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DUB .UQUE, IOWA 1978
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Architectural Significance
PROBABLE ADDITIONAL AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS
SURVEY CONSULTANT: Bruce Mo Kriviskey, AICP
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Site Inventory Form
State Inventory No. 31-00409
New Supplemental
State Historical Society of Iowa
Part of a district with known boundaries (enter inventory no.)
Relationship:ContributingNoncontributing
(December 1, 1999)
Contributes to a potential district with yet unknown boundaries
National Register Status:(any that apply) Listed De-listed NHL DOE
9-Digit SHPO Review & Compliance Number
Non-Extant (enter year)
1. Name of Property
historic name Fenelon Place Elevator
other names/site number
2. Location
street & number 400 Raymond Place (also as 512 Fenelon Place)
city or town Dubuque vicinity, county Dubuque
Legal Description: (If Rural) Township Name Township No. Range No. Section Quarter of Quarter
(If Urban) Subdivision Block(s) Lot(s) see below
3. State/Federal Agency Certification []
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4. National Park Service Certification []
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5. Classification
Category of Property Number of Resources within Property
(Check only one box)
building(s) If Non-Eligible Property If Eligible Property, enter number of:
district Enter number of: Contributing Noncontributing
site 0 buildings 4 0 buildings
structure sites sites
object structures structures
objects objects
0 Total 4 0 Total
Name of related project report or multiple property study
(Enter “N/A” if the property is not part of a multiple property examination).
Title Historical Architectural Data Base Number
The Architectural and Historical Resources of Dubuque, 1833-1955N/A
6. Function or Use
Historic Functions Current Functions
(Enter categories from instructions)(Enter categories from instructions)
14-Transportation/14A01-railroad 14-Transportation/14A01-railroad
14A02-depot (2) 14A02-depot (2)
Cars (2) Cars (2)
7. Description
Architectural Classification Materials
(Enter categories from instructions)(Enter categories from instructions)
No style. foundation Stone
walls clapboard
roof Asphalt
other
Narrative Description
( SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED)
8. Statement of Significance
Applicable National Register Criteria
(Mark “x” representing your opinion of eligibility after applying relevant National Register criteria)
Yes No More Research Recommended A
Property is associated with significant events.
Yes No More Research Recommended B
Property is associated with the lives of significant persons.
Yes No More Research Recommended C
Property has distinctive architectural characteristics.
Yes No More Research Recommended D
Property yields significant information in archaeology or history.
31-00409
Dubuque400 Raymond Place (also as 512 Fenelon Place)
County Address Site Number
Dubuque
City District Number
Criteria Considerations
A Owned by a religious institution or used E A reconstructed building, object, or structure.
for religious purposes. F A commemorative property.
B Removed from its original location. G Less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past
C A birthplace or grave. 50 years.
D A cemetery
Areas of Significance Significant Dates
(Enter categories from instructions)
Construction date
Architecture1895?
check if circa or estimated date
Other dates
Significant Person Architect/Builder
(Complete if National Register Criterion B is marked above)
Architect
N/A Unknown
Builder
Unknown
Narrative Statement of Significance
( SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED)
9. Major Bibliographical References
Bibliography
See continuation sheet for citations of the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form
10. Geographic Data
UTM References
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Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing
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See continuation sheet for additional UTM references or comments
11. Form Prepared By
name/title James E. Jacobsen
organization History Pays! Historic Preservation Consulting Firm date June 15, 2004
street & number 4411 Ingersoll Avenue telephone 515-274-3625
city or town Des Moines state IA zip code 50312
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION
(Submit the following items with the completed form)
FOR ALL PROPERTIES
1. Map: showing the property’s location in a town/city or township.
2. Site plan: showing position of buildings and structures on the site in relation to public road(s).
3. Photographs: representative black and white photos. If the photos are taken as part of a survey for which the Society is to be
curator of the negatives or color slides, a photo/catalog sheet needs to be included with the negatives/slides and the following
needs to be provided below on this particular inventory site:
Roll/slide sheet # 7470 Frame/slot # 32 Date Taken Sept. 2003
Roll/slide sheet # 7471 Frame/slot # 1 Date Taken same
Roll/slide sheet # 7476 Frame/slot # 4 Date Taken same
photo & slide catalog sheet
See continuation sheet or attached for list of photo roll or slide entries.
Photos/illustrations without negatives are also in this site inventory file.
FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF PROPERTIES, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AS WELL
1. Farmstead & District:
(List of structures and buildings, known or estimated year built, and contributing or non-contributing status)
2. Barn:
a. A sketch of the frame/truss configuration in the form of drawing a typical middle bent of the barn.
b. A photograph of the loft showing the frame configuration along one side.
c. A sketch floor plan of the interior space arrangements along with the barn’s exterior dimensions in feet.
State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Use Only Below This Line
Concur with above survey opinion on National Register eligibility: Yes No More Research Recommended
This is a locally designated property or part of a locally designated district.
Comments:
Evaluated by (name/title): Date:
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa
31-00409
Site Number
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
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Fenelon Place Elevator Dubuque
Name of Property County
400 Raymond Place (also as 512 Fenelon Place) Dubuque
Address City
7. Narrative Description:
This property is located in the Cathedral Historic District. Designer/Builder: Thomas T. Carkeek
designed the post-1893 replacement building(s) (Telegraph, July 7, 1893).
Physical Description: 1884, the elevator has a 65 percent grade and a rise of 289 feet. Each counter-
weighted car weighs 1650 pounds. Two motors, a brake lever and starter and turnstile all came from
the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. 1955 Assessor’s card describes five components at bluff top; northeast
porch 11x22, southeast porch 13x20, a rectangular hall or deck in center of plan 7x29, a two-story
northwest building with garage on first floor, 18’6x17, and main front building, two-stories, 16x26, the
upper level being slightly smaller than ground level. Also lists 296 feet of 2’ track, two 4x6 cable cars, a
10x12 lower building, 30hp motor and equipment.
Alterations: Permits note repairs to elevator building 1967, re-roofing of trolley building in 1985, interior
repairs to ceiling trolley cover building 1985.
8. Narrative Statement of Significance:
Special Significance; Fenelon Place Elevator, one of three such elevators in the country. J. K. Graves
built the first elevator in 1884 for his own use but began charging neighbors a nickel to use it. It
suffered a second major fire in 1893 and Fenelon Place residents formed a corporation to rebuild it.
Building History: The idea of an elevated incline railroad had apparently been on-going for some time
up to early 1883. Mayor Thompson was gathering signatures for the project in early January and Die
Iowa opined “It seems to mean business with an apparently new concept.” By mid-July it was
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announced that the system would be gas-powered and was to be located between West 5 and
Fenelon Place. The same source added, “We will see.” By mid-September 1884, things “were
hopping” with what was by then termed the “Fourth Street Elevator had been shifted a block south.
Engineer Knolltown had designed the system, one that was modeled after a coal mine incline system in
Oskaloosa. The newspaper added, “if only true.” Work was in full swing by mid-November and was
finished by December 18, at which time Die Iowa pronounced the construction as “flimsy” and chided
the city for being negligent for failing to condemn it. In May 1895 the Herald reported the elevator was
doing “a land office business” the previous Sunday due to the presence of crowds of excursionists “who
wanted a view of the city…In view of the increasing patronage, the elevator company have commenced
the erection of a two-story observatory on the north side of the station, which will be seated and open
on all sides, thus affording a magnificent point of view of the city, river and country” (Die Iowa, January
4, July 19, 1883; September 18, November 20, December 18, 1884; Herald, May 28, 1895).
9. Major Bibliographical References:
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1884, 1891, 1909/36
Dubuque City Directories, 1902, 1915, 1925, 1934
Bruce Kriviskey, Dubuque, Iowa--Architectural Survey 1978/1979, Atlas of City Wide and District
Survey Maps, Dubuque; n.p., c.1979
Dubuque County Assessor’s Data
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