What is the name of the house depicted in Grant Wood's painting 'American Gothic'?

The house depicted in Grant Wood’s painting American Gothic is the American Gothic House, also known as the Dibble House.

The small Carpenter Gothic home stands in Eldon, Iowa, where Wood saw it in August 1930. Its sharply pointed upper window inspired the painting’s title and became the visual feature most closely associated with the work.

The real house was built in 1881–1882 for Charles and Catharine Dibble and their eight children. At only about 504 square feet, it was a modest Iowa residence. Wood exaggerated the roof and window proportions in his painting, so the painted version is not an exact architectural portrait.

The figures were modeled by Wood’s sister, Nan Wood Graham, and his dentist, Byron McKeeby. A common mix-up is calling the building “the farmhouse” or “the Folk House”; its established name is American Gothic House, while Dibble House is its historic alternate name.