Construction of Gothic House Center under way

"ELDON — The building is going up “fast, fast, fast,” according to Brenda Kremer."

Gothic House Visitor's Center receives funding

"ELDON — What would have been “later” improvements for the American Gothic House Visitors Center will now be able to be done sooner thanks to the Iowa Legislature."

Wapello Co. Supervisors to look at Gothic House's 28E agreement between Eldon and county

"OTTUMWA — The American Gothic House in Eldon will be the main focus of the Wapello County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday."

Eldon receives $15,000 grant Visitor Center construction

"ELDON — A $15,000 grant has been awarded to the city of Eldon to help with the construction of the American Gothic Visitor Center."

Vacant 'American Gothic' house home to American art history

"Grant Wood's "American Gothic" is the most recognizable painting in the history of American art, which should make the modest Carpenter Gothic structure in the background the art world's most famous house."

'American Gothic': A Man, a Woman and a Pitchfork

"WHEN Steven Biel followed Route 16 (the ''American Gothic Parkway'') out of Eldon, Iowa, onto American Gothic Street to visit the source of his subject -- Grant Wood's painting -- it ''didn't occur'' to him at first to look at the house ''anywhere but straight on.''"

American Gothic

"In his home of Cedar Rapids, locals knew Grant Wood as the "town artist." A self-taught painter and devoted Iowan, Wood's early canvases, often meticulously rendered landscapes of fields of corn waving in the wind, showcased his love for his home state. But it's his most famous painting for which the majority of Americans will remember him. Need a hint? Here are four: a white house with a sloped roof, a sour-looking woman, a stern man... and a pitchfork."