This Neoclassical style brick building is part of the estate of Frank and Jessie Fowler. located at 1217 North Nye Avenue in Fremont, Nebraska. The building, the ultimate chicken house, is a scaled down version of the property's stables, featuring the same gabled ends with returning eaves and white trim. An eight sided, domed cupola rests in the center of the roof and is topped with a rooster motif weather vane. A circular window punctuates the visible gable end and the small holes below it in the brick work suggest a dove cote. Four gabled dormers front the structure which is complete with out door and netted poultry yards. Recent plantings border the drive and a white plank fence is visible at the back of the poultry house.
The 16-acre property at 1217 Nye Avenue in Fremont, Nebraska, was purchased by Frank Fowler from Edward Blewett in 1903. The former Blewett residence was drastically remodeled into a 32-room mansion, while the surrounding grounds were transformed to include the stable, a poultry house, and a gardener's residence. The architect secured for the major building project was Alfred C. Clas of Ferry and Clas, architects of the 1893 World's Fair. The estate was razed in 1958.
