George H. Gallup House
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The George H. Gallup House built in 1901 is an historic octagonal house located at 703 South Chestnut Street in Jefferson
Jefferson, Iowa
Jefferson is a city in Greene County, Iowa, United States, along the North Raccoon River. The population was 4,626 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Greene County. It is the home of the Mahanay Memorial Bell Tower, tall, located on the town square, and visible for miles. The tower is...

, Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

. It was the birthplace and boyhood home of Dr. George Horace Gallup, the pioneer of public opinion polling.

On July 18, 1985, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

. The house has been recently renovated and is available for rent to individuals and groups.

See also

  • George Gallup
    George Gallup
    George Horace Gallup was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup poll, a successful statistical method of survey sampling for measuring public opinion.-Biography:...

  • Gallup & Robinson
    Gallup & Robinson
    Gallup & Robinson is an independent marketing research firm specializing in advertising research. Founded in 1948, in Princeton, New Jersey by Dr. George Gallup and Dr...

  • The Gallup Organization
    The Gallup Organization
    The Gallup Organization, is primarily a research-based performance-management consulting company. Some of Gallup's key practice areas are - Employee Engagement, Customer Engagement and Well-Being. Gallup has over 40 offices in 27 countries. World headquarters are in Washington, D.C. Operational...

  • Gallup Poll
  • List of octagonal houses

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