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Bluff Street 0504IOWA STATE HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT, DIVISION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION DUBUQUE, IOWA 1978 Architectural Survey 1979 Inventory STREET ADDRESS BUILDING NAME PRESENT OWNER Address Photograph ~o~ ~ Frame LEGAL DESCRIPTION DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Source ARCHITECT/BUILDER Source PRESENT USE ~7~,~/~/ ESIGNED USE Source ACCESSIBILITY STATUS BUILDING MATERIALS Foundation ~~Q~ Walls Q~f~/~ ~UNR/NO ~UN0/W CONDITION 1~34 12~4 Trim ~A~ 1 2~4 Porch/Storefront ~~Q~ 1 2~4 Eaves/Cornice %~ff~ ~ ~A~%fA~ 2 ~4 1~3 4 Chi~ey(s) ~~ ~ 1 2 3 4 DESIGN FEATURES Style ~O ~ Details of Note: Interior Features: 1234 1234 Site Features: Evaluation I QUALITY Aesthetic ~ 234 Historical ~ 34 Rarity 34 II ENVIRONMENTAL STATURE ~234 III CONTEXT Immediate ~234 Broad ~1(~3 4 IV INTEGRITY OF FABRIC 34 ~ Amhitecturai Significance PROBABLE ADDITIONAL AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS SURVEY CONSULTANT: Bruce M. Kriviskey, AICP Facade N/S/E/W By Date MODIFICATIONS/ADDITIONS: COMMENT: COMMENT: m~s/~ ~ate %2 ~( '7~ Site Inventory Form State Inventory No. 31-00847 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 The Redstone/Elizabeth Cooper Sullivan/Daniel A. Sullivan residence other names/site number 2. Location street & number 504 Bluff 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 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) 01-Domestic/01A01single dwelling residence 01-Domestic/01D-Hotel/01D01-Inn 7. Description Architectural Classification Materials (Enter categories from instructions)(Enter categories from instructions) 05-Late Victorian/05D-Queen Anne 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. 31-00847 Dubuque504 Bluff 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 Architecture1894 check if circa or estimated date Other dates Significant Person Architect/Builder (Complete if National Register Criterion B is marked above) Architect N/A Carkeek, Thomas T. 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 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 # 7470 Frame/slot # 27 Date Taken Sept. 2003 Roll/slide sheet # 7471 Frame/slot # 9 Date Taken same 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 31-00847 Site Number Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Page 1 The Redstone/Elizabeth Cooper Sullivan/Daniel A. Sullivan residence Dubuque Name of Property County 504 Bluff Dubuque Address City 7. Narrative Description: This property is located in the Cathedral Historic District. Style/Year: 1894, Queen Anne style, embodied in asymmetry of form, round tower and turret, bays, mixed materials (stone, brick), ornate chimneys and caps, porches. Designer/Builder: Thomas T. Carkeek, architect (Dubuque of Today, 1897). Physical Description: two-story basic rectangular brick plan with high hip roof, southwest corner three- story tower and turret/finial cap, a pedimented gable front southern wing and porch, a south-facing three sided bay with Shingle style roof and half round cap, twin hip roof east-facing dormers, a rounded southeast corner with turret cap (engaged tower) and a east facing porch. On the west façade there is a second stone porch and a pedimented gable wall dormer. There is a one-story three-sided bay on the ground floor between the tower and porch. Romanesque arches infill the west gable front and the upper level of the corner tower. Broad rusticated stone belt courses trace the lintel levels of each story, there is a high raised stone foundation and water table. Classical style friezes run beneath the cornice line of the tower, south wing and bay. Two original full stone and a frame porch survive. Alterations: very well preserved. The carriage house/power plant was apparently demolished when the Federal Building was built in 1932. Permits note repairs 1974, exterior alterations for restaurant conversion 1979 ($1,500), conversion to restaurant, 1984 ($380,000), replacement of porch steps and railings 1998, replacement of wood rails on porch 2000. Landscaping/Setting: Prominent quarter block and corner location with short dimension oriented east/west. 8. Narrative Statement of Significance: Special Significance; The Redstone/Elizabeth Cooper Sullivan/Daniel A. Sullivan residence, individually National Register listed. This is the only surviving Cooper house and the least significant of the three; the first was on the present post office site, the second was the Greystone, a 37-room mansion demolished in the 1960s, and this one was the third. Commonly cited as the D. A. Sullivan house. Original Owner/Builder: A.A. Cooper. Building History: Newspapers termed this the Daniel A. Sullivan house when it was built for $20,000 in 1894. This was the last surviving and least significant of three Cooper family homes. This house was built as a double residence (Sommer, p. 103; Gebhard, p. 83; Herald, January 1, 1895). This house was built for daughter Nell/Elizabeth, who married Daniel A. Sullivan, as a duplex, the finer side being for the family. It was converted into apartments, was used for numerous bars and was a popular night spot by the 1970s. It was then vacant and deteriorated. Sixteen investors, led by Paul Pekosh purchased the house for use as an inn in 1984 for $300,000, the rehabilitation costing an additional $500,000. The consortium was titled the Dubuque Historical Improvement Company. Restoration work began October 15, 1985 with Charlie Glab as architect (Iowan Magazine, Summer 1986, pp. 55-60; Telegraph-Herald, January 8, 1985). Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs T E E State Historical Society of Iowa R T 31-00847 Site Number S H T 7 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet T E E R T S H T 6 L O C U S T B S L T U Page 2 R F E F E S T T R E E T T E The Redstone/Elizabeth Cooper Sullivan/Daniel A. Sullivan residence Dubuque E R T S H T 5 Name of Property County 504 Bluff Dubuque Address T City E E R T S H T 4 E N LA N E D Y A H The 1955 Assessor card found that the north portion of this double residence (506 Bluff) contained 10 B L T E sleeping rooms which rented for $7.00 weekly, with the caretaker occupying two rooms. The interior U E R TF S F D R 3 S T R E was “plain compared to next door.” There were no fireplaces. E T E T E R S T S T D .N 2 M A R Y ' S S T R The Augustus Cooper mansion (the “Greystone,” non-extant) was located on the northwest corner of E E T T th E E West 5 and Bluff. Cooper announced plans to build a “fine large stone residence with tower, circle T R E T E S R TT S E T M S M 1 E B L bays, wide verandah, fine conservatory and carriage house” in early 1887, the finished house is U F F S T R reported in 1888 as costing $25,000, and the next year at $13,000 (Shanks, p, 38; Times, February 27, E E T J O N E S S T R E E T 1887; Herald, December 23, 1888; December 29, 1889). 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 10. Additional Documentation: Legal Description: Lot 137, south 10’ Lot 138. Map: