page_title: John A. Green Estate
section_title: Buildings and Structures
hierarchical_section_title: John A. Green Estate / Buildings and Structures
caption_attribution_description: English: Stone Water Tower, John A. Green Estate — Stone City, Iowa.
context_page_description: The John A. Green Estate is a historic property in Stone City, Iowa, United States. The estate covers 200 acres of land. The buildings were constructed of Anamosa Limestone quarried from John Green's own local business. The estate was individually listed as a historic district on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It was included as a contributing property in the Stone City Historic District in 2008.
context_section_description: Columbia Hall was a three-story hotel and opera house complex. It was completed in 1883 and made of 500,000 tons of stone. The theater offered some of the most well known entertainers of the day. Columbia Hall was purchased in the 1930s and torn down in 1938 to use the stone elsewhere. The foundation is all that remains.
  The Green Mansion was built in 1882 on a hill overlooking the city. The mansion had twenty rooms, seven Italian marble fireplaces, hand-painted murals, two baths, and a conservatory. In the early 1930s the Green family sold the estate to Frank Nissen. The Green mansion became the summer home of poet Paul Engle, son-in-law of Frank Nissen.  In 1963 the Green Mansion was damaged by fire and torn down in the 1990s.
  The Stone Barn was built in 1889 by John A. Green. The barn is 12,000 square feet (1,100 m²) and stands 30 feet (9.1 m) high. There are a series of six buttresses along the length of the barn, each 3 feet (0.91 m) wide at the base. The barn was originally built to house draft horses for John Green's quarry business. The stables could hold up to 100 horses. The barn housed a blacksmith shop, a three-story loft, and housing quarters for stable attendants. Locals of Stone City say that it took 80 men 80 days to build the stone barn. Today the barn is a private home and welcome refuge for visitors to Stone City.
  The Water Tower was built on a high point of the Green Estate. The tower served as the water source for the estate, which included John Green's limestone quarry business. In the summer of 1932, during Stone City Art Colony, the water tower was used as an apartment for art instructor Adrian Dornbush. Students at the colony referred to the water tower as Adrian's Tomb. In 2008 the water tower was purchased, remodeled, and made into a gift shop.
caption: Stone Water Tower
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