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SU~VEYCONSULTANT: BruceM. Ktiviskey, AICP
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Site Inventory Form
State Historical Society of Iowa
(December 1, 1999)
State Inventory No. 31-05257 rgJ New D Supplemental
rgJ Part of a district with known boundaries (enter inventory no.) _
Relationship: rgJ Contributing D Noncontributing
D Contributes to a potential district with yet unknown boundaries
National Register Status:(any that apply) D Listed D De-listed D NHL D DOE
9-Digit SHPO Review & Compliance Number _
D Non-Extant (enter year) _
1. Name of Property
historic name
other names/site number
2. Location
street & number 596 West 11th Street
city or town Dubuque
Legal Description: (If Rural) Township Name
D vicinity, county Dubuque
Township No. Range No. Section Quarter of Quarter
(If Urban) Subdivision_
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)
IZI building(s)
D district
D site
D structure
D object
Block(s) _
Lot(s) see below
Number of Resources within Pro ert
If Non-Eligible Property If Eligible Property, enter number of:
Enter number of: Contributin Noncontributin
Q buildings ~ 1 buildings
sites sites
structures structures
o~ects o~ects
Total ~ 1 Total
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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. 1833-1955 fiffi
6. Function or Use
Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions)
01-Domestic/01 A01 sinqle dwellinq residence
01-Domestic/01 A01 sinqle dwellinq residence
7. Description
Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions)
Materials (Enter categories from instructions)
OS-Late Victorian/05B-ltalianate
foundation Stone
walls brick
roof Asphalt
other
Narrative Description (IZI 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)
DYes D No IZI More Research Recommended A Property is associated with significant events.
DYes D No IZI More Research Recommended B Property is associated with the lives of significant persons.
IZI Yes D No D More Research Recommended C Property has distinctive architectural characteristics.
DYes D No IZI More Research Recommended D Property yields significant information in archaeology or history.
County Dubuque
City Dubuque
Criteria Considerations
D A Owned by a religious institution or used
for religious purposes.
D B Removed from its original location.
DCA birthplace or grave.
D D A cemetery
Address 596 West 11th Street
Site Number 31-05257
District Number
D E A reconstructed building, object, or structure.
D F A commemorative property.
D G Less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past
50 years.
Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions)
Significant Dates
Construction date
1851 D check if circa or estimated date
Other dates
1860
Arch itectu re
Significant Person
(Complete if National Register Criterion B is marked above)
N/A
Architect/Builder
Architect
Unknown
Builder
Unknown
Narrative Statement of Significance (IZI SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED)
9. Major Bibliographical References
Bibliography IZI See continuation sheet for citations of the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form
10. Geographic Data
11. Form Prepared By
name/title James E. Jacobsen
organization History Pays! Historic Preservation Consultinq Firm
street & number 4411 Inqersoll Avenue
city or town Des Moines
state IA
date June 12. 2004
telephone 515-274-3625
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 # 7477 Frame/slot # 26 Date Taken Sept. 2003
Roll/slide sheet # Frame/slot # Date Taken
Roll/slide sheet # Frame/slot # Date Taken
D See continuation sheet or attached photo & slide catalog sheet for list of photo roll or slide entries.
D 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
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Continuation Sheet
Site Number 31-05257
Related District Number
Paqe 1
Name of Pro~erty
596 West 11 h Street
Address
Dubuque
County
Dubuque
City
7. Narrative Description:
This property is located in the West Eleventh Street Historic District. StyleNear: 1851, Assessor says
1850, 1860 (Julien's Journal), Italianate Style (brackets, rounded front 2/2 windows, side hall plan).
Most unusual feature is the enlarged central upper front window, set between flanking lesser rounded
ones.
Physical Description: two-story brick T-plan (rectangular east portion measures 24x43'6", west wing
15'6x18'6", rear wing 3x16) with gable front roof, left rear wing of later date, raised stone foundation,
four tier brick water table, left side entry on side hall plan, single rowlock lower window arches, double
ones on second floor, corner hip roof porch set in front of west wing (post-1950), Neo Classical window
treatments on end wall of wing hint at later date for wing (pre-1950). Two west side chimneys on core
house.
Alterations: the classical broken pediment frame entryway is of later date and surely came with the
added wing. Permits note re-roofings in 1942, 1974, 1996. Kitchen wing dates to 1870-80, replaces
summer kitchen.
Landscaping/Setting: front stone wall, with steps and gate, terrace setting, large open yard to west with
gazebo, high terrace at alley in back, rear garage, fronts north. Yard doubled with demolition of
adjacent house.
8. Narrative Statement of Significance:
Building History: the house has had 17 owners, most notably William B. Poinsett III, owner for 20 years,
whose friends ranged from Emelia Earhart to Walter Mondale. John and Joan Efkon purchased it in
1984 and began restoration. They added a gazebo in 1994. The house received a county historical
society in 1995-96 (Telegraph-Herald, March 5, 1967; 1996 Old House Enthusiasts House Tour).
Likely visible on 1872 birds eye, certainly present in 1889 view.
This building and 584 both have plain rowlock brick window arches on the ground floor and stone ones
above, in this case the lower windows are single rowlock arches which is very unusual. This implies
the same builder/designer.
The 1950 Sanborn Map shows no houses west of this one as far as Spruce Street, south side of 11th.
Ruth and Russ Nash restored the house and this yard was the launching point for the first historic
house tour by the Dubuque Symphony Auxiliary in 1981 (Julien's Journal, 6:3: April 1981).
George W. Kezsel owned this parcel when it was sewered.
9. Major Bibliographical References:
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1884, 1891, 1909/36
Dubuque City Directories, 1902, 1915, 1925, 1934
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Continuation Sheet
Site Number 31-05257
Related District Number
Paqe 2
Name of Pro~erty
596 West 11 h Street
Address
Dubuque
County
Dubuque
City
Bruce Kriviskey, Dubuque, lowa--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: Farley's Sub, west 44' of Lot 4, all of Lot 5.
Map: