Terrace Hill, IA

Use this custom app to explore Terrace Hill’s history - from anywhere in the world! You can choose personalized tours and use an interactive map while learning about Terrace Hill at your own pace.

The Terrace Hill mobile app features:
Personalized Tours: Choose your own areas of interest! Terrace Hill’s app includes virtual tours that tell the unique history of this landmark. From architectural history to biographical highlights, tour options will change periodically so check back often! Each tour includes an array of photographs - both historic and contemporary - to bring Terrace Hill to life.  
Interactive Map: Easily learn more about the various locations and rooms contained within the Terrace Hill residence and grounds by tapping on map locations. You can also search the map for details you are interested in.
Events List: Would you like to visit Terrace Hill in person for a special event? Review our list of upcoming events and programs, including details about how to register.

About Terrace Hill:
Terrace Hill, located in Des Moines, Iowa, is the official residence of Iowa’s governor and a National Historic Landmark. Built in 1869 by Iowa's first millionaire, Benjamin Franklin Allen, Terrace Hill is one of Iowa's most treasured homes. After Allen suffered a reversal of fortune, he sold this "Prairie Palace of the West" to Frederick Marion Hubbell. The property stayed in the Hubbell family for 70 years and was given by the Hubbell heirs to the State of Iowa in 1971. Since then, Iowa’s governors and their families have lived on the third floor, while the first and second floors serve as a museum. Each year Terrace Hill welcomes dignitaries, school children, and visitors from all over the world. 

For more information about Terrace Hill, please visit terracehill.iowa.gov.