Joseph F. Glidden House

Joseph F. Glidden House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The home of the most famous barbed wire inventor, Joseph F. Glidden.
Location	DeKalb, Illinois, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA
Coordinates	41°55′53″N 88°46′13″W / 41.93139°N 88.77028°W / 41.93139; -88.77028
Area	less than one acre
Built	1861; 163 years ago (1861)
Architect	Jacob Haish[2]
Architectural style	French Colonial
NRHP reference No.	73002159[1]
Added to NRHP	October 25, 1973

The Joseph F. Glidden House is located in the United States in the DeKalb County, Illinois city of DeKalb. It was the home to the famed inventor of barbed wire Joseph Glidden. The barn, still located on the property near several commercial buildings, is said to be where Glidden perfected his improved version of barbed wire which would eventually transform him into a successful entrepreneur. The Glidden House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The home was designed by another barbed wire patent holder in DeKalb, Jacob Haish.

The property contains the house and two outbuildings; the barn and the remains of an old windmill foundation. Constructed in 1861, the Glidden House adheres mostly to a French Colonial style of architecture. The raised basement and full-length porch are two of the architectural elements found on the Glidden House that are consistently found in French Colonial homes. The barn, a building of high historical significance, was not included as part of the National Register listing for the property until 2002, nearly 30 years after the original nomination was approved.^{[citation needed]}