Kniest Street 2020 (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
other names/site number
2. Location
street& number 2020 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-01A Single Dwelling 01-Domestic-01A Single Dwelling
7. Description
Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) Materials (Enter categories from instructions)
09-Other-09A01-House-two-story gable front foundation Stone
walls Asbestos or wood shingle/vinyl siding
roof Asphalt
other
Narrative Description (0 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 0 More Research Recommended D Property yields significant information in archaeology or history.
County Dubuque Address 2020 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
_ pre-1891 ® 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 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. 26, 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 it _ Date Taken
Roll/slide sheet# _ Frame/slot# _ Date Taken _
BSee 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: ❑ 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 Site Number
Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number _
Continuation Sheet
Page 1
Dubuque
Name of Property County
2020 Kniest Street Dubuque
Address City
7. Narrative Description:
No assessor's card was found. This is a broad, tall two-story gable front frame residence with a
recessed gallery porch in the southeast corner. There are twin attic windows and the entryway is on
the left-hand side of the facade. The square hip roof entry porch retains its original turned posts but
the transom has been sealed. The lower story has aluminum siding while the upper level has asbestos
siding. The windows were likely replaced. This is one of a few area houses with recessed
porches/staircases in the rear part of the plan. There are two brick chimneys, both on the ridgeline,
center of plan and at the east end.
The rectangular core measures 32 feet in width by 48 feet in depth, with a recessed southeast
corner porch (16 feet long, 8 feet wide) intruding into that core form. The front porch measures 6 feet
wide and five deep deep. A detached two-car garage dates to 1960.
Building Permit/Alteration Record
Date Owner Contractor Description/value
1960 New 21 feet by 30 feet
garage (assessor)
June 19, 1993 Kris Carter Re-roof, $1,700
August 30, 1999 Doug Carter Vinyl siding $4,880
8. Narrative Statement of Significance:
The house was not present as of 1891 although there was a story-and-a-half residence set
back on this lot within the partial right-ow-way of Troy Street. This cottage might have been moved
and enlarged as the present house, but the present two-story plan was here by 1909. Historical
addresses were 70 Kniest as of 1891 and 92 Kniest by 1908-09.
Building Ownership/Occupancy History
Date Occupant Occupation Ownership Notes
1900
1904
1908 William Erner and Fred
Otto
1911
1913
1915-16
1918
1921 Fred and Bertha Otto, Laborer,
Mathia D. and Agnes CM&StPRR
Ham (Otto)
1925 Mathia D. and Agnes
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
2020 Kniest Street Dubuque
Address City
Ham, John Beckius (apt)
1929 Mathia D. and Agnes
Ham, John Beckius (apt)
1929
1937 Mrs. Agnes Ham, John
Beckius (apt)
1941 Wm. H. McManus, John
Beckius (apt)
1945 Harold Hennig, John
Beckius (apt)
1952 Paul Urban, Archie
Thompson (apt)
1955 Mettal Realty & Investment Co. buys 1955,
$8,000
1955 James A. Baker, John
Kennedy (apt)
1960 Andrew C. Ohensorge,
Norman 0. Haas (apt)
1971 Contract sale to Joseph Jellison Sr. June 1971
1972 Contract sale to Julien Improvements Co.,
January
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
2020 Kniest Street Dubuque
Address City
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
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 I
Historical and Architectural Survey Report. Des Moines:History Pays Historic Preservation Consulting Finn,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 22°1 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
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number
Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number _
Continuation Sheet
Page 4
Dubuque
Name of Property County
2020 Kniest Street Dubuque
Address City
11 Additional Documentation:
Legal Description:
Kniest's Subdivision, northwesterly 30 feet of Lot 4-4
Map:
Photographs: