22nd Street East 0508 Site Inventory Form State Inventory No. _ ® New ❑ Supplemental
State Historical Society of Iowa ❑ Part of a district with known boundaries (enter inventory no.)_
(December 1, 1999) Relationship: ❑ Contributing ❑ Noncontributing
❑ Contributes to a potential district with et unknown boundaries
National Register Status:(any that apply)0 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 508 East 22nd 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 [Skip this Section]
4. National Park Service Certification [Skip this Section]
5. Classification
Category of Property(check only one box) Number of Resources within Property
❑ 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).
Historical Architectural Data Base Number
6. Function or Use
Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) Current Functions(Enter categories from instructions)
01-Domestic-01A Single Dwelling 01-Domestic-01A Single Dwelling
01-Domestic-01B-Multiple Dwelling-01801 Duplex 01-Domestic-01B-Multiple Dwelling-01801 Duplex
7. Description
Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) Materials (Enter categories from instructions)
09-Other-09A01-House foundation concrete
walls Wood/clapboard
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.
County Dubuque Address 508 East 22nd Street Site Number _
City Dubuque 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 (Enter categories from instructions) Significant Dates
Construction date
_ ® check if circa or estimated date
Other dates
Significant Person Architect/Builder
(Complete if National Register Criterion B is marked above) Architect
N/A N/A
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 Fasting Northing ' Zone Fasting 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 Nov. 24, 2008
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# _ Frame/slot It _ Date Taken
Roll/slide sheet It Frame/slot# _ Date Taken _
Roll/slide sheet# Frame/slot# Date Taken _
❑ See continuation sheet or attached photo&slide catalog sheet 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: ❑ YesO 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 Site Number —
Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
Page 1
Dubuque
Name of Property County
508 East 22nd Street Dubuque
Address City
7. Narrative Description:
This is a two-story frame gable front single-family residence. The house fronts northwest onto East
22od Street and is located four houses east of the intersection of that street with Kniest Street. The
core plan is shorter, 27 feet and six inches in length and 22 feet in width. A hip roof front porch is 16
feet in width and six feet deep. The porch is slightly narrower than the core plan. A square-cut west
side bay window measures nine feet in length and two feet in depth. There are two rear additions, both
of which are placed successively at the southeast rear corner. Each is 13 feet wide and 17 feet six
inches and eight feet in depth, successively. Two west side extensions are aligned with these two rear
units. The northenrnmost, an enclosed porch, measures 17 feet six inches in length and four feet in
width. The entry stoop in the southwest corner measures five feet in depth and three feet in width.
The house has hardwood floors.
The porch is a later addition, having a brick base, brick square columns at each corner and a rusticated
concrete block foundation. Windows are 8/1 double hung lights. There is a centered brick chimney on
the ridgeline. The east sidwall is not fenestrated.
Building Permit/Alteration Record
Date Owner Contractor Description/value
No permits found this
address
8. Narrative Statement of Significance:
The older assessor's card, c.1950s, states house is 23 years old.
Building Ownership/Occupancy History
Date Occupant Occupation Ownership Notes
1909 Martin Hanna (?), Albert
J. Waldorf
1911 Albert J. Waldorf, Harry
P. Elwanger
1913 vacant
1915 Martin Zuber
1916 John D. Stoneburner
1921 Mrs. Justina Gengler Apparently moved from 506 between 1918 and
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number
Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number _
Continuation Sheet
Page 2
Dubuque
Name of Property County
508 East 22nd Street Dubuque
Address City
1921
1929 Mrs. Christine Gengler As 508
1937 Mrs. Junstina Gengler
1941 May Gengler Anna and May Gengler were unmarried
sisters, owners as of early 1950s were
Katherine, May and Anna Gengler
1945 May Gengler
1952 May Gengler
1955 May Gengler
1960 May Gengler
Katherine Gengler dies June 7, 1968, May
Gengler dies November 14, 1971
9. Major Bibliographical References:
Atlas of Dubuque County,Iowa. Clinton:Harrison and Warner, 1874
Atlas of Dubuque County,Iowa. Davenport: Iowa Publishing Company, 1906
Atlas of Dubuque Iowa. Peoria:Austin Engineering Company,n.d.
Atlas of Dubuque County,Iowa. Rockford:W. W. Hixson,n.d.
Bee Branch Creek Restoration Alignment Study:Project No. 20959-39471. Dubuque: CDS in association with WHKS&
Company,October 2004
"Birds Eye View of the City of Dubuque Iowa, 1872." Augustus Koch Engraver
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number _
Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
Page 3
Dubuque
Name of Property County
508 East 22nd Street Dubuque
Address City
Dubuque City Council Minutes,Volumes 29(1899)to 36(1906)
Jacobsen,James E. Dubuque-The Key City: The Architectural And Historical Resources of Dubuque, Iowa, 1837-1955:
Phase IV Edition. Des Moines: History Pays Historic Preservation Consulting Finn,November 24,2003
. Dubuque-The Key City: The Architectural And Historical Resources of Dubuque, Iowa, 1837-1955:Phase I
Historical and Architectural Survey Report. Des Moines: History Pays Historic Preservation Consulting Firm,January 15,
2002
. Dubuque-The Key City: The Architectural And Historical Resources of Dubuque, Iowa, 1837-1955: Phase 11
Historical and Architectural Survey Report. Des Moines: History Pays Historic Preservation Consulting Firm,January 15,
2002
. Iowa Historic Site Inventory Form:Rhomberg Avenue and Kniest Street Historic District. ,Des Moines:
History Pays Historic Preservation Consulting Firm,January 15,2002
. Iowa Historic Site Inventory Form:East 22nd Street and Washington Street Historic District. ,Des
Moines:History Pays Historic Preservation Consulting Firm,July 22,2000
Map of the City of Dubuque. Davenport: Iowa Publishing Company, 1906
Newspapers(as cited in the text)
Perspective Map of the City of Dubuque. Milwaukee: American Publishing Company, 1889
Plan of Dubuque,Dubuque County. Chicago: Charles Skober and Company, 1875
Plat Book of Dubuque County,Iowa. Davenport:Northwest Publishing Company, 1892
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps,Dubuque,Iowa:
1884, 1891, 1901, 1909, 1909/24, 1909/50, 1909/56, 1909/62
11 Additional Documentation:
Legal Description:
Kniest's Addition, a subdivision of the east 24 feet of the east 48 feet of the north % of Lot 1
Map:
Photographs: