Kniest Street 2120 (2) 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) Listed ❑ De-listed ❑ NHL ❑ DOE
9-Digit SHPO Review&Compliance Number_
❑ Non-Extant (enter year)_
1. Name of Property
historic name Joseph and Emily Spielbauer House
other names/site number _
2. Location
street& number 2120 Kniest 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).
Title Historical Architectural Data Base Number
6. Function or Use
Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions)
01-Domestic-01B-Multiple Dwelling-01801 Duplex 01-Domestic-01B-Multiple Dwelling-01B01 Duplex
7. Description
Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) Materials(Enter categories from instructions)
09-Other-09A01-House- 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.
County Dubuque Address 2120 Kniest 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
_ 0 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 (0 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 Nov. 25, 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# _ Date Taken
Roll/slide sheet# 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:❑ Yes0 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
Joseph and Emily Spielbauer House Dubuque
Name of Property County
2120 Kniest Street Dubuque
Address City
7. Narrative Description:
2120 Kniest, Barbara Atkinson Family Trust, owner.
This is a two-story hip roof brick residence with an offset three-sided full-height bay front wing.
There is a rear gallery porch and a recessed front corner porch entrance. The raised stone foundation
exposes three courses of ashlar stone above grade. There are ten rooms (four bedrooms). The
fagade windows have plain stone lintels and sills, the former being twice the thickness of the former.
Semi-segmental brick window arches are formed using two courses of rowlock bricks are found on the
other frontages. There is a stone foundation. There is a 14x28 frame carriage house and a 12 feet by
21 feet open carport (plastich sheeting sidewalls at present).
The rectangular core measures 22 feet by 49 feet (1,131 square feet per floor level). The front wing is
15 feet wide and 3.6 feet deep. The front porch (with open balcony) is seven feet wide by four feet in
depth. The rear porch is 21 feet wide and six feet in depth.
Building Permit/Alteration Record
Date Owner Contractor Description/value
October 16, 1940 L. Eberhardt Geisler Bros. Re-roof, $235
May 30, 1989 Robert Atkinson 12x21 detached
carport, $1,328
8. Narrative Statement of Significance:
The Assessor dates this building to +/- 1880. The house was not present as of 1891. The 1889
Perspective Map of the City of Dubuque shows no houses on this part of Kniest, implying rapid building
up between 1889 and 1891. The house is also not present as of 1909. It first appears in city
directories as #180 Kniest (Paul Ranft) and Ranft occupies it through 1911. Chas. Kress lived there in
1915.
Building Ownership/Occupancy History
Date Occupant Occupation Ownership Notes
1886 Joseph Spielbauer buys the lot from Jacob
Bruck on May 10 for $500. He dies December
25, 1925. His wife Emily dies April 11, 1949.
1904 Speilebauer resides at 181 Kniest, apparently
on the opposite side of the street?
1909 Sanborn Map shows vacant lot
1911
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number
Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number _
Continuation Sheet
Page 2
Joseph and Emily Spielbauer House Dubuque
Name of Property County
2120 Kniest Street Dubuque
Address City
1913
1915-16
1918
1921
1925 Lawrence J. Eberhardt Jr.
1929 Alfred J. Meyer
1937 Mrs. Anna M. Spielbauer,
Lawrence J. Eberhardt Jr.
and Geo. W. Avery (apt).
1941 Lawrence J. Eberhardt Jr.
and Geo. W. Avery (apt).
1945 Lawrence J. Eberhardt Jr.
and Geo. W. Avery (apt).
1952 Lawrence J. Eberhardt Jr.
and Joseph Pauly (apt).
1953 Sister Mary Rita Eberhardt transfers property
to Lawrence J. Eberhardt who dies December
9, 1968. He gives power of attorney to Gerald
J. Eberhardt April 1, 1968. Property passes to
same October 17, 1969.
1955 Lawrence J. Eberhardt Jr.
and Joseph Pauly (apt).
1960 Lawrence J. Eberhardt Jr.
and Joseph Pauly (apt).
1976 Property sold to Robert F. and Barbara H.
Atkinson (contract purchase) May 28, 1976
2007 Property transferred by trustee to Robert F.
Atkinson Jr. March 22, 2007
9. Major Bibliographical References:
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number _
Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number _
Continuation Sheet
Page 3
Joseph and Emily Spielbauer House Dubuque
Name of Property County
2120 Kniest Street Dubuque
Address City
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
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 Firm,November 24,2003
. Dubuque-The Key City: The Architectural And Historical Resources of Dubuque, Iowa, 1837-1955:Phase 1
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 II
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 22"d 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:
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number —
Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number _
Continuation Sheet
Page 4
Joseph and Emily Spielbauer House Dubuque
Name of Property County
2120 Kniest Street Dubuque
Address City
Legal Description:
North 50 feet of Lot 2 in L. Kniest's Subdivision of part of Mineral Lot 314
Map:
Photographs: