Many famous people are associated with these Lee County historic places including Samuel Freeman Miller, Walter A. Sheaffer, Gen. William Worth Belknap, Samuel R. Curtis, Joseph M. Beck and Reverend Asa Turner Jr..
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Lee County places including Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works, Keokuk & Hamilton Water Power Co., Mayo & Mayo, Montgomery Meigs, Hugh L. Cooper, Montgomery C. Meigs, Curtis Samuel R., Henry Jackson Liebbe, Clinton Bridge and Iron Works and Henry Franz Liebbe. Prominent architectural styles found in Lee Country are Romanesque, Greek Revival and Italianate.