Bluff Street 0599-0601IOWA STATE HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT, DIVISION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION
DUBUQUE, IOWA 1978
Amhitectuml survey 1979
Inventory
STREET ADDRESS
BUILDING NAME
PRESENT OWNER
Address
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION
DATE OF CONSTRUCTION
Source
ARCHITECT/BUILDER
Source
PRESENT USE
DESIGNED USE
Source
ACCESSIBILITY RES/UNR/NO
STATUS OCC/UNO/WP
BUILDING MATERIALS CONDITION
Foundation Q~ 1234
Trim t~A~f~a~~ Q[?~2 3 4
Porc~/Storefront
Eaves/Cornice
Roof ~
Chimney(s) ~
1234
~234
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DESIGN FEATURES
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Details of Note:
Interior Features:
Facade N/S/E/W By
MODIFICATIONS/ADDITIONS:
COMMENT:
Date
Site Features:
Evaluation
I QUALITY Aesthetic 12G4
Historical 12~4
Rarity 12~4
II ENVIRONMENTAL STATURE 12~4
III CONTEXT Immediate ~2'34
Broad 1~34
IV INTEGRITY OF FABRIC ~234
Architectural Significance
PROBABLE 'ADDITIONAL AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS
COMMENT:
HABS/NRHP
SURVEY CONSULTANT: Bruce M. Kriviskey, AICP Date
Site Inventory Form
State Inventory No. 31-05263
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 Mary of the Anels Annex
other names/site number
2. Location
street & number 599-601 Bluff (also addressed 549, 605 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 []
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4. National Park Service Certification []
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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)
01B-multiple Dwelling 01B-multipleDwelling
7. Description
Architectural Classification Materials
(Enter categories from instructions)(Enter categories from instructions)
foundation Stone
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06-Late 19 & 20 Century Revivals/06G-Italian walls brick
Rennaissance 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.
31-05263
Dubuque599-601 Bluff (also addressed 549, 605 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
Architecture1929-30
check if circa or estimated date
Other dates
Significant Person Architect/Builder
(Complete if National Register Criterion B is marked above)
Architect
N/A Unknown
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 # 7471 Frame/slot # 11 Date Taken Sept. 2003
Roll/slide sheet # Frame/slot # Date Taken
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
31-05263
Site Number
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
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Mary of the Anels Annex Dubuque
Name of Property County
599-601 Bluff (also addressed 549, 605 Bluff) Dubuque
Address City
7. Narrative Description:
This property is located in the Cathedral Historic District. Style/Year: 1929-30, Renaissance Revival
style, embodied in its massing and particularly in the horizontal division between the first and second
floors. This is an unusual design given its lack of a need for its own entryway, so those components,
central to the style, are absent.
Physical Description: Three-story square brick block (50x30) with raised basement level. Decorative
brick pilasters with pedimented stone capitals separate five uneven bays on the south side wall and
three more on the west front. A plain stone belt course caps the top of the ground floor and a broad
water table separates the basement and ground floor. A buff colored brick continues this vertical
division with a quoin like demarcation on the upper two levels. The parapet level combines corner and
interim short pilasters and brick curtain walls. The plan contained 36 private rooms along with a dining
room, kitchen and club room.
Alterations: No permit data.
Landscaping/Setting: corner parcel rises in elevation to the west, building attached to 605-21 Bluff to
the north.
8. Narrative Statement of Significance:
Special Significance; Mary of the Angels Annex
Building History: The Sisters of St. Francis purchased this lot from George Watters on December 9,
1916 for $10,000 but high wartime building costs kept them from making any improvements until 1929,
at which time the house on the site was demolished and this building constructed. It was finished
January 1930. No building permit found (undated newspaper article, post-1930, titled “Mary of the
Angels Home”).
The following Watters/Waller/Watten related buildings were located on this parcel:
?J. Watter’s Estate, three elegant brick dwellings, two stories, erected by John McCoy, $8,000 (Herald,
October 31, 1875).
?John R. Waller, brick residence, $16,000 (Herald, December 20, 1883).
?Waller & Coates, stable house on Bluff, architect F. D. Hyde, $4,000, (Herald, May 9, 1886).
The John Watten Estate A. Tredway and the C. A. Kleine Estate owned this property when it was
sewered c.1889.
1899- T. W. McNear at 599
H.H. Mehlhop at 601
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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: Lots 618-20 and a north fragment of Lot 617.
Map: