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Main Street 1410 Site Inventory Form State Inventory No. 31-02228 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 St. Johns Episcopal Church other names/site number 2. Location th street & number 14 and Main Streets 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) 060Religion/06A01-church 060Religion/06A01-church 7. Description Architectural Classification Materials (Enter categories from instructions)(Enter categories from instructions) 05-Late Victorian/o5aGothic Revival foundation Stone walls stone 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. th 31-02228 Dubuque14 and Main Streets 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 Architecture1875 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 Schulte & Wagner, stonework 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 # 7464 Frame/slot # 12, 28 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 31-02228 Site Number Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Page 1 St. Johns Episcopal Church Dubuque Name of Property County th 14 and Main Streets Dubuque Address City 7. Narrative Description: This property is located in the Jackson Park Historic District. Style/Year: 1875, Gothic Revival style (rusticated stonework, square tower, pointed windows, pointed arch entryways. Designer/Builder: Architect DeForrest supervises construction, former colonel in U.S. army, considers settling in Dubuque (Herald, May 30, 1877). Schulte & Wagner, stone cutting contract (Die Iowa, June 7, 1877). Physical Description: gable front squarish plan with west front, massive castellated square tower in southwest corner, south gable roof entry passes into the tower base, gable roof wing fronts south in southeast corner and features a round or octagonal corner tower and helm roof. Stone buttresses of varying scale are placed individually about the plan. The stonework is broken course cut stone. There is a raised foundation and water table, the foundation and main walls being of the same stone and coursing. A ground floor belt course bisects the windows and successive courses mark the second floor sill or tower lintel levels, the top of the second floor, and the parapet base. Collectively these lines impart a stepped back sense in the massing. The main west entrance features a large rose window in the gable front. There are multiple gable roof side dormers on both sides of the main roof. Decorative finials include encircled crosses on the gable ends and gable caps and “shingled” corner finials on the tower corners. The stone is limestone from Farley, Iowa. Alterations: very well preserved. Permits (as 1410 Main) note re-roofing in 1972 ($40,000), basement alterations 1954 ($3,000), same 1961 ($1,000). th Landscaping/Setting: prominent corner parcel at Main and 14, the ground level drops to the east and the basement is increasingly exposed and has basement windows. 8. Narrative Statement of Significance: Special Significance; St. Johns Episcopal Church Building History: This congregation was founded on March 31, 1845 (a mission since 1834) and built its th first church at 9 and Locust in 1848. This is their second edifice, built ‘after years of financial hardship”. The cornerstone was laid in 1875. The new church was enclosed mid-year in 1877 and finished that fall. Construction accounts noted the relative low cornice line (12’above the foundation cap) relative to the 52’ apex. An estimated $10-15,000 was expended on construction during 1878 (Herald, May 1, 1878). It is famous for its “parade of chairs,” when a line of children each carried a chair from the old to the new church (Dubuque’s Faith Communities, J. Dahm). The church gained a tower and new floor, at a cost of $1,500-3,000 in 1878 (Herald, January 3, 1879; Times, December 11, 1878). The church owned the parcel when it was sewered. Die Iowa described the new Episcopal Church, which, by November 1875 had “reached over the foundations. The building is in the English Gothic style and will be a costly affair. The foundations are Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa 31-02228 Site Number Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Page 2 St. Johns Episcopal Church Dubuque Name of Property County th 14 and Main Streets Dubuque Address City of square cut blocks, finely wrought, and suggest a rich, possibly overly rich developed structure, such as the Episcopalians of this country like so well in theirchurches. Whether the foundations, made of magnesium limestone of the transitional formation will stand up under the weather makes us very doubtful. It would be too bad for the building’s sake” (Die Iowa, November 11, 1875). 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