Main Street 1410
Site Inventory Form
State Inventory No. 31-02228
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 St. Johns Episcopal Church
other names/site number
2. Location
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street & number 14 and Main Streets
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)
060Religion/06A01-church 060Religion/06A01-church
7. Description
Architectural Classification Materials
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05-Late Victorian/o5aGothic Revival 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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Dubuque14 and Main Streets
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
Architecture1875
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
Schulte & Wagner, stonework
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 # 12, 28 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
31-02228
Site Number
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
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St. Johns Episcopal Church Dubuque
Name of Property County
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14 and Main Streets Dubuque
Address City
7. Narrative Description:
This property is located in the Jackson Park Historic District.
Style/Year: 1875, Gothic Revival style (rusticated stonework, square tower, pointed windows, pointed
arch entryways.
Designer/Builder: Architect DeForrest supervises construction, former colonel in U.S. army, considers
settling in Dubuque (Herald, May 30, 1877). Schulte & Wagner, stone cutting contract (Die Iowa, June
7, 1877).
Physical Description: gable front squarish plan with west front, massive castellated square tower in
southwest corner, south gable roof entry passes into the tower base, gable roof wing fronts south in
southeast corner and features a round or octagonal corner tower and helm roof. Stone buttresses of
varying scale are placed individually about the plan. The stonework is broken course cut stone. There
is a raised foundation and water table, the foundation and main walls being of the same stone and
coursing. A ground floor belt course bisects the windows and successive courses mark the second
floor sill or tower lintel levels, the top of the second floor, and the parapet base. Collectively these lines
impart a stepped back sense in the massing. The main west entrance features a large rose window in
the gable front. There are multiple gable roof side dormers on both sides of the main roof. Decorative
finials include encircled crosses on the gable ends and gable caps and “shingled” corner finials on the
tower corners. The stone is limestone from Farley, Iowa.
Alterations: very well preserved. Permits (as 1410 Main) note re-roofing in 1972 ($40,000), basement
alterations 1954 ($3,000), same 1961 ($1,000).
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Landscaping/Setting: prominent corner parcel at Main and 14, the ground level drops to the east and
the basement is increasingly exposed and has basement windows.
8. Narrative Statement of Significance:
Special Significance; St. Johns Episcopal Church
Building History: This congregation was founded on March 31, 1845 (a mission since 1834) and built its
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first church at 9 and Locust in 1848. This is their second edifice, built ‘after years of financial
hardship”. The cornerstone was laid in 1875. The new church was enclosed mid-year in 1877 and
finished that fall. Construction accounts noted the relative low cornice line (12’above the foundation
cap) relative to the 52’ apex. An estimated $10-15,000 was expended on construction during 1878
(Herald, May 1, 1878). It is famous for its “parade of chairs,” when a line of children each carried a
chair from the old to the new church (Dubuque’s Faith Communities, J. Dahm). The church gained a
tower and new floor, at a cost of $1,500-3,000 in 1878 (Herald, January 3, 1879; Times, December 11,
1878). The church owned the parcel when it was sewered.
Die Iowa described the new Episcopal Church, which, by November 1875 had “reached over the
foundations. The building is in the English Gothic style and will be a costly affair. The foundations are
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa
31-02228
Site Number
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
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St. Johns Episcopal Church Dubuque
Name of Property County
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14 and Main Streets Dubuque
Address City
of square cut blocks, finely wrought, and suggest a rich, possibly overly rich developed structure, such
as the Episcopalians of this country like so well in theirchurches. Whether the foundations, made of
magnesium limestone of the transitional formation will stand up under the weather makes us very
doubtful. It would be too bad for the building’s sake” (Die Iowa, November 11, 1875).
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