Iowa Street 1373-1395
Site Inventory Form
State Inventory No. 31-01659
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
other names/site number
2. Location
street & number 1373-1395 Iowa
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)
01B-multiple Dwelling 01B-multipleDwelling
7. Description
Architectural Classification Materials
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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.
31-01659
Dubuque1373-1395 Iowa
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-1860
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 # 7464 Frame/slot # 13 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
31-01659
Site Number
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
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Dubuque
Name of Property County
1373-1395 Iowa Dubuque
Address City
7. Narrative Description:
This property is located in the Jackson Park Historic District. Style/Year:1876, Federal/Adams four-unit
brick two-story row house (gabled dormers, stepped sidewalls, side hall plan).
Designer/Builder: Mathias Morgan, excavation work. Jerry Howard, gas installation.
Physical Description: rectangular plan (each unit 38x20’6”), grouped entries with Neo-Classical flat
roofed porches with Doric columns on concrete block piers, double rowlock rounded brick window
arches, stone sills, three single gable roof dormers on southern three units, each centered on the plan,
chimneys on end walls and party walls.
Alterations: porches c.1910. Permits note re-roofing in 1959, 1994, alterations to two-family brick 1977,
casing work 1997 (all 1373), re-roofing 1958 (1375).
Landscaping/Setting: level corner lot, eastward orientation.
8. Narrative Statement of Significance:
Special Significance; modern middle class apartment block built by two of the principal city land owners
and developers.
Original Owner/Builder: John Bell and John Ryder.
Building History: Bell and Ryder purchased vacant lots on this corner (Herald, May 20, 1876) and
announced plans to build six homes and a store that season. Mathias Morgan started excavation work
(ibid., May 4,1876). Jerry Howard installed gas in the new buildings (ibid., September 23, 1876). The
annual progress report highlighted this improvement: “Bell & Ryder’s Tenements on Thirteenth street,
consist of seven houses, built of brick, with store on the corner of Iowa. They are model tenements,
and contain all the comforts and conveniences that modern science in building suggested. They add to
the evidence of Mr. Bell’s enterprise, he being one of our heaviest property holders, as well as most
successful merchants. The tenements are calculated to benefit what might be termed the middle class
of society, the rentals being placed as low as $20 per month. These buildings greatly improve the street
upon which they stand and cost $12,000 (Herald, December 2, 1876).
No porches shown through 1909. Otto Smith built a brick store at 1395 Iowa in 1887 ($2,200) (Herald,
December 16, 1869; November 24, 1887). This would be the corner building. Demo permits for 1375,
1393, 1395, no date.
John Ryder and John Bell owned the parcel when it was first sewered.
9. Major Bibliographical References:
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1884, 1891, 1909/36
Dubuque City Directories, 1902, 1915, 1925, 1934
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Dubuque
Name of Property County
1373-1395 Iowa Dubuque
Address City
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: 2-2-1 North 2/5 Lot 461, Lot 2 (1373), same Lot 1 (1375, sub 1-2-1 North 2/5 Lot
461, 2 (1393), same Lot 1 (1395).
Map: