CH See continuation sheet
Verbal Boundary Description
(Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.)

Boundary Justification
(Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.)

11. Form Prepared By

name/title Joyce McKay, Cultural Resources Consultant

organization privarte consultant date April 10, 1992 -

street & number P.O. Box 258 telephone 608-424-6315

city or town. state Wisconsin zip code 53508

Additional Documentation
Submit the following items with the completed form:

Continuation Sheets

Maps

A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location.

A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources.

Photographs

Representative black and white photographs of the property.

Additional items
(Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items)

Property Owner
(Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.)

name Department of Corrections_____________________________________

street & number Twelfth Street __ telephone 515-281-4811

city or town Des Moin°° state Iowa___ zip code 50319

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properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain
a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.).

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NW Form 1MOO* 0MB Afpmn No. 10244011

United States Department of the Interior

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National Register of Historic Places

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Continuation Fa™
Men Nos - Befornatory
L Iowa
Jones Co., IA

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7. Description
Located just west of the city limits of Anamosa and about 2000 feet west of the
Iowa Men's Reformatory, Farm No. 1 or the West Farm became the first penal farm
to operate at Anamosa. The approximately 84 acre farm lies in the south half of
the southwest quarter of section 3 in township 84 north, range 4 west. Its east
boundary runs along the west bank of Buffalo Creek, and the farm is placed west
of the Wapsipinicon River. A west extension of Cherry Street or County Trunk
Highway E28 forms its south and west boundaries while the north boundary runs
along the brow of the hill above the farmstead. Boundaries follow both man-made
and natural landmarks including a road, river bank, and brow of a hill. A long
gravel drive reaches the farmstead from CTH E28. The rural district focuses on
the farmstead and does not include all the lands originally associated with the
farm. These buildings are loosely clustered in an east-west linear direction
along the drive running along the base of the hillside and sit well away from the
prison farmer's dwelling and garage. The district encompasses three
noncontributing and seven contributing buildings including a dwelling, garage,
office, and seven agricultural outbuildings and the surrounding agricultural
lands.
The penal farm belongs to The Prison Farm Subtype (Ic) of the Auburn Penitentiary
Property Type (1) and the Municipal, County, and State Corrections Properties in
Iowa multiple property listing. The state utilized the limestone from the state
quarry to construct the agricultural outbuildings between 1912 and 1939. The
seven massive and simply constructed, solid masonry outbuildings display the
limited influence of the Romanesque Revival employed at the Iowa Men's
Reformatory District. This influence includes the heavy massing, texture of the
stone, and the window, door, and corner treatments. The three other resources
are frame and concrete block. The farm has undergone change. Several of the
original buildings at the farm have been replaced by others which also date well
before 1942. Alterations have occurred around some windows and doors, and the
wing of one building was replaced. Although the property continues to function
as a farm, as farm methods and the manner of processing products alter, interior
functions are shifting. However, interior spaces remain intact. Despite this
loss of integrity of material, design, and workmanship, the visual image of the
farm's grouping of massive stone buildings in the simplified interpretation of
the Romanesque Revival design remains impressive. This farm is also the earliest
and most intact example of Iowa's penal farms.

1 Specific references to Farm No. 1 and prison farms occur in section E and
F on the following pages: 23, 25-26, 29-31, 58-61, 65, 76-77, 81-82, 86-91, 104,
107-110, and 128.
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Continuation Sheet Jones Co " IA
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Building descriptions:

1) Earner's Dwelling
This small, one and a half story balloon frame, rectangular dwelling sits on a
random rubble, limestone foundation. Its narrow clapboards are sided with
aluminum. Asphalt shingle covers the gable roof. The slightly off-set front
entrance is located in the gable end facing east toward the farmstead and
Anamosa. The double hung, 1/1 windows are irregularly placed along the facade
and elevations. Its steep cornice returns and bay along the south elevation
compose the only remaining decorative elements except the centered, hip roof
porch which crosses part of the facade. Its floor is now concrete. The interior
contains a living room along the east side, a dining room, kitchen in the
original rear ell, a bedroom in the north ell on the first floor, and two
bedrooms on the second floor.

The relatively extensive alterations include the addition of aluminum siding and
the north wing and the replacement of the original, square, wood porch posts and
porch floor. Pine paneling has been recently added to the interior walls. The
rear porch along the elevation of the kitchen wing was enclosed. The date of
this resource remains unclear. An early photograph (Iowa Men's Reformatory n.d.)
identifies the dwelling as a simple bungalow often constructed between 1910 and
1935, the era of the farm's construction. Because of these extensive
alterations, the building is classified as noncontributing.

2) Garage
The masonry walls of the squarish, one story, molded cement block garage sit on
a poured concrete footing. Asphalt shingle covers its clipped gable roof resting
on 2x4 wood framing. Its steel frame, awning type windows are symmetrically
placed along its elevations. Lintels and sills are concrete, and two overhead
doors close the front, east entrances. Vertical siding closes the front and rear
gables. The floor is concrete, wood paneling covers the ceiling, and the walls
remain unfinished. The construction date of the building remains unclear. The
state erected cinder block buildings at the Iowa Men's Reformatory by the mid-
1920s and their construction continued into the 1940s. Although it remains
unaltered, it is classified as noncontributing since it may date after 1942.

3) South Barn
The barn sits on the hillside facing north to the drive. The solid masonry,
rough- and smooth- faced, ashlar limestone walls rest on a random rubble
foundation. A steel, intersecting gable roof covers the building. The building
is cross-shaped in plan. A center, three level section with front-facing gable
is flanked by two side-facing wings containing two levels. While smooth-faced
ashlar composes the original west two sections, the east portion is built of
rough-faced ashlar. Attached to the east side of the south barn, a steel roof,
open-sided animal shelter rests on the former, uphill stone foundation of the
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east end or this wing. Concrete blocks form the west end wall and raise the rear
wall. Defined as a sidehill barn, the main floor or second level of the barn
opens directly onto the hillside, and the basement level is entered at the rear
on the downhill side. Openings are generally symmetrically placed. Windows are
the 1/1 or 2/2, double hung or the four light, wood frame hopper type. A wood
overhead door closes the east elevation of the barn. Placed under a gable roof
extension, a vertical board sliding door closes the entrance to the opening along
the north elevation of the east section. A wood gate which operates on a
vertical track covers the third level entrance into the center haymow.
The stone barn is heavily massed. The rough-faced ashlar trim of the west two-
thirds of the building contrasts with the smooth-faced ashlar walls. Quoins
define the edges of the building while heavy stone lintels and lug sills and the
dentil embellishment of the sides frame the windows and doors. A semi-circular
window opens the west gable. The east section lacks this treatment. A date
block stating: "1912" is placed in the center of the south gable of the middle
section of the barn.
Each floor of the barn is supported independently. The first floor rests on
stone posts and sawn, wood timbers. The upper levels of the center and west
section are supported by wood trusses on wood posts. Steel trusses support the
second level roof of the east section. The east and west wings remain open on
both levels while the center section is open on the first and third levels but
divided into four rooms by interior stone walls on the second level. The east
section contains a cattle loafing shed on the first level and a hay storage area
above. It first level floor is concrete while the second level floor is wood.
In the center section, the basement contains a cattle loafing shed, the second
level functions as a machine shop, and the hay loft is located above. The floors
of the first two levels are concrete while the third is wood. The first level
of the west section contains a cattle loafing shed while the second houses a
machine shed. Floors on both levels are concrete.
Construction of the south barn occurred in at least two sections. The west two
sections were erected in 1912 (date block). The state erected the east section
in 1926 (Iowa Board of Control 1898-1934 [1926: 14-15]). An additional section
of the building stood to the east of the wing. The steel cattle shed replaced
this portion after its collapse (Iowa Men's Reformatory n.d.; Husman 1991). The
barn's basement originally functioned as a cattle loafing shed. The upper floors
of east and center sections retain their original functions while the second
level of the west section once contained cattle stalls (Husman 1991).
The barn has undergone a number of alterations. Steel roofing replaces the
original roof. Steel siding repairs the collapsed east wall, and the open-sided,
steel roof loafing shed replaces the collapsed end wing. Along the west
elevation of the barn, an overhead door and single door replace the double entry
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door flanked by two windows. The concrete silo attached to the building's
northwest corner no longer remains. Despite these alterations, the function,
basic shape, materials, and design remain recognizable.
4. North Barn
Placed along the base of the hillside, the main entrances of the two level,
rectangular barn open along the south elevation from the first level onto the
drive. The entrance to the second level is accessed directly off the hillside
along the north or rear elevation. Its rough-faced, coursed ashlar, limestone
walls rest on a random rubble foundation. A random rubble retaining walls runs
along the slope to the east and west of the barn. A galvanized metal, gable roof
covers the building. Openings are four light, hopper type windows. The wood
sliding doors were removed from the entrances. The entrance to the hay mow along
the east elevation was covered by a vertically sliding gate. Its track remains.
Lintels and sills are rough-faced, ashlar limestone while the quoins are smooth-
faced ashlar.
The second floor within the solid masonry barn is supported by sawn, square
timber posts, timber support members, and wood floor joists composed of multiple
2X8 lumber. Both floors remain open. The first level floor is concrete while
the second level floor is wood.
Construction of the north barn occurred about 1919 (Iowa Men's Reformatory n.d.
[photograph]; Osborne Association, Inc. 1938: 32). The barn originally served
as a dairy cattle barn with hay mow above. After the de-emphasis of dairy
farming at the reformatory in the 1970s, the first level became a machine shed.
Alterations include the replacement of stone with concrete lintels along the two
south entrances, removal of the doors, and alteration of the roofing material.
5. Barn Granary
Placed along the base of the hill south of the drive, the rectangular, masonry
barn faces north and uphill. Its single main entrance opens onto the drive from
the second level. The first level is directly accessed from the rear. The
barn's smooth-faced, coursed ashlar limestone walls stand on a random rubble
foundation. A steel, gable roof covers the building. Building details are
constructed of rough-faced ashlar stone. A single arched entrance composed of
heavy voussoirs is located in the center of the north facade while a row of four
smaller but similarly constructed entrances occur along the east end of the south
elevation. Additional square-headed doors and windows open the west elevation.
The small, sparsely placed windows emphasize the heavy massing of the building.
Doors and windows are emphasized with heavy stone lintels and sills, and their
sides are embellished by dentils. Entrances along the south and west are open
while a sliding wood door covers the main entrance. Quoins define the corners
of the building. The date block under the west gable indicates "1915" while the
name block along the south elevation states "FARM NO. 1."
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Steel beams resting on stone post support the main floor, and the roof rests on
a system of wood trusses. Both levels are open. The functions of the 1915 (date
block) building appear to have altered little (Husman 1991). Holding six grain
bins, the first floor continues to function as a granary. The hay track remains
in the gable. Cattle are contained in the basement level. Alterations include
the replacement of the first floor supports and the roofing material. One round
arch entry along the north elevation was reduced in size.
6. Seed House and Cold Fraae
Facing north onto a lower drive at the base of the hill, the building identified
as the seed house sits in the center of an approximately 100 foot long retaining
wall. The south face of the rubble retaining wall and the adjacent side
elevation of the building show evidence of plastering. Rods and other structural
materials have been removed. Providing support for the roof, wood beams once
rested against the retaining wall and a low wall placed downhill to its south
(Iowa Men's Reformatory n.d. [photograph of construction]). This building on
either side of the seed house probably functioned as a cold frame (Doane
Agricultural Service 1965). The main entrance from the drive enters into the
second level of the building while the basement is accessed from the downhill,
rear side of the building. The masonry building's rough-faced, coursed ashlar
limestone walls rest on a roughly coursed, rubble limestone foundation. A slate
shingle, gable roof covers the rectangular building. Windows are the four light
hopper type, and lintels are concrete.
Steel beams support the second level floor, and the roof rests on metal supports.
The interior walls of the second level are faced with tile, and the floor is
concrete. The walls of the first level or basement remain unfinished, and it has
a dirt floor. Constructed in 1939 (date block), part of the building once served
as a seed house for the adjacent cold frame. The first level now functions as
a calf shed while the second stores hay. The first floor of the building
probably also served as the farm's dining hall sometime prior to 1965 (Doane
Agricultural Services 1965; Husman 1991).
Alterations to the building include the dismantling of the cold frame, the
possible addition of a brick, interior chimney to the building's northwest
corner, and the closing of basement windows and several doors. Some areas of the
east elevation were rebuilt with the original material.
7. Slaughter House
The slaughter house sits in the valley just south of the farmstead and faces west
toward the processing plant across the field. Its rough-faced, coursed ashlar
limestone, masonry walls rest on a random rubble limestone foundation. A wood
shingle, gable roof covers the single story, rectangular building. A metal
aerator rests in the center of its ridge. Relatively evenly dispersed along the
building, the windows contain three to six lights in their wood, hopper frames.
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Windows are both double and single. The wall dormer above the main entry is
sided with clapboards. Rough-faced stone lintels, smooth-faced sills and quoins,
and dentils embellishing the sides of the windows define the building's edges.
The building also has a clearly defined watertable.
The wood rafters supporting the roof rest on the solid masonry walls. The
building contains a single room. The walls and floor are finished with concrete
and the ceiling is wood. Built in 1921 and 1922 (Iowa, State of [IA Docs.] 1857-
1931 [1923: 25]), the slaughter house's hoist wheel which lifted the quartered
carcasses remains. The building now stores hay. The slaughter house has
suffered some alteration including the addition of a door at the north elevation,
the removal of two chimneys and all the equipment except the hoist, and the
replacement of several doors.
8. Meat Processing Plant
The meat processing plant stands in the valley below the farmstead. It faces
east toward the slaughter house which stands across the field. Its rough-faced,
coursed ashlar limestone walls stand on a random rubble foundation. An asphalt
shingle, gable roof covers the rectangular, one story building. An addition
constructed of the same materials was placed across the north elevation and
covered with a lean-to stone and tar roof. A brick chimney was added to the east
elevation at the juncture of the two sections. Openings are symmetrically
dispersed along the building. The main door with overlight above is placed in
the center of the east gable end. Windows contain 4/4 light, double hung, wood
frames. Smooth-faced, ashlar stone composes the window surrounds, sills, and
quoins of both sections. A heavy watertable marks the base of the building.
A system of wood trusses placed on the solid masonry walls supports the roof.
The roof of the addition rests on rafters of dimensional lumber. The interior
contains a single room in the south section and several rooms in the north
portion. Walls are finished with concrete, and the ceiling is open. Erected in
1922 (date block; Iowa, State of [IA Docs.] 1857-1931 [1923: 25]) at the same
time as the slaughter house, the meat processing plant now stores hay. Because
the window treatments, materials, and building techniques appear similar, the
north wing was probably added relatively soon after the original construction and
likely pre-dates 1942. A new roof and support system has been recently added.
Wood now blocks some of the windows.
9. Root Cellar
The massive, ell-shaped root cellar was excavated into the slope just north of
the drive and west of the north barn. It faces east onto the drive. Roughly
coursed, rubble stone retaining walls extend from either side of the entrance.
Smooth-faced, coursed ashlar limestone placed on a random rubble footing covers
the front of the building. A double, vertical board door placed under a massive
stone lintel closes the cellar. The door enters into a 36 by 80 foot room
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running west into the hill. The 40 by 110 foot ell extends north from the north
wall of the south room. Concrete posts and steel rods support the concrete roof.
The interior walls are random rubble stone, and floor is concrete. Constructed
in 1918 (Iowa Men's Reformatory n.d. [photographs]; Iowa, State of [IA Docs.]
1857-1931 [1923: 25]), the root cellar contained building materials at the time
of inspection. Because several small sections of the interior and exterior walls
were beginning to collapse, the reformatory is stabilizing these areas.

10. Office and Tool Shed

The office and tool shed building sits near the base of the hill at the extreme
east end of the farmstead. Constructed in 1965, the building is composed of
concrete block walls resting on a concrete foundation. An asphalt, gable roof
covers the rectangular building. Vertical siding finishes its gables. The main
entrance and vehicle entrance with overhead door occur in the west facade.
Because this building dates after 1942, it is noncontributing.

The farm has not undergone archaeological testing. The foundations east of the
hay barn mark the location of a granary and a barn. Photographs (Iowa Men's
Reformatory n.d.) also show a building west of the slaughter house, a concrete
silo adjacent to the south barn, and a barn on the hill north of the barn
granary. These areas remain relatively undisturbed. The cattle shed replaced
the west end of the barn east of the south barn. The north barn stands at the
position of a stone stable. However, these later remains have likely suffered
considerable disturbance. Thus, the district does likely contain several areas
with historical archaeological resources.
Primarily because of disturbance, all the buildings have undergone some degree
of change in design, materials, and workmanship. Some windows are closed and
some entrances, particularly the ones at the west end of the south barn, have
been reduced or expanded in size. While still separated from the farm and thus
an important spatial statement, the exterior and interior of the dwelling has
undergone considerable alteration. Aluminum siding now covers the building, it
has gained a north wing, and the interior underwent remodeling. The steel siding
of the east end of the south barn and the steel roof cattle shed to the east
represent a significant intrusion. The garage and office and tool shed post-date
the modern era and therefore non-contributing buildings. However, these low
buildings stand at opposite ends of the district, and their materials blend with
the other buildings. Perhaps the greatest threat to building integrity is
gradual building deterioration, their repair with modern materials, and their
alteration to storage functions which likely enhances deterioration. Despite
these changes, the simple design emphasizing heavy massing; the window, door, and
corner treatments; the original rough-faced, ashlar limestone materials; and the
workmanship by the prisoners remain. Despite the replacement and removal of
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Farm No. 1, Iowa
Men's Reformatory
Continuation Sheet Jones Co., IA

Section number
buildings at Farm No. 1, tne overall setting ana visual image remains.Tne
dispersed, linear cluster of the farm's outbuildings along the drive near the
base of the hill survives. The agricultural fields immediately surrounding the
farm are uninterrupted by recent building activity.

Table I: Resources within the District

Construction
Map No. Historic Name/Use Dates Class Category
1 Dwelling unknown NC Building
2 Garage unknown NC Building
3 South barn 1912, 1926 C Building
4 North barn ca. 1919 C Building
5 Barn granary 1915 C Building
6 Seed house, dining hall, cold 1939 C Building
frame
7 Slaughter house 1921-22 C Building
8 Processing plant 1922 C Building
9 Root cellar 1919 C Building
10 Office and tool shed 1963 NC Building
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8. Significance
Through The Prison Farm Subtype (Ic) of the Auburn Penitentiary Property Type
(1), Farm No, 1 of the Iowa Men's Reformatory gains significance within the Iowa
Corrections Institutions context. It acquires this significance under criterion
A in the area of law by representing an important component of the work program
established by a series of legislative acts between 1907 and 1915 at the Iowa
Men's Reformatory. Engaging honor or minimum security prisoners in agriculture
became one way of removing these men from inside the prison walls and engaging
them in a more normal life style. The district gains significance under
criterion C in the area of architecture because it represents a building subtype,
the prison farm associated with the Auburn Penitentiary Property Type. Farm No.
1 is the earliest as well as the most intact example of the Iowa prison farms
predating 1942. Although change has detracted from the property's integrity,
these massive buildings continue to illustrate prison architecture in a very
simplified, interpretation of the Romanesque Revival. The buildings are
compatible in style with properties at the Iowa Men's Reformatory complex. Even
here where the state has engaged men in a reformatory program, the association
with the Auburn Penitentiary Property Type still lingers. The period of
significance dates from 1912, the construction date of the first building, to
1942, the beginning of the modern era and a time when a steadily increasing
number of prisoners were placed on Iowa's prison farms. The significant date of
1912 marks the construction date of the first building. Because it is property
built and operated by a state institution, the district is significant at the
state level.

Historical Background
Although the original property purchased with the reformatory in 1872 included
sixty-one acres of agricultural lands, farming did not become a significant
enterprise until the turn of the century. By 1878, inmates grew a 4.5 acre
vegetable garden inside the stockade and maintained sixty-five hogs. Production
remained near this level until the early 1900s (Iowa, State of [IA Docs.] 1857-
1931 [1878: 6-8]; Remley 1901: 67; Iowa Joint Committee to Visit the Additional
Penitentiary 1874-96 [1896]). The state purchased the land on which Farm No. 1
sits as an 80.31 acre parcel in 1904 and then added 3.66 acres to it in 1921
(Busman 1991). In 1904, the state constructed a hog house and stone barn which
no longer stand (Iowa, State of [IA Docs.] 1857-1931 [1904: 1010]). However,
despite the construction of additional buildings including the south barn and
barn granary by 1915, production remained relatively limited through 1916.
The Cosson report and the resulting 1913 legislation favored the development of
prison farms to retrain prisoners. In response, the Board of Control began to
purchase additional agricultural lands, and the reformatory and penitentiary
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expanded farm operations by 1917. In that year, the prisoners at the reformatory
farmed 380 acres of state lands and 1675 acres of leased lands. By 1930, the
state purchased much of this land which is now represented by the six prison
farms circling Anamosa (Cosson 1912; Iowa, State of [lADocs.] 1857-1931 [1917:
21-24]; Busman 1991). Adding substantially to the vegetables and hogs raised to
supplement the diet at the prison prior to 1915, production by 1920 also included
all the necessary vegetables, all the feed used at the farms with surpluses for
sale, and beef cattle and hogs slaughtered for prison use. By the 1930s, the
farms had added to the kinds and amounts of feed crops and also expanded their
production of poultry, eggs, fruit, milk, and milk products including cheese,
butter, and ice cream to meet the needs of the prison. As a result of the
expansion of dairy farming, the state converted the barn near the reformatory
complex to a cheese factory in 1931. By 1932, the prison had created larger
fields to accommodate mechanization by tractor and begun a crop rotation program
(Remley 1901: 69; Iowa Board of Control 1898-1934 [1920: 5; 1932: 7; 1934: 35];
1934-42 [1936: 102]; Osborne Association, Inc. 1938: 32).
The operation of Farm No. 1 contributed to much of this production. At this
prison farm, the barns contained cattle and diary cows and stored feed crops.
Its cold frames started many of the vegetables raised at this and probably other
farms. Its slaughter house and meat processing plant processed the meat
including beef and pork raised at the farm. The reformatory continued to raise
beef, dairy cattle, hogs, feed crops, and vegetables at the farm until about the
early 1970s. At this time, regulations ended the slaughtering of meat and the
prison reduced its livestock herds substantially (Doane Agricultural Services,
Inc. 1965). It also became more economical to buy rather than raise the
vegetables. As a result, many of the buildings gained feed storage functions,
and much of the cold frame was removed. Agricultural production will again
increase by 1994.

Statement of Significance

Law
Farm No. 1 gains significance in the area of law as part of the reformatory
program established at the Iowa Men's Reformatory. Prior to the turn of the
century, labor unions and private industries in Iowa and other states objected
to the competition of contract prison labor programs. As opposition from labor
rose in the nineteenth century even though prison labor produced only a fraction
of the manufactured goods in the country, the amount of labor performed under
contract declined slowly. In response to the pressure from labor and business,
federal and state laws slowly restricted the markets for and production of prison
products especially by the depression of the 1930s (Brookman 1934: 124; McKelvey
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iJ, auu, 3Ut>, iJia; Haynes iyt>t>: ijy, DY-DB; names 15*72: zz; merican
Correctional Association 1983: 158; Cosson 1912).
With the rising resistance to prison contract labor, states turned to state-use
work. Under it, prisons produced goods only for state, county, municipal, and
quasi-government agencies. The products never entered the open market. Since
the markets for prison-made products under these circumstances proved limited,
states began absorbing idle, minimum security prisoners in outside work such as
prison farms and public work projects (Brookman 1934: 124-25; Rothman 1980: 142-
43; McKelvey 1977: 252). Similarly, as private firms and labor unions voiced
their objection to contract labor in Iowa particularly by 1900 and prisoners
began to object to prison labor at the Iowa State Penitentiary in 1911, the state
critically examined its prison labor practices in that year. The resulting
Cosson report of 1912 advocated an end to contract work and proposed state-use
and state-account labor and the creation of prison farms as an alternative. The
report's conclusions reflected the popular belief in the physical and mental
benefits of outdoor, rural work; the profits gained from this form of state-use
work; and the desire to place prisoners in a more normal setting. Prison farms
gained considerable favor in the 1920s because this device not only helped reduce
the number of idle prisoners but relieved overcrowded prisons. Legislation by
the State of Iowa in 1915 ended contract labor, and the prisons attempted to
comply with these directive between 1914 and 1916 (Brookman 1934: 134; Briggs
1915: 211; Iowa, State of [IA Docs.] 1857-1931 [1913: 31; 1918: 15). This
movement resulted in the establishment of large prison farms at both the Iowa
State Penitentiary and the Iowa Men's Reformatory between 1914 and 1920 following
the 1913 appropriations made by the state legislature for the purchase of prison
farm lands. The state eventually founded six prison farms at the Men's
Reformatory and three farms at the State Penitentiary. It also maintained
agricultural programs at its other corrections institutions and established a
prison farm at Clive northeast of Des Moines.
Iowa followed the example of many states who also founded prison farms at this
time. The Elmira Reformatory established the first prison farm in the 1890s.
Minnesota and Rhode Island followed this example in the same decade. Colorado
had experienced considerable success in this area in 1906. This state not only
retained its prisoners on the farm but also made considerable profits from the
venture. Most states established their prison farms after 1910. By 1923, all
states permitted the use of farms to employ prisoners. In the 1920s, these farms
allowed the classification of prisoners by providing a means to remove the
minimum security prisoners from the prison complex. Thus, prison farms in Iowa
and other states became one of the first means to engaged honor prisoners in
limited vocational training outside the reformatory walls as well as a means to
relieve overcrowding in the 1920s and 1930s and employ idle prisoners as contract
labor became increasingly more restricted (Hopkins 1930: 11-12; Barnes 1972:
220; McKelvey 1977: 102, 114, 139, 162, 177, 242, 252-57, 275-76, 282, 288;
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Briggs 1915: 212; Haynes 1956: 44-45, 79).

Architecture

Farm No. 1 gains significance under criterion C in the area of architecture. It

represents The Prison Farm Subtype of the Auburn Penitentiary Property Type.
States converted Auburn Penitentiaries into reformatories at the end of the
nineteenth century and particularly in the early twentieth century while they
expanded their prison labor program. Their prisons gained additional buildings
to accommodate these programs. One important area of expansion for the honor
prisoners became the prison farms located outside the penitentiary walls. States
purchased existing farms such as those at farms no. 2-6 near Anamosa and adapted
them to their needs or they built the farm as Iowa did at Farm No. 1.
At least in Iowa, most of these farms whether purchased or built eventually
contained buildings fulfilling many of the same kinds of functions as surrounding
farms practicing the same kinds of agriculture. Prison farms were distinctive
in their accommodations for prisoners such as the dormitory and dining hall and
the greater likelihood of the presence of processing facilities such as meat
processing operations and creameries. Most of the farms near Anamosa engaged in
livestock farming including cattle, dairy cows, and hogs, grew the feed to
support them, and raised vegetables. Farm No. 1 includes the buildings to
support these functions. It contains the supervising farmer's house, adjacent
outbuildings such as the garage, the large barns for livestock and storage of
grains, machine sheds, office, root cellar, and the prisoner's dining hall which
were common buildings at the prison farms. Less common although occasionally
present at prison farms were the slaughter house and processing plant which Farm
No. 1 includes. However, Farm No. 1 does not include such building functions as
the dormitory, cheese factory, or the hog house observed at other Iowa prison
farms. Yet, the farmer's dwelling, garage, livestock barn, granary, slaughter
house, processing house, machine sheds, and dining hall represent a wide and
common variety of building functions found at these farms. Thus, Farm No. 1
gains significance under criterion C as a representative of a building subtype.
Because it was erected as a prison farm by prison labor with stone quarried by
prisoners, its appearance is different from ttie other five prison farms at the
Men's Reformatory. Their buildings were acquired with the farm or erected much
later than those at Farm No. 1. The form, materials, style, and arrangement of
outbuildings of other Iowa prison farms resembled those in contemporary use in
the Anamosa area. In a simplified form, the buildings of Farm No. 1
stylistically resemble the Romanesque Revival erected at the reformatory. The
outbuildings display the heavy massing, the texture, and the window, door, and
corner treatments of the reformatory. They communicate a similar message, the
strength and direction of purpose by the state. Here, the state is dedicated to
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the retraining of its charges so that they may return to society as productive
citizens (American Correctional Association 1983: 53-56; Johnson 1973: 26, 31;
Eriksson 1967: 59: Erickson 1990: 22; McKelvey 1977: 10, 13, 28; Zumbrunnen
1978). Although the state architects, Henry F. Liebbe between 1898 and 1927 and
Henry J. Liebbe between 1927 and 1941, designed the buildings at the Men's
Reformatory and the design of the buildings at Farm No. 1 appears similar to
those at the reformatory complex, it is unclear whether they created the plans
for these outbuildings. The linkage is probable but not verified (Liebbe, H.F.
1898-1927; Liebbe, H.J. 1927-1941).

Period and Level of Significance

Although the state constructed buildings at the site of the farm by 1904 when it
purchased the property, they no longer stand. Therefore, the period of
significance dates from 1912, the construction date of the first standing
building, the south barn. Architectural significance spans the period between
1912 and 1939, the last building date of a contributing building. Because
agricultural activity at this farm as well as at other prison farms at the Men's
Reformatory not only continued to operate but expanded operations through the
early 1940s, the end date is set at the beginning of the modern era in 1942. As
part of a state institution treating primarily state prisoners, the district
gains significance at the state level.

Architectural Integrity

Although each building has some loss of integrity, the cluster of buildings
retains sufficient integrity to gain significance under criteria A and C, They
adequately represent a prison farm. The buildings retain integrity of location
and setting. Their loosely cluster, linear arrangement along the drive remains
despite the pre-1942 loss and replacement of several buildings. Although
altered, the farmer's dwelling and garage remain separate from the farm's
outbuildings in which the prisoners were engaged. The setting, the surrounding
agricultural landscape, remains intact and uninterrupted by recent intrusions.
Loss of design, materials, and workmanship has occurred through alteration of
windows and door; replacement of roof materials; the alteration of some
structural components including the replacement of steel for wood supports in two
instances; and the changing of wall the coverings along the east elevation of the
south barn. Although an intrusion into the district, the steel cattle shed sits
down low at the foundation level of the adjacent building. The post-1942,
noncontributing concrete office and tool shed and the garage are low, blend in
color with the other buildings, and sit at the extreme west and east ends of the
building cluster. Also noncontributing, the dwelling is a small building placed
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away from the main building cluster. Its location contributes to the
understanding of the spatial layout of the farm, its system of operation with a
full-time supervising farmer, and the probably distant relationship between the
farmer and the prisoners.
Despite these alterations in design, materials, and workmanship, the association
of these buildings with the former and current function as a prison farm remains
clear. Like the reformatory, the buildings make an impressive statement through
their massiveness. They too communicate a feeling of security from those working
within even without the walls. The buildings continue to communicate a feeling
of strength and direction of purpose to retrain honor prisoners in a respectable
livelihood.
In comparison with pre-1942 prison farms at the Iowa Men's Reformatory and the
Iowa State Penitentiary, Farm No. 1 remains the most intact and representative
of the prison farm. Clustered together north of the reformatory, Farms No. 2,
3, and 4 retain few pre-1942 buildings. While the main, 1930 tile dairy barn
remains at Farm No. 5, its calf barn, bull barn, and granary have undergone
considerable alteration. The dwelling no longer remains. Located east of the
reformatory, Farm No. 6 retains the dwelling which has undergone considerable
change, the tile hog house, and the limestone dining hall, but the remaining
outbuildings post-date 1942. Similarly, a majority of the buildings including
the dormitories at the two surviving prison farms associated with the Iowa State
Penitentiary at Fort Madison date after 1942. The third farm appears to have had
few associated outbuildings. The farms associated with the three other
corrections facilities, the Training School for Girls, the Women's Reformatory,
and the Training School for Boys have either completely lost their farms or the
remaining outbuildings generally post-date 1942. The outbuildings at the prison
farm at Clive, now Living History Farms, underwent significant alteration with
its adaption to a living history museum.
Thus, because Farm No. 1 retains integrity of location, setting, feeling, and
association; possesses sufficient integrity of design, workmanship, and materials
to represent its property subtype and its associated context; and remains the
most intact example of the farms at Iowa corrections facilities, the district
gains significance in the areas of law and architecture.
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9. Bibliography

American Correctional Association

1983 The American Prison From the Beginning: A Pictorial History.
American Correctional Association., n.pl.
Barnes, Harry Elmer
1973 The Story of Punishment; A Record of Man's Inhumanity to Man*
[1930] Patterson Smith, Montclair.
Briggs, John E.
1915 History of Social Legislation in Iowa. State Historical Society of
Iowa, Des Moines.
Brookman , Dan i e 1
1934 Prison Labor in Iowa. Iowa Journal of History and Politics. 32 (2):
124-165.
Cosson , George
1912 The Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Character
of the Warden and the General Management of the Iowa Penitentiary
at Fort Madison Together with a Report Concerning the Jail System
of Iowa With Recommendations. Iowa Department of Justice, Des
Moines [Ms. also in Archives, State Historical Society of Iowa under
Governor's Office, Series VIII, Reports, Documents, State
Institutions, Penitentiaries]
Erickson, Lori
1990 Anamosa's Landmark in Stone. lowan. 38 (3): 22-32.
Eriksson, Torsten
1976 The Reformers; An Historical Survey of Pioneer Experiments in the
Treatment of Criminals. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company,
Inc. , New York.
Haynes, Fred E.
1956 The Iowa Prison System. University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Hopkins, Alfred
1930 Prison and Prison Buildings. Architectural Book Publishing Company,
New York.
Husman , John
n.d. Listing of state properties operated by the Iowa Men's Reformatory,
Anamosa. Ms., Iowa Men's Reformatory, Anamosa.
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1857-1931 Reports of the Reformatories and Penal Institutions. In Legislative

Documents. State Printers, Des Moines.
Iowa Board of Control
1934-42 Reports of the Board of Control of the State of Iowa. State
Printer, Des Moines.

1898-1934 Reports to the Board of Control presented by the wardens of the

Iowa Men's Reformatory, Anamosa and the Iowa State Penitentiary,
Ft. Madison and the superintendents of the Training School for Boys,
Eldora; the Training School for Girls, Mitchellville; and the Iowa
Women's Reformatory, Rockwell City; and the State Hospitals at
at Clarinda and Mt. Pleasant. Published and bound separately by
State Printers, Des Moines (available at the Law Library, State
Capitol, Des Moines).
Iowa Joint Committee to Visit the Additional Penitentiary and Reformatories
1874-96 The Report of the Joint Committee of the Iowa General Assembly
Appointed to Visit the Additional Penitentiary Located at Anamosa
and the Iowa Reformatories. State Printers, Des Moines (mss. at
State Historical Society of Iowa Library, Iowa City).
Iowa Men's Reformatory
n.d. Photographic collection. Mss., papers of the Iowa Men's Reformatory,
Anamosa.
Johnson, Norman
1973 The Human Cage: A Brief History of Prison Architecture. Walker and
Company, New York.
Liebbe, Henry Franz
1898-1927 Papers including copies of letters, news articles, and advertisements
reflecting Liebbe 's work as State Architect for the Board of Control
from the Architects and Builders Files. Historic Preservation
Bureau, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.
Liebbe, Henry James
1927-1941 Papers including copies of news articles and notes reflecting
Liebbe 's work as State Architect for the Board of Control
from the Architects and Builders Files. Historic Preservation
Bureau, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.
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1977 American Prisons; A History of Good Intentions, Patterson Smith,
Montclalr, New Jersey.
Osborne Association, Inc.
1938 Handbook of American Penal Institutions and Reformatories (vol.1).
Osborne Association, Inc., National Society of Penal Information,
Inc., and the Welfare League Association, Inc., New York.
Remley, H.M.
1901 History of the Anamosa Penitentiary. Bulletin of Iowa Institutions.
3 (1).
Rothman, David J.
1981 Conscience and Convenience. Little, Brown and Company, Boston.

Zumbrunnen, Wanita
1978 The White Palace of the West. Palimpsest, 59 (3): 88-97.
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The boundary of the district begins at the west bank of Buffalo Creek where it
intersects with the north side of County Trunk Highway E28 and follows the west
bank of the creek north to the location at which the Anamosa city limits jog
east. The district boundary turns due west traveling to CTH E28. Here, it turns
south and follows the east and then the north sides of the road to the point of
beginning (see USGS map and farm plat).

Geographical Justification
The district includes the cluster of buildings of the farmstead of Farm No. 1 and
its adjacent setting. The boundaries follow easily defined natural and man-made
limits surrounding the farmstead.
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Photographic Description
Name: Farm No. 1, Iowa Men's Reformatory
Location: Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa
Photographer's name: Joyce McKay
Date of photographs: 6/25/92
Location of negative: Historic Preservation Bureau, State Historical Society
of Iowa, Des Moines
1. Overview of Farm No. 1 facing northeast (7/11).
2. View of the east facade and north elevation of the dwelling facing southwest
(6/24).
3. View of the north facade of the south barn facing southeast (6/2).
4. View of the south facade and east elevation of the north barn facing
northwest (7/5).
5. View of the west elevation and north facade of the barn granary facing
southwest (6/32).
6. View of the west facade and north elevation of the slaughter house facing
southeast (6/27).
7. View of the south elevation and east facade of the processing plant facing
northwest (6/30).
8. View of the entrance to the root cellar facing west (6/26).
9. View of the west elevation of the barn granary in the center, the south
elevation of the south barn to the left, and the north and west elevations
of the seed house to the right facing east (6/33).
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