W.C. Ball House
The W.C. Ball House is a historic house located in Fairfield, Iowa.
Description and history
Built on the edge of town in about 1876 for W. C. and Mary Ball, the house is a transitional structure between the Italianate vernacular and that of the later Victorian picturesque styles. The 2½-story frame house features bracketed eaves, a full-height bay section on the south elevation, cornice returns, a high-pitched roof, facade gable, crenellations and finials on the ridges. A prominent feature of the house is its three porches: a kitchen porch on the west side, a dining room porch on the south, and a wrap-around porch on the southeast.The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 4, 1985.