Bluff Street 1501-1503IOWA STATE HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT, DIVISION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION
DUBUQUE, 1978
Inventory
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Historical 1 2 3~
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II ENVIRONMENTAL STATURE t 2 3~
III CONTEXT Immediate ~2 3 4
Broad ~P2 3 4
IV INTEGRITY OF FABRIC i~3 4
COMMENT:
PROBABLE ADDITIONAL AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS
SURVEY CONSULTANT: Bruce M. Kriviskey, AICP
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Site Inventory Form
State Inventory No. 31-00899
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 L. K. Bowdish House
other names/site number
2. Location
street & number 1501-1503 Bluff
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 []
Skip this Section
4. National Park Service Certification []
Skip this Section
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)
01B-multiple Dwelling 01B-multipleDwelling
7. Description
Architectural Classification Materials
(Enter categories from instructions)(Enter categories from instructions)
05-Late Victorian/05B-Italianate 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.
31-00899
Dubuque1501-1503 Bluff
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
Architecturepre-1889
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 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 # 7468 Frame/slot # 23 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
31-00899
Site Number
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
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L. K. Bowdish House Dubuque
Name of Property County
1501-1503 Bluff Dubuque
Address City
7. Narrative Description:
This property is located in the Jackson Park Historic District. Style/Year: pre-1889, Italianate style
parapet front duplex.
Physical Description: two-story square brick plan and flat roof, bracketed cornice, unusual flat stone
arches with key stone and spring stones, windows grouped to outside of each side of the façade, paired
and centered entries with no transoms and lowered lintels, built in rear double decker porch, raised
stone foundation with two-part water table. *investigate twin roof front gable roof dormers.
Alterations: narrow steeply pitched gable roof porch replaced with low profile broader hip porch with
square columns and frame covered balustrades. Concrete block retaining wall in front of porch. No
permit data.
Landscaping/Setting: low terraced parcel, building fronts east.
8. Narrative Statement of Significance:
Building History: L. K. Bowdish, agent for the Home Scale Company, built a brick addition (“a
handsome, swell front”) “at the head of Bluff,” in 1878 and is listed as living at 1501 Bluff as of 1880.
The Times values the addition at$1,000 (Herald, January 3, 1879; Times, December 11, 1878). Sewer
records link Bowdish with the next property north however.
Grocer/builder William Rebman lived here 1890-99, and built the following in this area:
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?two brick dwellings, 40x40 each with L-wings, 28x15, two story bricks, on Bluff between 14 and 15,
$1,491 (Herald, November 22, 1874).
?residence on Bluff, $7,000 (Herald, December 31, 1882).
?brick block and residence, $13,000 (Herald, December 20, 1883).
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?fine double brick tenement on Bluff between 14 and 15, 33x33, two stories, with L 28x28 (Herald,
November 9, 1873).
He owned the parcel when it was first sewered.
1899 Mrs. Wm Rebman (widow) resides at this address and in 1896 and 1894
1878-1888 L.K. Bowdish at 1501 Bluff
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.
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