Grove Terrace 1155IOWA STATE HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT, DIVISION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Inventory
BUILDING NAME
PRESENT OWNER
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LEGAL ESCRIPTION
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DESIGN FEATURES
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Interior Features
Site Features:
Evaluation
I QUALITY Aesthetic
Historical
Rarity
II ENVIRONMENTAL STATURE
III CONTEXT Immediate
Broad
IV INTEGRITY OF FABRIC
PROBABLE ADDITIONAL AREAS OF' SIGNIFICANCE
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS .... , ' ', ',,,,,' ,, [ ,', ' ,~ HAB"s'/N~p
SURVEY CONSULTANT:.. BrUce M. Kriviskey, 'AICP Date
Site Inventory Form
State Inventory No. 31-01571
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 Marshall M. Walker House
other names/site number
2. Location
street & number 1155 Grove Terrace
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 1 1 buildings
structure sites sites
object structures structures
objects objects
0 Total 1 1 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)
01-Domestic/01A01single dwelling residence 01-Domestic/01A01single dwelling residence
7. Description
Architectural Classification Materials
(Enter categories from instructions)(Enter categories from instructions)
05-Late Victorian/05D-Queen Anne foundation Stone
walls clapboard
roof Asphalt
0 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.
31-01571
Dubuque1155 Grove Terrace
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
Architecture1881
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
(OPTIONAL)
Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing
1 2
3 4
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 May 18, 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 # 7476 Frame/slot # 20 Date Taken Sept. 2003
Roll/slide sheet # Frame/slot # Date Taken
Roll/slide sheet # Frame/slot # Date Taken
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
31-01571
Site Number
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
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Marshall M. Walker House Dubuque
Name of Property County
1155 Grove Terrace Dubuque
Address City
7. Narrative Description:
This property is located in the West Eleventh Street Historic District. Style/Year: pre-1889/1881
(Assessor), Queen Anne style (remarkable roof, dormers, massing, elongated thin windows).
Designer/Builder: Franklin D. Hyde, architect (elevation and plans, Dubuque, The Key City of Iowa,
1889).
Physical Description: two-story frame house with square core (2.5 stories high), with east and south
wings, and a north pavilion. The roof is the important surviving component and it is unmatched in the
city for its complexity. The design employs a series of jerkinhead or clipped gables to convey a
thatched roof effect. Dormers are tucked under extended overhangs and there is a secondary roof
plane beneath the dormer front. The dormer on the south wing has cutaway corners to match the same
effect on the corners of the bay below. There is a single story cantilevered (with scrolled brackets)
oriole on the east bay ground floor. There is a raised stone foundation and likely a wooden water table.
The main entrance is on the east front with transom and separate half sized side lights. There is a
single-story porch in the southwest corner and it has a three-sided oriole with narrow lights. North end
square cut bay on wing, same dormer pattern. There is a west end solarium wing with deck on the
second floor. Plan core (north portion) measures 38x33, with north wing (4x20), two-staged east wing
(8x16 overall), and south wing 15x18. West porch measures 16x7’6”. Angled tower measures 9x13,
two porches north of tower collectively measure 29x8.
Alterations: the 1891 porch covered the east front of the house between the wing and the south corner.
The house has been restored, aluminum siding removed, restored paint scheme. Permits note a re-
roofing in 1995 ($38,083), re-sided 1977, new front porch 1979, partial re-siding 1979, rear stairs/deck
repairs 1980, siding repairs 1991, porch/deck extension 1991 ($6,000).
Landscaping/Setting: hillside parcel with high terrace, fronts east. Retaining wall on the frontage with
gate and steps, plastic fence on same.
8. Narrative Statement of Significance:
Original Owner/Builder: Marshall M. Walker, who lived at 65 Grove Terrace (might be 1045 Grove
Terrace) in 1893 (61?) made $1,500 in improvements in 1882 (Herald, December 31, 1882).
Apparently this was the start of construction and the house was finished in 1883 at a cost of $9,300
(ibid., December 20, 1883). The same account credits him with a $2,400 foundation that same year.
The Times credits him with a 2.5-story frame residence on Grove, costing $9,000 in 1885 (Times,
January 20, 1886). Shank dates the house to c.1884 and identifies the architect. Walker owned the
parcel when it was sewered (no date, c.1890).
Building History: one of five large houses visible on 1889 birds eye view. Pyramid Investments buys
1971, hen seven two and three-room apartments.
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa
31-01571
Site Number
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
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Marshall M. Walker House Dubuque
Name of Property County
1155 Grove Terrace Dubuque
Address City
Directory Listings: Frederick and Marg. H. Clarke here 1913-21. Mrs. Lucretia Walker, widow of P. F.
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Walker, listed 1899-1908. Marshall M. Walker listed on Grove near 12 in 1886, and 101 Arlington
1883-85.
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
Newspapers and other primary sources as noted in the text above.
Historical photographs, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College
11 Additional Documentation:
Legal Description: Sub 772, A. McDaniel’s Sub Lot 1.
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