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I QUALITY Aesthetic
Historical
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II ENVIRONMENTAL STATURE
III CONTEXT Immediate
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IV INTEGRITY OF FABRIC
PROBABLE ADDITIONAL: AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS ....... HABS"/N~P
SURVEY CONSULTANT: Bruce M, Kriviskey, AICP
Site Inventory Form
State Inventory No. 31-0
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 William Harrison Day
other names/site number
2. Location
street & number 1203 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/shingle
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.
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Dubuque1203 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
Architecture1883-86
check if circa or estimated date
Other dates
Significant Person Architect/Builder
(Complete if National Register Criterion B is marked above)
Architect
N/A Franklin D. Hyde
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 # 21 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
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Site Number
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
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William Harrison Day Dubuque
Name of Property County
1203 Grove Terrace Dubuque
Address City
7. Narrative Description:
This property is located in the West Eleventh Street Historic District. Style/Year: 1883-86, Queen Anne
style. This is yet another excellent and very well preserved example of an elongated QA design. The
point of particular interest is the cornice design in which there is a separate wall cornice beneath the
cornice proper. The latter is then framed out much like scaffolding support with modillions and the
design even incorporates the gutter into its profile. Note the use of broad siding on this house
(original?)
Designer/Builder: Frank D. Hyde, architect (he also designed the Greystone and the Hancock House)
Physical Description: two-story rectangular frame plan (squarish north core, 31x37 with south wing
23x30) with hip roof core with gable end wings on each north/south end and a broad three-sided bay
with a gable roof dormer cap on the northeast corner of the façade. The south wing has a centered
exterior chimney, centered pavilion on the gable front, and recessed corner porch on the second floor.
The east bay gable front has a bracketed and denticulated cornice and infilled apex above the
Palladian -like window set. The gable is pedimented and paired brackets support the gable eaves
edges where they project above the cutaway corners below. The same treatment is applied to a gable
roof wall dormer on the south side of the façade roof. It is placed above a triple light window set on the
second floor. There is a gable roof wall dormer on the east side of the north side wall and there too, a
chimney passes through its center and the gable is pedimented. The wrap-around porch (Craftsman
style? Oriental/ Occidental?, 54x15) was present by 1909 and replaces a shallow porch that was to the
south of the front bay. Walkout basement beneath front porch. The plan contains 14 rooms, 6,400
square feet, four fireplaces, six bedrooms. There is a west end oriole with shingled exterior, an L-rear
wing, rear gable roof dormer with shingle exterior and lunette window at its apex. Original clapboard
siding.
Alterations: porch as noted, the side-gabled rear addition, placed in the northwest rear on its own stone
foundation, was present by 1909. The 1897 photo (Souvenir Gems) shows that the porch in front of the
front bay has been added, but the rest is likely original or an exact copy. Being repainted. Note spider
web lights in gablet. Permits note re-roofings in 1958, 1996 (synth slate roof, $42,000), siding repair
1978.
Landscaping/Setting: hillside location, high terrace, stone retaining wall, wire fence, fronts east, stone
retaining wall and gate, steps and walk. Rear yard excavated level with high stone retaining wall to
west (Highland), wood fence at street level on wall top. Shares gate in front stone wall with 1155 to
south, second gate at north end of property.
8. Narrative Statement of Significance:
Special Significance; William Harrison Day residence (1886), Day was president of the leading
Standard Lumber Company.
Original Owner/Builder: William Harrison Day, begun in 1883, cost $40,000.
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa
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Iowa Site Inventory Form
Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
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William Harrison Day Dubuque
Name of Property County
1203 Grove Terrace Dubuque
Address City
Building History: the house features varied hardwoods due to its association with the lumber industry,
was one of five large houses visible on 1889 birds eye view. The Days owned the house until 1926
with the death of Day’s second wife. It was converted into apartments in the 1970s, and restored by
the Arnold family and John and Cheryl Whalen in the 1990s (Telegraph-Herald, January 24, 1993, 2003
Old House Enthusiasts House Tour). Contained five 2-3 bedroom furnished apartments and owner’s 5-
room unit as of 1971.
Day owned the parcel when it was sewered (no date, c.1890). He lived at 115 Chestnut 1883-1884.
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 773, A. McDaniel’s Sub Lot 1.
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