Sam Schneider House
525 East State Street
Mason City, Iowa 50401-3537

Walter Burley Griffin & Barry Byrne, 1915

Griffin is the primary designer, though Byrne drew the working drawings and supervised the construction after Griffin left for Australia.

McCoy points out the interesting comparison between three Griffin houses, those for Schneider, Rule and Melson. "The Schneider House is below the street level, the Rule House is at street level, and the Melson House is an upward extension of the cliff. Though the floor plans are essentially the same, the aesthetic expression of the three houses are very different."

References
• Gebhard, David, and Mansheim, Gerald: Buildings of Iowa. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993, p. 417.
• McCoy, Robert E. Mason City Walking Tour Guide. Mason City: River City Society for Historic Preservation, 2003, p. 48.
• Wilson, Richard Guy, and Robinson, Sidney K. The Prairie School in Iowa. Ames, Iowa: The Iowa State University Press, 1977, p. 96-97.