Locust Street 1105IOWA STATE HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT, DIVISION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION
DUBUQUE, IOWA 1978
Architectural survey 1'979.
Inventory
STREET ADDRESS
BUILDING NAME
PRESENT OWNER
Address
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Photograph ~o~
DATE OF CONSTRUCTION
Source
ARCHITECT/BUILDER
Source
PRESENT USE
DESIGNED USE
Source
ACCESSIBILITY
STATUS
BUILDING MATERIALS
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Walls ~O~
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CONDITION
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Porch/Storefront ~v~w~% ~234
Eaves/Cornice ~;~?~h/~p~%t~ ~ 234
Roof .~0~ ~ 2 3 4
Chimney(s) p~D%~% ~234
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DESIGN FEATURES
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Details of Note:
Facade N/S/E/W By Date
MODIFI CATIONS / ADDITIONS:
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COMMENT:
Interior Features:
Site Features:
Evaluation
I QUALITY Aesthetic ~234
Historical ~234
Rarity ~234
II ENVIRONMENTAL STATURE ~i 34
III CONTEXT Immediate 34
Broad 34
IV INTEGRITY OF FABRIC ~234
Architectural ~ gnmcance
PROBABLE ADDITIONAL AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS
SURVEY CONSULTANT: Bruce M. Kriviskey, AICP
COMMENT:
Date
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 Frank D. Stout House
other names/site number
2. Location
street & number 1105 Locust
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 []
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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 2 0 buildings
structure sites sites
object structures structures
objects objects
0 Total 2 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)
05-Late Victorian/05G-Romanesque foundation Stone
walls stone
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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Dubuque1105 Locust
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
Architecture1890
check if circa or estimated date
Other dates
Significant Person Architect/Builder
(Complete if National Register Criterion B is marked above)
Architect
N/A Spencer, John
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 # 7467 Frame/slot # 13, 28 Date Taken Sept. 2003
Roll/slide sheet # 7476 Frame/slot # 8 Date Taken same
Roll/slide sheet # 7468 Frame/slot # 6 Date Taken same
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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Frank D. Stout House Dubuque
Name of Property County
1105 Locust Dubuque
Address City
7. Narrative Description:
This property is located in the Jackson Park Historic District. Style/Year: 1890, Romanesque style,
rusticated Redstone exterior, massive south porch arch, Shingle-style gambrel front on back of carriage
house with Neo-Classical Palladian window set.
Designer/Builder: Architect: John Spencer
Physical Description: rectangular two-story plan with high profile hip roof (front core) and subordinated
gable roof on back portion, massive hexagonal southeast corner tower with hexagonal roof and finial,
unusual use of broken course cut stone on exterior, voussoir stone arches, the largest in very crude
form (individual stones continue up to cornice line to form straight edge, base carved and recessed to
smooth molded edge), massive three-sided single story south porch, it with second porch covers south
side wall, many windows with transoms, tower windows varied, uppermost feature flanking short
Romanesque columns and capitals, two-story (stone on first, half timber upper) rear wing links to 1.5-
story carriage house, latter has battered corners, raised stone foundation/water table, is stone fronted
only on south and east fronts, through cornice pedimented gable dormers on south end, east square-
cut tower with pyramid roof, broad gable roof dormer with half timber, west gambrel gable end with
Palladian window and shingled front. Large chimney on carriage house, west wall chimney on house,
second chimney centered on north roof plane.
Alterations: house enlarged to northwest by 1909, otherwise well preserved. Permits note re-roofing in
1978 (flat portion), remodel single-story rear wing for office 1931 ($800), erect open porch at rear 1978.
Landscaping/Setting: very prominent level corner parcel, fronts south east with curved walk approach
from corner. Carriage House at west end.
8. Narrative Statement of Significance:
Special Significance; Frank D. Stout House, Stout was a partner in H. L. & F. D. Stout, president and
treasurer of the Nutwood Park Company (race course/ park), president of the Star Electric Company,
vice-president of Iowa Trust & Savings Bank, Dubuque Fire & Insurance Company, and assistant
treasurer for Knapp-Stout Lumber Company at the time he built this mansion. Upon the death of his
father Henry in 1900 Frank moved his family to Chicago and donated the land across the street from
his house for the building of the library (Carnegie-Stout).
Original Owner/Builder: Frank Deming Stout built this $75,000 residence in 1890. The construction
took some time given a mid-1893 report that H. L. Stout’s residence was nearly completed, being “in all
ways a magnificent structure” (Herald, January 18, 1891; Telegraph, June 16, 1893).
Building History: James Beach owned the parcel when it was sewered. The house was purchased as a
gift residence for Archbishop James Keane in 1911. He signed the property over to the Archdiocese in
1912. Archbishop Francis Beckman was the last resident occupant and the house was transformed
into an office complex and the house was used as the chancery for the archdiocese in 1939.
Archbisop Daniel was the last resident occupant.
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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Frank D. Stout House Dubuque
Name of Property County
1105 Locust Dubuque
Address City
Archbishop Henry Rohlman restored the house and resided there and added the west end office wing.
By 1984 the house was a residence with just two occupants and Archbishop Daniel Kucera sold it to a
group of 19 investors who used it as a bed and breakfast . Loras College was first approached by
Kucera for possible use as a museum. The sheer survival of this mansion as well as its splendid state
of preservation is attributable to its fortunate church ownership. As of 1891, two mansions shared this
entire block (Historic Houses File, File F-1, Center For Dubuque History; Telegraph-Herald, August 15,
1985).
From 1911-1985 all the archbishops resided in this house.
The “grand opening” of this “palace of splendour” took place in late 1894 (Telegraph, September 29,
1894). (this is the H.L. Stout house not the Frank Stout house)
Stout added servants’ quarters and an addition in 1897 and a new livery stable (Mullen Bros. did the
plumbing) in 1899. In 1896 $3,000 was expended in internal decorating, principally fresco work
(Herald, May 24, 1896; January 5, 1898; Telegraph, May 28, 1899).
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
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Frank D. Stout House Dubuque
Name of Property County
1105 Locust Dubuque
Address City
10. Additional Documentation:
Map: