Moorehead Stagecoach Inn

Moorehead Stagecoach Inn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Off U.S. Route 59 Ida Grove, Iowa
Coordinates
Built	1856-1863
NRHP Reference #	74000788
Added to NRHP	August 27, 1974

The Moorehead Stagecoach Inn is a historical building located in Ida Grove, Iowa, United States. The Western Stage Line began to operate stagecoaches from Lizzard Point (Fort Dodge, Iowa) to Sergeant Bluff (Sioux City, Iowa) in 1855. The following year John H. Moorehead began building this inn. It was completed in 1863, and it was the first building constructed in Ida Grove. It is a 1½-story, L-shaped, frame structure with twelve rooms. The building served a variety of purposes in its early days. Two years after Ida County was organized it became the county courthouse and remained so until 1871. The building also housed the post office, as well as religious, educational, and commercial purposes.

The Moorehead Stagecoach Inn is now located in Moorehead Pioneer Park, which is under the direction of the Ida County Conservation Board. It is the only historic structure in the park that is on its original site, and is open to the public on Sundays in the summer. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

External links

• Moorehead Pioneer Park