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PRESENT OWNER
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DATE OF CONSTRUCTION
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Details of Note:
Interior Features:
Date
Site Features
I QUALITY Aesthetic
Historical
Rarity
II~ ENVIRONMENTAL STATURE
III CONTEXT Immediate
Broad
IV INTEGRITY OF FABRIC
COMMENT
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PROBABLE ADDITIONAL AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS ~ . .
SURVEYCONSOLTANT: Bruce M.-Kriviskey,~AICP
Site Inventory Form
State Inventory No. 31-01573
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 Benton M. Harger House
other names/site number
2. Location
street & number 1207 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 0 buildings
structure sites sites
object structures structures
objects objects
0 Total 1 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)
01-Domestic/01A01single dwelling residence 01-Domestic/01A01single dwelling residence
7. Description
Architectural Classification Materials
(Enter categories from instructions)(Enter categories from instructions)
45-Mid-Victorian/04B-Gothic Revival foundation Stone
walls brick
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.
31-01573
Dubuque1207 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
Architecture1854
check if circa or estimated date
Other dates
1880
Significant Person Architect/Builder
(Complete if National Register Criterion B is marked above)
Architect
N/A John Rague
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 # 22 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
31-01573
Site Number
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
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Benton M. Harger House Dubuque
Name of Property County
1207 Grove Terrace Dubuque
Address City
7. Narrative Description:
This property is located in the West Eleventh Street Historic District. Style/Year: 1854/1880 (Assessor),
Gothic Revival style, this was a real stylistic throwback in Dubuque, the style, particularly in this form,
having long before disappeared. This denticulated bargeboard treatment is not representative of the
1840-80 style and apparently reflects contemporary design influences in cornice ornamentations.
Faithful to the original style are the square cut-wraparound stone lintels. The gable tip finials and the
porch trim work is also accurate. The oculus attic lights are not Gothic. Core plan is that of two
overlapping rectangles, east one 43x21, projects 11’ north of west one, 45x18, which projects 13’ south
from former one. The entry porch measures 8x11, the wrap-around porch has a 30’ depth on each end
and a 59’east frontage. Two west bays measure 1x6, 3x10.
Designer/Builder: John Rague architect.
Physical Description: Two-story side gable brick rectangular plan with through cornice centered front
gable roof dormer, flanking gable roof dormers, and a wrap-around verandah/porch. The latter is likely
original given its depiction in 1889 and its presence on Sanborn Maps as of 1891. There is a large
south end gable end chimney. A smaller rectangular south wing projects from the southwest corner.
Raised stone foundation. Northwest corner porch, north side porch, two rear bays on first floor, west
end chimney, rear gable roof dormer, oculus lights in attic ends with cross-like mullion pattern.
Alterations: very well preserved. Vestibule on main porch might be an addition. Permits note re-
roofings in 1970 (as 1205), 1949 (as 1207), 1969 (porch, 1207), 1984 (as 1209), 1996 (1207, $18,400),
1984, porch re-roofed 1969, front porch area enclosed 1981.
Landscaping/Setting: stone wall to east, picket fence, yard to west, hillside location, high terrace, fronts
east.
8. Narrative Statement of Significance:
Special Significance; Benton M. Harger residence (Gephart, p. 85; Sommer, pp. 55-56). P. J. Lee
residence as of 1897 (Souvenir Gems).
Original Owner/Builder: Present owner states 1854 Herald lists the building with Benton H. Harger (and
Mary L.) as builder. The Herald lists Harger as remodeling his residence in 1889, the amount is not
legible but is likely $4-6,000 (Herald, December 29, 1889). He owned the parcel when it was sewered
(no date, c.1890). Harger lived at 1348 Locust as of 1886-88. He is first listed here in 1890. In 1899
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he was at 455 West 3. Patrick J. and Mary R. Lee were at 91 Grove Terrace 1902-15, his widow here
in 1921.
Building History: one of five large houses visible on 1889 birds eye view. The present owner states that
it also appears on the 1872 view.
There have been just four owners, Harger, Lee and Frank and Phyllis Licciardi (1971) and the present
owners, the Mozena family.
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa
31-01573
Site Number
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
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Benton M. Harger House Dubuque
Name of Property County
1207 Grove Terrace Dubuque
Address City
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: Lot 774 A. McDaniel’s Sub.
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