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{{short description|Historic house in Iowa, United States}}
{{Infobox NRHP | name = Thomas F. and Nancy Tuttle House
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| image = The Tuttle House.jpeg
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| location = 608 Lincoln St.<br>[[Pella, Iowa]]
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| coordinates = {{coord|41|24|39|N|92|54|56.5|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Iowa#USA
| area = less than one acre
| built = 1843
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| added = January 27, 2015
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| refnum = 14001209<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>
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The '''Thomas F. and Nancy Tuttle House''', also known as the '''Tuttle Cabin''', is a historic residence located in [[Pella, Iowa]], United States.  Built in 1843, it predates the founding of the Pella, and is therefore the oldest building in town.<ref name=Pella>{{cite web|url=http://historicpellatrust.org/whats-new-at-hpt/|title=Thomas F. and Nancy Tuttle Log House purchased by HPT|publisher=Historic Pella Trust|accessdate=2016-07-30|author=}}</ref>  The 1½-story [[log cabin]] contains a single room, and was built as a farmhouse for a homestead claim by Thomas Tuttle.  In 1847 Pella's founder, [[Dominie]] Henry P. Scholte, bought the dwelling and farm from Tuttle for the location of the settlement for [[Dutch people|Dutch]] immigrants.  Scholte sold the cabin in 1866. The last family to live here was the Sneller family who lived here from 1912 to 1973.  Robert Van Vark bought the cabin at an auction in 1973 and his daughter, Gail Van Vark Kirby, inherited it from him.  The house was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2015.<ref name=nris/>  The Historic Pella Trust acquired the property in April of the same year.
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[[Category:Houses completed in 1843]]
[[Category:Pella, Iowa]]
[[Category:Houses in Marion County, Iowa]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Iowa]]
[[Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa]]
[[Category:Vernacular architecture in Iowa]]
[[Category:Log cabins in the United States]]
[[Category:Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa]]
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