August H. Bergman House
August H. Bergman House is a historic house located at 629 First Avenue in Newton. The house was built in 1909. Bergman was an investor in several washing machine companies, including Maytag. He was also a member of the Iowa Senate between 1922 and 1930. While there he was responsible for establishing the gasoline tax to support upgrading and paving the roads in the state. This is the only known example of a Mission Revival house designed by the prominent Des Moines architectural firm of Proudfoot & Bird. -from Wikipedia
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