Rhomberg Avenue 0500 Site Inventory Form State Inventory No. _ Z 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 500 Rhomberg Avenue
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. StatelFederal 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)
02E-Specialty Store 02E-Specialty Store
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 metal/aluminum
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 500 Rhomberq Avenue 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 ArchitectlBuilder
(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 Dec. 2, 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: ❑ 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
500 Rhombera Avenue Dubuque
Address City
7. Narrative Description:
This is a two-story frame gable front commercial plan. There is a full basement (six feet high
ceiling) while the ground floor has a nine-feet high ceiling. There is a two-bedroom apartment upstairs.
Stone foundation, aluminum siding exterior. The original two-story core pre-dates 1891. By 1909 the
building had been enlarged to the south and had a two-story west side porch in the southwest corner.
By this time there was a single-story plumbing shop at the back of the lot on the alley. By 1936 this
outbuilding had been linked to the main building by the construction of a garage. The core building
measures 20 feet in width and 46 feet in depth and there is a one foot by 13 feet east bay with a three
feet square corner porch along the east side wall. The garage addition measures 23 feet in width and
16 feet in depth (there is a 15 feet by 8 feet porch or separate unit in the northeast corner. The
rearmost addition measures 23 feet in width and 16 feet in depth. The ground floor is a single
commercial room while the second floor contains four rooms. The current building appears to have a
replacement rear addition, built as a single unit with shed roof, vertical siding or paneling, so the
premise that an earlier shop is incorporated is incorrect. The building has been resided. A wooden
stair leads from the west side entrance to the roof of the garage and a fenced patio surrounds a single-
story rear building, likely an enclosed porch. Fenestration appears to be minimal on the east side and
there are just three upper-level windows on the west side. A paired window set is centered above the
storefront display window and there is a cut-corner entrance to the commercial space. Beginning in
1909, an exterior stairway is depicted along the north end of the east sidewall.
Building PermitlAlteration Record
Date Owner Contractor Description/value
May 31, 1938 HOLC Ed Kolfenbach Re-roof, $75
August 26, 1960 Lawrence Schwartz Re-roof, $200
May 14, 1962 Lawrence Schwartz Repair 2"6 floor, $100
Ed Papentheis 500 ''/z, remodel 2ntl
floor, $500
November 3, 1972 Lawrence Schwartz Mary Clendeman Reside, $1,200
September 7, 1976 Lawrence Schwartz Rafe Strub Window repair, $250
August 21, 1980 Lawrence Schwartz C. Bill Stoffel Re-roof, $940
August 8, 1996 PJ's Tap Replace overhand, re-
roof, $2,500
October 21, 1996 PJ's Tap Laundenburg Const. Re-roof, $2,500
November 17, 1998 PJ's Tap Gene Bird Sign Service 4x4 sign
8. Narrative Statement of Significance:
The Assessor dates this building to +/- 1898 and the 1891 Sanborn map shows a two-story
rectangular frame saloon building, addressed as 110 Rhomberg Avenue. The 1889 bird's eye view
appears to show the alleyway shop in place. The 1909 building depicted on the Sanborn Maps could
be an all-new building but more likely is an enlargement of the original smaller building. It first appears
in city directories in 1899-1900 as #502 Rhomberg (this might be due to a street name change
however).
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
500 Rhomberq Avenue Dubuque
Address City
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John Vachon photo, Carl Kluck's Tavern, 500 Rhomberg, 1940 (Library of Congress)
Klauer Manufacturing, formerly National Iron & Brass/Smedley Pump, visible in distant right (non-
extant) note east bay and entry porch, brick sidewalk, sign
Building Ownership/Occupancy History
Date Occupant Occupation Ownership Notes
1891 saloon
1899 William and Francisca Gas fitter, Key
Hos City Gas
1900 Wm. H. and Frances Hos Wm. Aged 56, married 26 years, b. Lux, to
US 1861, naturalized, day laborer, rents,
Frances aged 46, five of seven children
survive; Wm. Jr. 22-machinist, Louis 19,
gas fitter, Charles 16, blacksmith, Christina
14, Frank 12, boarder Jos. Schroeder, b.
Lux, aged 70 (fa-in-law?), also machinist
Joel Lund and Jose (?)_and May with
two children
1901 Christian Ragatz Saloon
1904 No such number listed See saloons
1909
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
500 Rhomberq Avenue Dubuque
Address City
1911
1913
1916 William and Francisca billiards Louis D and Mary Hos
Hos, Frank Hos, billiards
1918 John Schgrett (rear) CM&StP RR
1918 Frank Hos billiards
1921 Mrs. Francis Hos, Charles
Has
1925 Chass. Has Frank Weiden
bacher, cigars
1929 Anthony Tarkett barber
1937 Mrs. Etta Tarkett Tavern
1941 Earl Kluck, James Tavern
Bridehop (apt)
1945 Apostolic Gospel Hall,
Eliz. Kersch (apt)
1947 Lawrence E. and Ethel M. Schwartz buy
1947, continue to own into 1980s
(Assessor)
1952 L&E Tavern (Lawrence E.
Schwartz apt)
1955 L&E Tavern (Lawrence E.
Schwartz apt)
1960 L&E Tavern (Lawrence E.
Schwartz apt)
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
500 Rhomberq Avenue 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 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 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
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number _
Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number _
Continuation Sheet
Page 5
Dubuque
Name of Property County
500 Rhomberq Avenue Dubuque
Address City
11 Additional Documentation:
Legal Description:
Smedley's Addition, westerly 21 feet, two inches of Lot 20
Map:
Photographs: