Broadway Street 2518Site Inventory Form
State Inventory No. 31-00945
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 2518 Broadway Street
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 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/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.
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Dubuque2518 Broadway Street
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
Architecture1850
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, 2005
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 # 7491 Frame/slot # 30 Date Taken Jan. 2005
Roll/slide sheet # 7492 Frame/slot # 13, 15 Date Taken Jan. 2005
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
Page 1
Dubuque
Name of Property County
2518 Broadway Street Dubuque
Address City
7. Narrative Description:
Architectural Style And Key Stylistic Elements:
Italianate style two-story brick L-plan, hip roof, cornice, wrap around stone lintels, single-story frame
insert in front (right side) of L, brick garage in front, wrap around porch, elongated floor-length Italianate
windows on ground floor front. An unusual feature is the lack of windows on the north side wall and the
north and west fronts of the rear wing.
Physical Description:
Imposing square plan with parapet front (triangular pediment added post-1897), symmetrical
fenestration with central hall (double doors transformed into windows?).
Alterations:
Porch is so nice it must be a very fine replacement (porch as of 1890s was full-width narrow design with
unevenly spaced columns but 1909 map shows this profile), garage wing and apartment addition added
to back of plan, dormers added to front and south roof, three chimneys removed (two from rear wall,
one from north wall), rear L-porch in southwest corner replaced.
Outbuildings:
Garage (narrow clapboard, stone or stucco foundation), 1900, 14x24 (brick attached garage)
Landscaping Notes:
House fronts east near bluff edge with back to the west, garage set forward to the street
Evaluation:
House surveyed by Kriviskey in 1979, rated “2” as an excellent example of the transition from the
Italianate to the Queen Anne style, quite rare.
8. Narrative Statement of Significance:
The original builder has not yet been identified. Mayor J. W. C. Saunders lived here as of the late
1890s.
City Directory Notes:
(150 Broadway)
Mrs. Emerini Kennedy (boards) 1890 (150) (no 1886-88 listings)
Chas. And Fred Burdt, bricklayers (28), 1894
Chas. Burdt, bricklayer, 1899
Chris. Burdt, 1908-10
Vacant, 1918
Chas. J. Spahn, 1921
Historical Image Notes:
The 1872 Bird’s Eye View shows the house present.
The 1889 Bird’s Eye View shows this house as present.
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
Page 2
Dubuque
Name of Property County
2518 Broadway Street Dubuque
Address City
1891 Sanborn: house with full east porch has two-story frame house in rear fronting Broadway-either
an error and this is 2524 Broadway or removed by 1909 (150 Broadway).
2518 Broadway, the residence of Col. J. W. C. Saunders (Souvenir Gems of Dubuque, 1897)
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
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
Page 3
Dubuque
Name of Property County
2518 Broadway Street Dubuque
Address City
10. Additional Documentation:
Legal Description: Lot 2-2-1-19 and Lot 2-20, John King’s Sub
Map:
Broadway Area Survey Contour Map
Blackened house locates subject property
(City of Dubuque, 2005)
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