Nathaniel Cobb and Lucetia Baily Deering House

The Nathaniel Cobb and Lucetia Baily Deering House is a historic residence located in Osage, Iowa, United States. The house served as the residence for a prominent politician. Nathaniel Cobb Deering, for who this house was named, was involved in a variety of pursuits from his native Maine to the California Gold Rush to his adoptive state of Iowa. A Republican, he represented Iowa's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He was friends with Hannibal Hamlin, who served as Abraham Lincoln's first term Vice-President, from the time they served together in the Maine House of Representatives. Hamlin reportedly visited Deering here in Osage. The front two-story portion of the brick house built in 1862, and Deering had the back 1½-story section built in 1867. He

Nathaniel Cobb and Lucetia Baily Deering House

The Nathaniel Cobb and Lucetia Baily Deering House is a historic residence located in Osage, Iowa, United States. The house served as the residence for a prominent politician. Nathaniel Cobb Deering, for who this house was named, was involved in a variety of pursuits from his native Maine to the California Gold Rush to his adoptive state of Iowa. A Republican, he represented Iowa's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He was friends with Hannibal Hamlin, who served as Abraham Lincoln's first term Vice-President, from the time they served together in the Maine House of Representatives. Hamlin reportedly visited Deering here in Osage. The front two-story portion of the brick house built in 1862, and Deering had the back 1½-story section built in 1867. He