804 Kellogg Ave
Ames, IA, USA

Prof. J.L. Budd, Sarah M., and Etta Budd House

The Prof. J.L. Budd, Sarah M., and Etta Budd House, also known as the Youth Recovery House, is a historic building located in Ames, Iowa, United States. It was built as a single family residence in 1885. The two-story brick structure was built using Italianate elements. After World War II it was converted into an apartment building, and later into institutional housing. The attached 1½-story Colonial Revival cottage was moved onto the property in 1963, and used for office space. The house is named for Joseph Lancaster Budd, a botanist at what is now Iowa State University, who helped establish the school's national reputation in horticulture. Sarah was his wife, and Etta was their daughter. She was an artist who was influential in bringing George Washington Carver to Iowa State College for his undergraduate education. Carver resided here briefly in 1891. The house was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, and it was included as a contributing property in the Old Town Historic District in 2004.

National Register of Historic Places - Prof. J.L. Budd, Sarah M., and Etta Budd House

Statement of Significance:

Completed and first occupied in 1885, the Prof. J. L., Sarah M., and Etta Budd House (subsequently referred to herein as the Budd House) is locally significant, under National Register Criterion B. The building calls attention to J. L. Budd, a botanist of national prominence, whose contributions to horticulture included the introduction to the United States of nonindigenous plant material, as well as service to higher and public education.

The House also has connections to Etta Budd, a local artist and is also associated with the early student days of George Washington Carver, whose influence led him to study plant science. The Budd House calls attention to the early career of George Washington Carver. Carver's work in botany at Tuskegee Institute subsequently earned him international fame. As a new student at Iowa Agricultural College in 1891, Carver resided briefly at the Budd House. The association of this house with these two figures, however, appears insufficient to claim Criterion B for them.

The period of significance for the Budd House is 1885-1904, the time Prof. Budd resided in the building.

Significant dates include 1885, the first year Budd occupied the building and 1904, the last year he resided there.

The property contains two resources for this nomination the Budd House, which is classified as a building and counted as contributing; and the cottage, which is classified as a building and counted as noncontributing.