Grant Wood's "Fall Plowing" Rural Historic Landscape District

The Grant Wood's Fall Plowing Rural Historic Landscape District encompasses 123 acres of agricultural land featuring traditional farming structures and rolling fields.

The district earned its place on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, preserving the exact location that inspired Grant Wood's 1931 Fall Plowing painting.

This agricultural landscape represents the transformation of prairie land into farmland through the introduction of steel plowshares and walking plows in Midwestern agriculture.

The district sits approximately half a mile north of the intersection between Matsell Lane and Stone City Road, containing four historic buildings and one additional site.

Two original barns within the district appear in Grant Wood's preliminary sketches but were deliberately excluded from the final version of his Fall Plowing painting.

Location: Iowa

GPS coordinates: 42.11528,-91.38889

Latest update: March 9, 2025 06:14