113 John Wayne Drive

Historical marker location:

113 North John Wayne Drive, Winterset, Iowa

( Marker is on John Wayne Drive south of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1999

c.1870.

In 1979, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in favor of gay rights in the case of Varnum v. Brien. The ruling declared that Iowa's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, making Iowa the third state in the country to legalize same-sex marriage.