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Suckow Birthplace

 Ruth Suckow was born in Hawarden, Iowa.   
 
 
 
 
 A very old picture of the birth place house.

 

 

The birthplace home is located in Hawarden, Iowa, which is located in North western Iowa near Sioux City.

 

The house has been restored and is now part of a little village designed to give visitors a sense of life in the early 1900s

 

 The town sign

 

The birthplace house has an engraved sign that tells visitors about Ruth Suckow
 
 A big red barn nearby the birthplace--part of Calliope Village

 

 

Mike and Cherie visited the birthplace in the summer of 2010
 
Cherie checks out the sign on the porch 
 
 The side of the house
 
 An earlier picture of the house
 
What we saw, peeking through the windows! The floors were done, but furniture was covered
 
 More pictures through the windows.
 
 
 
 Pictures taken during the restoration work 

 

 Work on the floors, 2007

 

 More work on the floors

 

 
 
 After work
 

 

 The front room

 

 

 The display of Ruth Suckow's books

 

 

 The pastor's desk in the study

 

 

The front room with little manikin 

 

 

 The dining room, with display case

 

 The display case

 

 The first bedroom

 

 

 The second bedroom
 
 The third bedroom
 
 The kitchen
 
 The kitchen stove
 
 
 
 
 
 

Last Updated June 10, 2011