• The American Gothic House is owned by the State Historical Society of Iowa, NOT the American Gothic House Center.
  • The American Gothic House, also known as the Dibble House, is a house in Eldon, Iowa, designed in the Carpenter Gothic style with a distinctive upper window.
  • Helen and Mike Ruffing, of Lexington, Kentucky, pose for a photo in u0022American Gothicu0022 costumes at American Gothic House Center in Eldon, Iowa.
  • The American Gothic House in Eldon, Iowa, is famous as the backdrop of Grant Wood’s 1930 painting, "American Gothic."
  • Wood was inspired to paint what is now known as the American Gothic House in Eldon, Iowa, along with the kind of people he thought should live in that house.
  • Come to Eldon, Iowa and view the exterior of the house that inspired Grant Wood to paint American Gothic, one of the most recognized paintings in the world.
  • The American Gothic house not only still stands, it is an old house museum so you can go and visit it to take some silly pictures of your own!
  • Eldon, Iowa is home to the iconic Dibble House, famously depicted in Grant Wood's painting "American Gothic."
  • Back in January, I wrote about how my first trip out to Davis County to visit my girlfriend resulted in me stumbling up on the American Gothic House in Eldon, IA.