Home inspection in Jordan.

What we see in Jordan homes.

Jordan started in 1853 when Thomas Holmes built a sawmill on Sand Creek, and his brother William platted the settlement as Jordan City in 1855. Brentwood consolidated with it in 1872, and the city incorporated in 1891. It covers about 3.3 square miles at 853 feet, with U.S. Highway 169 and State Highways 21 and 282 running through, and had 6,656 residents and 2,355 housing units in 2020. The Jordan Historic District at Water Street and Broadway holds the best-preserved 19th-century business district in Scott County, mostly built between 1865 and 1880 in local light buff brick, because growth leveled off before 1900.

Houses of that age need a different checklist than a subdivision. Old stone, brick or block foundations, mortar and moisture, basements near Sand Creek, original sewer lines, wiring that has been added over generations, and old windows, chimneys and insulation are the things to watch. Knob-and-tube wiring shows up only in genuinely pre-1950 houses, and it is worth flagging when seen. Paint in houses built before 1978 may contain lead, so ask a specialist to test before you disturb it. Newer houses get the usual grading, attic and flashing review.

Local facts checked September 2026 against: Wikipedia, Wikipedia.