Grant Wood's "Fall Plowing" Rural Historic Landscape District

Grant Wood's "Fall Plowing" Rural Historic Landscape District is a 123 acre historic district near Viola, Iowa.

A date of significance for the district is 1931. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. The district includes four contributing buildings and one other contributing site.

History
This historic district is the location where Grant Wood sketched for his 1931 painting Fall Plowing. The painting is one of Wood's regional works that features the agrarian life of rural Iowa. The district includes four buildings that Wood depicted in the painting, including two barns that he omitted from the final painting. Grant Wood's 1931 oil on canvas painting Fall Plowing is part of the John Deere Art Collection.