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National Register of Historic Places Nomination for Loras College Historic District Copyrighted J une 3, 2019 City of Dubuque Consent Items # 6. ITEM TITLE: National Registerof Historic Places NominationforLoras College Historic District SUMMARY: Historic Preservation Commission recommending approval of the nomination of Loras College Historic District for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Approve ATTACHMENTS: Description Type HPC Letter Supporting Documentation Staff memo Staff Memo NRHP Nomination Sect. 1 Supporting Documentation NRHP Nomination Sect. 2 Supporting Documentation NRHP Nomination Sect. 3 Supporting Documentation Planning Services Department City Hall THE CTTY OF Dubuque 50 W est 13rh Street � Dubu ue,IA 52001-4864 ��p� � DUB E 'ill�' (563)589-4210 phone (563)589-4221 fax mm�aoiz (s53)5aa55�s TDD Masterpiece on the Mississippi m,,.,o„ ulanninaQcitvofdubuq ue.or¢ May 29, 2019 The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members City of Dubuque City Hall — 50 W. 13�h Street DubuquelA 52001 Applicant: Loras College Location: Loras College Campus Description: To Nominate Loras College Historic District to the National Register of Historic Places. Dear Mayor and City Council Members: The City of Dubuque Historic Preservation Commission has reviewed the above-cited request. The nomination, staff inemo, and related materials are attached for your review. Discussion Loras College has filed a nomination for the college campus to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as the Loras College Historic District. The State Nominations Review Committee plans to consider the Loras College Historic District, roughly bounded by Alta Vista Street, Loras Boulevard, Kirkwood Street, and Cox Street West, for nomination to the NRHP during their June 14, 2019 meeting in Des Moines. As a participant of the Certified Local Government (CLG) Program, the City of Dubuque is required to review and comment on National Register nominations within its jurisdiction. The State has provided the enclosed copy of the NRHP nomination, photographs, and CLG National Register Nomination Evaluation Report Form. The State is requesting the Historic Preservation Commission and the City Council to review the nomination, and then comment on whether the Loras College Historic District meets significance criteria (A, B, C or D) for listing on the NRHP. The nomination indicates that the property is significant statewide under criteria A and C. Criterion A is that a property must make a contribution to the major pattern of American history, while Criterion C is a property that embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction of represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. Service People Integrity Responeibility Innovation Teamwork The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members Page 2 Duane Haggerty, Heritage Works, 210 W. 15� Street, representing Loras College, noted the great partnership of Heritage Works, Loras College, and State funding. He noted the nomination includes 33 buildings on campus with 1902 — 1971 as the period of significance. He noted it is significant for Criterion A as the oldest college in lowa and one of oldest Catholic colleges in the U.S. He also noted it is significant for Criterion C for architectural styles of vernacular, mid-century modern, and gothic. He described the context of immigration education, boys school, college for Catholic priests, and college for men. He noted 21 contributing and 12 non-contributing buildings. Commissioners asked what listing means. Mr. Hagerty noted its designation as a National Register historic district is for honorary recognition, and would be the second college in lowa to be listed on the NRHP. He noted the designation also makes the contributing buildings eligible for state and federal historic tax credits, noting non-profit institutions can use state historic tax credits, and with some restrictions can use federal historic tax credits. The Historic Preservation Commission discussed the request, and felt the Loras College Historic District is eligible for listing in the NRHP because the property is significant under criteria A and C. Recommendation By a vote of 6 to 0, the Historic Preservation Commission recommends that the City Council approve the nomination of Loras College Historic District for listing in the NRHP because the property is significant under criteria A and C. Upon receiving the Historic Preservation Commission's recommendation, the City Council is requested vote in favor of the nomination, direct the Mayor to sign the CLG National Register Nomination Evaluation Report Form, and then transmit the report form to the State Nominations Review Committee for consideration at their June 14, 2019 meeting. Respectfully submitted, Emily Hilgendort, Chairperson Historic Preservation Commission Attachments F:\Users\Colson\HPC\NRHP Nominations-PENDWG\Lores College\Lores College 2019\HPC Letter to CC Lores College.docx Service People Integrity Reeponeibffity Innovation Teamwork Dubuque Plax�x�ixig Servicea Department THE CI'IY OF � Gty Hall-50 Weat13'^Street R �y ��."'"'� Dubuque,IA 5200111845 D�L L �� (563)58911210 phone �563,589�� MasterpieceontheMississippi �:�a;; (563�69°�6�sT°� o�annine�cilvofdubuq ue.ore TO: Historic Preservation Commission FROM: Chris Happ Olson, Assistant Planner C�D SUBJECT: NRHP Nomination of the Loras College Historic District DATE: May 22, 2019 Introduction We are pleased to inform you that the State Nominations Review Committee (SNRC) plans to consider the Loras College Historic District, roughly bounded by Alta Vista Street, Loras Boulevard, Kirkwood Street, and Cox Street West, for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) during their June 14, 2019 meeting at the State Historical Building at 600 East Locust Street in Des Moines. Background As a participant of the Certified Local Government Program, the City of Dubuque is required to review and comment on National Register nominations within its jurisdiction. The State has provided the enclosed copy of the nomination, photographs, and review form. Discussion The State is requesting the Commission review the nomination, and then comment on whether the Loras College Historic District meets significance criteria (A, B, C or D) for listing on the NRHP. The nomination indicates that the property is significant statewide under criterion A and C. Criterion A is that a property must make a contribution to the major pattern of American history, while Criterion C is a property that embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction of represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. Requested Action Please review the attached documents and be prepared to recommend to the State Nominations Review Committee whether the Loras College Historic District is eligible for listing on the NRHP. The Commission's recommendation will be reflected on the enclosed CLG National Register Nomination Evaluation Report Form. The form and supporting documents will be forwarded to City Council and the SNRC for consideration. Enclosures �:�rrogram rues �xao��neevia.com�aoc�onveRerrroaempuvvu�wvyu�ocu-ca-io-v�ur-y�.sr- 1AEOF862C6C7\Dubuque IA.35319.1.Loras_College_NRHD=_HPC_Memo.doc CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION EVALUATION REPORT FORM As a participant in the Certified Local Government Program (CLG), the Historic Preservation Commission is required M review and comment on proposed National Register nominations of properties within its jurisdiction. The State is required to provide the CLG with a 60 -day period for the review prior to a State Nominations Review Committee (SNRC) meeting. This form must be received by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHP0) five days in advance of the State Nomination Review Committee (SNRC) rneeting. (Please print clearly) Historic Property Name: Loras College Address: 1450 Alta Vista, Dubuque, IA 52001 Certified Local Government Name: City of Dubuque Date of public meeting for nomination review: May 16, 2019 (HPC), June 2, 2019 (City Council) Applicable Criteria: (Please Check the Appropriate Box) ® Criterion A (Historical Events) al Criterion C (Architecture) LI Criterion B (Important Person) CI Criterion D (Archaeological) Please check the following box that is appropriate to the nomination (Please print clearly). fia The Commission recommends that the property should be listed on the National Register of HistoricPlaces. LI The Commission recommends that the property should not be listed in the National Register for the following reasons: LI The Commission chooses not to make a recommendation on this nomination for the following reasons: LI The Commission would like to make the following recommendations regarding the nomination: (use additional sheets if necessary) : Official Signatures Required Below Historic Review Board Chair or Representative Print Name: Emily Hi 1 aendorf Signature: Chief Elected Official Print Name: Roy D. Signature: 1, Mayor Professional Evaluation Print Name: .Laura Carstens Signature: Approved Approved Approved x x x Not Approved Not Approved Not Approved IOWA DEPARTMENT OF ' ��" < <" " ' ��' CULTURAL AFFAIRS � 11 `� ` ` _ _ _ . Agril 3, 2019 Civisrine Olson Staff Liaison, Dubuque Historic Presarvation Conunission colson(c�citvoFduUuque.or� Via Email RE: Loras College HisYoric Dish�ict https•//drive �ooale com/diive/folders/1 e2Xt0Yi�a 1 MfbvCwnwDWsTDpcIJ Wed8vN�usp=sharinQ Dear Friends: The State Nominations Review Coinmittee(SNRC) plans to consider the property referenced above for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places during their June 14, 2019, uieeting. To view or download the associated nomination ancl photographs, click on tlie link listed above. As a participant in the Certified Local Govermnent Program, the Historic Preseivation Cottunission is required to review and comment on proposed National Registar nominations of properties within its jurisdiction. The State is required to provide you with a 60-day period for the review, unless we mutually agree to expedite the process. I am contacting you to ask that you initiate the review process for tlie Historic Preservation Coinmission. As an attachment to this uotification email is a copy of the review foim. The review process will require the following: ♦ The Historic Preservation Commission should review the noinination durin�one oP Yheir meetings. In advance of the meeting, please send a foimal invitation to your chief local electecl official (the mayor or cl�air of the Board of Supervisors) with a copy of tlle nomination. You also need to send a foimal invitation to the properfy owner/owners. If they are not familiar with the National Register of Historic Places, infoimation about listing and the benefits of nomination is available at http://www.nps.govhu�/ (see especially the Frequently Asked Questions and Owners sections): You also ueed to make available copies of the noinination for public review Uefore the meeting. For example, leave a review copy at the courthouse and public libra�y. Please indicate in your public meeting announcement that a review copy of the nomination is availaUle and where Yhe review copies can be found. ♦ The question for Che Historic Prese�vation Comnlission to answer when reviewing the nomination is whether the nominated property meets tl�e National Register of Historic Places criteria for significance and integrity(see Bulletin 15, Ho�v to Apply the NaYional Register Criteria for Evaluation). If the Connnission feels tliat tlie properfy and the nomination ineets the criteria, the Commission should check the box recoinmending that the property be listed. If the Commission feels that the property does not meet the criteria, then check the bos recommending that the property not be listed. Yow�chief local elected official sl�ould use the same approach when reviewing the nomination. ♦ You might want to invite the uldividual who prepared the nomination to attend the public meeting and present the nomination. Please keep a record of the meeting (copy of the puUlic notice, agenda, minutes, list of attendees). At the conclusion of die�ueeting, tlie Comnrission should make a motion regarding their reconnnendation. The Chairman of tlle Conunission will complete Item#1, the Conuvissiov's portion of tlie 1'�.Vli.'vV iGYiii. giE SGi.�.tC �� :Tl t�7C C�.0t0 Of�?.P, '"�UIJ�1C :::08?L'1bT� S1�TII ti?E c1gP_8fR1'P IlllP 2Il�I'P�OI'� 8S'L�/ cotnments made by commission memUers during the meetii�g. If your cluef local elected official attended the public meeting, inquire if he/she is prepared to sign the review form. ♦ In the event that your chief local elected official was unable to attend tl�e meeting, the Corrunission Chaiiman should fottivard tl�e review fonn to him/her for review and coinment. Have your chief local elected official sign the fonn and return it to the Historic Preservation Coitunission. ♦ Item#3 on the Review foim asks for the review and signature of a preservation professionaL If your commission does not have a professionally qualified historian or arclutectural historian who can complete this part of the fotm, you may leave Item#3 blank and I will an�ange to have a SHPO staff ineinber eomplete that part of the foi�n. ♦ Afrer you have co�npleted Items#1 through#2 (tlu�ough #3 if a preservation professional is available), please make a copy of the completad review forms for your fle and send the original copies of the completed forms to me. ♦ The Cotnmission should keep the nomination and photographs. File them in your inventory, as you will need the infoimation for fuhu'e reference. If the Historic Preseivation Commission and your chief local elected official disabree with one anotlier on the property's National Register eligibility, both views will be presented Yo the SNRC for their consideration during review of the nomination. Pf both the Historic Preseivation Commission(by Commission majority) and the Mayor do not consider the piroperty eligible for National Register listing, we must halt the nomination. Be advised that when a nomination is halted, the property owner, the person who prepared the nomination or any interested party may appeal the decision. In addition, the nomination will still go foiward to the National Park Seivice for an official "Detetmination of Eligibility." Please contact Paula Molu�at 515-281-6826 or paula.mohr(c�iowa.Qov with any questions or concerns regarding the CLG prograin ar the process for this review. You can tind the answers to fi�equently asked questions on our website, such as the meaning of being listed on the National Register of Historic Places or the National Register process httt�s //iowaculture gov/historv/nreservation/national-reQister-historic-places. Sincerely, � ��, ,r�, n.«�� ... Laura Sadowslcy State Historian and National Register Coordinator State Historical Society of Iowa iI..:P��I�L�I-'�{i I L��.�� _� ��.:�.��,:,A,�.ai i�e�ih� $TATE HIS�OIUGf.I BUILIII�{p . 6OG E. LGCUSI 'il. • UES f-0OIIlES. IA SOi15 • P. S1S._EU illl • UJLTVFALAiFAIRSARG � NPS Porm 10-900 OMB No.1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This torm is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register o/Historic Places Registration Porm. If any i[em does not apply to the property being documented, enter"N/A"for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classifcation, materials, and areas of signifcance, enter only categories and subcategories fmm the instructions. Place additional certification comments,entries,and narrative items on continuation sheets if needed(NPS Form 10-900a). 1. Name of Property historic name Loras Colleqe Historic District other names/site number St. Joseph's Colleqe, Dubuque Colle e Columbia Colleqe Name of Multiple Property Listing N/A (Enter"N/A"if pmperty is nol paA of a multiple property lis[ing) 2. Location street & number Rouqhlv bounded bv Alta Vista St. Loras Blvd Kirkwood St Cox St W � not for publication 17'h St. and Henion St. city or town Dubuque � vicinity state lowa (IA) counry Dubuque (061) zip code 52001 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination_request for determination of eligibiliry meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion,the property X meets does no[meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s)of significance: _national _statewide X local Applicable National Register Criteria: X A _B X C _D Signature of cerli(ying offcial/Title: Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer Date State Historical Society of lowa State or Federal agencylbureau or Tribal Government In my opinion,the property _meets_does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting offcial Date Title State or Federal agencylbureau or Tribal Govemment 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: X entered in the National Register _determined eligible for Ihe National Register _determined not eligible for the National Register _removed from the National Register _other(explain:) Si naNre of the Kee er Date of Action Sections 1 —4 page 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Fortn 10-900 OMB No.1024-0018 Loras College hisioric Disirict Dubuque, !ewa Name of Property County and State 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) (Check only one box.) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Contributing Noncontributing X private building(s) 17 7 buildings public- Local X district 3 5 site public-State site structure public- Federal structure 1 object object 21 12 Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register N/A 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) (Enter categories fmm instmctions.) EDUCATION/College EDUCATION/College EDUCATION/Library EDUCATION/Library EDUCATION/Research facility EDUCATION/Research facility EDUCATION/Education related EDUCATION/Education related RELIGION/Religious Facility RELIGION/Religious Facility RELIGION/Church School DOMESTIC/Institutional Housinq 7. Description Architectural Classification Materials (Enter wtegories from instructions.) (Enter categories from instructions.) LATE VICTORIAN/Italianate foundation: STONE/Limestone LATE VICTORIAN/Second Empire walls: BRICK LATE VICTORIAN/Romanesque LATE 19T"/EARLY 20T" CENTURY REVIVAL/Classical Revival roof: ASPHALT MODERN MOVEMENT/Midcentury Modern other: Sections 5—7 page 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Porm NPS Porm 10-900 OMB Na.1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property Counry and State Narrative Description $Uf1lf08fy Pafdgl'aph (Briefly describe the currenl,general characteristics of lhe property,such as its location,type,styie, method of construclion, setting,size,and signifcant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.) The Loras College Historic District is approximately 60 acres encompassing all of the Loras College campus on the Northwest side of downtown Dubuque. The District is situated at the top of the bluff and on the gradually sloping flats that descend the bluff towards downtown Dubuque. The District is surrounded by residential neighborhoods. The first college buildings were constructed on the campus in the 1870s. However, none of those buildings are extant. The oldest building on campus is Hoffman Hall, constructed in 1902 as an addition to the original St. Joseph's Hall, which was demolished in 1987. The extant buildings were constructed in the period from the early 1900s through 2014. All are substantial buildings that are constructed of red brick with either stone or concrete foundations. Most have hip or gable roofs with clay tile shingles. The arrhitectiiral styles r2nge f�r�m Late �lictorian st,!es, ±e early 2Q`" Gentury Revival styles to Mid-Certury Modern to Post Modern. The District displays the arc of popular architectural styles throughout the history of the college, with a clear attempt to maintain cohesiveness of scale and materials. The District is also noted for its bluff landscape, with natural limestone outcroppings and limestone masonry retaining walls. The Mississippi River and downtown Dubuque can be seen to the East from the top of the campus. The campus, with its larger institutional buildings can be seen up on the bluffs from the downtown flats below. Although its first building, St. Joseph Hall, was demolished in 1987, only one other campus building (Bahl Hall) was demolished. The District retains excellent integrity with additions to buildings sensitively designed and new buildings placed on campus to minimize the visual impact to the cohesiveness of the District. There are 21 contributing resources and 12 noncontributing resources in the District. Narrative Description (Describe the his[oric and cur�ent physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributinc�resources ifapplicabie.) Qowa SHPO Additional Instructions:After the main Narrative Description,discuss any physical alteretions since the period of signifcance under the subheading Alterations,and the seven aspects of integrity as it applies to the property in a Statement of�ntegrity.) SETTI NG The Loras College Historic District (the "District") is located on approximately 60 acres of property in an area Northwest of the central business district of Dubuque, lowa. The District encompasses all of the contiguous portions of the Loras College campus.' The District is set on hills above the Mississippi bluffs that separate the flats of downtown Dubuque from the rolling hills West of the bluffs. Most of the campus is situated along Loras Boulevard, with some buildings further North towards Kirkwood Street. The highest point of the District is at the Southwest corner of the District at the corner of Loras Boulevard and Alta Vista Street. Keane Hall (Map No. 1) holds a spot of prominence over the rest of the buildings in the district. The lowest point of the District is at the Southeast corner of the District at the intersection of Loras Boulevard and Henion Street. In between those two points, the topography descends steeply from Alta Vista to Cox Street, flattens out briefly between Cox Street and Walnut Street and then descends steeply again from Walnut Street to the low point on Henion Street. The topography of the interior of the campus follows the same general descent from the high point on the West to the low point on the East. The Northwest portion of the district is mostly undeveloped with old growth trees, natural limestone outcroppings and more rugged landscape. The remainder of the District has a combination of buildings, planned hard scape and soft scape that forms the Loras College campus. The District is surrounded in all directions by residential neighborhoods dating from the 1860s to the 1920s. ' Loras College also has college buildings at the former Visitation Convent and Academy approximately 3 blocks to the South of the intersection of Loras Boulevard and Alta Vista. Because they are not contiguous and they have historic significance separate trom their connection to Loras College, they are not included in this District nomination. Section 7 page 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District uubuque, lowa Name of Propedy County and State THE DISTRICT The District contains 17 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, 1 contributing object, 7 noncontributing buildings and 5 noncontributing sites. The District is roughly divided between an upper campus (along Alta Vista Street and Loras Boulevard) and a lower campus (along Loras Boulevard between Walnut Street and Henion Street). The District is characterized by its large academic building types situated on rolling hills and, in many cases, incorporated into the surrounding natural landscape. The buildings primarily feature limestone block foundations, red brick walls and pitched roofs. The architectural styles are mostly traditional revival styles with Mid-Century Modern, Postmodern and contemporary styles added in the last 60 years. The District experienced three eras of building construction: (1) Pre World War II, with most built pre-1920; (2) Post World War II to 1990; and (3) 1990 to Present. The Upper Campus The buildings in the District on the upper campus are oriented mostly along Alta Vista Street, with some in the interior of the campus. On the Southwest corner of the District at the corner of Alta Vista Street and Loras Boulevard, the five-story Keane Hall (Map No. 1, Contributing), dominates the District. On the Southeast corner of Keane Hall, the bronze sculpture of Bishop Mathias Loras (Map No. 2, Contributing), Loras College's founder, extends his hand in blessing towards the lower campus and downtown Dubuque. Proceeding North next to Keane Hall is Christ the King Chapel (Map No. 3, Contributing). There is a one-story above ground passageway that connects Keane Hall with Christ the King Chapel. Directly behind Christ the King Chapel to the East is the Heitkamp Planetarium (Map No. 4, Contributing). North of Christ the King Chapel set back from Alta Vista Street is the Fieldhouse (Map No. 5, Contributing). East of these four buildings there is a broad plaza that opens up to the rest of the Upper Campus and slopes toward the East. There are walkways and landscape features throughout the Upper Campus. The Academic Resource Center (Map No. 9, Noncontributing), Alumni Campus Center/St. Francis Hall (Map No. 14, Contributing) and Smyth Hall (Map No. 16, Contributing) comprise the far Eastern buildings of the Upper Campus. Wahlert Hall (Map No. 11, Contributing) sits in the center of the Upper Campus. All of these buildings comprise the Southern half of the Upper Campus. While these buildings were constructed over the three eras previously described, they all have common elements. They were constructed with red brick and limestone, all but 2 of the buildings (Heitkamp Planetarium and the Academic Resource Center) utilize the Flemish bond brick pattern in their brick walls, a nod to the design of Keane Hall, the most prominent building on campus. Additionally, several of the buildings incorporate the brackets used in the eaves of Keane Hall. Even the Alumni Campus Center, a modern building, incorporates stylized brackets in its design. The Academic Resource Center emphasizes horizontal banding in its brick walls and window panes, a nod to the striations in the natural limestone and limestone retaining walls throughout campus. Wahlert Hall (Map No. 11, Contributing) looks out over the Northern half of the Upper Campus with the Rock Bowl & Stadium directly to the North and Hennessy Hall (Map No. 6, Contributing) to the Northwest. With the Rock Bowl and Stadium the college took advantage of the terrain's natural ravine to create a bowled stadium with natural limestone outcroppings on the Northwest side. Hennessy Hall and Rohlman Hall (Map No. 13, Contributing) to the North and West both have commanding views of the stadium. Moving further to the Northwestern corner of the Upper Campus, the St. Joseph Hall of Science (Map No. 7, Contributing) runs along Alta Vista Street. Completing the North and Eastern portions of the Upper Campus, the Graber Sports Center (Map No. 17, Noncontributing) and the San Jose Swimming Pool (Map No. 18, Contributing) sit East of Rohlman Hall (Map No. 13, (Contributing) and the Byrne Oaks Housing Complex (Map No. 30, Noncontributing) rounds out the Northern most building within the woods of the Northern part of the Upper Campus. Sectlon 7 page 4 United Stales Department of the Interior National Park Service I Na�ional Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0078 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and Stale The buildings in the Northern portion of the Upper Campus are not as cohesive as the buildings in the Southern portion. However, they do incorporate limestone and brick as their predominant building materials. They are also well incorporated into the natural features of the landscape. With several of the college's sports facilities in the Northern portion of the Upper Campus, it is also more utilitarian. The Upper Campus is mostly intact from its original construction. The only major addition to a historic building was the construction of the Alumni Campus Center on the South side of St. Francis Hall in 1991. The Lower Campus The Lower Campus is characterized by the Romanesque bell of St. Joseph Chapel and Auditorium (Map No. 24, Contributing) as well as the two massive dormitories: �eckman Hall (AAap Ne. 25, ContribGting) and Binz Hall (Map No. 27, Contributing). These buildings have both a commanding view to the East and the Mississippi River as well as one into the Faber-Clark Field (Map No. 22, Contributing) and the campus buildings to the West. Massive limestone block retaining walls are also prevalent in the Lower Campus due largely to the many drastic elevation changes in the Lower Campus. Faber-Clark Field is ringed with large retaining walls. The Southeast approach to the campus at Loras Boulevard and Henion Street is characterized by its large limestone retaining wall that runs along both streets. The Power House (Map No. 19, Noncontributing), the Physical Plant (Map No. 20, Noncontributing) and the Athletic & Wellness Center (Map No. 21, Noncontributing) form the Western-most buildings in the Lower Campus. Though they are utilitarian buildings, they also incorporate limestone and brick, building materials common to the rest of the campus. The Athletic and Wellness Center with its exaggerated mansard and dormers is an interesting Postmodern reference to St. Francis Hall and other buildings on campus. The Lower Campus has seen the most alterations to historic buildings. Bahl Hall, the former Gymnasium, was demolished in 1982. It sat South of Binz Hall and Southeast of Beckman Hall. In 1986 all of St. Joseph Hall was demolished East of what is now Hoffman Hall (Map No. 25, Contributing). An addition to Hoffman Hall was constructed on the East fapade of Hoffman Hall in an effort to replicate the architectural style of St. Joseph Hall. Remnants of St. Joseph Hall were salvaged and utilized for the East entrance of Hoffman Hall. Additionally, in 2015, a second story was constructed on top of the Powerhouse. The building houses a restaurant and a lounge for students. Section 7 page 5 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registralion Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Duouque, iowa Name of Property County and State INDIVIDUAL BUILDING DESCRIPT�ONS Map Number: 1 Historic Name: Loras Hall, now Keane Hall Address: 1450 Alta Vista Street Date of Construction: 1913 NRHP Status: Contributing Building ArchitectlBuilder: Emmanuel Masqueray, Architect; Anton Zwack, Builder Building Description: Keane Hall is a five-story rectangular building that runs North South with projecting pavilions on the North and South ends of the rectangle. Its main entrance is on the West fa�ade and faces West onto Alta Vista St. The East fa�ade has a commanding view of the Mississippi River below. Its design contains elements of Romanesque Revival, Classical Revival and the Craftsman style. The building's foundation is made of limestone, and its walls are multi-colored brick masonry in a Flemish bond pattern. The entrance is between two large piers, which are capped with a classical style cut limestone entablature. The words "Keane Hall" are inscribed in the entablature. Above the entablature is a center limestone tablet inscribed with the Roman numerals MCMIII, denoting 1913 as the date of the construction of the building. Above the tablet in the center is a cut limestone cross. The East fa�ade has a non-historic porch that spans most of the East fa�ade on the ground floor. Windows are mostly rectangular with segmental arches, though the fifth story windows have rounded arches. The windows are one over-one-double-hung windows that are modern replacement windows. The brick molds are clad with extruded aluminum sheathing. There are four massive chimneys on each corner of the main body of the building with round arch openings at the top. The North and South pavilions have gable roofs. The pavilions are joined to the main body of the building by hip roofs. The roofs over the East and West fa�ades of the building have five (5) regularly spaced hipped dormers with rectangular casement windows. The gables of the pavilions have 3 semicircular arched windows with a cut limestone decorative arch spanning the three smaller arched windows. The eaves of the building feature ornamental craftsman-style brackets. Historic Use: Keane Hall was originally constructed as the college's main building. It housed classrooms, administrative offices, dormitory rooms, the library and the college chapel. Current Use: Today Keane Hall contains administrative offices and classrooms. Alterations: Keane Hall has had few exterior alterations. All original windows were replaced with modern replacements. The East wood porch was completely demolished in the early 2000s and replaced with an enclosed porch. The West entrance was remodeled in 2018. Section 7 page 6 United States Deparlment of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Hisloric Places Registralion Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State i;r..i �"i•�1\ -=� 4 \ _ ��'� ji Y .' �':`.��_� .' .�� \��1{ - _ — . Y` -„�T _ I /�4' �/ti `�. - � ! �i4✓�_ .. - .. .� `.� _ � 'G �.•_. - ..;��:. �%� �:;_; ��r�:�`''��_>�` Map. No. 1: Keane Hall East Fagade, April 2018— Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. .rs�� ,�,:,_---. ��_ - �,�,�� , �:1_:. ��:, .�+ _ � �;.:�:; '.. � - a �=` �a� -_ ��i �l\�11 �,.� �'� -- k '. : � i 1 . o �',�' ,! 7 i�r '� ;\ � ��.a -, 3 t .;,;,..,�„r.,'vT: / �l' �� f .D ��', � i � ' ' 6 �, �f: - �. , i� } J - - � � , �s t � > �•,' �^ �� 1 - _ .. > - . ,_ .. ,� - .. .-.��, . , ,.. , � . - _.. . .�r._ . . . „ .. , Map. No. 1: Historic Image of Keane Hall East Fa�ade - 1936. Photo Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Section 7 page 7 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Regisler of Historic Places Regishation Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Map Number: 2 Historic Name: Bishop Mathias Loras Statue Address: None Date of Construction: 1939 NRHP Status: Contributing Object ArchitectlBuilder: Vincenzo Miserendino, Sculptor Object Description: The statue of Bishop Mathias Loras, the first Bishop of the Diocese of Dubuque, is comprised of a native limestone boulder base and a cast bronze likeness of Bishop Mathias Loras. The limestone boulder protrudes about four (4) feet above grade and weighs approximately 20,000 pounds. The cast bronze likeness of Bishop Mathias Loras Stands twelve (12) feet high and weighs approximately 3000 pounds. The statue with the base stands approximately sixteen (16) feet high in total. It is placed at the Southeast corner of Keane Hall (also known historically as Loras Hall). The statue is facing in the direction of St. Raphael Cathedral in downtown Dubuque with the Bishop extending his right hand in the traditional blessing pose with his left hand holding a golden cross hanging from his neck. The Bishop is dressed in his cassock and cap with his head covered by the traditional zucchetto, a skull cap worn by Roman Catholic clerics. Historic Use: The statue was constructed as a memorial to Bishop Mathias Loras Current Use: Memorial to Bishop Mathias Loras Alterations: None �� ' / a � J� �� / �� / r.� -� % � - , , � � . . �� - - ' � ; � _ ,/ _- _ � J � , , , , �� ( � � ��" r d � � � •' � , �►� :r,�.� �w` �' ...r . ^ ;,,;,, .�; - :, a r �le �r �� y�� _ Map. No. 2: Bishop Loras Statue April 2018— Map. No. 2: Historic Image of Bishop Mathias Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Loras Statue ca 1950s. Photo Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Section 7 page 8 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of PropeRy County and State Map Number: 3 Historic Name: Christ the King Chapel Address: None Date of Construction: 1946 NRHP Status: Contributing Building Architect/Builder: John J. Flad Building Description: Christ the King chapel is on the West side of campus and faces West onto Alta Vista St. The cruciform plan church is built in a modern style but has some classical elements. The building has a concrete foundation and steel structure with brick veneer walls laid in a Flemish bond pattern. It has a front gable roof with smaller gables over the transepts at a lower elevation. The most striking feature of the building is the massive limestone arch on the fa�ade, which contains a single large window above the main entrance. The �atin inscription in limestone above the main door is taken from the Second Vespers of the FEast of Christ the King: "Habet in vestimento in femore suo scriptum REX REGUM et DOM/NUS DOMINATIUM ipsi ' gloria et imperium in saecula saeculorum." Translation in English: "The Title is written on his cloak over his thigh/The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords/To Him belong glory and dominion forever and ever." The roof has wide overhanging eaves with brackets. A triangular shaped parapet covers the front gable roof. The nave is lit by very large round arch windows. Historic Use: College Chapel Current Use: College Chapel Alterations: A handicapped accessible ramp constructed on the Southwest corner of the building in the late 1990s. ,. �_:y ; _� , ��',-�: >' s � ,_� � t. :�; : :.� ��_ '- � 3 ..--. .t _ ��ii � � s . � � -./ . n - � � } ��j d��El � �.ti n rmmm _ ,� �� ,i� '/ ♦ fL'F.I —� � � �f �� k � - �� nnn - . � � � � , ,,, + �fl //1 � -, eemF ,d� . � �� t r� - � . . F �. � j ' t� �\` � '�. - � I __ 1 / � w _� ti . �;�i ! ��I7A' �� . � ' � � " , � _ - -' - a __ �a._ � M - -�� -_ -j - - �� _� -- — :-- —'.� .�; , Map. No. 3: Christ the King Chapel West and ^ ' '` South Fa�ades ca 1950s. Photo Credit: Loras Map. No. 3: Christ the King Chapel West and College, Center for Dubuque History South Fac,ades, April 2018— Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Section 7 page 9 Uni[ed States Department of the Interior National Park Service I Nalional Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 - Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Map Number: 4 Historic Name: Heitkamp Planetarium Address: None Date of Construction: 1966 NRHP Status: Contributing Building Architect/Builder: W illiam F. Bernbrock Architects and Engineers Building Description: Heitkamp planetarium is a brick Mid-century Modern building. It has a central octagonal plan with four projecting bays. The roof over the central block has an eight part hipped roof. Each projecting bay has a gable roof, which terminates to a point. The building has a clay tile roof with moderately deep eave overhangs. The building has brick veneer walls laid in stretcher bond. The entrance is on the East side in one of the projecting bays. Historic Use: Planetarium Current Use: Planetarium Alterations: None —� ` �� = / 9 ` ,i � � k __- �. ' _/ _.Z_� 1 � -- � � % J - - iE ," � • __ - _-�_ - . a Map. No. 4: Heitkamp Planetarium — South Map. No. 4: Heitkamp Planetarium — South Fac,ade, ca 1970s. Photo Credit: Loras College, Fa�ade, April 2018— Photo Credit: Heritage Center for Dubuque History Works, lnc. Section 7 page 10 United States Department of the Interior , National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form � NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Map Number: 5 Historic Name: Field House Address: None Date of Construction: 1924 NRHP Status: Contributing Building ArchitectlBuilder: Paul V. Hyland Building Description: The Field House is an indoor athletic facility on the West side of the Loras campus. The building has three stories, two of which are partially below ground. It has a concrete foundation and steel structure with brick masonry veneer walls. Its design is Romanesque Revival. The building has a front gable roof, hidden behind a high parapet. The building features decorative brick masonry, including parquet patterning, solder courses and Flemish bond. The most striking feature is the central brick entrance, displaying a massive multilayered masonry arch. The building's main level is completely above ground, and the building has an additional one-to-two partially below ground levels. The building's large round arch windows have divided lights. Three double doors provide entrance on the fa�ade. The sides of the building have small round arched steel windows, which light the interior. Historic Use: Assembly and athletic hall. Current Use: Assembly and athletic hall. Alterations: The original entry doors have been replaced with modern metal and glass doors �; _ �( l I fs - .. _ �'t 5 �/ i �' ' � � ! /r;, ,�� n � � �� .:-;�/� � �j, -, � �- �—__ � � _ . _ � -� �. ` — '�� r ;.;: � y� =��,;': _,� < T! � � � � � ; �� I - - -- -- '�� ..� �` �r?�'` � r� ;:��f �^,a;� _ _ � , �y.s , � �T�rj � � - � �� n —�, � r rlT 7!.�-� _ - - �( � "_ .� �1-- -- :nTk_ ',.r. Map. No. 5: Field House—West Fagade, April 2018— Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Section 7 page 11 United States Departmenl of Ihe Interior National Park Service/National Regisler of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 � Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa � Name of Property County and State �_7. T' '��'+ ' S' ��{ � - Y �1 . '��y �ji7�'i' �� la� C � `� i � � • � � —_ 1 I \ � " #x� ::: ' • . , f � _T-__..` \ . ";-: _ i--- . i.r r, ,,,� �`= a , $ i, . H � � � �,� : t ;� � � � � �.�,�:a , � � �`"�- �,}! # , �- �� ? �, ,�� n� r:=_ �� . , , � �. � �: . $ : ='s�. "— - — _ _ _ � - —. � � ` .._ _ `.�p 1- �}. t_ - ' ��l '~ � '� - � . #t,ca��e- ��+<� .-1 Map. No. 5: Field House West Fa�ade ca 1950s. Photo Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Map Number: 6 Historic Name: Hennessy Hall Address: None Date of Construction: 1905 NRHP Status: Contributing Building Architect/Builder: John Keenan Building Description: Hennessey Hall is a large rectangular plan building on the West side of campus which faces West on Alta Vista St. The building has a limestone block foundation with load bearing brick masonry walls laid in stretcher bond. The three story building has two additional stories partially underground. The building is a vernacular building with a classical revival porch over its main entrance. The front fac�ade is symmetrical, and has a pedimented porch entrance. The building has an asphalt shingled hipped roof with five hipped roof dormers, two on the side and one centrally located on the fa�ade. The eaves of the building and dormer have large overhangs. Historic Use: Home for wayward girls. Current Use: College classrooms and offices. Alterations: The original windows have been replaced with modern replacement windows. Section 7 page 12 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Regislralion Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property Counry and State l . _ . _ \ _1/�- � . . �� - . �f ( i ;: II � "_ > , --. '�`' . 1 � �� .��-- � -�,�Y�• ` ` /V^ - . / /,�/ ti� � i` w.� . 1 J I� 9 1 --�....t f '�... �'is((�, � - �� E. r - . � � '.��f �. I � � E Y �� i } r ,_ �, . . �� -' t� � � �� ! `� i " � - r� . � n ��'� � � ' � ` ' . i�ll � . � .� � i . -��'��V' � y�. Map. No. 6: Hennessy Hall —West and South Fa�ades, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. `i��;:�?'-s: �, , `x � ' `�— �.�' �'"-� '''" ►� `"�` � r ' �r. r ' _ �� , � : '� A a E�_ � , — , �. �f _ __-- � � ' � � � ' :F � li - .i f' - � i r �' i � � .-'-� � � , . �s- r �. , .�_ ___ � � � <e:. Map. No. 6: Hennessy Hall West and South Fa�ade ca 1920s. Photo Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Map Number: 7 Historic Name: St. Joseph Hall of Science Address: None Date of Construction: 1963 NRHP Status: Contributing Building ArchitectlBuilder: William F. Bernbrock Architects and Engineers Building Description: The St. Joseph Hall of Science is on the Northwest corner of campus and faces West on to Alta Vista Dr. The two story building has an additional story partially beneath ground. The rectangular- plan building has a hipped roof, with projecting gabled bays. The building has a reinforced concrete structure with brick veneer walls. The paired windows along the fac�ade and sides are separated by unusual vertical courses which span the length of the fac�ade. Above and below the windows are all header rows of bricks. The building is designed in accordance with the modern movement, with few design references to the older buildings on the campus. Historic Use: Science classrooms and offices. Current Use: Science classrooms and offices. Alterations: Unknown, but upon comparison to historic photos it appears no changes have been made. Section 7 page 13 United States Departmenl of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Regishation Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 f Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa � Name of Property Counry and State _ . .- �- �r � � � • �� . ��—� j` � � '.� 'i� �1' �..J. ' a - --- - - �, ` � ��c.�� :-- � —. . � 1 - , � . �,. � . 'i .. �- �. � t�y � . �'j7� � �d _ � — I� I i �{ ' r ; ! c�- '- - ! ' � �' - - — � � /�`� _ Map. No. 7: St. Joseph Hall of Science-West Fa�ade, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. � , - , ' � _ ,P , � � 1" _ _ ��'��` , � '� � # 11 � � r..� � � =" ,``Y�'+� . _ : �!;� _ -ys,�\'o-� � � �r,,. � �- __ ,_.,;� = r � " � II n �� ,� � � i `� � ' 1 � � ' � . . .. . 1L� 7._ . Map. No. 7: St. Joseph Hall of Science -West Fagade, ca 1970s. Photo Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Section 7 page 14 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Map Number: 8 Historic Name: Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto (ruin) Address: None Date of Construction: 1954 NRHP Status: Contributing Site Architect/Builder: Unknown Site Description: This is the ruin of the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto. It consists of a wall of rock faced limestone blocks. A shallow grotto is formed in the center that previously contained an altar and statues that were moved to a new grotto in 2011. A wrought iron fence is in front of the limestone wall. A marble plaque is attached to the limestone all on the West side noting that the site was constructed in 1954. A brass plaque to the left of the marble plaque notes that the site was restored in 1990. Historic Use: Religious worship/devotion. Current Use: Landscape feature. Alterations: The site has been altered substantially. The arch of the grotto has collapsed. The altar and statues have been removed. It is currently a landscape feature rather than a site of religious devotion. � .. ir �t��, , �S;}�� r } �„ rr �, � w �.�,.�4z Yr ,�i;�+�. w• � �3�.1 �c� � � .�.:. R�e:i 1�7�� -., ��' Yo' . �Y ,.�� _ . �" ` 'rJ ,.I' �.jl j �� "� �e •�� - �-1 �n� �'S . ,� �' A �1 � �� . � . ., �» s _ � � - ,� ��l. � C ..�L.,. „�'� �{�, ;;. _ �,,; �.�., 'iti.��' .� -' `" 3a ti � .�� i`--' �-L `:� "�.� �`r iLi�c � T'�s' . j� �--� ,r� 1 � r vM[ .` I'. �1• 1\t .: 'Y.� . � .a �l''Uff�t'�c�Y'{r�c+Yy�FI:� 1, _��— _ -�v�� -. - — at�lr�!�i;lll � ;�� I ��,��. � �.et�� -:^i-, ' ' "='s _ fr a .•A_ ^ __' . - -+�'" � � c=.•: - �� '�`� Map. No. 8: Lourdes Grotto (ruin) ca " '-' �' Y $ 1960s. ry ;__.. .. •-�:`' .. �.,: �: �,;.� . y� Map. No. 8: Lourdes Grotto (ruin), March 2019— Photo Photo Credit: Loras College, Center for Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Dubuque History Section 7 page 15 United States Department of the Interior � National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 � ! Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Map Number: 9 Historic Name: Academic Resource Center Address: None Date of Construction: 2002 NRHP Status: Non-Contributing Building Architect/Builder: Holabird & Root Building Description: This three story library and academic resource building was built in contemporary style. The building is located on the central part of the campus along Loras Boulevard. It has an L-shaped plan. The main entrance is in the courtyard that is formed at the interior intersection of the L. The main entrance faces West. The building has brick veneer and fully glazed curtain walls. The rear of the building has a different treatment, with the whole upper level being glass curtain wall. The foundation is smooth ashlar, of a similar color to the limestone foundations found elsewhere in the district. The windows are four light, and are mostly located on the rear and sides of the building. A protruding one-story foyer of curtain wall provides access to the building. A large curvilinear canopy provides shelter for the entrance, and stretches along much of the fa�ade. Historic Use: Library and classrooms Current Use: Library and classrooms Alterations: None �; :� ,''ic:;•, .z��;Y, <,.,�- :.�: '_ �„ ; � �.ia,},;_ . -- {',x ��-'�� N�1� �� '�`A� A� 4'Y� ' .F . - - � � F.}¢y.- ,..�_�_ . i Y �� i': i . A . __�. �"+ � �4q.;�, � ' � �^a �� $ '�' G 'l i/ 7` I y� "��' „ )'-� e� �� m� : ti . � '�� ,��C..�71 � � �� K... Q. ,_.____ . _. _ _ _ -I-.. - �� r_ ;� � � -��vfi -. , _-_�_. _ �:---u�- - � -j- - - _ - .. . � � � -��E?�7�� _ _ -: ; �. � Map. No. 9: Academic Resource Center— North Fa�ade, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Section 7 page 16 Uniled States Depar[ment of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Map Number: 10 Historic Name: Sculpture of the Resurrection Address: None Date of Construction: 1997 NRHP Status: Non-Contributing Site Architect/Builder: Huberto Maestes, Sculptor Site Description: The site consists of a U-shaped seating area comprised of rock faced limestone blocks. I The seating area is surrounded by six pink granite columns of varying sizes. In the center of the seating area is the Resurrection sculpture. The base of the sculpture is limestone boulders and slabs laid in a random fashion to form a mound. A bronze Latin cross rises out of the limestone mound. At the top of the cross is a bronze statue of the risen Christ with his left hand stretched to the sky. Historic Use: Artistic and landscape feature Current Use: Artistic and landscape feature Alterations: None � � �� . �� ;i � y� z�,�` ; f ' - '` � 1� �� ,� �; ar �` � , , -- .. � _ �_�' -_ — �' = _ — - _- � � _- � � � Y � I.�,. f. � �w�.�r� W'c� �► � � y .I µY - ,� , .l�� -+�.iG:�.,�C' j i �-�T .. '9 �� 4t Y � t� - �' 4,.` . �. : � _ �. �. l�.• � a , . . � � �� . �. ' -J �i � � � � � /�i<a . . . _ '. Map. No. 10: Sculpture of the Resurrection, April 2018 — Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Section 7 page 17 United States Depadment of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registretion Form NPS Form 10-90� OMB No. 1024-0018 � Loras College Historic District Dubuque lowa Name of Property County and State Map Number: 11 Historic Name: Wahlert Hall Address: None Date of Construction: 1960 NRHP Status: Contributing Building ArchitectlBuilder: Durrant & Bergquist, Architect; Conlon Construction, Builder Building Description: Wahlert Hall is a one story building with a cross shaped plan. The building is steel construction with large clerestory windows, built in the Mid-century Modern style. The-roof is a two pitch cross gable roof. The roof is clad in clay tile. The walls are brick veneer with glass curtain wall. The brick is laid in Flemish bond and covers much of the fa�ade other than the corner of the entrance. Each end of the building (the points of the cross) utilize full-length curtain wall with one horizontal band of windows. The segments within the curtain wall are separated by thick aluminum mullions. The entrance is on the South East corner. The two leaf door is-fully glazed aluminum, and it is flanked by full length curtain wall. Historic lJse: Library Current Use: Classrooms Alterations: Some of the clerestory windows have been filled in and spandrels replaced. �.� � �[ ../ '� � ,. ,-�_. ' 1 �., � �. � �;� ` � i y�� y _'-� � � t+� i . � °`t,� '� . LA , ��. A.� , � ' a t.� +� - � i _'�•-r .�� . � 1 't ..l'� �'' � r n { 1'�� ,:`�,� _,� i �",� �i � ".�_ J�_2 �-_�y�� ?( -;'�//,' ._.-i .�� t� x} y� /( ' � F...Se�. t�}xJ� �.%I1�J �` I- ,, f �. ti: �� 4 � }c t ...` �1�� .�� `.YI � / ` '`'��. � ^*- ;J,l1 _i � � � f - �� I -� � '�., I f \j��' . r � , , � _ - =�1� ,, _�- ^�' i 1j — � � � i �1��,)� � � , � ; r � i , _ ..-�_�, �-� - . � � ., .�. . - � � "�y�d�-�- - -� ..R''`�_ -- --j=�,. � ��-- . .ss�- - - - ,� ,__w_ Map. No. 11: Wahlert Hall South and West Fa�ades, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Section 7 page 18 United States Departmenl of ihe Interior Nalional Park Service/Na[ional Register of Hlstoric Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property Counry and State ;�A. , • i �� : ..n.- _- ' .. H-� i'-.: �F�, ' � �� 1 ''�s+N- '-'r.'�_ _ .�� - . .. . ��1�� ' . - .'I�� %� � `�.. ! _ , .j�1■ ..�.. -��_ .--.,�Z 1 ,Y � � I -_<' _ - .. .,,,, _�'T-',� •�� '•� ( - II � _. _,..��,-'_..i►atr. . . _ _ _� I �j� 1� � __._ ,� ;� Map. No. 11: Wahlert Hall South and West Fayades nearing completion in 1960. Photo Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Map Number: 12 Historic Name: Rock Bowl Stadium Address: None Date of Construction: 1940 (2005) NRHP Status: Non-Contributing Site Architect/Builder: Clay Ignatius Krajewski (original); Bernbrock & Kelly (renovation) Building Description: The Rock Bowl & Stadium is an athletic facility in the center of the Loras Campus. It was formed out of a natural ravine. The North and West sides of the Rock Bowl form a natural limestone retaining wall. New stadium seating, press box and restroom facilities were constructed in 2005. Historic Use: Athletic stadium Current Use: Athletic stadium Alterations: The Rock Bowl Stadium remained largely unaltered until 2005 when a major renovation was undertaken. Improvements included installation of Field Turf for soccer play, a new track, new press box, paved concession plaza, retail space, hospitality suite, new seating for 3,000, and stadium lighting for student recreation/intramurals/night games. Section 7 page 19 United Stales Departmenl of the Interior National Park Service/National Register ot Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State � �f� gt i _ �, �R' � �� , u ... . y !�' � _ � �r V y{^�'' �II� -.L� ^ � . vs „ .�r�l �� . ':.. L - �+�;jipf,sl�(�•�' :;1'�1. ' I � ; � _ � - - _- ---'=:� `►� �— . �s=-- _ _ - --- "�, - r-- _.i .. . _- . --_,� -- � - — � ��- ` _ - ---7 _ .-_��'�,�I�!�. . ::,,- ._. ' `.-' - ' , �`-�'� '�_ . - � - i "- -��So.. ._ � .. =. �>. � _ _ r = _ - - _—_--_ -, _s.... .- . ., r.."_-. - ,_:" , _ . �. :, Map. No. 12: Rock Bowl Stadium Facing Northwest, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. r �_ • . 1� -'�' . . �� , 1 .. • •. . .� . -�n�'y.,��T9 . �--,�� r � p •l�;,� 2r� . �� _U . �r�„{ .-_ . '� ♦. ' >. r :• � , • 4 .�a . � , i� � t�'� �. �� ti �� r. ,—,. .r. ,t . ; �y�� .. �'ti'.�� i � ry I^ � rh_ . � ` _. � �, � �r � �' •`d'T�"�1s�:��J� , 1 '� � .�p'.+ l��-v �..�.��e^ '��., �I ,.., � _" .,. ..._ .r.:.�^_ .._.1..nara..+r.��L�+.� .. �'- _�`�G{J�ir.� ' _. _ � v�.,� � �'__ -��`� " Map. No. 12: Rock Bowl Stadium facing Northwest 1960s. Photo Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Section 7 page 20 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras Coliege Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State ��= I ��:�,. / -i' r x � ' ., i_ �..7��' y��►al�� s r'�� ` - Y a.7'��: . m�� .��'�i'�IplJno�UOm� � �I�IIIp�W�� ,-I� ,- . -- =_�� f � A �• �ae�\' ' . - -�l!r "-�4ac>t. . . _ . _ -- - _._. _.w�— .. .. _, . . ._.--:_ `: —"��r. ._— . . . � _ _ _ � i_�_>•:��, . . . . � --_ � i�. _ . ....:� :�—�� ` _ � . A� -�� _l � _ _0�'�� 1 - — _ - -:�a. i Map. No. 12: Rock Bowl Stadium Facing Southeast, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. '.. � '�. - �l:�ra.'��., . '�"^!'t!T `�1 ' ��_li" ` «` _.. :"�,- '= � •� ' '.��.�:�'•1r. —t-� . � '.,1�� ' �,�, , ' . . . `@� � ``�� ' � � � ��...4�� - . \\��\., � � \�� \\�� _ . �\�\\\\`\\ �"�`-_ :��•''" \\\\` `=�i� _.-_ .'t-�� 'r- �.' \. _ � I _�� '� a` , �;i, s�` �^y�� A�i_ � ��. �,=. Map. No. 12: Rock Bowl Stadium facing Southeast, ca. 1960s. Photo Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Section 7 page 21 ! United States Depadment of the Interior �� National Park Service I NaCional Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Map Number: 13 Historic Name: Rohlman Hall Address: None Date of Construction: 1953 NRHP Status: Contributing Building Architect/Builder: John J. Flad Building Description: Rohlman hall is a four-story, colonial revival building on the North Western portion of campus, facing South and overlooking the rock-bowl stadium. The building's main focus is on its central bay, which contains three round arched entrances under a central pediment with return eaves (also present on the sides). The building is predominantly side gabled, though there is a front facing gable over the central bay. The building plan is a very shallow U shape. The gabled roof is clad in asphalt shingles. The eaves are undecorated and have a moderate overhang. The building masonry is laid in stretcher bond. Two stone courses run along the length of the whole fa�ade. Patterned masonry resembling quoins are present at the buildings side, and the protruding central bay. The buildings windows are wood, six-over-six double hung. They have stone sills and soldier course brick headers. The bottom of the West fa�ade contains a bas relief of Pope Pius X with the Latin inscription: "Instaurare Omnia Christo" translated in English means "Restore all things in Christ." Historic Use: College Dormitory Current Use: College Dormitory Alterations: Unknown, but upon comparison to historic photos it appears no changes have been made. � -. ._ � � • .,\.� .,- �, �' � ��.,� ��'� <. � , '.p � - r 2� �� j \ f � , �� .t•-:�� , � /..', � '� ,�,. �, � � � 1 1, , �° �,F �' 7 � , i '� � : . Y�y af �� .� e t�� 1 t a 1 �� '� � � Y�,;.�.� � �;.; _: � V _ - _ -- _ � _ . r- .__ - _ . _ _ s - ' r Map. No. 13: Rohlman Hall South Fac�ade, April 2015 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Section 7 page 22 United Slales Department of the Interior Na[ional Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State /' 'li I'� 19 .�<:v::.. �� Y��?��•� � 1 1 I � ? '1 � I T i �, ,L. ' {' � � I , � � � a, 1Yj `�� 7 1 1 �' J��r �� . . v _ . "~��'y�,�- �_ - _ . . - - �:i�.�._�- _ �- ..:�:; _�, ,..�L�j'�¢ Map. No. 13: Rohlman South and West Fac�ades ca 1950s. Photo Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Map Number: 14 Historic Name: St. Francis Hall/Alumni Campus Center Address: None Date of Construction: 1914 (Original); 1991 (addition) NRHP Status: Contributing Building Architect/Builder: Emmanuel Masqueray (original); Thorson, Brom, Broshar and Snyder(addition) Building Description: St. Francis Hall was originally constructed as a three story (including raised basement and attic/mansard levels) U-shaped dining hall in the center of campus (the "Original Building"). In 1991, a substantial addition was built on the South side of the Original Building (the "Addition"). The Original Building has a limestone foundation with load bearing brick masonry walls laid in a Flemish bond pattern. The style is a mixture of Second Empire, Classical Revival and Craftsman. The window openings on the basement level and first floor level have segmental arched heads. The basement openings are mostly boarded up. The first floor windows had replacement casement windows and a transom that has been infilled. The attic/mansard level has overhanging eaves with dentils and decorative brackets. The mansard is clad with gray slate shingles. The North and South wings have one mansard in the center of the bay. The sides of the mansard have irregularly placed hip dormers that have either one or two windows. In 1991, the Addition was constructed to the South of the Original Building. The Addition has two above above-grade stories and faces South towards Loras Blvd. It has a rectangular plan and a flat roof. There is a steel and glass hyphen between the Original Building and the Addition, differentiating the Addition from the Original Building. The Addition is built in a contemporary, almost postmodern design which recalls older buildings in the district, especially St. Francis Hall to the North. The building is clad in Flemish bond masonry, with broad courses of concrete masonry units. The masonry sits atop a large rusticated limestone foundation. A metal awning runs along the top portion of the building, similar to the bracketed eaves of Keane Hall and St. Francis Hall. Historic Use: Dining hall for the campus and residence for nuns. Current Use: Dining hall, entertainment space and offices Alterations: See description above. Section 7 page 23 United States DepaRment of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Hlstoric Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa , Name of Property Counry and State i t f iC� j ( i -� � �� T -' f �� ;�,�,.�,�: : � i � �'� `� � � I � 'f �' l ' _ i i i i � '� � -a ��-- _ } � � -- �. ' � _ � �- .. ;�ii �� - ' -t�� _ , - _ -- :��, �.1 - _ :F� "' �,� � '� , „ < ,sr r: ��.,-- R.'; _ _--'�t`y�d"'�'.c :^._':' �lJI Map. No. 14: St. Francis Hall East and North Fa�ades, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. _a . -� .-".'� T .i, i A��. �� ' ��-- -rt_I�'�' �M R ,��. _ :�` ,,• _ � ��"i�'��'#z�� -az �,r 0��.��k a : �.� r �� . �,f�.� � �`�y ;� � r�- � i i . � �� ; ,� '({ � ', �,� :, '� ,�y ( ��e�! : �� y _ . f, � , �� '� r i 1 1 � ,�� ;�:�;� �: ;�� - t��- _.{. . . _. � ' . . . Map. No. 14: St. Francis Hall East and North Fa�ades ca. 1920s. Photo Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Section 7 page 24 United Slates Department of the Inlerior National Park Service/National Register ot Historic Places Regishation Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Map Number: 15 Historic Name: Lourdes Grotto Address: None Date of Construction: 2011 NRHP Status: Non-Contributing Site ArchitectlBuilder: Unknown Site Description: The Lourdes Grotto is an outdoor shrine that depicts St. Bernadette's visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes. It is built into the side of a hill on the central campus, Northeast of Wahlert Hall. The grotto faces Northeast. The grotto is composed of rough face limestone block and limestone boulders. The boulders are formed into an arched cave with a limestone block altar underneath. A cast concrete statue of a kneeling St. Bernadette is on the left and a cast concrete statue of the vision of the standing Blessed Virgin is on the right on top of the limestone block wall. A wrought iron fence delineates the front boundary of the grotto. Historic Use: Religious devotion and landscape feature. Current Use: Religious devotion and landscape feature. Alterations: None -� s-o- , � .� ,�-�F.. , ,�� . �_ _ � ,�;� - � �: - r, .: . '� �,' � .�t :� - - ' r - � .\ �_�. , � \ _ ..�V � l 11' � � '` l - �; �� - ' 1��. - _ , ,� r , �A� � _ ' c;�g�� / f"' � � �'� :, . � ` ` ) , � �� .t. � y + ' ��RAY.+�LL's _ _ �r� _ T �y � _ ' �� . ,ri, �- _ � . I. _ „�T� 1� - . �I � � . ;� �. '""'.�� '�w �. r �..�.. �k-,4�-_ �t.�. 3�s�I_Y��:�.- Map. No. 15: Lourdes Grotto (New), April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Section 7 page 25 United States Departmenl of[he Interior National Park Service I Natlonal Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Map Number: 16 Historic Name: Smyth Hall Address: None Date of Construction: 1927 NRHP Status: Contributing Building Architect/Builder: W.J. Van der Meer Building Description: This three story student housing building is in the center of the campus. Its primary fa�ade is the West fac�ade. The building is built in the Colonial Revival style. It has a rectangular plan, though it is not fully symmetrical. It has a concrete foundation with load bearing brick masonry walls. The roof is hipped and is clad in asphalt shingles. The roof has wide overhanging eaves that are decorated with dentils. The buildings brick walls are laid mostly in Flemish bond, though a band of basket weave masonry is under the cornice, and the lowest bands are laid in alternating color common bond. The entrances have fanlights above them. The windows and doors are modern replacements. Historic Use: College infirmary Current Use: College dormitory, offices and classrooms Alterations: Replacement of historic doors and windows in the 1980s. ��, � c - . � - _ � f ' �- — �=='.� -�— - -- �— _� ... _ _ - _— _ � `_ i ��:j �:r..; 7,7 "-.I . . n , .� . -- �� . . .i � . 1 S � -� ��tv�',� — 1 � - "'' .". �� L � ,! �7 � �7 �-� -�� I 11 fiI . � �h� �k __ _ � T. � . , �L, ,� I I • . ♦a-r:.�� f� ��b . _ �� r"�> � :, - l � i _- .�� _7 - 1 ��'. alY._ �`'��i�� _� � � � - �: � ��.?r..vt�� — _�_� I -- 1 Map. No. 16: Smyth Hall West Fagade, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Section 7 page 26 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Regishation Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State � ry \� .. ... � `�\... � _ R`''� \ , -- -_� _ _- j .� � ', ; , . �� -� �— .�-- •J , , � � d ] 1 — ' \ �o':; r*� 1 � :�� I � � � � ,� 1�� t� � y � ��::� ��.y.41,�y,7`P`�.'�,v a'� ��_'---- '—_` .:. _� _- i � .� : . . S �� J �� 1 �� . � `� • X'r� :Y� .. � . r . . �a�,., -e :ti,__... .� �o"^'--- _ t ;k yt'� . ��.� ' .-. . _. . __ . Map. No. 16: Smyth Hall West and South Fagades ca 1950s. Photo Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Map Number: 17 Historic Name: Graber Center Address: None Date of Construction: 1982 NRHP Status: Non-Contributing Building Architect/Builder: Flad & Associates Building Description: The Graber Sports Center is a one story building with a largely rectangular plan. The building is a functional design with few stylistic elements. It is steel construction and has a flat roof. The building has very few openings for lights apart from the entrance, which is full glass curtain wall. There are a few openings on the West fa�ade with ribbon windows. Historic Use: Athletics Current Use: Athletics Alterations: None Section 7 page 27 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 � � Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa ! Name of Property County and State , Y I t � ,,� .,. ��(l,�`a '.. 7 r� 1 � �{y� (�/. V• \ � �� ~\ lW �� \ ,1y�� : '� I / / !�. �� a. � >� �i ��'� .. �� $ . .•�� .� � -a�,�'�•��nr�� ..��.�� . �� ,��r;, Map. No. 17: Graber Center South FaC�ade, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Map Number: 18 Historic Name: San Jose Pool Address: None Date of Construction: 1967 NRHP Status: Contributing Building Architect/Builder: Ralph Burke Building Description: This one story building faces South towards the rest of the district. It is Mid-century Modern in style. The structure is reinforced concrete and steel. The one-story building has a rectangular plan with a strong horizontal design emphasis. The side-gable roof is clad in clay tile with a wide eave overhang. There are multiple glass curtain walls between the structural piers to let in natural light. The full height windows each have three segments, with transoms and a lower pane, though only the center segment is clear glazing. Several of the openings have full height windows that feature opaque spandrel glass, typical of Mid- century Modern design. The windows have extruded aluminum frames and mullions. Historic Use: Athletics/swimming and diving Current Use: Athletics/swimming and diving Alterations: Unknown, but upon comparison to historic photos it appears no changes have been made. r. � i � � j � ' � _ i �i, _ � , . - �-y _ ._ . Map. No. 18: San Jose Swimming Pool North Fayade, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Section 7 page 28 Uniled States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 , Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State �{/ � � 'y � .� � �� I ii ; ..:: ' I � .. �. �� - ry �� , • ��i - �� f�` r, . „�,..�f_ _...,� _ �n - .• .� . . ,._-. c, .� - . �aZ _ Map. No. 18: San Jose Swimming Pool North Fa�ade Architect Rendering 1966. Photo Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Map Number: 19 Historic Name: Power House Address: None Date of Construction: 1914, 2015 NRHP Status: Non-Contributing Building Architect/Builder: Emmanuel Masqueray, Architect (Original); Anton Zwack Builder(Original) Building Description: The Power House was originally built to house the boilers that would provide steam heat for all buildings on campus. It was a plain rectangular structure with reinforced concrete structure and limestone veneer walls. It has a flat roof. The chimney was 150 feet tall with radial brick construction. In 2015, a second story was constructed on top of the roof of the Power House. This second story addition is a steel structure with brick veneer walls and a hip roof with asphalt shingles. Historic Use: Powerhouse for campus Current Use: Power house for campus and restaurant and retail. Alterations: See above description. '�' �r:a�,rx- I�� - _ �_ �� Map. No. 19: Powerhouse East Fagade and Smokestack, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Sectlon 7 page 29 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0015 � Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa � Name of Property County and State �. Map Number: 20 Historic Name: Physical Plant Address: None Date of Construction: 1978 NRHP Status: Non-Contributing Building Architect/Builder: None Building Description: The Physical Plant is a one story maintenance building on the East side of the campus. Its main fa�ade faces West. The rectangular plan building has a metal side-gable roof with large exposed rafter beams. The building has a steel structure with brick veneer walls. The building contains a number of vehicular openings and irregularly placed windows. Historic Use: Campus maintenance Current Use: Campus maintenance Alterations: None � :-�,�,�4' � �* . . �j� ' , j-, . _ �,• . �_ k._ ��,. . - �t��i�j'� � / � F:tr z��, r. _ . - �:ic T � .. � .,�...= 7 . � � s.;'j 'TQ:r`- 4. . . . `��• _ , ' ` , - � .tl ,• : _ � - ' . '� _ '��, "'` � ;�.:,� . . ! � �-:�"^`�'_'`;—;��--�--t—�.--�. � .i i 1' �.. � � � �- � -�- .,._. , �'� ` : _.- , ' I � . o• . _ .-.y., �•�.. t -a l�.m ��.. � '1'r.s ' `' <a.�r� �'.' Jr �,�V. ��-. ��7l��.c��}-:�l-i-� _ -r Map. No. 20: Physical Plan West Fa�ade, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Section 7 page 30 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Map Number: 21 Historic Name: Athletic & Wellness Center Address: None Date of Construction: 2007 NRHP Status: Non-Contributing Building Architect/Builder: David Leapoldt Building Description: The Athletic and Wellness Center was designed in the Post Modern style. The building faces West towards the rest of campus. The wellness center consists of a central limestone building flanked by two large brick buildings with gable roofs. The Southern and Northern portions of the building are brick and front gabled. It is accessed on its East fa�ade. These portions of the building have metal gable roofs. The Southern building has numerous regularly spaced window openings on its Southern fa�ade. The main mass of the building is skinned with limestone on its front fa�ade. The building has a metal mansard roof. The most distinctive stylistic flourish of the building is the gable dormers on the fa�ade and rear, which have playful shaped parapets. These are clearly postmodern references to the designs of St. Francis Hall and Keane Hall. Historic Use: Athletics Current Use: Athletics Alterations: None �-- - �'�_ -h _ .�" ' i . . �nitf�____-'�__'__-�___- W��' __ _' �� _ . . __ � i�� .. � � �� `� .___ _ s' '-+ �J. �' I ��j � al 'I� � , � � � � � � / � A . ,� � � , Map. No. 21: Athletic and Wellness Center, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Section 7 page 31 United States Depar[menl of lhe Interior National Park Service/National Register of Hlstoric Places Registration Form 1 NPS Form 10-900 OM8 No. 1024-0018 I ; Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Map Number: 22 Historic Name: Faber-Clark Field Address: None Date of Construction: 1964 NRHP Status: Contributing Site Architect/Builder: Unknown Site Description: Faber-Clark Field is an athletic field located on the East side of campus. It is located in what was a ravine that has been partially filled in. It contains softball fields, football fields and soccer fields. It is surrounded by high limestone block retaining walls. Historic Use: Athletic fields. Current Use: Athletic fields Alterations: Grading to level the fields and the addition of retaining walls in 1964. --- -- -- ---- >--�� 'n'Y` J; ` t ��` -� � _ ' � T i" , � � '`� � � �,. � '� j!,� :' . ��:�� '1��- i- � �� , _ _ ✓_ . ._. _ / _ , ` 1 � l � . _ ` , Map. No. 22: Faber-Clark Field view facing East, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. ,:9 . i . �� • i, � �� ;�,��.:,� ''ii : : 1�`-,� ��4��R � .� �. � : -. - .: -., — _� ;� ' ` . , 4 � � � � /_ y Map. No. 22: Faber-Clark Field 1909 view facing Southeast. Photo Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Secfion 7 page 32 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places RegisVation Form . NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property Counry and State Map Number: 23 Historic Name: Observatory Address: None Date of Construction: 1964 NRHP Status: Contributing Building Architect/Builder: Unknown Building Description: The observatory is a small building located in the Eastern part of campus. It contains a telescope. Its design is Mid-century Modern. It is a small and round building of patterned concrete block. The dome roof is sheet metal that slides open and rotates when the telescope is in use. The entrance is a single metal slab door located on the South portion of the building. Historic Use: Observatory Current Use: Observatory Alterations: None � . �X i � , i .- � .��„ ;` � y�''^ �,, _�,: r. k�_�� . � °ti ,, ,. .,".,, -, � . �� ,'�.�,� - ..,...,_ _ _ �,. � i � ..,.,_ „�j ,..: s� . , �, � ...,-.^.�:�'��1..- ` �� ` _ _ =-� — . _ ��:�.� ' r . . . - _ . •t� ��ts.`�.1± _ , - . ' Map. No. 23: Observatory ca 1970s view facing Map. No. 23: Observatory view facing East, April East. 2018— Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. photo Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Section 7 page 33 United Stales Department of the Interior � National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Hist�ric District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Map Number: 24 Historic Name: St. Joseph Chapel & Auditorium Address: None Date of Construction: 1909 NRHP Status: Contributing Building Architect/Builder: Guido Beck Building Description: St. Joseph Chapel & Auditorium has a 800 seat auditorium in the basement and first floor and a chapel on the second floor. It is built in the Romanesque Revival style. It has a limestone block foundation and raised basement with load bearing brick masonry walls. The building has a complex cross gable roof, with a number of side gables. These side gables have decorative stepped parapets. The building does not have a symmetrical design and the steeple is placed towards the Southwest side of the building. The top of the steeple has four ciock faces that light up at night. The steeple roof is copper, as are a number of lower roofs covering entrances into the old church building. The main roof is clay tile. The first floor windows are rectangular one-over-one double hung windows with a limestone sill course and cut limestone lintels. The remainder of the building has an assortment of round arch windows. The projecting bays contain round windows. The round arch windows still contain decorative tracery. Historic Use: Chapel and Auditorium Current Use: Chapel and Auditorium Alterations: The windows have exterior plexiglass storm windows and the brick molds have been clad in extruded aluminum. � I .��: ( I i -- - I ' µ� � , � �I - � �� - - . +�" �,.; � � ',� a; + \5 �� I �� ,�..��, '� - - � _�-i t _. �,..., Map. No. 24: St. Joseph Chapel and Auditorium view facing Northeast, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Section 7 page 34 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register oi Historic Places Regislration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State .iE � �►,!i`� "',� f �` _� _ - - 1 �L I� � I. �, _ •:. 1' � � I ,�[ ' � ;. �t�� i �� }'z� -- - _. ; L�- .r. ___ _ _ _ Map. No. 24: St. Joseph Chapel and Auditorium Postcard ca 1910 view facing Northeast. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Map Number: 25 Historic Name: Hoffman Hall Address: None Date of Construction: 1902 (original); 1987 (addition) NRHP Status: Contributing Building Architect/Builder: Henry Schlacks Building Description: Hoffman Hall is a five (5) story building (including raised basement and mansard/attic level). It was designed in the Second Empire style of architecture. The building has 3 bays. The Westernmost bay ("Original Building") was constructed in 1902 as an addition to the former St. Joseph Hall, the original campus building. The Eastern portions of St. Joseph Hall were demolished in 1987. The Eastern two bays of the current Hoffman Hall (the "Addition") were constructed as additions in 1987. The original building has a limestone block foundation with raised basement and load bearing brick masonry walls. The corners of the bay have raised brick quoins. The windows on the basement through second floor level have limestone sills and flat lintels. The windows on the 3`d floor have round arch tops with limestone sills that form a string course that run the length of the fa�ade. All of the windows appear to be replacement windows. A pressed metal cornice with brackets separates the third floor from the mansard level. The mansard has slate shingle sheathing with three window openings. The Original Building is connected to the St. Joseph Chapel and Auditorium via a passage way constructed on the West fa�ade of the Original Building. The window openings have elaborate surrounds. The Addition mimics the appearance of the Original Building. However, its construction is reinforced concrete with stone veneer raised basement and brick veneer walis. Historic Use: Classrooms and dormitory. Current Use: Classrooms and offices. Alterations: See above description. Section 7 page 35 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registralion Form � NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 1 � � Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa i Name of Property County and State � � \ �. ' = s,,. ' � �� \\ . � , - _� --, �� a ��- � _ ' �■ _��i .� l �■�'�•�� , a vl • ` �� .!I - � - .- - ' - __ �� '.� � � � �� , '� . " � �a� � =�+�, : .a r_-. � - �� } .� � . . ,�� 1� 1 e . : - '��! - .� - - i � _ TM■ � -_, $ -.(�4 � ��rr�:� . .�i--- — r— - ._.a�- i�d. ,1 Map. No. 25: Hoffman Hall view facing North, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. l � P f jj t tL- �� i� I� ��. ` Y��y � � � � `�_�_„j� � `� , �- , -_�;-� ,� e� . �, — , :_; �f — - -- r � -- � �� t!��. � � y � � - _ . •. �.,x_ . .. ' �;.._.'`:2 -_` _ ` Map. No. 25: Hoffman Hall ca 1902 view facing North. Photo Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Section 7 page 36 United States Department of the Interior , National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and Slale Map Number: 26 Historic Name: Beckman Hall Address: None Date of Construction: 1961 NRHP Status: Contributing Building Architect/Builder: William F. Bernbrock, Architect; Conlon Construction, Builder Building Description: Beckman Hall is a four story residence hall designed in the colonial Revival style of architecture. It is on the far East side of the campus, adjacent to Binz Hall and Hoffman Hall. The building has a rectangular "T" plan with the main fa�ade being the South fa�ade facing Loras Boulevard. The foundation and structure is reinforced concrete with brick veneer curtain walls laid in a stretcher bond pattern. The central pavilion gives the appearance of a classical temple front with the main entrance to the building at its center. The edges of the pavilion have decorative brickwork that read as quoins. A cast stone crest of Loras College is in the gable of the center pavilion. The entrance has modern doors surrounded by stone panels. The corners throughout the building have decorative brickwork that read as quoins. The building has a cross gable roof. The gables have classical return eaves and center oculus vents. The windows throughout are wood, six- over-six double hung. The windows are paired on the fa�ade and isolated on the side. The windows have stone sills and brick soldier course lintels. Historic Use: College dormitory Current Use: College dormitory Alterations: Unknown, but upon comparison to historic photos it appears very few changes have been made. '� • 1 _ _ _ �. �:�� _- - - -. i`-, F - � a,. �� I, � � - - e — - ■�� ee m= Aa ■■ :1_- � �� . �� 1 1 � ' _I ' ' �jt'�L� =J �� '� � „'. ��3 y, - � - � � ��!� . � � - - M < � _�_ _-__ - ..r __ .y � Map. No. 26: Beckman Hall view facing Nor4h, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Section 7 page 37 United States Department of the Inlerior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Regishation Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 t Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa � Name of Property County and State � \ \ •��: �' R /`�- '—' r� �� i i � � '� �`f _ , ,- �� rr �?� r �� r � ;� .., � � � _ - � y ,�r�4:.i r' �� o � �i�� . - i �� . . .e �� . .,� � � r� �•« � ,� "`" - 1,.. =�-.`_., - - .�fi��T. _ - �� -�-.�.� — �11�1 - — Map. No. 26: Beckman Hall 1960 ArchitecYs rendering view facing Northwest. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Map Number: 27 Historic Name: Binz Hall Address: None Date of Construction: 1966 NRHP Status: Contributing Building Architect/Builder: Bernbrock & Engineers Building Description: This four story dormitory building faces primarily East on the far East side of the campus adjacent to Beckman Hall. The design is Mid-Century Modern with some Colonial Revival features. The building has an L-shaped plan, though the L has a more obtuse angle. The foundation and structure is reinforced concrete with brick veneer curtain walls laid in a stretcher bond pattern. Large brick veneer piers run the height of the fa�ades, dividing the fa�ades into bays between windows. The building is covered by a gable roof, though part of the roofing continues to the sides of the structure, similar to a pent roof (or dutch gable). The roofing material is asphalt shingles. The windows are wood six-over-six divided light double hung. Historic Use: College dormitory Currente Use: College dormitory Alterations: Unknown, but upon comparison to historic photos it appears very few changes have been made. Section 7 page 38 I United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State �'��144. ry- _� . " ' ��. - �, r �^t PT' srn - ��:�� Yl. � 1�� _.", �� _� r� � _ 6¢, � ��f' _ L9-£ - _ �',i -�J ' •- b'= \�R %. � - .■ �� '� �.� �. � �� " � � � - �0 �.� � �� ■ T-�=- � � ,_ - �� t `�;; � �� y _ . ,^.i Map. No. 27: Binz Hall view facing West, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. � i_ o �:� '?i � � , � v :i� � . i �.i o.r' �' -`i � ■ r ' t i F"� ,ii� iG :� y� �j �; ■ i i. " '. i.:. � �:�.:-...: y .�� :.r . .io .. i r � 't : �,'-� ■ .�� ' .. A ': ai l t �i.i� ?�a- IdF.' 0.'I 3■ Il■ :.! 17 .i ° aa 1 - ii , : s� i. c" i . iF i �- ■� e ■a i� �.i i '_ .� --- - _ _._ y� — _�ti___ � ,ia :n �' Map. No. 27: Binz Hall ca 1970s view facing West. Photo Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Section 7 page 39 United States Depar[ment of the Interior Nafional Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 � Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa � Name of Property Counry and Stale ; Map Number: 28 Historic Name: Limestone Retaining Walls throughout campus Address: None Date of Construction: 1913 through 1940 NRHP Status: Contributing Site Architect/Builder: Unknown Site Description: Limestone retaining walls are located all around the college campus. The purpose is to stabilize hills on campus and protect from water erosion. They were constructed during all eras of the campus history. They are mainly local limestone blocks with rock face finish. As part of a city Works Progress Administration (WPA) project in 1940, a retaining wall along Cox street was constructed that included an arched opening. This arched opening is at the location of what is now the Southeast corner of the Alumni Campus Center Historic Use: Retaining wall and landscape feature Current Use: Retaining wall and landscape feature Alterations: Repairs and reconstruction over the years. � � t�-�. � �.�'`,� ' � .,�� ! F _ �_ � � "`� '�� ' �-�`�' . � -' �. -�, ,� ► �, � �� l�r �� `i.' � �� I � ' - � ja �` L��i ;:� �:' ' � ' - i e ',�.-___j � � ��- � r �. --- _ - f. . __ � i _ � - .. -- - � - ; - 1 ' I-_'�.�w..=- - . _.�_ � . 1 .-W. , ____ :� ''r •� � � _ -- _— Map. No. 28: Limestone retaining wall, view to the Northwest, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc Section 7 page 40 I United States Department of Ihe Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State -- 9 . , � ,��'_ . � �rc��s+�.- - z''� �.• � . ---.� ; - r ,d,'= ' ��. s' + ,r�• +' , — r ; , f + � � ,J _ � - ��-� + ! ,�r�?'�. >r `�.. �=; -^ Fi ~', � T�r ' ✓ � l • � "� . .Yr •� - �� ; .� ,.:� ',,:: ; _ :. : �--._ .:i rA(� � _ t a; . � r � ,ry � `L ___- T C . � � ` �. 1 '': _ ' �'r � ..l 4I �J t � l� � / � " ..�3y i,�� - � _-�•' �" '-�" 'r -, �t �� ,.c_r � ,_._ '�'. �i � 1 r +'�Yar:.F—r ��' _ � � � -�. ' ��,. � � � ' ti-.�: k-�;:a _ -- � _i, y;�� _ _ . _. ...: Map. No. 28: Limestone retaining wall, view to the West, ca 1980. Photo Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History. Map Number: 29 Historic Name: Lynch/McCarthy Apartments Address: None Date of Construction: 2002 NRHP Status: Non-Contributing Building Architect/Builder: David Leapaldt Building Description: The Lynch McCarthy Apartments are twin student residences on the far Eastern side of the campus. The two buildings are mirror images of one another and have a balcony system connecting them. The buildings have a rectangular plan and face South. They are built on a steep grade, with two stories completely above ground and four stories at the rear. The fa�ades have a variety of windows, with large picture windows, casements with divided transoms, and tripartite windows. The apartment units are accessed through the balconies, which are constructed of large concrete piers and unfinished metal. Towards the rear of the complex is a freestanding building containing elevators with a central glass opening. It is clad with rough limestone and has a metal shingle mansard roof. Historic Use: Residence Hall Current Use: Residence Hall Alterations: None Section 7 page 41 United Slales Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Hlstoric Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa � Name of Property County and State � 1 T • _ i `� � � � _ ��.a�f� ` . }�� . . ..._ � .��.+�� T. l.� r � �,.CI',. �.. ,�t; � ` �IS,:d . ��`�— . ,r �q `-.��_ �-- � r — P� — _ Map. No. 29: LynchlMcCarthy Apartments view facing North, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Map Number: 30 Historic Name: Byrne Oaks Housing Complex Address: None Date of Construction: 1990 NRHP Status: Non-Contributing Building ArchitecUBuilder: Durrant Group, Inc. Building Description: The Byrne Oaks Complex is a student housing complex on the Northwest side of campus. The complex is comprised of three separate apartment buildings with identical design. They are of plain, contemporary design with concrete foundations, brick veneer walls and steep cross gable roofs. The gables are infilled with vinyl siding. Breezeways are placed between the buildings, to connect them. Historic Use: Residence Hall Current Use: Residence Hall Alterations: None — � a �� 1,�/ t :�;%`. � '� ' � " G;. � - 1- - � ' �t. 1 �.-. . �' • - .- L . � ::� y�- , - " ��x �" ' , �S � � - � �5� .�.v. �,+�. ._'_ �.. ..� �� Map.�No. 30: Byrne Oaks Housing Complex view facing South, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Section 7 page 42 United States Department of Ihe Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Map Number: 31 Historic Name: Duhawk Plaza Address: None I Date of Construction: 2014 NRHP Status: Non-Contributing Site Architect/Builder: Unknown Site Description: Duhawk Plaza is a campus feature comprised of a rough faced limestone block semicircular wall that serves as a backdrop for the bronze sculpture of a hawk holding a football in its talons. The pedestal for the sculpture is cast stone to look like limestone. The ground surface is concrete and concrete pavers with donor inscriptions. The wall holds a masonry sign that says: "Duhawk Plaza" with the crest of Loras College beneath. The plaza has several landscape plantings in front of the limestone block wall. Historic Use: Artistic/landscape feature Current Use: Artistic/landscape feature Alterations: None � x r : r�.� x ti�'» '4sfr-�T�''¢ � ' ' 'S�i y. < S"��`..��,w i�t1 ?��.��j�i�,',�.'s /�: �i'y-�.��' s ��'y"��..�pp- �, f� 2 �., �'. �� '" :'~ �y��a3,.1� kf^�S�`^��r�y,'�.►�`�" � t � � � 4'��, ,� �� ' N� „� .. H � '�a�ti��, '�' fu � �S � T' i �� +.��. �� 3 . >"� +' �°� :� �{ �� , ';':�t�Ld -j Y v�_. .J � �� ♦'�1�� :w ♦F 4 . �_ �'�r�Ar Y=' � i - �� _'/_. ��' ' , �� - 'r. zYY. ._ —'�'�T-- .�)' .. r � _ _` � - _ - �.._' Q -- _ - -"� �" '6t�+' -- _�--_ -�,-.Q_ - �— — —" t r'� . -, �r.� t, �' �rr` i- � �~.. ' ' ��. '�.v �. ��Y`� i :�.�i, �{ -� � �: � � _� , r :.a.r...�,�a.1. _ -. #°�c...aE''�.L�_ • . Map. No. 31: Duhawk Plaza view facing Southeast, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Section 7 page 43 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 � i ( Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa � Name of Property County and State Map Number: 32 Historic Name: Tucker Tennis Courts Address: None Date of Construction: 2007, 2017 NRHP Status: Non-Contributing Site ArchitectlBuilder: Unknown Site Description: This site is comprised of 5 synthetic surface tennis courts surrounded by a black chain link fence. Historic Use: Tennis courts Current Use: Tennis courts Alterations: The tennis courts were resurfaced in 2017 �� . .�. ._ - _- . . J : . . ?• �} ! hZ ' . ��ST � � � fi�^�~•:� � � 7�a ' y Y� —f� ,. ..y_� r1 i ,'� �. � � ' :- .�i`f�. .'"�'�`�C� ; �^ r� r _ I = -_ L� _I � . 1,�`_�-- � � � ; , � � '�- -- �� -�� ,, . ; � _ � 4.� r .1�� . _.,�.�._�� .� � i ilS,� . . Map. No. 32: Tennis Courts view facing Northeast, April 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. Map Number: 33 Historic Name: Seismograph Station Address: None Date of Construction: 1961 NRHP Status: Contributing Building ArchitectlBuilder; Conlon Construction, Builder Site Description: The Seismograph is located in the woods on the Northwest corner of campus. It was originally described as a concrete and brick building constructed on the solid bedrock that was near the surface. Most of the structure is underground. The main entrance is through a metal hatch door. The above- ground portion has since been clad with vinyl siding. Its doors and windows have been replaced. Historic Use: Seismographic research Current Use: Inactive Alterations: See above description. Section 7 page 44 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Regishation Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property Counry and State � .:-.� � ��'fl�'�� .�;':� i ` \ �"� t / y r}' ,, �'rt'+�,� �+ �.,�'Y�," � �� , r ��— ��': � t-:...�1z�'+.tija�a i � ':� � ��f ��ft� �1�.�, �� ' � ��' �� e,. �i'8 p� . �,._: .—�, � _--_ ��.�'� � `� ' 6�;;�'y'-��r -, 1� II I -�y i _— �^ _��i' �, � r � � � �� r I �,� — �� i � �� , 'er,�� .n '7 � �� _ ��,,.� � �� r a::'ti ��- ``�Fr�.. �/ ` r.. ..r�' _ .-�." - �... _ - .'.�: �,I ' - . �� K� y � � :�,- . € '.' ' �' �� `��E��`- . .``�.� 1�' __ _ '��I1 �;��4 '•'.� .�. «` � � ''.",: !S - � + '``� �"a - "� ��' Map No. 33. Seismograph Station Sign, October Map No. 33. Seismograph Station, March 2019 2018 Photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. photo Credit: Heritage Works, Inc. INTEGRITY OF THE LORAS COLLEGE HISTORIC DISTRICT The Loras College Historic District is excellent in all seven aspects of integrity. Location: Excellent The districYs existing resources are all in the locations where they were originally built. There have been few demolitions except for 2 historic buildings on the East side of the campus: St. Joseph Hall and Bahl Gymnasium Desipn: Excellent Overall, the district retains excellent integrity in its design. The campus has developed gradually over a period of 150 years. Most of the buildings have had few additions or alterations. Two exceptions are: St. Francis Hall (Map No. 14), which has had a large addition constructed to the South of it; and Hoffman Hall (Map No. 25), which was an addition to the demolished St. Joseph Hall to the East of it. As additional buildings were constructed, they were designed to be harmonious with existing buildings both in architectural style and building materials. Settinq: Excellent The setting of the Loras College Campus and the surrounding neighborhood has remained mostly intact and has evolved naturally with the expansion of the college. The neighborhood to the East of the District was developing in the 1860s and 1870s, around the same time that the college was brought to 14t" Street (now Loras Boulevard) and that neighborhood remains largely intact. Neighborhoods to the West and South also developed in conjunction with the expansion of the college in the early 1900s through the 1920s. The college expanded mostly into undeveloped areas, so did not displace any homes or neighborhoods, except for some homes on the West and Northwest portions of the campus. As the campus expanded into surrounding undeveloped areas, buildings were incorporated into the landscape and topography. For example, the athletic fields such as the Rock Bowl and Faber-Clark Field utilized natural limestone outcroppings to create natural bowls. Many buildings were constructed into the sides of hills. Section 7 page 45 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Regishation Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0078 Loras Coilege Historic Distric[ Duuuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Materials: Excellent The districYs contributing buildings retain remarkable integrity in the materials of their exterior walls and roofline elements. Limestone block was used for foundations and red brick and tapestry brick for masonry walls. Clay tile was used on some of the pitched roofs. As additional buildings were constructed, even after World War II, they were designed to utilize similar materials in their construction. One widespread loss has been the loss of original windows in buildings that were constructed in the early 20th century. Workmanshiq: Excellent The districYs workmanship is most notable in the masonry work seen on the contributing buildings. Keane Hall (Map No. 1) was the first campus building to utilize tapestry brick laid in a Flemish bond pattern. Thereafter, many of the buildings incorporated tapestry brick and the Flemish bond pattern into their design, even buildings constructed after World War II. These are fine examples of the district's workmanship that remain remarkably intact. Feelinq: Excellent The district retains its feeling of a historic college campus that has evolved over time. Keane Hall and St. Joseph Chapel and Auditorium both loom over the campus and the city of Dubuque identifying the Loras College campus as a Catholic institution of higher education. Association: Excellent As a continually operating Catholic college, the district retains its association with its history as the oldest college in lowa and one of the oldest colleges West of the Mississippi River. Its buildings have retained most of their original design so that people who went to Loras College 60 or 70 years ago could return to campus and recognize most of the buildings that were part of the campus when they were in college. Even the newer buildings reference design elements of the older buildings. Section 7 page 46 i Uni[ed States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Porm 10-9D0 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State 8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (Mark"x"in one or more boxes for the criteria quali(ying the property (Enter categories from instructions.) for National Register�istinc�.) ARCHITECTURE � A Property is associated with events that have made a EDUCATION sigNficant contribution to the broad pattems of our history. ❑ B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our pasL Period of Significance 1902 - 1971 � C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period,or method of construction or Significant Dates represents the work of a master,or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant 1902 and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. 1913 � D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, informffiion 1939 important in prehistory or history. Significant Person (Complete only if Criterion B is marked above.) N/A Criteria Considerations (Mark"x"in all the boxes that apply.) Cultufal Afflli2tlOr1 (if applicable) Property is: N/A A Owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. B removed from its original location. Architect/Builder Masqueray, Emmanuel C a birthplace or grave. Beck,Guido D a cemetery. SChlaCks, Henry E a recons[ructed building,object,or structure. ZWaCk, Anton Miserendino, Vincenzo F a commemorative property. Flad, John J. G less than 50 years old or achieving significance BOrnbfOCk, William F. within the past 50 years. Hyland, Paul V. Keenan, John Durrant & Berqquist Van der Meer, W.J. Burke, Ralqh Section 8 page 47 United States Departmen[of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registralion Form NPS Form�0-900 OMB No. 1024-0078 Loras College Fiistoric District Dubuque, iowa Name of Property County and State Statement of Significance StOtefi1211t Of SiglllflCallCO $UmmBf�/ Pafagl'2ph (Provide a summary paragraph Ihal includes level of signifcance, applicable criteria, justification for the period of signifcance,and any applicable criteria considerations). The Loras College Historic District is locally significant under Criterion A for its role in the development of higher education in the Dubuque area. The original mission of Loras College was to educate and train young men to be Catholic priests in a region experiencing burgeoning population growth with new Catholic European immigrants. As the region became settled, the mission of the college evolved into liheral arts institution that would teach young men the skills necessary for success in working life. The physical development of the campus reflected the broader mission of arts and sciences education and participation in intercollegiate athletics. The Loras College Historic District is also locally significant under Criterion C for its collection of historic academic buildings designed in a variety of styles that span over 100 years. The buildings reflect the styles and academic trends of their varied periods of construction, yet they create a cohesive ensemble through their use of similar materials and design elements. The Loras College Historic District's period of significance is 1902, the year of the construction of Hoffman Hall, the oldest extant building on campus to 1971, the date Loras College became coeducational. Nafl'atlV@$fdfemenY Of$IgniflCance(Provide at IEast one paragraph for each area of significance.) Narrative Statement of Significance INTRODUCTION For the first 100 years of its history, what is now known as Loras College went through several name changes. For purposes of clarity, the chronology of the name changes is as follows: 1839-1849: St. Raphael's Seminary 1850-1872: Mt. St. Bernard's Seminary 1873-1913: St. Joseph's College 1914-1919: Dubuque College 1920-1938: Columbia College 1939-Present: Loras College Criterion A— Historic association with hiqher education in lowa and the Upper MidWest. The Loras College Historic District is locally significant and eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A for its historic association with the development of higher education in lowa and the Upper MidWest. Its mission evolved from training and educating Catholic boys and men for the priesthood„ to providing a well-rounded liberal arts education to both men and women. Criterion C — Distinctive embodiment of several stvles of architecture in the 20"' Centurv. The District is locally significant and eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C as a significant collection of historic academic buildings with architectural styles that were popular over several eras of history. The buildings reflect the styles and academic trends of their varied periods of construction, yet they create a cohesive ensemble through their use of similar materials and design elements. Two of the prominent buildings were designed by Emmanuel Masqueray, an architect nationally known for designing Catholic churches and institutional buildings. SecGon 8 page 48 Uni[ed Stales Departmenl of lhe In[erior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-001 B Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Siqnificant Dates and Period of Siqnificance The significant dates include the construction of Hoffman Hall in 1902, the oldest extant building on campus, the construction of Keane Hall in 1913, the most iconic building on campus and the change of the name from Columbia College to Loras College in 1939. The Loras College Historic District Period of Significance runs from 1902, the date of construction of Hoffman Hall to 1971, the year that Loras College became coeducational. Becoming coeducational marked a significant departure from its history as a college that was formed for the predominant purpose of educating Catholic men for the priesthood. HISTORIC CONTEXT: SETTLEMENT OF DUBUQUE AND THE ROLE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH In 1785, French Canadian fur trader, Julien Dubuque arrived at the confluence of the Mississippi River and Catfish Creek, an area just South of current downtown Dubuque. At the time, the area was inhabited by the Sac and Fox Indian tribe and was under the European jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Spain.� Soon after Julien Dubuque arrived, he learned that the vicinity was rich in lead deposits. By 1788, the Sac and Fox Indians allowed Julien Dubuque access to their lands for the rights to mine lead. He legitimized his claim with the Spaniards in 1796 by obtaining from the Spanish Governor-General legal recognition of his claim. Julien Dubuque mined the claim until his death in 1810. Widespread white settlement of Dubuque did not occur until the US Government opened the area for settlement after the Blackhawk Purchase on June 1, 1833. After that, settlers arrived to continue the lead mining enterprise started by Julien Dubuque. The City of Dubuque was chartered in 1837. As the population expanded, industries such as button making, mill working, boat manufacturing and meatpacking eclipsed the lead mining industry. The proximity to the Mississippi River and an expanding railroad network were major factors in the success of Dubuque industry in the 1800s. Industries in Dubuque attracted European immigrants from the crowded cities of the East coast of the United States. The primary groups of European immigrants to Dubuque were Irish and German. The Roman Catholic Church was instrumental in attracting immigrants to the Dubuque area. The episcopal see of the Catholic Diocese of Dubuque was established in 1837, the same year that Dubuque was chartered. It was the fourteenth diocese created in the United States.3 The original area of the Dubuque Diocese was vast. Its jurisdiction included most of the upper MidWest United States.^ See Figure 1 below for the boundaries of the Dubuque Diocese in 1845. It designated the boundary of the Dubuque Diocese as the entirety of the lowa Territory. It included all of the land North of the current Southern boundary of lowa and between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers to the border with Canada. z Though the Dubuque area was historically part of Louisiana, an administrative district of New France, all of Louisiana was ceded by the French to the Spanish in 1862. By 1801, the Spanish ceded all of Louisiana back to France. In 1 SD3, Ihe Dubuque area was acquired by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase. 3 The Diocese of Dubuque was elevated to the status of Archdiocese on June 15, 1893. It is the oniy Archdiocese in the United States located outside a major metropolitan area. °The jurisdiction of the diocese was cut back over the years as new dioceses were formed. Its current jurisdiction is limited to thirty counties in the Northeast quadrant of the State of lowa. Section 8 page 49 United Slafes Department of the Interior National Park Service/Nafional Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-001 S Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State - . _ . � . , � t .. �� r,r..` . . . . � � P� �� ``�� a E �b , �, � ! � ,�. � 9 1 _, 1 , - - '� �.1. y. . -c'� . , .r ` f `�;i vs �..� a � .. � l _�� t � . { ,� i b . yi .- I` .�0 � a'-- � d vy� �y . �1!♦ 4 �� l! ,�j F '{ ,� . , \ i - 1 �`/ G f ....� . 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' � - .. ... �.�. ` G I / /' ni .1/ /: 1 / I /J -� � �• Figure 1: Catholic Diocesan Map of the United States: 7845. Image Credit: https://jesuitlibrariesprovenanceproject.com/2016/08/19ltracing-the-expansion-of-catholicism-in- the-mid-nineteenth-century-midWest/Accessed October 10, 2018. The first bishop of the Dubuque Catholic Diocese was Most Reverend Matthias Loras. Bishop Loras' European connections were instrumental in recruiting European immigrants to Dubuque. The landscape of Dubuque reminded Bishop Loras of his beloved homeland in France. In newspapers of the cities of the Eastern United States, Bishop Loras advertised the beauty of the Dubuque area and the opportunities it afforded to Irish and German immigrants. Immigrants flooded to the area that, in turn, induced their friends, relatives and neighbors both in Europe and the Eastern United States to move to Dubuque. Immigrants of German ethnicity tended to settle on the North side of Dubuque. The Irish settled on the South side of Dubuque. The Roman Catholic Church faced unfamiliar challenges in America, largely because it could not rely on the protection of European kings.s One of the early conflicts related to immigration is that Catholics of different ethnicities would often settle in the same geographical area typically governed by one parish. This became a problem, for example, in areas where the Germans settled in the geographic area of an Irish Catholic parish. The Irish could not understand German and the Germans could not understand English. Rather than force these disparate ethnic groups into one parish, the Roman Catholic Church allowed the formation of "national parishes."6 National parishes did not have geographic boundaries. Anyone who belonged to the specific nationality could be a member of a national parish. Therefore, a German national parish could be established in a neighborhood or community that was Irish and vice versa. Because of this segregation of ethnicities, the Roman Catholic Church in the MidWest United States came to be viewed as almost exclusively an immigrant church. 5 Wyman, p. 130. 6 Ibid. Section 8 page 50 United States Department of Ihe Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State In the early days of European immigration to the United States, there was a severe shortage of Catholic priests to minister to the immigrant populations. The Catholic hierarchy became alarmed that the lack of priests, particularly those who spoke German, was causing the Catholic Church to lose membership. There were reports that "lukewarm German Catholics were joining with German Lutherans or German rationalists."' According to one commenter, the German immigrant coming to the United States had been brought up on the tradition that: 'There is no higher culture than German, and the practice of religion by a German must be the best of the world.' German priests understood this, and knew that many of the German emigrants felt that if they could not practice their faith in the German way when they came to America, then they would not practice their faith at all.8 When the news reached Germany and Austria of the neglect of the German Catholic faith in the MidWest United States, two missionary groups formed to assist the training of German clergy, the establishment of German parishes in the United States and the building of churches for German Catholic parishes in America. The Ludwig-missionsverein was organized with the patronage of King Ludwig I of Bavaria and the Leopoldine Stiftung was a mission organization supported by donations from the Empire of Austria.9 One other notable European organization that helped establish Catholic institutions in the United States was the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.70 Aid from these organizations flowed to the United States and helped to stabilize the German Catholic parishes in the United States and assisted in their future growth. The lack of Catholic priests to minister to immigrants in the new frontier Dubuque Diocese was high on the list of concerns for Bishop Loras when he arrived in Dubuque in 1837. So the establishment of a seminary in Dubuque and the establishment and cultivation of parish schools was high on his list of priorities. Funds from European organizations would be key to establishing not only parish churches and schools, but establishing and operating a Catholic institution of higher education in Dubuque. ' Ibid., 134. e H. Donald Willging, "The German Catholics in Dubuque, lowa, 1840— 992Q"A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfiliment of the Requirements For the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Loras College, May 1960. 9 Ibid., 137. t0 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith was founded in 1822 in Lyons, France, the home town of Bishop Mathias Loras. Section 8 page 51 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Regislration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College His[oric Disirici Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State HISTORIC CONTEXT: CATHOLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES Catholics first settled in America in Maryland and Pennsylvania in the late 17�h Century." From the days of the early English settlers to the New World, there has been a deep anti-Catholic bias that continued through the founding of the United States and into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.12 The effect of long and persistent early prejudice prompted Catholics to "withdraw into itself and assume the attitude of defenders of a besieged fortress."'3 This would result in a long history of Catholic academic institutions in the United States having a primary focus of producing good Catholics first and maintaining intellectual rigor second. The first Catholic institution of higher education was founded in 1789 when John Carroll, the first Bishop of Baltimore, established Georgetown College in Washington, DC (now Georgetown University).'^ Between 1789 and 1850, 42 Catholic institutions of higher education (see Table 1) were established with the primary mission of educating clergy, providing structure for missionary activities and ensuring cultivation of religious and moral values in young men.15 The 42 Catholic colleges established before 1850 received very little philanthropic financial support or even institutional church support for the first half of the 19'" Century. As a result, only 12 of the first 42 Catholic colleges founded before 1850 (around 25%) have survived to this day (see Table 2).t6 In 1850, there were 2 million Catholics in the United States, the largest denomination in the country. In 1880, that number had grown to an estimated 6 million Catholics in America. By 1900, an estimated 12 million Catholics were in the United States, due largely to an influx of European immigrants." American Catholic higher education the 19'h and early 20'h Centuries was heavily impacted by the necessity of the American Catholic Church to absorb a staggering 9,317,000 European Catholic immigrants of countless nationalities between 1820 and 1920.�g For most of that period, American Catholic institutions of higher education were focused on producing clergy who could minister to poor Catholic immigrants and teachers who could teach and train illiterate immigrant students in parish schools. "The grave responsibility that the unceasing waves of immigrants imposed upon the leaders of the Church to see that they had the rudiments of religious instruction and the facilities for Mass and the sacraments left little time, funds or leisure for a more highly cultivated training.'"g '� Matthew Garrett, "The Identity of American Catholic Education: A Historical Overview," Catholic Education:A Joumal of Inquiry and Practice,"Vol. 1Q No. 2 (December 2006), 229. 12 Sister Mary Augustina Ray, B.V.M., American Opinion of Roman Catholicism in the Eighteenth Century(New York, 1936); Gustavus Meyers, History of Bigotry in the United States(New York, 1943). 13 John Tracy Ellis, "American Catholics and the Intellectual Life,° Thought 30, (Autumn, 1955). 7° E. Power, Catholic Higher Education in America: A History, (New York: Appleton-Century Crofts, 1972). 15 E. Power, A History of Catholic Higher Education in the United States(Milwaukee, W I: Bruce, 1958) 16 Ibid. "W. Leahy, Adapting to America: Catholics, Jesuits and Higher Education in the Twentieth Century, (Washington DC: University Press, 1991). 1e Gerald Shaughnessy, S.M., Has the Immigrant Kept the Faith?(New York, 1925) pp. 113-196. �� Ellis(1955) Section 8 page 52 United States Department of Ihe Interior Natlonal Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 10240018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Properry Counry and State Table 1: Catholic Colleges Founded Before 185020 YEAR INSTITUTION original name upon founding) LOCATION 1786 Geor etown Colle e Washin ton, DC 1799 St. Mar 's Semina Baltimore, MD 1807 St. Thomas Aquinas Colle e St. Thomas, KY 1808 Mt. St. Mar 's Colle e Emmitsbur , MD 1813 New York Literar Institute New York Cit 1818 St. Louis Colle e St. Louis, MO 1819 Louisiana Colle e New Orleans, LA 1819 St. Jose h's Colle e Bardstown, KY 1821 St. Mar 's Colle e St. Mar 's, KY 1821 Washin ton City Colle e Washin ton, DC 1822 The Philoso hical and Classical Semina of Charleston Charleston, SC 1828 St. John's Literar Institute Frederick Cit , MD 1829 St. Charles Colle e Ellicott Cit , MD 1830 Sprin Hill Colle e Mobile, AL 1831 Xavier Colle e Cincinnati, OH 1831 Jefferson Colle e Convent, LA 1835 Laurel Hill College Philadelphia, PA 1836 St. Phili Neri Colle e Detroit, MI 1836 St. Gabriel's Colle e Vincennes, IN 1837 St. Charles College Grand Coteau, LA 1839 St. Raphael Semina now Loras Colle e Dubuque, IA 1839 St. Mar 's Colle e Wilmin ton, DE 1840 St. VincenYs College Ca e Girardeau, MO 1841 St. John's Colle e Fordham, NY 1841 St. VincenYs Calle e Richmond, VA 1842 Universit of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 1842 St. Thomas of Villanova Colle e Villanova, PA 1843 St. Jose h's Colle e Willamette, Ore on Territo 1843 The Colle e of the Hol Cross Worcester, MA 1844 Universit of Our Lad of the Lake Chica o, IL 1846 St. Vincent Colle e Latrobe, PA 1846 St. Dominic's Colle e Sinsinawa, WI 1847 Immaculate Conception Colle e New Orleans, LA 1847 Colle e of the Hol Name of Jesus New York Cit 1847 St. Francis Colle e Loretto, PA 1848 Sacred Heart Colle e Rochester, NY 1848 St. Ma 's Colle e St. Mar 's KS 1848 St. Andrew's Colle e Fort Smith, AR 1849 St. Alo sius Colle e Louisville, KY 1849 St. Joseph's College Buffalo, NY 1849 Sts Peter and Paul Colle e Baton Rou e, LA 1849 St. Mar 's Collegiate Institute Charleston, SC 20 Power, 1958 Section 8 page 53 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Table 2: Catholic Colleges Founded Before 1850 Still Operating2' YEAR INSTITUTION (current name) LOCATION 1786 Geor etown Universit Washin ton, DC 1808 Mt. St. Mar 's Colle e Emmitsbur , MD 1818 St. Louis University St. Louis, MO 1830 Sprin Hill Colle e Mobile, AL 1831 Xavier Universit Cincinnati, OH 1839 Loras Colle e ori inall St. Raphael Semina Dubuque, IA 1841 Fordham Universit Fordham, NY 1842 Universit of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 1842 Villanova Universit Villanova, PA 1843 The Colle e of the Hol Cross Worcester, MA 1847 St. Francis University Loretto, PA 1848 St. Ma 's Colle e St. Mar 's KS By the late 1800s, Catholic immigrants were emerging from a class of unskilled, illiterate workers to a class of craftsmen, shopkeepers and city employees. So a demand was rising in the Catholic population for a more secular college education. As a result, Catholic higher education also experienced a change in focus. As frontier communities developed into established towns and cities, seminaries for the education and training of priests were separated from colleges. The colleges then focused less on religious training and more on training young men (women were still mostly excluded from the prominent Catholic colleges) for secular endeavors. This change also coincided with American's industrial expansion and the need for men with a practical and scientific education to accommodate that expansion.z2 By the 1880s, the Catholic hierarchy also recognized the need to incorporate more academic rigor in Catholic colleges and universities. In his sermon preached at the November 10, 1889 centennial of the American hierarchy, John Ireland, Archbishop of St. Paul said: This is an intellectual age. It worships intellect. It tries all things by the touchstone of inteilect. . The Church herself will be judged by the standard of intellect. Catholics must excel in religious knowledge. . . . They must be in the foreground of intellectual movements of all kinds. The age will not take kindly to religious knowledge separated from secular knowledge (emphasis added).23 Ireland's quote was an indication that Catholic intellectuals of the time recognized that, while it was important for Catholic educational institutions to maintain their Catholic identity, they also needed to demand a high level of academic rigor if Catholic colleges and universities were to be taken seriously by the American public at large. In an effort to provide a model of a national Catholic institution of learning that would integrate faith and science, Pope Leo XIII and the US bishops founded the Catholic University of America in 1887.24 It was the first Catholic college or university to adopt a research ethic in higher education.25 A mark of the lack of academic rigor of American Catholic scholars in 1889 is that John J. Keane, the first rector of Catholic University had to recruit his original eight faculty from among 6 foreign born professors and to American-born converts.zs 21 Power, 1958 z2 Garrett, 2006. z3 John Ireland, The Church and Modem Society(St. Paul, 1902), 92 z4 Leahy, 1991. z5 Garrett 2006 zs John Tracy Ellis, The Formative Years ofthe Catholic UniversityofAmerica (Washington, 1946), pp. 371-373 Section 8 page 54 United Sfates Department of the Interior Natlonal Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OM6 No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property Counly and State In the first half of the 20'h century the number of Catholic colleges grew, swelling enrollment in Catholic institutions from 16,000 in 1916 to 162,000 in 1940.27 With the increased prevalence of Catholics going to college, Catholic colleges found themselves in competition with secular colleges and universities for qualified students and faculty. As more Catholics pursued advanced graduate and professional degrees, students who received their bachelor's degrees from Catholic colleges wanted to make sure that graduate and professional schools would recognize and value their degree from a Catholic college. For those reasons, accreditation became an important issue for Catholic colleges. Accreditation began in the late 1800s to allow academic institutions to show that they had a standard of academic rigor. Accrediting requires institutions to adopt standardized curriculums to conform to nationwide academic norms.�e Though they recognized the importance of accreditation, Catholic institutions were slow to adopt it for fear that it would compromise their independence and Catholic identity. Few Catholic colleges sought accreditation from the national wide accrediting bodies before 1930. In 1930, the Association of American Universities, the gold standard for accreditation identified only 13 Catholic colleges in their "list of approved institutions whose qualified graduates are admitted to the graduate schools of the Association of American Universities."29 See Table 3 below. Table 3— Catholic Colleges on the 1930 of List of AAU Approved Institutions3o Boston Colle e Fordham Universit Colle e of New Rochelle Geor etown Universit College of St. Catherine Incarnate Word College Colle e of St. Elizabeth Columbia now Loras Colle e Colle e of St. Theresa St. Louis Universit Colle e of the Hol Cross Universit of Notre Dame Dominican Colle e CA Though Catholic Colleges did not widely seek official accreditation, they began to standardize their curricula.31 They began offering electives and a much broader curriculum. By the late 1930s, Catholic academic institutions were seeking more widespread accreditation.32 After Worid War II, accreditation became essential for attracting the influx of students attending college on the GI Bill (discussed below). 27 Garrett, 2006. 28 P. Gleason, The American Background of Ex Corde Ecclesiae: A Historical Perspective. In J.M. O'Keefe (Ed.), Catholic Education at the Turn of the New Century(pp. 79-97) (New York: Garland, 1997). z�Garrett, 2006 (Note: This particular AAU list was discontinued in 1948) 3o Source: Association of American Universities 3' Gleason, 1997. 3z Leahy, 1991. Section 8 page 55 United States Department of the Interior National Parlc Service/Nationai Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Duk�uque, iowa Name of Property County and State World War II was a watershed for Catholic colleges both in terms of student culture on campus and Catholic religious identity. The war itself had both short term and long term effects on Catholic colleges. The Catholic Church as an institution was supportive of the United States war effort, not only with Catholics enlisting in the military and participating in War programs, Catholic institutions and organizations were firmly behind the war effort. Catholic priests joined the military chaplaincy in record numbers and became national heroes. Loras College graduate Chaplain Aloysius Schmitt who died when his ship sank in Pearl Harbor, was one of those heroes. Four other chaplains who had lost their lives in the sinking of one Navy ship (two Catholics, one Protestant and one Jewish) had their images appear on a US Post Office stamp with the words, "Immortal Chaplains . . . Interfaith in Action.33 High profile examples of Catholic soldiers who exhibited high levels of courage and valor during World War II had the effect of bringing Catholicism from out behind the wall the Catholic Church had built up for over 200 years of its existence in the United States. The war would help to bring Catholic institutions into the mainstream of American life. World War II had negative effect on college enrollment. Because most Catholic colleges were men only, mandatory military conscription depleted enrollments at Catholic colleges. For the duration of the war, many Catholic colleges participated on an institutional level in the war effort. The military conducted wartime scientific research at some Catholic colleges. Additionally, many Catholic colleges hosted military training programs on their campuses, such as the Navy Training Program (V-12) and the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP).34 For these programs, the military did not just rent space from the college, it used institutional resources and personnel as well. Non-Catholic participants lived on campus, were taught by members of religious orders and attended Catholic services. Catholic administrators, faculty and staff worked closely with secular government staff to keep important wartime programs going. All of this had the effect of bring Catholic institutions and particularly Catholic colleges into the mainstream of public life. It also revealed Catholic colleges to be more educational rather than just religious.3s The experience of Catholic colleges during the war put them in a perfect position to take advantage of post- war programs to assist returning soldiers who had sacrificed for their country. The GI Bill (formally known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944)36 transformed Catholic colleges. In the short-term, it led to a manifold increase of students on campus. In the long term, it transformed Catholic institutional attitude from one shunning any government educational aid to one gladly accepting government aid for education. The GI Bill also had "a profound effect on social culture, tearing down assumptions of ethnic, religious and racial superiority."37 The resulting post-World War II Baby Boom also had an enormous impact on college enrollments and campus culture. a3 Albert Isaac Slomovitz, "The Fighting Rabbis: Jewish Military Chaplains and American History,"(New York: New York University Press, 1999), pp 84-85. 34 Philip Gleason, Contending with Modernity: Catholic Higher Education in the Twentieth Century(New York: Oxford University Press, 1995), pp 216-217. '' Ibid. 3�Other"GI Bills"followed the Korean and Vietnam Wars. For purposes of this nomination, discussions of the GI Bill will relate mostly to the 1944 GI Bill, unless indicated otherwise. 37 M.J. Bennet, When Dreams Came Tn�e: The GI Bill and the Making of Modern America, (Washington, DC: Brassey's, 1996),249. Section 8 page 56 i United States Department of[he Inlerior National Park Service/National Register o(His�oric Places Regislra�ion Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State The GI Bill immediately led to larger enrollments in colleges across the country. In 1947 alone, the GI Bill paid for the tuition of over 100,000 veterans enrolled in Catholic colleges.38 Overall in 1947, Catholic colleges experienced enrollment increases ranging from 50 percent to more than 200 percent over prewar enrollment.3s The number of priest, brothers and nuns teaching at Catholic colleges and universities could not match increasing enrollment numbers. Therefore, laypersons were hired in larger numbers. The result was that Catholic educators no longer planned the curriculum primarily around philosophy and religion. Instead, curricula focused on a pursuit of knowledge more in line with non-Catholic institutions.40 Increasing laity among administrators, faculty and staff meant that meant that the relationship of the college to the Catholic Church was no longer one of solely a religious community. The social revolutions that occurred in society after World War II also had tremendous impact on Catholic colleges. The war and its emphasis on democracy sensitized Catholics to core American values such as freedom, equality and tolerance for diversity."' Church beliefs on issues such as birth control came into open question by a large portion of the laity. Also, Catholics left their ethnic enclaves in cities and mixed with non- Catholics in the suburbs. All of this led to more diversity of demographics and thought on American Catholic campuses. With the loosening of the connections of Catholic colleges from their original Catholic roots, the "Catholic" identity of Catholic colleges came into question. Secularization of Catholic colleges was hastened by Vatican II and Pope John XIII"s document "Pacem in Terris." The pope urged Catholics to end the segregation of themselves from the world. He urged Catholics to "show themselves to be animated by a spirit of understanding and unselfishness, and ready to co-operate loyally in objects which are good in themselves and conducive to good." Catholics were urged to participate in contemporary culture. Students at Catholic colleges were no longer required to take a substantial amount of religious and philosophy courses, nor were they required to attend Catholic religious services on campus.42 All of these changes led many to wonder, "If a Catholic college does not require its students to practice Catholicism, what makes it Catholic?" To address the question of the Catholic character of a Catholic college or university, representatives from Catholic institutions of higher learning met in Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin in 1967. The meeting resulted in a report, "The Nature of the Contemporary Catholic University." It was a "statement of independence from Catholic higher education to the universal Church."43 It is known as the "Land O' Lakes Statement." While the Land O'Lakes Statement clearly requires that Catholicism remain part of a Catholic college's identity, the college must have sufficient independence to serve society and the people of God. "To perform its teaching and research functions effectively the Catholic university must have true autonomy and academic freedom in the face of authority of whatever kind, lay or clerical, external to the academic community itself."4^ 3e Elizabeth A. Edmonson, "Without Comment or Controversy: The GI Bill and Catholic Colleges," Church History, Vol. 71, No. 4(Dec. 2002), p.833. as Ibid. ^o Ibid. ^' Garrett, 237. 42 Ibid, 238. aa Ibid., 239. a^ Ibid. Section 8 page 57 United Stales Departmenl of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Hisloric Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic Districi GuuuGue, lowa Name of Property Counry and State The social revolutions of the 1950s — 1970s and the resulting evolution in Catholic higher education to one less tethered to the Catholic hierarchy led to many changes on Catholic campuses. Catholic colleges and Universities developed governing boards that included equal numbers of clergy and lay people. This, along with Catholic liturgical reforms, gave many Catholic colleges and universities more freedom to experiment with new styles of architecture and art, transforming the built environment of Catholic campuses. Many Catholic colleges and universities became coeducational and multi-cultural, which often expanded enrollment and required new construction on campus to accommodate a larger and more diverse student body. Student organizations also became more diverse and had more freedom to express themselves in ways that would not have been allowed if governed mostly by clergy. LORAS COLLEGE HISTORIC DISTRICT - DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY NOTE: A special thanks goes to Hannah Bernhard, Loras College student, who provided valuable historic building research and writing for this nomination. Introduction Loras College was established by its founder, Bishop Mathias Loras, in 1839 as St. Raphael Seminary. Bishop Loras envisioned St. Raphael Seminary as a "diocesan college," its primary purpose to educate priests to minister to the Catholics in the newly formed Dubuque Diocese. The original seminary was constructed in what is now downtown Dubuque behind the St. Raphael Cathedral at 2nd and Bluff Streets. In 1850, the college was moved to the Table Mound area 4 miles South of Dubuque and renamed Mount St. Bernard's College and Seminary. On September 15, 1873, the college made its last move back to the City of Dubuque to a building at West 14`" Street (now Loras Boulevard) and Henion Street. It was renamed St. Joseph's College. The college matured and experienced growth in the early 1900s and was renamed Dubuque College in 1914. To avoid confusion with the University of Dubuque, another private college in Dubuque, the college's name was changed once again to Columbia College in 1920. The college finally changed its name to Loras College in 1939, the year of the centennial of the college's founding. There are five distinct eras in the history of Loras College. The first is: Birth of a Diocesan College: 1839- 1872. During those years, the college established itself, moved locations several times and then finally moved to its current location. The second era is: Developing a Firm Foundation: 1873 — 1911. It is during this period that the college establishes firm roots in its new location and develops an identity as a Catholic high school academy for boys and a college for men preparing for the priesthood. The third era is The Expansion Years: 1912 — 1940. During this era, the college expands its campus by adding several buildings. It also begins the transition from a focus on training men for the priesthood to a more broad liberal arts/secular curriculum. The fourth era is World War II and Beyond: 1941 — 1970. In these years, the college does its part to help the war effort. In the aftermath of the war it the GI Bill results in substantial increases in enrollment leading to campus expansion. In addition to social changes that swept the country in the aftermath of World War II, the college changed substantially as a result of Catholic Church reform and Vatican II. The final era is Coeducation: 1971 — Present. Women were admitted to Loras College in 1971. In addition to enrollment expansion, it brought about a change of culture on campus to accommodate women students. Section 8 page 58 United Stales Department of the Interior Nationai Park Service/National Register ot Hisloric Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No, 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Birth of a Diocesan College: 1839 — 1873 In September of 1839, Father Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli, missionary priest and architect, wrote to his friend, Pope Gregory XVI in Rome, "We have accomplished many things in the six months since the arrival of the �-� Bishop. The Bishop has built here the Seminary, recommending to me, both as his architect and superintendent of works, the greatest economy."45 , � Several months later, the Pope responded to Fr. Mazzuchelli in a letter in �� which he gave his blessing to "the hopes of Monseigneur Loras and his ,�� captains for the progress of religion in the newly born diocese."46 When Bishop Loras landed in Dubuque on April 19, 1839, almost 2 years after � � the establishment of the Dubuque Diocese, he wanted to hit the ground running. Foremost in his mind was the establishment of a diocesan : college. Pierre-Jean-Mathias Loras was born on August 30, 1792 to an old and Figure 2. Bishop Mathias aristocratic family in Lyons, France. Shortly after his birth, Loras' father Loras ca 1850s—Image Credit: and sixteen other members of the Loras family lost their lives because of Center for Dubuque History, their political and religious convictions in the Reign of Terror that erupted in Loras College the aftermath of the French Revolution."' The trauma Loras' family � experienced in France during the French Revolution likely was likely a major reason for Mathias Loras entering the Seminary of L'Argentiere, � `e France and becoming an ordained priest in 1817.48 Immediately after ,�� ordination, Bishop Loras engaged in teaching and higher education. His � �i first academic position was as superior at the Petit Seminaire de Meximieux, a preparatory school for men interested in the priesthood.49 In � � � � � � 1824, he was named rector at the college of L'Argentiere, seminary for the �� training of priests.50 Loras gained experience constructing college � , � �p � � buildings at both academic institutions. In 1829, Loras moved to the United P� States to serve in the diocese of Mobile, Alabama, where he became the -- � first president of Spring Hill College, a new Catholic college in Mobile. � �L^t Having helped build three Catholic educational institutions, Loras traveled Northwest to Dubuque in 1839 to establish the Dubuque Diocese and its � educational institutions. Three early Catholic settlers in Dubuque helped to fund the new seminary in Dubuque: Patrick Quigley, who donated the land on which the new seminary would be built, and Peter Lorimier and Timothy Figure 3: St. Raphael's Fanning, both funders of St. Raphael Seminary which was established in Seminary(nonextant)— 1839.5' 1839. Image Credit: Hoffman, The Story of Loras College, 27 45 M.M. Hoffman, "The Story of Loras College: The Oldest College in lowa,"(Dubuque, lowa: Loras College Press, 1939), PP. 17-18. ^s Ibid., p. 18. ^'John Ely Briggs, "The First Bishop of lowa," The Palimpsest, Vol. XI (August 1930 No. 8). 48 Ibid. 49 Hoffman, p. 33. 50/bid. 51 M.M. Hoffman, "St. Raphael's Seminary," The Palimpsest, Vol. XX (June 1939, No. 6), p. 199. Section 8 page 59 � United States Departmenl of ihe Interior National Park Service/Na[ional Register of Historic Places Registralion Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No.1024-0018 Loras College Historic Gisirici Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State The new seminary building would also serve as a residence for Bishop Loras and other priests of the fledgling diocese. It was designed by Fr. Mazzuchelli. The Seminary building was constructed directly behind the St. Raphael Cathedral. Its material was predominantly limestone masonry in the Greek Revival style of architecture. It was forty by fifty feet, had three stories, counting the basement and a garret. It was described as a handsome building and "when completely finished will be one of the ornaments of the city."52 In addition to donations from local Catholics, the St. Raphael Seminary was funded by donations from the European sources: The Society for the Propagation of Faith and the Leopoldine Mission Associafion of Vienna.53 The Society for the Propagation of Faith was founded in Bishop Loras' home town of Lyon, France in 1822 while Loras was a young priest there. So without a doubt, Loras' connections to that society helped to attract a large donation of $10,500 from the Society to build the seminary and other early diocesan buildings.s^ The first three faculty members of the college were Bishop Loras, Fr. Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli and Abbe Joseph Cretin. Of the three, Fr. Mazzuchelli was the most fluent in English, so was responsible for teaching students the English language. Bishop Loras modeled the St. Raphael Seminary after the college and seminary system in France, of which he was most familiar. It functioned as a petit seminaire (minor seminary) for both non-clerical students wanting a higher education and clerical students who planned to take the further step of becoming priests. The petit seminaire functioned as what we would consider a high school or junior college today. It was called St. Raphael Academy. The college also functioned as a grand seminaire (major seminary), serving clerical students who planned to study philosophy and theology and ultimately become priests. Overall, although St. Raphael Seminary provided general collegiate training, its primary purpose was to develop priestly vocations among youth and the preparation of a native clergy for lowa. The college adhered to this model through 1959. Loras Academy, the successor to St. Raphael Academy was a high school for boys. Additionally, Loras College conferred bachelor's degrees. The college also contained a seminary that would train priests. In 1959 Loras Academy closed. By the late 1840s, Bishop Loras viewed the college's location within the City of Dubuque as a hindrance to its development. The typical model of a European university was that it would be surrounded by farmlands that could support the college both in income and food for its students, faculty and staff.55Accordingly, Bishop Loras purchased land South of Dubuque in an area known as Table Mound. The college was moved to Table Mound in 1850 and renamed Mount St. Bernard's College and Seminary.5s Two stone buildings were constructed at Table Mound in 1850. The first two smaller buildings were for residences and a chapel. By the end of 1850, the center main building held the classrooms and administrative offices. All of the buildings were stone masonry construction in the Greek Revival style, similar to the St. Raphael Seminary building downtown. The architect was Hugh Vincent Gildea, an architect who worked with Fr. Mazzuchelli and constructed many early church buildings in the area.s' 5z Hoffman, The StoryofLoras College, p. 29. s3lbid., p. 28. 54 Ibid. 5s Ibid., pp. 34-35. ss Ibid., p. 62. S' Ibid., p. 66-67. Section 8 page 60 United Stales Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Hisloric Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State i,�_ ' — 1 r'._ . - � �r +t rry. • ' �� -,y� t. �Yii�� tiy�� t �' � � . ��/a l:C�: � i � �� y � . =i� .'^i� �__ ,.� A� �+� �� :� � �� r:.¢� .,. u� � t � � � ;�. . - � , , � � � � � °� � � � � � ; Z �= ��-=� C a - �.. -- �--4- J-- � � � � :� . � .�.�; ��" -=��_.__.�,�� 1 �� ..__ s � �4: Figure 4. Mount St. Bernard Seminary Buildings 1857. Figure 5. Mount St. Bernard College ca 1974 (extant). Flanking buildings no longer extantlmage Credit: Image Credit: Mount St. Bernard College & Seminary Hoffman, The Story of Loras College, p. 79. National Register nomination, 1974. https://npqallerv.nps.qov/AssetDetail/NRIS/74000784 It was clear that the campus of Mount St. Bernard College and Seminary was Bishop Loras' favorite pet project. The school year of 1854-1855 was the apex of enrollment at the college. The number of theological students at the grand seminaire increased to ten, half of them native born Americans.58 Bishop Loras engaged in an ambitious plan to acquire plots throughout the Diocese for churches as schools, thought to be a lavish expense at the time. He also established a City hospital to be staffed by the Sisters of Charity at the corner of West 14`h and Henion and a new school for boys and girls at the Cathedral. Finally, Bishop Loras began construction of the new St. Raphael Cathedral in 1855. All of these construction projects with their attendant costs brought quiet opposition in diocesan circles.59 The dissent within the diocesan administration led to the loss of key personnel at Mount St. Bernard College & Seminary in 1855, leading to the closure of the grand seminaire. However, the college continued on with local students. The college was financially supported by local donations and by continued donations from the European Catholic societies mentioned previously. The Bishop Loras' health began to fail in the mid-1850s so that in 1855, Bishop Loras wrote to Rome asking for a Coadjutor bishop. In January of 1857, Pope Pius IX appointed Clement Smyth, then Prior at New Melleray Abbey, a new Trappist Monastery South of Dubuque, Coadjutor Bishop to assist Bishop Loras. On February 19, 1858, Bishop Loras died. Bishop Smyth did not carry on Bishop Loras' ambitious plans for Mount St. Bernard College and Seminary. His energies were directed toward completing the new St. Raphael Cathedral and paying for it. A financial panic in 1857 made funds for operation of the college scarce. The City hospital and Cathedral school, both funded by Bishop Loras, were allowed to close. Finally, the outbreak of the Civil War halted enrollments at the college to a trickle. Between 1863-1865, the college was slipped into "semi-oblivion.'�so 5e Ibid. ss Ibid., p. 83. so �bid., p. 111. Section 8 page 61 United States DepaRment of Ihe Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Fortn NPS Farm 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa � Name of Property County and State In September of 1865, Bishop Smyth died and Bishop John Hennessy was appointed Bishop in April of 1866. Bishop Hennessy resuscitated Bishop Loras' emphasis on education and began the task of reviving the sleepy Mount St. Bernard College and Seminary. One year after his ordination, Bishop Hennessy reported to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in Lyons France that he had increased the number of his students at the college from 25 to 40. However, they were no longer housed at Mount St. Bernard, but back in the city in a building near the new Cathedral. Bishop Hennessy's return to an emphasis on educating Catholic priests was fueled by a boom in European immigration to lowa and the Dubuque area and the need for Catholic priests to minister to them. In 1869, Bishop Hennessy reported to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith that conditions in lowa, with low price of farmland, favorable climate and fertile soils, were ripe for a flood of immigrants from Ireland and Germany as well as � � migrants from other parts of the United States.s' This rapid increase in ` population, many of whom were Catholic, led to an even more dire shortage of Catholic priests. "+ Not only did Bishop Hennessy see the need for educating Catholic priests to minister to the newly arrived immigrants, he saw a much wider goal: converting Catholics from laborers to landowners. 62 Because of the swift Figure 6. Archbishop John settlement occurring in lowa and the upper midWest, Hennessy saw a very Hennessy ca 1880s. Image narrow window for accomplishing this goal. Establishing a vibrant system of Credit: Archives of the Catholic education was vital towards achieving the goal of lifting the Archdiocese of Dubuque economic fortunes of poor Catholics. The pleas and arguments of Bishop Hennessy to `.�� the European societies yielded funds for the 'T��'• � expansion of the diocesan college. Bishop Hennessy originally intended to continue the :�� „�,-,� � ' college on the grounds of Mount St. Bemard � � � � �• College and Seminary. However by the early �� 1870s, most of the college's students were 1 �— — � �`� ; taking dasses and housed in downtown t I rj' � '� � " �: Dubuque. � � � � " � �� ,�`- r'' l i � � � � �, ` � �� = - - - ' � � � _ . �. � �;�-..-:° _ - .____ _ :�..._ �_ _�{, Figure 7. Original St. Joseph College Building ca 1873. No longer extant. Image Credit: Hoffman, The Story of Loras College, p. 131. 61 Ibid., 120. sz Ibid., 122. Section 8 page 62 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Regishation Form NPS Form 10-900 OM8 No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State To gather the city students into one location, Bishop Hennessy acquired land and a building on West 14tn Street formerly operated by the Sisters of Charity.63 See Figure 7. This was the property built by Bishop Loras in 1852 and opened as a hospital in 1854. The hospital was closed in 1858 and became a school for girls and still later, during the Civil war, was used as a barracks."64 Bishop Hennessy intended to annex this building to the Mount St. Bernard's buildings at Table Mound. Instead, the college was moved entirely to the location on West 14'h (now Loras Boulevard) and Henion Streets in 1873. Developing a Firm Foundation: 1873 — 1913. On September 8, 1873, Bishop Hennessy officially founded St. Joseph's College on 14t" Street.65 Many contemporaries viewed the new home of St. Joseph's College quite unsuited: "The site was unattractive, the grounds very restricted, almost forbade extension and improvement."66 Figure 8 below shows a perspective map from 1872 enlarged to show the college location. The site was hilly with rugged land to the West and North. Loras College Historic District: Perspective Map of[he Gty of�ubuque,1a.1 E72. 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Section 8 page 63 United States Department of Ihe Interior National Park Service I National Registerof Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras Coiiege Histonc Gistrici DuuuGue, lowa Name of Propedy County and State One former student described the deplorable conditions of the original campus building: "It was born on the most unpropitious spot on the earth imaginable. Its swaddling clothes were few and thin. On the one hand a propitious ravine, deep gulches, and defunct mineral wells threatened to engulf it; while on the other hand quarrymen bombarded it with blasting powder and dynamite from early morn till late at night. Its cracked walls and leaky doors and windows permitted the fierce winds to howl with impunity through its halis and corridors." From its founding, the college was strongly influenced by French clergy and instructors. However, by 1874, the French influence had all but disappeared. In the early years, the administrators and faculty of St. Joseph's College was mainly Irish-born and German-born, the result of Bishop Hennessy's recruitment in Europe and the Eastern United States. The college included a preparatory high school for boys and two tracks of education beyond high school: A commercial course, "consisting of the branches usually taught in Commercial Colleges, and an Ecclesiastical DepartmenY' providing a two-year program of courses in logic, metaphysics, Latin, Greek, French, English composition, elocution, history and the physical sciences.s' Shortly after its move to 14`" Street, the college began improving its physical plant. In 1878, the college built its first new building (St. Joseph Hall) (see Figure 9) out of the remains of the old hospital building.6e Former students quickly recognized the improvement: "Despite the many serious disadvantages, it [St. Joseph's College] grew and waxed strong. The old barracks in which it was housed finally disappeared. The grounds were graded, the sink holes were filled, the drill and dynamite silenced forever. A new and pretentious structure was built into which our College stepped with all glee and joy and pride of sturdy youth."69 By the year 1881, the college had 151 students and 8 faculty.70 The curriculum included a preparatory department of one year, a commercial department of two years, a classical department of four years and a philosophy department of two years. In 1884, a wing was built on the East side of the college building, comprising professors' offices, study hall and chapel. See Figure 10. It was funded by donations from the parishes of the diocese. By 1889, the campus was contained within the same extent as in the year of its founding, however, Figure 11 shows that the buildings on campus changed substantially from 1873. 6�Ibid., p. 136. ba Judy Bums Schuster, "Loras has 125th Anniversary," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 10 May 1964, Page 4&11. 69 Hoffman, The Story of Loras College, p. 136. �o Ibid., P. 140. Section 8 page 64 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Na. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State .• � 3:'a li'� '�..`fs.e�� r • � ��I� �i�'I' _ @�9 ' �, Y 1111 I I I � l� {� � �. � � � �j �yj �; � ,,�„�__ � � �a�a � ai �� - �'III I I I I �r Y r��/ � r `�y ' ��' "�' �`'�� w� `� �� 1 n �� i - � f �_ � - � � � � � � � � ' � . .� � �,�# � -�.-� :_ - I �'> - I i E i �- -� �� 1 l 1 � ' -_ ��'-`�- .� ;, �.,� �,<.� ,.-. _ _ _ _--;.�=�� Figure 9. St. Joseph Hall- 1878. Figure 10. St.Joseph Hall-1884. No longer extant. Image Credit: Hoffman, The No longer extant. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Story of Loras College, p. 141. Dubuque History Loras College Historic District: Perspective Map of the City of Dubuque, la. 7 889. -� _ -_ _ _ ,, ..,a.z_ _ �.� s :-_, � " ��•:� . ,� f �,,.; :^`.^E� r rw •� � a : ' ;� � ,�� - .�.- },� ��#�.�-9s'� ,.�..,,_-3 �p :, �y`�"t > +� cc � x � r - } ` s��,,� �' �� '�`-j.'{ �� . _ ' 3�1� ��--a'-�'� ;,,,��c'6�..-'+ra0�� :. � E f`=.�' v :�� r "_,'`Y�„ . - �_� - � . '�''-�-�e � - '�5.,,� �F - ,. :,�__ ^ . . ��V . '1 �� 4� h'! "' . , L' . �. .?Zi'%`F M ' �-�.�!-. '" �• ��-a�, '�4.:`.�„ .'� f .�{ -�"�4`°�aa'� y�. �.• i � -'-�y ' ,y��•�P '�`+c & i . 4�.t;.:;:,n.y, '; -��'- � -� � ��t'-�,�� "Jjes�i� , ��.�_ .. - 4 ��i•s-.;�: � }nG f' •� ' �_..._�" i ��„ � ."MS�I ti � � � t�'Yy< �� "' ` T� �� - . t .:;....•,. � �� a ��.► � �\.�. �� • r .a ' . � `. 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Section 8 page 65 United States Department of the Interior Nalional Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Farm 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name ot Property County and State In 1894, Rev. Dr. John P. Carroll was appointed President of the college. In addition to being the first American-born president of the college, he was the first graduate of the college to become its president. In that same year, the college was finally incorporated under the laws of the State of lowa." Shortly after, Carroll discontinued the preparatory and commercial courses at the college and extended the college to a more conventional course of six years: 4 years of classics and 2 years of philosophy. For the scholastic year 1900-1901, new academic standards were established for entering into the high school. The applicant must have had 8 years (standard grades) of academic experience.'Z The high school program was set at 3 years (standard for the time) and the college program was set at 4 years, the last 2 years were to include philosophy. In 1904, the college became a charter member of the American Catholic Educational Association, the first step towards standardizing its academic standards. �' - `�;• •,�: ti;. ...f. �• ` ��! ��.4�;_�_. f� i " . y��i .�� •f��' � ,�) � ��_- .f�r� ^ ' 'I��, �3��- �_ . �� 3i�' � �.ro a� .s�a..y=�'137d�E1�(� ii�r�� _�3- 3- ��j a ] � ��;"-�� I! IC�L�' a7 7] — ' �lil' �,� ,� ] 3 �a 1 i 13 �, ��U6G� aa �3 ' � i�l�i: '� � 3 � � � � ' �. . � � t[ �� a ' „ ' ��n �� ..:: �---�_ �"--,� - , . �.�a.. -- �-��=``s� Figure 12. Archbishop John J. Keane Figure 13: St. Joseph Hall ca 1902. No longer extant except for West ca 7900s. Image Credit: Hoffman, The wing. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Siory of Loras Co//ege, p. 165. In March of 1900, Archbishop Hennessy died and in July of 1900, The Most Rev. John J. Keane (Figure 12) was named the new Archbishop of Dubuque. Archbishop Keane came from a strong academic background. He was the first rector of the new Catholic University in Washington, DC and was instrumental in hiring its first facuity.73 In addition to having a hand at increasing the academic standards at the college, Archbishop Keane expanded the college campus. He purchased land directly to the North of the college for an athletic field. Additionally, in 1902, an extensive wing was added to the West of St. Joseph Hall, completing a building that would be the nucleus of the college campus until 1914. See Figure 13 and Figure 14. The 1902 wing of St. Joseph Hall is the only remaining portion of St. Joseph Hall and was renamed Hoffman Hall in the 1980s (Map No. 25). By 1904, college enrollment had reached a record of 180 students.74 In 1906, a large parcel was purchased West of the campus for an athletic field that became known as Clark Field and later Faber-Clark Field (Map No. 22). See Figure 15. In 1907, the high school program at St. Joseph Academy became a four year course. " "The Future of Science at Loras College," Booklet, 22 Pages, Science Hall -- Blueprints and Proposals, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. 'z Hoffman, The Story of Loras College, p. 160. �31bid., p. 164. �^ Ibid., p. 168. Section 8 page 66 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State I 11 I . . � e._ __ __� � � ` F m On, - _ Z a.��.r.�_ .,r�o y •f 2 m " Z � e HELENA � u 7 ST. JOS£PNS COLLEGE � o , un.a.n....n.u. t l _y" � ��r r � 3 ��•� C'i e ` axAre� .r. � , �- I: tl ��i�r iE. 1: � I3+ � NfNIOH B HFIFOS'SUBO. � .;l;�� , c • • — I i '_ . ��_.,__d -'!(__._p�, _ rd C W. 14TH ��' �G]g�..€_ST. Figure 14. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map: St.Joseph's College Campus 1909. Top is North. Image Credit: Digital Sanborn Maps, State Library of lowa, Dubuque Maps 1909 By 1909, St. Joseph's College had matured to a point where the faculty and alumni felt there was a need for a more fitting college chapel and auditorium. They also wanted to construct a building that would define the college as a Catholic college. They commissioned local architect, Guido Beck to design the new St. Joseph's College Chapel and Auditorium that would be erected West of St. Joseph's Hall along 14'h Street (now Loras Boulevard). Guido Beck (1853 — 1936) (Figure 16), was a Dubuque architect who specialized in the architecture of churches and schools. Beck was born in Hohenzollern, Germany where he received his early education and later studied architecture at Stuttgart and the University of Heidelberg.75 In 1882, against the wishes and advice of his friends, he left Germany and immigrated to the United States. He thought his chances for success were infinitely greater and the field for work much broader in the U.S. �s Franklin T. Oldt, History of Dubuque County, lowa; Being a General Survey of Dubuque County History, (Chicago: Godspeed Historical Association, 1889), p. 651. Section 8 page 67 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/Nalional Register of Historic Places Registralion Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Hisioric Districi ^vubuy-ue, lowa Name of Property County and State 'ti � . .p �� d • �� , �; .,. � .� �� _.. �-�. �„l� ,�'� �l; S`� r}�� _ .. ', - ' .. �-`�4"� , - - �� '�"�'� -�t�� r. . t ��. � 4 : ; -.. _ . _v -_ --•_ - --_� . �-r.-' z �a �S't�;` " _�S ' ��_ _.�_. Figure 15. Clark Field (now Faber Clark Field (Map No. 22)) in the foreground 1909. View to the Southeast. St. Joseph Hall and St. Joseph Chapel &Auditorium under construction (Map No. 24) in the background. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History __ -_ ._.____, Upon his arrival to the United States, Beck traveled to Rock Island, Illinois E• and worked as a stone-cutter in the government arsenal. There he familiarized himself with the language and customs, thoroughly mastering the American style of architecture. With the knowledge he already �` �� possessed, Beck quickly became one of the foremost architects in lowa. In 1 ' 1885 he came to Dubuque and partnered first with fellow German emigre architect Fridolin Heer.76 After a few years, he left the partnership to develop his own architecture practice. With the booming Catholic population, Beck specialized in church architecture. He designed over 100 church buildings throughout the region, one as far away as Bozeman, . r � Montana. Beck-designed churches are found throughout the lowa. � ^.i _i.. ' Beck designed the St. Joseph Chapel and Auditorium in the Rundbogenstil � style of architecture. The English translation of the German term ' `�2. rundbogenstil means "round-arch style." R was a German national style in i response to the popular Gothic Revival architecture of the nineteenth Figure 16. Guido Beck ca century. It combines elements of Romanesque and Classical styles. The 1888. Imaae Credit: Oldt, p. building is four stories in height, with two functions. The auditorium is on the first level with a seating capacity of 1,000." The chapel is above the auditorium and features seven Carrara marble altars and stained glass windows from Munich, Germany. With its clock and bell tower that overlooks the campus and city below, the new St. Joseph's Chapel and Auditorium became an icon that would define the Catholic college campus. '6 Oldt., p. 652. ��Hoffman, The Story of Loras College, p. 171. Section 8 page 68 United States Department of the Interior , National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State � I � � �J ._3�( [ ____- i � ' _ - 'h_: ,� i .. � ___ _ .n . . �^:i .1 � � 1 � 6Y � d � 1 ;C fF.: ,_�_ t..: `1 1 ( 1 u �. �`" o - = � .� r, �� n o i f ��' i t II I� II �,� -� , e : � �� s .I � I� � i � �� `x�.]� �� S� I��Y � _�_� � �� P i 1 $ .._-__ . ' � J� �'�� - - r l::�' � � .. �, �� ' �: ' Figure 17. St. Joseph Hall and St. Joseph Chapel &Auditorium (rearview) ca 1911 (Map No. 24). View to the Southeast. The bay of St. Joseph hall nearest the Chapel is the rear of what is now Hoffman Hall (Map No. 25). Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History . "^ i � � _;' r'� :�' I� ��l�l��,�� - ' �I' IIIIIII!Ili� I ��I I ,. �i �il� F, ;'. ,. r i �i . s[t � -" �.1 �� t, �9' q �� 'A �. E �'I;M- �� '" { . ' r � �.-1 r vw.. mn mm i � Figure 18. Joseph Chapel (interior) ca 1930s (Map No.24).View to the West. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Section 8 page 69 United Slates Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Regishation Porm NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Hisioric Districi vubuyue, lowa Name of Property County and State � �. r (i I '. �f� F� � �:. ,� „' , i;- 1 i Y i _I . '�I� .� • ilc'!"A.I"^11' � !�1-_ - . � I'�a ;;1'f l (� 11 II �lc � �L: „ �, �, ;, , �� ` �� e� � , - .�. , ��in!T' ��' ._ fifi . , - . . - — _- _ _ 1 _ �� _ -_ - - a Figure 19. St. Joseph College Campus ca 1911. View to the North. St. Joseph Chapel and Auditorium (Map No. 24). St. Joseph Hall (nonextant except West wing, now known as Hoffman Hall (Map No. 25))to the right. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History The Expansion Years: 1912— 1940. In 1911, Archbishop Keane retired and was replaced by Archbishop James John Keane (no relation to the previous Archbishop Keane). The second Archbishop Keane's tenure ushered in an era that resulted in the largest expansion of the college in terms of campus size, building construction and enrollment growth. The college also changed its name three times during this period. In 1911, the college had a faculty of 20 and enrollment of approximately 330 students, evenly divided between the college and the high school.78 The ambitious expansion of the college began in the years 1912 — 1916 with the acquisition of real estate West to Alta Vista Street and to the North boundary of the current campus and the construction of four buildings. By 1916, most of the property on which the current campus sits was owned by the college. The four buildings built between 1912 and 1914 were the college gymnasium in 1912 (no longer extant); Loras Hall (now Keane Hall, Map No. 1) in 1913; St. Francis Hall (now the Alumni Campus Center, Map No. Map No. 14) in 1914 and the Power House (Map No. 19) in 1914. '8 Hoffman, The Story of Loras College, p. 176. Section 8 page 70 United States Deparlment of the Inlerior National Park Service/National Regisler of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Na. 10240018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State They hired well-known architect Emmanuel Louis Masqueray (b. September 10, 1861; d. May 26, 1917) (Figure 20) to design all four campus buildings constructed during that period. Masqueray was born in Dieppe, France and received his formal architectural training at the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts.79 Therefore, he was steeped in the principles of Beaux-Arts design: those influenced by Greek, Roman, Renaissance and Baroque architecture. Although Beaux-Arts architects built buildings with the most modern materials and technologies available, they used the classical, renaissance and baroque styles to cloak their buildings. The guiding principle in Beaux-Arts design was that "truth is the first requirement of architecture" — the exterior of the building must clearly reflect the activities taking place inside. Buildings must also make a statement by their beauty, proportions and dignity. Beaux-Arts designers considered themselves a part of a continuous historical tradition, building on the experience of others. In 1887, Masqueray moved to New York where he worked with some of the best architects of the period. Between 1892 and 1897, he was Chief - Assistant to the famed Beaux-Arts architect, Richard Morris Hunt.80 While Masqueray was at HunYs office, Masqueray would have had an opportunity ,� � to work on the plan for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, of which Richard Morris Hunt was the dean of the Fair's Board of Architects. He also might have had the opportunity to help design Gilded Age mansions such as the William Astor House on Fifth Avenue in New York and Cornelius VanderbilYs "The Breakers" in Newport Rhode Island. It is also likely that he � "•�� had a hand in designing the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. � � Masqueray s reputation as an experienced Beaux-Ans architect was _ recognized in 1901 when he was named Chief of Design of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis Missouri.81 Masqueray's work �' ' � with Richard Morris Hunt on the designs for the 1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition in Chicago likely helped him land the position in St. Louis. While :Q,� employed at the St. Louis Fair, Masqueray met Archbishop John Ireland of St. Paul. Archbishop Ireland was searching for an architect to design both the new St. Paul Cathedral and a new basilica in Minneapolis (that would Figure 20. Emmanuel Louis later become a co-Cathedral for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Masqueray ca 1910. ima9e cred�c: Minneapolis). After the St. Louis Fair was over in 1904, Masqueray https://michaelgimberblog.coml201 accepted the commissions for the two large church projects offered by 6/02/18/the-cathedral-and-red-bull/ Archbishop Ireland and moved his architectural practice to St. Paul where he remained for the rest of his life. Masqueray was known mostly for the designs of his monumental churches such as the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Minnesota (1906-1912), the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis (1907-1914), the Cathedral of St. Joseph on Sioux Falls, South Dakota (1919) and many smaller parish churches. However, Archbishop Ireland had Masqueray design several buildings on the campus of what is now the University of St. Thomas. Masqueray designed two dormitories: Ireland Hall (1912) and Grace Hall (1913). Masqueray also designed the college chapel at St. Thomas. 79 Alan K. Lathrop, "A French Architect in Minnesota: Emmanuel L. Masqueray 1861-1917," Minnesota History, Summer, 1980, p. 45. eo �bid., p. 46. 81 Ibid., p. 47. Section 8 page 71 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 � Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa � Name of Property County and State ��_ _ ___ � �� f ' � � , � ( . �: ��,. �t � � f�� - �� .'�.: �, , ; �, '_-^ � ;� � � ;r� � i � ., I �_ ��,�� -- � - _ � , ' �_ � ,� � - �, ; � _,19 � � _ I � � � � � � ., $ , �� ,� Figure 21. St. Paul Cathedral, St. Paul, MN— Figure 22. Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, MN —2012. 2012. Image Credit: Image Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Saint https://www.thousandwonders.neUBasilica+of+Saint+Mary Paul Minnesota � J ,�:� "�=_ ; :r �� _ - ��_ \�" > � � �ai y i�'/ _�_�� r I r �i �r' �4 � . ��.�� hs� l � /- [ �J ' '�,... II . ��f3�� ;a k' '�r ��F� � 7� �-1�1 j_ ��9 ; '� � ' :'� a�.� � � P�� l r -. �j ,,� .. �� '1 .�.� r' :�FI ♦' � � . � "._ / ► � .l � 1 i�.. : W"� � �( 'T I �� :..�'� i �� t -' L� ` � . �"_ ' -r _ r E =,1 , r 11 .� �1 �� II� .,��1 11 : F� i v�,.t � ; , € � J i � ; .. ' � .- , .� _ _.�,.a�_ F `: ��P I � '.ti. �a_ ' e� �� n �r�" :��i —5� t �:� ! f ��',. .;'� e' F y �s _,t k�•� - - �� - ',�N e - - . ._ - ^i �./._ — �^ -ya�f� � . '« �� As. _ �«.�� ` � �``� � .w�aU�A � �' :__ --��i .. . _ �" '�� . � - a Figure 23: Ireland Hall, University of St. Thomas, Figure 24: Grace Hall, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN -2015. St. Paul, MN -2015. Image Credit: Image Credit: https:l/www.emporis.com/buildings/349291/ireland-hall- https://www.emporis.com/buildings/290834/grace-hall- st-paul-mn-usa st-paul-mn-usa It is not clear how Masqueray came to design the four campus buildings at Loras College from 1912 - 1916. The dioceses of Dubuque and St. Paul (both Archdioceses by the 1890s) had historically been close in territory, administration and personnel. The St. Paul diocese was formed out of the original territory of the Dubuque diocese. Its first bishop, Joseph Cretin, had spent several years in Dubuque assisting with the formation of the Dubuque diocese. In 1885, St. Paul's Archbishop John Ireland Rev. John J. Keane (later Archbishop of Dubuque) had both served on the committee to establish Catholic University in Washington DC. So, it is likely that Masqueray came to Dubuque through the connections between Archbishop Ireland and the Dubuque Archdiocese hierarchy. Section 8 page 72 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State In 1912, there were plans to move the Dubuque Archdiocesan Cathedral from St. Raphael Cathedral on Bluff Street in downtown Dubuque to a site above the bluffs at what is now Alta Vista Street and Rose Street, just Southwest of the current Loras College campus.°2 Emmanuel Masqueray was chosen as the architect to design the new cathedral.83 It is likely that the design of the new cathedral and the four new buildings on the St. Joseph college campus was a package deal for Masqueray. �'� � �_�c��`".—"�--' �--- �� : I � �_ . - � - -.. I , J �•S �. � �nmi °�ma i� � ;;i. i� I . , � � ' �..�. �,�� unn mm a� �. : R � �,e ' � er ep ➢v Et --�R`` � tt ''�ri �,� '�'�_ .� , ;� ,_ _ -�. ,,,�: : � �.-` , � - '1 k"., h� �� . _� J`k . . ��Y�� -_ � � _ ��, - � �,: ,��,d�`�- � .:, �"'� - � I I - . � ' - '' !'-_ '�, � , �, �,. _�':•• "g r� �.-i � � _ �.� Figure 25. Bahl Hall ca 1930s (no longer extant). Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History. The first building Masqueray designed for St. Joseph's College was a new gymnasium later known as Bahl Hall (no longer extant). It was constructed in 1912 to the Northeast of St. Joseph Hall. Its design was clearly inspired by classical styles, with its segmental arched openings topped by bricked hoods with limestone keys. However, the building takes elements from the American Craftsman architectural style common from the early 1900s to the 1920s, as illustrated by its tapestry brick fa�ade and bracketed eaves. Loras Hall (now known as Keane Hall, Map No. 1), was the second building designed by Masqueray and was constructed between 1913 and 1914. The construction of Loras Hall signaled the expansion of the campus West to Alta Vista Street and a division of the campus between the high school (academy) in the old St. Joseph College buildings and the college in the newly constructed Loras Hall on the West side of campus. Figure 26 below shows the construction of Loras Hall in the far background and St. Francis Hall (Map No. 14) in the center of the photo. The photo was taken from the West side of St. Joseph Chapel and Auditorium (Map No. 24) and shows the expanse between the new West campus and the original St. Joseph College buildings. 82"New Cathedral to be Built Soon," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 17 October 1912, p. 10. 83 For unknown reasons, the new cathedral was never built. The site chosen for the new cathedral site was later the site of the Nativity Catholic parish. I Section S page 73 Uniled Stales Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Porm NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa I Name of Property County and State ! ., . ��_ r,,..� ,�. . _��-� w �. ` ...�,_ ; ,.;ti' � r . . �, 4 � ;J . . - — . �w-., �r� - �� *t, �w�.,. -_ ,: � - � e� .-as _; � ...,. ._, �� -� _ . - . . -� r..as.Q� �- � Y�.`��'�J 1�.x. �, ��'r't ��f F"' , . i d a, i�y� �t;; . _.s .s 3" Y'. La�C � .�.�i � T�: "� \•�. :Y. :r�y✓��,�]+s iv � .��i��pY;r �r� - ":Y G"� : e�..•�Si.�::..ra.- -v-_�" �9 . ..._ �.�w.�y. Figure 26. West Campus Construction and Loras Hall (now Keane Hall, Map No. 1) East Fa�ade 1913 View Facing West Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History. Like St. Joseph Chapel and Auditorium, Loras Hall was meant to be a monumental, iconic building overlooking the Mississippi River and the city below. As with the gymnasium, the design references elements of Classical and Romanesque design, while incorporating materials and styles current for the times. The structure has a stone foundation that varies anywhere from 18 feet in depth to 38 feet in depth, to account for the slope of the hill. The stone was quarried on the campus 700 feet away and was transported to the site by means of a temporary rail tram. The above-ground structure is reinforced concrete with tapestry brick masonry walls. The brick is laid in a Flemish Bond pattern. The main entrance on Alta Vista Street has a classical pediment topped by a cross. The five-story building was meant to include not only dormitory rooms, but classrooms, a chapel and the main library. This building became the design inspiration for many of the buildings subsequently constructed on campus. Masqueray's design for Loras Hall was very different than his church designs. However, Beaux-Arts principles demanded that the exterior must clearly reflect the activities taking place inside. A dormitory and classroom building required many windows to let natural light into each dorm room and classroom. The long central fa�ade flanked by protruding pavilions on each end maximized the use of windows that would allow natural light to the interior of the building. In form and style, Loras Hall is very similar to the residence halls that Masqueray designed for University of St. Thomas in St. Paul: Ireland Hall and Grace Hall (see Figures 23 and 24 above). 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Image Credit: "The Man Who Built Loras Hall," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, June 21, 1914, p. 28 I , �� , ,. , ,x� ti � ` \ ,' � ��. 1 "` ; a� J, � / �4 � � _ _ �� , �- � � e : , , � ; ,, , � � � , � � � � , � !E " � � � � � �� _ f � 1 �. ,y . �'"� 1 � t i . •�� # � 1�. % � _ `' .'`�.�'. -Y„_- � '}��,'. ,.�., , / E M .. 1 . ~�Y ' 1 ,�-=-i�' � �A I Ya-_.t�' � � '.i��- ' .. <r,t; , � ? �, � _ � � i _ - �'' rs� (3`' _ = 4� � J w'� �_•�� .L .. � �s.c;: . �[ .. Figure 28. Loras Hall (now Keane Hall, Map No. 1) Figure 29 Keane Hall (Map No. 1) � West Fac,ade Under Construction - 1913. West Fac,ade ca 1950s.View Facing North Image View Facing Southeast. Image Credit: Loras College, Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History. Center for Dubu ue Histo . Sectlon 8 page 75 United States Department of the Interior Nationai Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic Districf Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State � �l. // �� .t� `� � -1 F �f��„� �. ,., . v � / � � �� ''� ��;� , p� f R � 0 �i- - - - - - ,11 6 C __ � � � _ � o ` Q � a ;�� a a , v 6 - � ar � � � �,, ' j�,i�!i#-��►�'�� G � •: A ,� � j , r , r T''"�' •' � {.Y� T -'� � �! . �� r a . �,.�A�_- � �.1e..r .,�'j � � � �,��- � \ i ' �.. I Figure 30. Loras Hall (now Keane Hall, Map No. 1) East Fa�ade—ca 1930s View Facing West. Image Credit: Lores College, Centerfor Dubuque History. As a result of the expansion of the college, the administration determined that the college needed a more distinctive name than St. Joseph's College. There were already numerous institutions in Dubuque named after St. Joseph. Accordingly, the name of the college was changed to Dubuque College in 1914. Simultaneously with the construction of Loras Hall, St. Francis Hall (Map No. 14), another building designed by Masqueray, was constructed to the Northeast of Loras Hall. The purpose of St. Francis Hall was to house the domestic department, including dining halls for both the college and the high school. It was also the residence for some faculty and the Franciscan nuns who ran the domestic department. St. Francis Hall incorporated building materials identical to those used for the gymnasium and Loras Hall. Like Loras Hall, St. Francis Hall is incorporated into the sloping landscape. Its style is much more purely classical, incorporating elements of the French Second Empire style of architecture. The use of tapestry brick in a Flemish Bond pattern for the fa�ade and brackets under the eaves harmonizes St. Francis Hall with Loras Hall and the gymnasium. Section 8 page 76 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register ot Historic Places Regishation Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Pmperty County and State Fna�� "i�r��ieiii' pp•�ap'r _,'t�?'�u�'r+;r�� r � I�III Il i� N � � l r �Ti �-. �,�'-'-� 1 1 1 1 =� c. �.1..- r -t�S� ' � ��i:z^� •- � l' � �,( �:,�,�� t .; u� - .�,..� r r .,. �.sY� � ,. . ��. 1 fllt • � �.s�'Sf�� .' �'. -, ._ � �_ - �44`� �'''.+��'Rb�s? ��' �. '�.,.�` �` � .ti.� �� ^�.' - -,��4 �, ' � �' � ,. 1 _," �z.�' a �`F � �'"C _ --x. ��,� ��t�t -�. �r � T..' x<I►, �+�J�ki��t{� �� :1 _ :. '� �j ^ 7• Ai N' . • _+i� �-�_ .'� I.,�'"4 � � -,�1� :.r�4}y��3�i�a �. � � -.c Figure 31.�St. Francis Hall (Map No. 14) ca 1916 Figure 32. St. Francis Hall (Map No. 14) ca 1916. East Fa�ade (camera facing Southwest) West and South Fa�ades (camera facing Northeast) Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History. Histo To serve both the heating needs of the buildings on both the old and new campuses, Masqueray also designed a power plant (Map No. 19) midway between Loras Hall and St. Joseph Chapel and Auditorium. It was constructed in 1916 into the side of the hill along 14"' Street, had limestone block walls, a flat roof and a 150 feet tall radial brick smokestack. As constructed, it was a plain, utilitarian structure. It is unclear whether Masqueray design for the power plant included a building on top of the limestone block structure. In any event, it was never built. Figure 34 shows the entire campus of the college after the buildings designed by Masqueray were complete. _-� l--/"''� ��'� ' � - � �� "'„'.,,.``'�,�1 - na en � .,. � , �� f ' w .r�.� � . ,, 'i� : � -�-.--� :, . r � � -�-, , : , • � M � tr r � � 1 , _ � a, —. �, � = --Y� s� ��v� 1� � � �� ,;;,. "; �`�' ; _ �. ;v°` '=�;' _ ..... W='� �` , � �.�;:-�s� +.: ,�. .,', Figure 33. St. Francis Hall (Map No. 14) ca 1940s East Fac�ade (camera facing Southwest) Image Credit: Lores College, Center for Dubuque History. Section 8 page 77 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Y+;- �.::t�2'..�i . - , - d . . _ - �i�y� ". . � .J �n �*../ fWr'�•. �� I •v��. .+_'��s� ..F. „ � :-r _ _ _ y,,,,�=sr: � .�� ,�� "�� . , � ,, � ,�� ` - � - � v' , �...t } � . � .,,..� j� 'r 'i s�...� �k _` � . . �i� y�'tfs' _ . 1t � '33 -��? �...sw.., �� ' � . 0� �41►�+�' , � •;� r- _ : " � .,....�, " ` ��' ~ r� : _ . � 1 _ �"r�Jf��-.�,_�—.. `� � . 1 ��1t1.�u � �� /.\�• \I^ Il� •• •• • � 4• p�� /1��• �M� .. � ' 7�� `r��u_�� =i� �� i ��'!fy� �•_ i -.-4 • � • �i� e� F��1� �+ �`y '\ �l ` yy�� i J� V.�I t�l'.`4\• _u . Figure 34. Dubuque College Campus ca 1918 Camera facing East. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History. Throughout this period, the college continued to strengthen its academic standards and credentials. By 1915, the high school course was expanded to four years and it was accredited by the examiners for lowa state universities and colleges, allowing graduates of the high school to be accepted in the state's system of higher education. In 1917, the North Central Association of Colleges placed Dubuque College on its approved list of four year colleges. In 1916, the college expanded further to the North on Alta Vista Street when it acquired the land and building occupied by the Good Shepherd Sisters as a home for disadvantaged girls. It was converted to a Science Hall and later named Hennessy Hall (Map No. 6). Section 8 page 78 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Porm NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State - .�.. ,.. . - - ' . � / � 1_ .Z_ � � � =� � __ `1 . i i' L • � - ' �I �� --:I I� ii '- ; � . -.. .�. .. 'Til ; -� .-� -:;�'��. � � �j; ,1� �,��1 � � , � � _ �_ � � ._: �-=s , _ �' . �� + l 1 I�''.� � I' . `� i -�� , � ' [�`., } �� ' , '� � ` t� , t :, .; _ ' � � .� ;. _,�_�-�._ _�_ � ..�__ � � � i r� ,4'�'� Y �� "` , y '''r ' ° } �` . ` � ' . � (y� ' ��`~ .,.� � i . 4 � t � Figure 35. House of the Good Shepherd (later Hennessy Hal,l, Map No. 6) �� West and North Fa�ades ca 1910. Camera facing East. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History. The college's expansion was bolstered by an unprecedented fundraising effort in 1917 to raise $1 million for an endowment for the college. The successful effort to raise $1 million during the height of World War I attracted the interest of the Rockefeller Foundation which gave $200,000 to the college endowment fund in 1920. By 1918, the College had nearly 600 students with 30 professors.84 The college did its part for the war effort during World War I. Even before the war in January of 1917, Dubuque College established a unit of the Reserve Officers Training Corps at the college. In August, 1918, it established the Student Army Training Corps on campus to train officers for the Army. But by November, 1918, World War I ended. Many students and graduates of the college served the country in World War I either as soldiers or chaplains. After World War I, the ROTC and SATC programs were disbanded. In 1920, the college changed its name again to Columbia College. The change was largely because of a long- standing dispute with the nearby Dubuque German College and Seminary over the use of the name "Dubuque College." After St. Joseph College changed its name to Dubuque College in 1914, Dubuque German College and Seminary filed an injunction against St. Joseph's College (recently known as Dubuque College) forbidding the use of the name "Dubuque College." After lengthy court proceedings, the case settled was finally settled on March 23, 1920. Neither would use the name "Dubuque College." The Dubuque German College was to be known as the University of Dubuque while a name had not yet been selected for the former St. Joseph College. The name Columbia College was chosen because it "beautifully combined the ideals of Catholicism and Americanism for which the Dubuque diocesan college had always stood."85 84"Local Churchman Gets High Post," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 29 January 1918, Pages 1&10. 85 Hoffman, The Story of Loras College, p. 188. Section S page 79 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Farm 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic Gistrict vuouque, iowa Name of Property County and State The expansion of the college continued through the 1920s. In 1925, the college constructed a new Fieldhouse gymnasium (Map No. 5) on the West campus, leaving the 1912 gymnasium for the use of Columbia Academy. The new gymnasium had the largest floor space of any structure in Dubuque and became the location of not only college events, but many local Dubuque civic events.86 The design of the gymnasium was described as French Renaissance at the time, but is mostly Romanesque Revival in style. In a clear reference to the design of Loras Hall (now Keane Hall), the building incorporates tapestry brick laid in a Flemish Bond pattern. The last building built on campus before World War II was the infirmary building that later became Smyth Hall (Map No. 16), built in 1927. It was constructed North of St. Francis Hall and acted as a hospital for the campus. Built in the Colonial Revival style of architecture, it also incorporated tapestry brick laid in a Flemish Bond pattern to reference St. Francis Hall to the South and Loras Hall and the Fieldhouse to the West. Figure 39 shows the extent of the campus as of 1930. �t :�a �t �� :� � � � �I-yY � � - _^ ". + ;: Aj /� � � .R{ 'V.!7�� . ��` �' S��'Y ~� � �� {y / A �'{X 'C3b3 / �� 4. ;N d ... � -1 t ti �k '�� .1'� ` �,i�� ;R �. y, .�r� . ,.� ! 'H _ _� �-�� , • - ' ' - _ :. ;; ri$.— — t . ;� �; - .. � � n11�1:'�; _ � = 1-� . � :� < < � ° . _ a��".'� . �;-' . � �11� ' —_ . . - ?:�' �:31 Figure 36. Fieldhouse Map No. 5 West Fac,ade ca 1930. Camera facing East. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History. /� �'i I�� `�il��,��.�.�.�1� -T, �. � . . n� ,• � ��-� .� +it�s_�'r�►�i r� ,�� r , ��-�._,=� •;�;�-�,�.� -. �,� -"� � � �¢�� ,� 2�� - - _ �r Figure 37. Fieldhouse Map No. 5 Interior Main Floor ca 1930 Camera facing Southeast. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History. es Ibid., P. 198. Section 8 page 80 United Slates Departmenl of the Inlerior National Park Service/National Regisler of Historic Places Registralion Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property Counry and State � � • Y +t �� '�`'�'�J , A �4 .-,�� l� f� �`t � � . • �� '�R � • y57v- . �+, ✓,. �! � �N�� f � y;i' , �` � � K�� ti � l : � • -a t�' � �`. � •, __ . _-.-- `\ ``:� _ � "'"' '� � i�� i � � J = s�Y ii. �. ' - '� �C 6 m m � m[� m :n� r`: : N �4F �� .� �� . '� I nn m� m I .. . . n._ �. . _ _�— "f T I;; �. y_:ir: �.+n:T� ' - "-�-'^ Figure 38. Smyth Hall (Map No. 16)West Fa�ade ca 1950s Camera facing Northeast. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History. By the late 1920s, the college had established its academic credentials. In 1928 it was included on the list of colleges approved by the Association of American Universities, one of the few such schools in the MidWest. During the 1910s and 1920s, the college also flourished in the arts and humanities. Drama clubs, choirs and bands all gained distinction during this period. With the shadows of war forming in Europe in the mid-1930s, the College again started up a Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) in 1935. By 1939, over 300 students were enrolled in ROTC. This would be the precursor of several programs to assist the war effort after the outbreak of World War II in 1941. During the scholastic year 1937-1938, the college enrollment numbered 444 during the academic year, 425 in the summer session and 299 in high school. There were 68 faculty members. In 1939, the College celebrated its centennial year of founding. The most momentous outcome of centennial celebrations is that the college once again changed its name. The name was changed in March of 1939 to Loras College, in honor of its founder who had so much influence on not only the founding of the College, but the settlement of Northeast lowa and the establishment of Catholicism in lowa and the surrounding states. At the same time, several buildings on campus received new names. Loras Hall (Map No. 1) was renamed Keane Hall in honor of the two Archbishops Keane. The Science Hall (Map No. 6) was renamed Hennessy Hall in honor of Archbishop Hennessy and the College Infirmary (Map No. 16) was renamed Smyth Hall in honor of Bishop Clement Smyth, the second bishop of the Dubuque Diocese. 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' ;;. ,� y � � � � � �.7� ' "�� ` -��'` }�� ,�, �.��;��''� � ,< � � �� '�. , ' , � y. +�� + -/� 1 .+ S'y.�"I [� : 1 � i;: � y��7 ��-...'_ � ,`_! ��( Y rl �� . � ; r' .� � w•� l l r _ _ Jv�� 75:. ^ �,�- � ya . .'�n ,. �v , � . � �, - �� !f ' f . `'i� � � • .� �r�r4 ,. % � x ' s-; o ; � .�� ( �� " y?na��1 .��.wj'itN�y1. .,_ f�r'}c�(ta �. - . ��y, � � � . _"z_ � � . F� �� :SCJ�t. � �L�i l Figure 39. Columbia College Campus ca 1930s. Camera facing Northwest. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History. As part of the centennial celebrations, the college commissioned New York sculptor Vincenzo Miserendino Figure 40) to sculpt a statue of the college's founder, Bishop Loras (Map No. 2). Miserendino was an Italian- American who studied art at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma (Academy of Fine Arts in Rome) and emigrated from Italy to the United States in 1894. He was a prolific sculptor, but became most widely known for his sculptures of presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt. The design of the statue was of "semi-heroic" proportions portraying the Bishop standing in his priestly robes extending his right hand in blessing towards the City of Dubuque. The base of the statue native limestone to symbolize the terrain Bishop Loras encountered when he landed in Dubuque in 1837. The site chosen for the statue is Southeast corner of Keane Hall. The statue of dedicated on May 29, 1939. Section 8 page 82 United States Department of lhe Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Porm NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State In 1939, the college also began construction of the Rock Bowl (Map No. 112) in the center of campus. As the academic reputation of Loras College grew, the administration determined that the college also needed to expand its reputation in the area of athletics. Football games were played on Keane Field, an area just East of Keane Hall. That area was inadequate for expansion of an athletic field and stadium. So the college chose the site of a natural ravine just to the North of Keane Field as its new athletic field and stadium. Like the Fieldhouse built over ten years earlier, the stadium would be primarily for college use but always available for civic organizations or any community project as well. The stadium was built in a natural amphitheater between Cox Street, which divides the lower campus from the upper campus. The college chose local architect C.I. Krajewski as the designer and superintendent of construction.87 Along with the construction of the Rock Bowl, the areas around Keane Hall, Hennessy Hall and St. Francis Hall were terraced and landscaped. Large retaining walls of native limestone were constructed around campus to provide a more durable landscape for the campus. In March of 1939, the City of Dubuque received funding from Federal depression-era jobs programs to pay for the construction of some of the retaining walls, particularly the retaining wall that runs along Cox Street just East of St. Francis Hall (Map No. 14).88 Construction of the wall was completed in 1940. See Figure 43 below. 610DEL OF PROPOSED STATUE � '�- F �`e`� .s �. ti . ' i��`� - . � -- , :�',�. �,__ . �` " - - , , - � � _ � :� �' '�� . . - -, , _ �� , , � , � , , .� � ; �. , � _ ' � i x�t . � � � _�: � ` �y��'. � .Y.:�.l�' � ` \ � j Y -r. . ` � � �� I . � � , � . ; ' _ � t�`Y 1 + y.� . ..f ' � � ., ' _ ' . • � � - i ,-.- �, :� .. +..- ,j'_. . � ..,..�...-, ! �.{, t,r.�:�.. Figure 40. Vincenzo Miserendino ca 1916. Figure 41. Model of Proposed Bishop Loras Statue - Image Credit: 1939 Image Credit: Loras Coliege, Center for Dubuque https://en.wikipedia.or /wikiNincenzo Miserendino History. 87 Loras College and C.I. Krajewski, Contract, 31 July 1939, Rock Bowl—Contracts, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archives. 88"170 WPA Men to Start Work," Dubuque Teleg�aph Herald, 6 March 1939, Page 1, NewspaperArchive.com. Section 8 page 83 � United States Department of the Interior � National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registralion Porm NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 � i Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa � Name of Propedy County and State � i ' _t , � rs � !,. 5�r � � ;�y s' ' �.-�� , �, c ..- �?'olZ , i r _��. � . a' � , } � _ . .\Y� '. ' � , �.t -Y '�:c �. _� � � _ -Y' �l'� '"_ �.. � f �.. i] � �A �d y �� '!1 � � �� ._ ' t �.,. _ E� . if t �� , � .� S� � e ,� r� �Y�� , _ � (_� ,�g.�.y�' . ,` . . �� , • . .. ,; _ . fF . �. '�{�: s � •�� ii ,'r �'`- � t i� � i� . . �a � . S �. .; "� s`.i -+� w '.`_ - x + �� fi � 1' . '.i.a". _ �i . µ � . t - t ...,a ..._:�- . . . ._ .i_ . -x+�... � ' � Figure 41. Site of Rock Bowl prior to construction. 1939. View to the Northwest. Hennessy Hall (Map No. 6) in the background. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History. a �� .,: I _:�" - "�"t #s. _t�.� 'ti,_<. ,.� _ .w--� f . -c:: � a._ � —':" -- �— ^ . - a, _�. : .� ,1. � 1 l �� Figure 42. Rock Bowl ca 1949 showing natural limestone retaining wall. View to the North. Image Credit: Loras College, Centerfor Dubuque History. Section 8 page 84 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name o(Property County and State — I II � � = ,° �, �. .-j� y.�t�:+'�Lli'tl�r� - _ . • . � � iSGtc' J:i 'T i � R '� - <�T�"��y p. � �i '� � �' -. t .�T�.i A iJ�awr� '� — L s � a� j' � t' �+�� ) �C'�� I J.�.� � � r7 � '`l. .a ��-:j}� . `� �I! . .- ��T�'�T �lI',� �� -�", I' N��r . !� ��{ ��.\ . �� r' c< '.\' : ` ,� � ��, �q — � . r ' ' �� ` ;. - �1 '� � ,.-'�� c—�J � 1 � • _ ...� �,1 K �� _ � ��-� e ��. .r � � t� - -�'�.�, '"�.� 1 1 � r ,. — --T+ l�� —� ' ' R .'' ,�,� ,� J �"_ ' .r�1 �� . . - ..,:.^- �<='�`a�� Figure 43. Detail of retaining wall to the Southeast of St. Francis Hall (Map No. 14) ca 1970s. View to the West. Image Credit: Lores College, Center for Dubuque History. In the years immediately preceding World War II, Loras College experienced the countercurrents of preparing for a war that seemed inevitable and dealing with a populace in the Dubuque area and surrounding upper MidWest United States that favored isolationism. In the late 1930s, the college understood that it had to prepare for reduction in enrollments if the United States were to become engaged in hostilities and soldiers conscripted into the war. In 1939, the college began offering courses and programming as part of the Civilian Pilot Training Corps program.89 The purpose of the program was to familiarize students with the science of aviation. The program included ground school courses and flight instruction. The students were civilians, but would become candidates for the Army Air Corps upon completion of the program. In 1940, the college offered for the first time a Bachelor of Science degree for those majoring in mathematics and natural sciences, preparing graduates who hoped to work in various defense industries. Also in 1940, the Loras Defense Council was established to keep records of Loras students in military and government service and to coordinate defense efforts at Loras. At the same time, Dubuque was a center of isolationist anti-war activity, led by Archbishop Francis Beckman. Both the New York Times and Time Magazine described Archbishop Beckman as being both anti-Semitic and un-American. The Loras College campus was the site of multiple peace rallies in 1939 and 1940, though the college did not officially sponsor them. Father Charles Coughlin, the famous radio priest made several visits to the campus for peace rallies, along with several other leaders of the "America First Committee," a prominent isolationist organization. The largest of the peace rallies was held at the Rock Bowl on June 21-22, 1940. Forty-eight hundred people attended the June 21 rally and 7000 people attended the June 22 rally. See Figure 44 below. Any strains of isolationism at the college were snuffed out on December 7, 1941 with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II. 89 F.P. Friedel, The Loras College Story, (Dubuque, lowa: Loras College Press), p.44. Section 8 page 85 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 i 1 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Propedy County and State PART OF CRUWD OF 7,000 THAT AT7ENDED FIELD MASS FOR PEACE � y � t � '� A�\�'••. �1�F T:�. �u y.(� ` -is Y' R~ � �'-� "�„��, �J� , -"_ [ -. �. x - " � �� ' � ., T ... . �:. � — � °._ �t .J��S ��s^- �.. �e°t'wiqd �� i � � iP-ST`�J F .'. .. '!. �� ` � iT S'l : . A � %4 :�1 �� {��.:�y_�.. _1'iIH!�w, yM�1"��,�, � t ��'�1 . . � �¢: 4 _ � 1r 1 'v a... ` ne t.� ' y` � 1 � a £ � � � �- �s � �• , r A `� � �:, §�'`" � , - - � '�� :\ � � f F - -_ :�......� . - � _r.. ,..�. : r.•� A portion o( the crawd of 7,000 Perwns tMt at[mAed a lleld mats fo� peace I� Loraa Collepe $tadium SunAay morninp it�pktured =iave at they saw and heard the maat offere0 to the Sacred Meart ot Jpus in a Pnyer for tF.e qift a/ peaca T�< conOrepation took -a.t �n �e�ct o/ reD�ration to the Sacretl Hqrt unaer th� lead«thi0 of t�e Rnv. O�. Edward Lodye Curr�n. The ceremoniCi wero en�etetl .�e uand ahetl in the backflrountl, on whi<h an �Itar haE Eeen erccletl. Figure 44. Mass for Peace at Loras College Stadium (Map No. 12). June 22, 1940. View to the Northwest. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History. World War II and Beyond: 1941 — 1970 World War II and its aftermath would have profound effects on Loras College and the development of its campus. Though Archbishop Beckman '' was opposed to the United States entering World War II„ in the years preceding the War and after, he encouraged the priests of the Archdiocese to join the military chaplaincy. On the eve of Worid War II, nine priests � � � from the Archdiocese of Dubuque were serving in the Army and Navy chaplaincy.90 Proportionately, it was the largest number of priests serving � in the military chaplaincy of any Catholic diocese in the United States. � During the height of the war, almost eleven percent of the priests in the Dubuque archdiocese were chaplains. One Loras College graduate, Father Aloysius Schmitt (Figure 45), took up that call in 1939, and joined the US Navy as a chaplain. On June 28, 1939, Father Schmitt was appointed Acting Chaplain of the US Navy, commissioned with the rank of Lieutenant, Junior Grade (LTJG). In March of 1940, Father Schmitt was Figure 45. Father Aloysius assigned to the USS Oklahoma, based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Schmitt, LTJG. Photographer unknown. Image Credit: St. On Sunday, December 7, 1941, Father Schmitt was serving as chaplain on Mary's Parish Dubuque the USS Oklahoma when it was hit by a Japanese torpedo in Pearl Harbor. Archives He died when he sunk with the ship. Father Schmitt is purported to be the first military chaplain of any denomination to die in World War II.91 90"Priests of the Archdiocese Serve in National Defense," The Witness, 6 Nov. 1941, p. 1. 91 Ibid. Section 8 page 86 United States Department of lhe Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registralion Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property Counry and State For over 75 years, Father SchmitYs remains were placed at the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii in a grave with about 400 other unidentified bodies recovered from the USS Oklahoma.92 However, in 2015 his remains were exhumed. They were identified as Father SchmitYs remains in 2016 and interred in a crypt in the Christ the King Chapel on Loras College Campus on October 8, 2016. Father Schmitt was posthumously honored with the Silver Star Medal for valor in combat on December 7, 2017.93 Father SchmitYs sacrifice is the most visible example of the sacrifices made by Loras College, its students and alumni, during World War II. With the onset of the war, the college redoubled its efforts to accommodate its curriculum to assist in the war effort. It accelerated its college program so that it could be completed in 3 years, allowing students to complete college before entering military service. On July 23, 1942, Loras College was approved for a US Navy V-5 flight training program.94 The cadets were housed in Smyth Hall (Map No. 16) and took ground school classes in Hennessy Hall (Map No. 6). Their flight training was at Dubuque's first airfield which was located on what is now Schmitt Island. After experiencing multiple floods at the airfield, the Navy threatened to remove the flight training program from Dubuque. As a result, community leaders acquired property South of Dubuque for an airfield that would late become the Dubuque Municipal Airport.9s With the end of World War II in 1945, Loras College prepared for its aftermath. The 25 year period after the end of World War II resulted in the largest expansion of enrollment in its history and another resulting building boom that rivaled the building boom of the early 20`h century. Table 4 shows Loras College Enrollment from 1940 to 1990. In 1940, fall enrollment was 450. During the war years, fall enrollment declined to a low of 240 students in 1943, refiecting the reality that most college-aged men were serving in the military. However, by the end of the war, the passage of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, also known as the GI Bill, led to an explosion in enrollment to 1115 students for the fall of 1946, which sustained and grew for four years after. As a result, there was both a shortage of space and faculty on campus. In addition to an explosion of the number of students enrolling at Loras College after the end of World War II, the types of students that enrolled also changed substantially after the war. Prior to World War II, a substantial number of students attending Loras College were preparing to be Catholic priests. In the 1938-39 academic year, twenty-eight percent of seniors and thirty-three percent of juniors were preparing for the seminary.96 By the 1948-49 academic year there were only 148 students preparing for the seminary, representing only 10°/o of the student population.97 By the mid-1950s, the number of seminarians briefly ticked up to twenty percent of the student body. However, by the late 1960s, the number of seminarians dwindled down to as little as 1°/o of the student population. Student life also changed substantially after World War II. For the first 100 years of the college, students were subjected to a fairly rigorous daily routine including study and obligatory prayer and mass attendance (for both clerical and non-clerical students). Dress codes were mandatory. Excursions off-campus were closely regulated. Liquor use both on and off campus was strictly prohibited. With the end of World War II and the return of service personnel, strict campus regulations began to be eliminated. The reality was that men who had seen battle did not need the strict regimen required for a newly graduated high school student to succeed in their studies. One-by-one strict campus regulations fell by the wayside so that by the 1970s, students were allowed to do what they wanted with their time. 92 Ibid. 93 Michael Ruane, "Seventy-six Years After He Died at Pearl Harbor, a Chaplain Will Get a Combat Metal," The Washington Post, Dec. 6, 2017 94 Friedel, p. 46. 95 Ibid., p. 47. 96 Ibid., p. 86 �' Ibid. Section 8 page 87 Uni[ed States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras Coliege Historic uistrict DUbUque, iowa Name of Property County and State The makeup of the faculty also changed substantially during the post-war period. Prior to the war, the faculty was almost exclusively made up of Catholic priests and religious. With the influx of students after the war, the college hired lay faculty keep up with student demand. This also led to an increase in faculty responsibility over the governance of the college. As a result, the college developed more structure surrounding faculty pay, oversight and curriculum development. Late in the post-war period, the corporate governance of Loras College also adapted to modern requirements. For most of its history, the corporate documents provided that the Archbishop of the Archdiocese serve as Chancellor of the college. The Chancellor made all of the important decisions with the advice of a Board of Regents. However, until the late 1960s, the Board of Regents was mostly a proforma body. By the late 1960s, Loras College began accepting federal student loans as payment for tuition and room and board. To eliminate any church-state conflict, the Loras College administration determined that it would be best if important decisions be made by the Board of Trustees as a whole rather than just the Chancellor. Accordingly, on July 15, 1969, new articles and bylaws were passed that made the Chancellor simply a voting member similar to other members of the Board of Regents.98 On that same date the Board of Regents officially elected Donald T. Hines as the first lay Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Beginning in the mid-1940s, the college embarked on a series of building campaigns on campus. The first was the construction of Christ the King Chapel (Map No. 3). The planning for a memorial chapel on campus began almost immediately after the death of Fr. Schmitt on December 7, 1941. By 1945, the it was determined that the chapel would be a memorial not only for all priest-chaplains from the archdiocese who had served their country during the world wars, but also to the men and women from the archdiocese who had served in the armed forces. Initially, the plan was to construct the chapel as an addition to the East side of Keane Hall. However, that plan was abandoned because it would mar the stately architecture of Keane Hall. That site that was chosen was immediately North of Keane Hall between Keane Hali and the Field House. John J. Flad, architect from Madison, Wisconsin, designed the chapel in a modern style, with references to Renaissance Revival architecture. Many of its design elements reference Keane Hall, including the use of tapestry brick in a Flemish bond pattern and bracketed eaves. On October 26, 1947, Christ the King Chapel was dedicated. The dedication brochure stated: "The new chapel on the campus of Loras College is to be a lasting memorial to Father Aloysius Schmitt, who made the supreme sacrifice at Pearl Harbor, to other priests of the archdiocese who acted as chaplains in the two world wars, and to the laity of the archdiocese who served their country."99 Honorary guests at the dedication were Admiral Chester William Nimitz, Chief of U.S. Naval Operations and His Eminence Samuel Cardinal Stritch, archbishop of Chicago. �a Ibid., p. 95. 99"The Chapel of Christ the King: Dedication Program,° 25 & 26 October 1947, Gold booklet, 16 Pages, Christ the King Chapel (CTK)—News & Programs, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archives. Section 8 page 88 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Hisloric Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and Stale Table 4. Loras College Enrollment, 1940-1990�00 Academic Year Fall Enrollment Academic Year Fall Enrollment 1940-41 450 1965-66 1629 1941-42 455 1966-67 1618 1942-43 471 1967-68 1624 1943-44 240 1968-69 1607 1944-45 250 1969-70 1505 1945-46 323 1970-71 1448 1946-47 1115 1971-72 1426 1947-48 1336 1972-73 1375 1948-49 1442 1973-74 1403 1949-50 1259 1974-75 1361 1950-51 965 1975-76 1391 1951-52 747 1976-77 1371 1952-53 659 1977-78 1496 1953-54 735 1978-79 1547 1954-55 879 1979-80 1585 1955-56 1072 1980-81 1677 1956-57 1268 1981-82 1695 1957-58 1219 1982-83 1622 1958-59 1252 1983-84 1756 1959-60 1317 1984-85 1845 1960-61 1274 1985-86 1782 1961-62 1363 1986-87 1985 1962-63 1375 1987-88 1978 1963-64 1409 1988-89 1933 1964-65 1506 1989-90 1984 After returning servicemen completed their college education, enrollments at Loras College plummeted for several years in the early 1950s. In order to attract additional students, the college administration engaged in its first efforts at publicity and student recruitment. These efforts also involved modernizing buildings on campus. In 1952, the college began construction of a new college dormitory North of the Rock Bowl now known as Rohlman Hall (Map No. 13). Its initial purpose was to house 160 clerical students who were taking seminary preparatory courses at Loras College. Its architectural style was Colonial Revival, to blend in with other traditional-style buildings on campus. The building was completed in 1953 and named North Hall, later changed to Rohlman Hall in honor of Archbishop Rohlman. The West fa�ade features a bas relief of St. Pius X, who was canonized in 1953. ioo Ibid., p. 56. Section 8 page 89 Uni[ed States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registralion Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and S[ate _ � �� _� �� [' �'�''� � � � =3 ,,�� - _- _ . _ ,_ _ ; �;, �__ : - == _=- =--�-� __ . _ �- - - , �� ; �= �: ::_�-� = , _ �?. .: - _ _ � \A►_ :%I 7 Ty� � - .jil 1c-"� `� . �i�� = `i�' I�i�L. •••r , � a.j 1� e - �:�\ I�.Iae � — . ' "��':.i..:i::L �'• + __.. -S. _::�.i.�:y.-.:° 'l C.:L>TC' Figure 46. Christ the King Chapel (Map No. 3)West Figure 47. Rohlman Hall (Map No. 13) West Fayade. Fac,ade. Main Entrance of Christ the King Chapel Bas Relief of St. Pius X. ca 1950s. Image Credit: Loras ca 1950s. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for College, Center for Dubuque History Dubuque Histor As Table 4 shows, enrollment at Loras College steadily increased throughout the 1950s, necessitating plans for additional building campaigns. This led to the construction of six major buildings on campus in less than 10 years between 1959 and 1967. In the mid-1950s, the administration determined that a new building should be constructed to house the library. Since 1913, the library had been housed in Keane Hall. By 1950, the library was bursting at the seams. To build the library, the college solicited a donation from Harry Wahlert, President of the Dubuque Packing Company, to cover a substantial portion of the $592,000 cost. Accordingly, the name of the new library would be the Wahlert Memorial Library. This was the first of several donations the Wahlert family gave to construct new buildings on campus. The building was designed by the Durrant and Bergquist firm in the mid-century modern style. It has an unusual footprint in the form of a Latin cross, indicative of the institution's religious foundation. It was originally designed with a flat roof. However, the administration determined that the roof should be pitched and covered with tiled shingles so it would blend in better with older campus buildings. In keeping with other building design, the walls are clad with tapestry brick in a Flemish bond pattern. There is no mistaking that this was a modern building for a new age at Loras College. Section 8 page 90 Uniled States Department of fhe Interior Nalional Park Service I National Regis[er of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Hisroric District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State New Addifion for loras College Campus ��•�-- + `,+;� ~ ,f - -- ' � , �� _ . n � rr�a�':�-, �'�-.. -;� .�, ••, �►r�- '^ '�__ � - . ' � — '��• - 'i �� '. t �' � `_ i . r��fc��k i i ' �.� � ' }. �e�)I I K �u l�� \_ �_� ._ .i ' �� +�� . . r}.: +.' - ' 4�.-.r.' +3`i+., ` - ;�F`s� - '.� .. "i<., - . . . . �� - --� Figure 48. Wahlert Memorial Library (Map No. 11). ArchitecYs Rendering 1959. View to the Northeast. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History In the late 1950s and early 1960s, academic focus turned to more heavily to the sciences as a result of national efforts to beat the Soviet Union in a race to space. In 1961, Loras College partnered with St. Louis University, University of Indiana, Missouri School of Mines and Kansas State University to develop a network of seismograph stations that would monitor seismic information in the United States. Loras College was considered an ideal candidate because the campus was away from heavy traffic and the station could be situated on bedrock that was near the surface of the ground. The station as constructed in 1961 on the Northwest side of the campus. The network is no longer in use today, but it still operable. That emphasis on the sciences also caused the administration to plan for a new science hall that was constructed with $750,000 in funding donated again by Harry Wahlert. William Bernbrock of Moline, Illinois was chosen as the architect for the project. The chosen site for the building was on the Northwest corner of the campus. The evolution of the design renderings for St. Joseph Hall of Science (Map No. 7) show the concerns that the administration had for blending the modern with the traditional style of the other buildings on campus. The initial design rendering is shown in Figure 50 below and portrays a thoroughly modern building in design and materials. The administration's fondness for peaked roofs and traditional building materials is evident in the revised rendering shown in Figure 51. This was the design that was eventually constructed, though as built, it appears even more traditional because of the heavy use of tapestry brick and traditional double hung windows, with no glass in the gables. Section 8 page 91 ! United States Department of the Interior j Nalional Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form � NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 � i Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa ; Count and State � Name of Property Y _ ��. . G .�:r .� ^ . ,�e,�b� _ K � '� � _ !� ' -rY�� r _ � �r � ,{, � , a � - � �� !t `, � � i - - . � �. .. i.,�J^�.a .�!�� `� � i � �'� -x. _ 4�b.�.�j \ ::I ,,. �� a��t� _� _V_ � _ ,. �� ' � , �:,� -- �'�� i � �� . Y}., _ , ��+,1r d �IIII , . ��'�1 -�r��l��-�_ ', ,� v �'\\' i �y �� , '�l��L � � _ I y 1 �1! �rj� . ii. � ��Se_.�—___ �D . '�� .��..�_e.."— �_ ` — '_ _ ) . _�:'-y�si^.'Kes«��► s ��°M�•.� � - � . �.��p i: ''. Figure 49. Proposed Science Hall. ArchitecYs Rendering 1960. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History .- �� + �' .�- � ' j �,� ,� �- - - , ' � � , � � ! ��' ,. � - . i � ( � . .j_ _ —� � �t1 ; �_ „ , - , :1�- = - - .; .1 _ 1 : , _ : ; �f� - � ..�..� _ �ti _ �� ::. : :: . . Figure 50. Proposed Science Hall. Architect's Rendering 1961. Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History Section 8 page 92 Uniled States Department of Ihe Interior National Park Service/National Regisler of Historic Piaces RegisUation Form NPS Farm 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and Stale .-.`�' `�� _ � ., . � � � � ; '�,._'_ _ I' - ,� '. �r �' - . � �, �;�'. , - i r _ _� - �'� l� � �-� � � � - � ' ` � � �� ! i � �,�r . �� ' r r ��'S�� .tC1 . !r,• `''��f .�' . ��' �s - Y`j/�/j' + � � � . . . , -s� i � �1 l �/'` / ��" � 7'I" �,. 7 � ��. _ ` �,� `/i'l�r � '. �,��!�. . , �11 d " � n r*a�rr - _��. .. ' � �� c� ---- � � � -� E• � . , _. -'� �' _ � - ��. •�� - ,.. :.::� � -: ��-�= - :- ;. �: �- `�Y -- �.� .n-,� , - � e r �� - T `t' ` "j�' , � :� - � - � _ '.+t r.,. '. t,r .�� ' __ .•�c1.�,-��,�• �, ��:• �.> _ " .- . �,�� . .. Figure 51. St. Joseph Hall of Science West Fa�ade ca 1970. y Image Credit: Loras College, Center for Dubuque History William Bernbrock would design three other buildings on the Loras College campus in the 1960s: Beckman Hall (Map No. 26), Binz Hall (Map No. 27) and Heitkamp Planetarium. (Map No. 4). Beckman and Binz Halls are constructed with modern methods, but utilize traditional buildings such as tapestry brick and wood double hung windows to harmonize with the rest of the campus. Heitkamp Planetarium is modern in style, but still harkens back to traditional design. During the 1960s, the modern day tensions on a Catholic college manifested themselves not only through architectural design, but also through social issues. By the mid-1960s, the escalating Vietnam War brought social conflict to college campuses throughout the United States, including Loras College. In November 1965, there was campus unrest over the draft. Some had burned their draft cards, some had done nothing, and others were remained in a confused state. In October 1969, Nixon announced a suspension of the draft effective November and December, bringing hope to Loras students. The male students were relieved from a threat to their life plans. However, it was suspected that the suspension is a type of propaganda - perhaps by suspending the draft, it would quiet the anti-war protesters. It was at this time the people moved to establish the Vietnam Moratorium Committee. Their goals were to create more reasonable draft systems and to end the conflict with Vietnam. Overall, many wanted action instead of words from Nixon and were waiting to see the change.'01 The Lorian stated that is endorsed the Moratorium and would do so until hostilities ended.102 101 "Draft Call Suspension Herald Reforms?" The Lorian, 1 October 1969, Page 2 Column 104, Loras College Archives. 102"Unnecessary War Prolongation Must End," The Lorian, 15 October 1969, Page 2 Column 1-4, Loras College Archives. Section 8 page 93 United States Depadment of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Porm 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic Uistrict Dubuque, lowa Name of Pmperty County and State In December, the student paper printed an article about a young man who went to fight in the Vietnam War, including the perception of the public's view on the war and soldiers in their article. The latest news received from the war had been about the mass murder of civilians in My Lai; the article hoped that the actions there would not be repeated and called on investigators not only to look at the soldiers for fault but the larger context of the war.'03 During the 1971-72 academic year, 88 veterans attended Loras College and had no representative organization. Most veterans were glad to be back in school, and Thomas Murray said he'd seen "what life was like without an education." Another veteran who spend three years in Germany called the military "dehumanizing," and said it "taught me how to hate, taught me how to kill." Another said, "If you don't have any ambitions the service is great." Most veterans agreed that there was no purpose to the Vietnam War and were glad to be at college; however, they admitted that the military matured them and made them better equipped to face the day-to-day pressures of college life.�oa For most of its history, Loras College had an enrollment of mostly white males, many of whom were studying for the priesthood. By the 1960s, the demographics of the student population began to diversify. The administration took steps to accommodate and include students from different backgrounds. In September 1969, the Lorian reported that FAST, or "Faculty Administration and Students Together," had been formed. Chairman Gerard Noonan said cooperation from the whole Loras community was required for minorities to be welcomed. "Perhaps if we envision ourselves at a predominantly black university in the South, we would find it easier to sympathize with the great changes students having a different background must make. But sympathy is insufficient." Minority groups had legitimate need, and FAST was established to give them hope.�os The college's attempts to recruit and accommodate African American students resulted in an unfortunate flashpoint in November of 1969. A group of sixteen African American students at Loras called the Black Student Union (BSU) petitioned the administration to establish place on or off campus that would give black students a living and social gathering space that would give them a much-needed sense of togetherness on an otherwise mostly white campus. The BSU preferred the use of a former home just off the East side of campus home that was called the "Henion Manor." The administration refused the BSU use of that facility. BSU students took matters into their own hands and forcibly occupied the building on November 3, 1969.�os After talks with the administration, the students left the building. However, all of them were suspended by a disciplinary board. Although the suspensions were later changed to probation, this had a substantial negative effect on minority student enrollment. Four of the BSU students graduated in spring of 1970 and most of the remainder of the students did not return to Loras the following fall. In the 1971-72 academic year, Loras College officially opened its enrollment to women. That year there were 60 female students on campus and nearly 1,300 men. There were a total of eight black students on campus: five women and three men. Women on campus were without the privileges of inen, such as an all-female dorm, dorm open nights, or social organizations. Figures 53 through 56 are historic aerial maps that document the development of the campus from the period right before World War II through the 1970s. 103"Viet Scapegoat in My Lai," The Lorian, 10 December 1969, Page 2 Column 3-4, Loras College Archives. 104 James Machowski, "Veterans," The Lorian, [1971 or 1972], Pages 1-3, Column 7, Loras College Arcvhies. 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Loras College Campus 1970s Aerial Photo Section S page 98 United S�ates Department of the Interior Nalional Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Regishation Porm NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 10240018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and S[ate Coeducation: 1971 — Present The decision to extend enrollment to women in 1971 came at an opportune time for the college. Fewer men � were coming to Loras College to study for the priesthood so enrollment at the college began a decline in the early 1970s. Female students filled that gap so that enrollment steadily rose from approximately 1400 in the early 1970s to almost 2000 by the 1990s. The increase in enrollment led to additional building activity on campus. The first large building project during this era was the construction of the Graber Sports Center(Map No. 17), completed in 1982 to house indoor recreational sports facilities. With new sports facilities complete, the old gymnasium, Bahl Hall was demolished in 1982. One of the most controversial alterations to the Loras College campus was the demolition of St. Joseph's Hall in 1986. St. Joseph's Hall housed the original college. By the 1970s, it was thought to be a fire hazard. The West portion of St. Joseph Hall was renovated in 1982 and renamed Hoffman Hall (Map No. 25). Atter the oldest sections of St. Joseph Hall were demolished, a new addition to Hoffman Hall was added to the East, designed in the same Second Empire style of architecture as the old St. Joseph Hall. The stone pillars surrounding the entrance to old St. Joseph Hall were salvaged and incorporated into the East fa�ade of the new addition. The addition to Hoffman Hall was dedicated in 1987. Summary The Loras College Historic District is statewide significant and eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A for its role in the development of higher education in lowa and the Upper MidWest. Loras College is the oldest college in lowa, the sixth oldest Catholic college or university in the United States and the second oldest Catholic diocesan college in the United States as well as the second oldest Catholic college West of the Mississippi River. The District is also statewide significant and eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C as a significant collection of historic academic buildings with architectural styles that were popular over several eras of history. Section 8 page 99 United States Department of the Inlerior Na[ional Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District uubuque, iowa Name of Property County and State INDIVIDUAL BUILDING HISTORIES Map No. 1 Historic Name: Keane Hall Date of Construction: 1913 Building History: In the fall of 1913, enrollment of 350 was expected at the college for the semester. It was the largest attendance number in the history of the college, necessitating the construction of a new building which would be named Loras Hall in honor of the first bishop of the Dubuque Diocese. It would be completed in June of 2014.107 On June 27, 2014, Loras Hall was to be dedicated, "to serve hereafter as the main building of the College proper." It would "stand as a memorial to Bishop Loras, first Bishop of Dubuque."108 Architect Mr. E.L. Masqueray of St. Paul designed the building, and Mr. Anton Zwack of Dubuque was the general contractor. It was erected at a total cost of two hundred thousand dollars. Architecturally, it was described as "modern Romanesque," with "vitrified brick," trimmings of Bedford stone, and tile roofing. Notable features included design to capture the most natural light, fireproof construction, ventilating system, and vacuum steam heating system. The basement, about halfway underground, contained the student chapel, which could seat 350, a recreation room, trunk and storage rooms, eighteen shower baths finished in Kesota marble, and a gymnasium and bowling alley. The South wing third and fourth floors held the library. In the North wing, there were eight music study rooms, classrooms, and study rooms. The dormitory was built for 75 students, with 32 lavatories located at either end of the sleeping apartment.'pQ Map No. 2 Historic Name: Bishop Mathias Loras Statue Date of Construction: 1939 Object History: In January of 1936 the first mention of a proposed bronze statue of Bishop Loras on campus was published in the College Spokesman, Columbia's magazine.10 It was later suggested that the statue be erected in time to celebrate both the college's centennial and the renaming of Columbia College to Loras College. Vincenzo Miserendino from New York was chosen as the designer and sculptor. Miserendino designed the statue in his cassock and cape, right hand extended in episcopal blessing, the pose rooted in the "widespread tradition" that Bishop Loras blessed the city of Dubuque. It would be of semi-heroic proportions and stand on a boulder pedestal of native rock."' The rock with its rugged surface was meant to suggest the topography of the land which Bishop Loras found when he arrived in Dubuque April 19, 1839."12 On May 25, 1939, the statue arrived in Dubuque from New York City and was unloaded from its special express railway car.13 It was placed on its limestone base and unveiled and dedicated on May 29, 1939."" The statue's final cost was $7,868.51."' i0'"Fine Enrollment at St. Joseph's," The Telegraph Herald, 7 September 1913, Keane Hall—General Information, Buildings&Grounds, Loras College Archives. 1D8"Loras Hall," 1928-29 Columbia College Catalog, Page 16, Keane Hall—General Information, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. 109"Dedication of Loras Hall and Graduation] at Dubuque College..." The Telegraph Herald, 7 June 1914, Keane Hall — General Information, Buildings &Grounds ��"Plans for Proposed Bishop Loras Statue Outlined in New Booklet," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 8 January 1939, Page 12. "' Ibid. 12"1,000 Expected for Centennial," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 27 April 1939, Page 19. 13"As Statue of Bishop Loras Was Unloaded Here," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 25 May 1939, Page 1. ��^W.A. Kennedy, "Statue of Bishop Loras is Dedicated," Dubuque Telegraph Nerald, 29 May 1939, Page 5. 15"Loras Campaign Will Continue," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 8 June 1939, Page 5. Seclion 8 page 100 i United States Depadment of the Interior National Park Service I Naliona�Register oF Historic Places Registralion Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Properly County and Slate Map No. 3 Historic Name: Christ the King Chapel Date of Construction: 1946 Building History: In June of 1945, Archbishop Rohlman announced a new building program, which was to include a new chapel for Loras College. "The need for a more decent and devotional chapel has been felt at the college for a long time. I am happy that our priests are anxious to provide this chapel." It would serve as a memorial to those who served but also "as a monument to the spontaneous and open-handed generosity of the priests and the people of the archdiocese, whose contributions made the edifice possible." The architectural firm John J. Flad of Madison, WI was designing the building, and the general contract for work was awarded to the Walter Butler Construction Company of St. Paul, MN.""fi From eariy on, the plans for the new chapel also included plans for the chapel to be a memorial to Loras graduate, Rev. Aloysius Schmitt, the first chaplain of any denomination to die in World War II, and others who had given their lives in World War II. Rev. Schmitt perished on December 7, 1941 when his ship, the USS Oklahoma, sank in Pearl Harbor. In December of 1944, Captain Casey of the U.S. Navy presented Archbishop Rohlman with a crucifix made from the USS Oklahoma. "The cross was made from teakwood taken from the deck of the USS Oklahoma — the ship on which Father Schmitt lost his life. The corpus was molded from molten metal salvaged when the ill- fated ship was raised from the harbor." It was to be included in any memorial that might be erected to Fr. Schmitt, and one high-ranking US Navy officer said "that this is the first time, as far as it is known in Naval history, that a memorial of this type has been executed.""' On May 28, 1946, ground was broken for the Christ the King Chapel.18 On September 18, 1947, the first mass in the new chapel, the school year's opening mass, was held.119 The Christ the King Chapel was dedicated on October 25, 1947. Honored guests were His Eminence Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop ot Chicago and Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.120 "The new chapel on the campus of Loras College is to be a lasting memorial to Father Aloysius Schmitt, who made the supreme sacrifice at Pearl Harbor, to other priests of the archdiocese who acted as chaplains in the two world wars, and to the laity of the archdiocese who served their country."121 Map No. 4 Historic Name: Heitkamp Planetarium Date of Construction: 1966 Building History: Construction began in September of 1965. The planetarium was to be built as a memorial to Professor William "Bill" Heitkamp, who had served on the physics faculty for 50 years and passed away in May 1964. The exterior would be red brick to match the rest of campus. The Goto projector from Japan was expected to arrive in early October. Its optical equipment would show 2,800 stars on a 33-ft diameter dome. 24 additional projectors would be installed in the near future for lecture demonstrations. The planetarium would have a 98-person seating capacity and be open to the public and school classes.'ZZ The Planetarium opened on May 1, 1966. In its first two months it received 1,600 visitors.'Z3 16 The Chapel of Christ the King, Booklet, 16 Pages, (Dubuque, lowa: Loras College Press, 1947) Christ the King Chapel (CTK)—News &Programs, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archives. "'"The Chapel of Christ the King: Dedication Program," 25 &26 October 1947, Gold booklet, 16 Pages, Christ the King Chapel (CTK)—News & Programs, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archives. 18 Roger Sullivan, "Loras Chapel of Christ the King," The Lorian, 17 October 1947, Christ the King Chapel (CTK)—News & Programs, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archives. "�"Order of Pilgrimage," Program, 16 Pages, Christ the King Chapel (CTK)—General Information (Folder 2), Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. 120"The Chapel of Christ the King: Dedication Program," 25 &26 October 1947, Gold booklet, 16 Pages, Christ the King Chapel (CTK)— News & Programs, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archives. I y21 Ibid. 'zz"Loras Starts Building Its New Planetarium," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 27 September 1965, Page 5, N ewspaperArchive.com. '23"Heitkamp Memorial Planetarium Begins Second Decade," The Lorian, 1 October 1976, Heitkamp Planetarium — General Information, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. Section S page 101 United States Department of Ihe Inlerior National Park Service I Nationat Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuyue, iowa Name of Property Counry and State Map No. 5 Historic Name: Field House Date of Construction: 1924 Building History: On February 13, 1925.The Lorian reported on the new gymnasium, concluding that, "With the support of Dubuque Backers and the enthusiasm of her own students, Columbia is about to open a new era in winter athletics." Total cost of the gym with equipment was about $150,000. It could seat 2,500 with 1,600 on the lower floor and the remainder in the gallery. The gym floor measured 75 x 133 ft. with no encumbrances like posts, and the basketball floor itself was 50 x 94 ft., the maximum size allowed by 1925 rules."'Z^ "The gym is made of red brick laid in Flemish bond to harmonize with Loras Hall. In the basement are garages, on the second floor, showers, lockers, handball courts, etc., on the third level, the gymnasium floor, and on the balcony level, offices for the athletic administration, and rooms for boxing and wrestling." The bleachers could be removed at any time.125 On February 21, 1924, the first basketball game was played in the Fieldhouse against Valparaiso. Valparaiso defeated Columbia 24 to 14 before a crowd of 1,100.126 The formal opening was on March 6, 1924 in a basketball game against Notre Dame University. "Notre Dame University trounced Columbia College, 44 to 25, in an uneven game at the formal opening of the new $150,000 gymnasium here Friday night. A crowd of 1,900 attended the game." Before the game, telegrams from the Western Interstate Conference were read and Knute Rockne congratulated Columbia on the opening of the gym.'Z' After the opening of the Athletic & Wellness Center in 2007, the Fieldhouse did not host any varsity basketball games. Map No. 6 Historic Name: Hennessy Hall Date of Construction: 1905 Building History: In March of 1905, it was announced that the Sisters of the Good Shepherd would build a $100,000 home on "the old college grounds on Alta Vista Street." It would rise three stories with a mansard roof, basement, and sub-basement. Contract work would be carried out by Mr. John Keenan of Dubuque.128 Archbishop Hennessy had bequeathed the property by Alta Vista near the old Cox grove, and Archbishop Keane was instrumental in moving the project forward.12� The Sisters of the Good Shepherd arrived in Dubuque in 1903 and ran a "home for wayward girls." The sisters needed a new building to replace their temporary home, and it would "be large enough to accommodate all of the wayward children of Dubuque who need admission." The facility would include dormitories, school rooms, sewing rooms, and a kitchen and laundry—which would function as a school for the girls: "... the girls who leave the institution would be ready to earn an excellent living as either cook, seamstress or laundress." The sisters' object by taking in wayward giris was the "prevention of sin," and "creed or nationality is not considered, and no erring girl is refused." The home was set up to clothe, feed, and lodge the girls. They went to school for half a day and were then taught sewing and housework by the sisters in the afternoon.13o '24 "To Open New Gymnasium Next Week—La Crosse or Valpo Game Will Be First in New Structure," The Lorian, Vol. 1 No. 9, 13 February 1925, Fieldhouse— News, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archive. 'zs"Open new'Gym' Saturday Night," Stapled Packet, 20 February 192[4], Fieldhouse—General Information, Buildings& Grounds, Loras College Archives. 'zs"Valparaiso Defeats Columbia in First Game in New'Gym'," The Lorian, 27 February 1925, Fieldhouse—News, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archive. 127 "Visitors Win by 44 to 25 Score," The Telegraph Herald, Stapled Packet, 8 March 1925, Fieldhouse—General Information, Buildings &Grounds, Loras Coliege Archives. 128 No title. Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 13 March 1905, Page 3. 1z�"Sisters' Plans Extensive: Good Shepherd Order Will Build $75,000 to$100,000 Home in Near Future," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 14 March 1905, Page 3. i3o"Work on New Home to be Begun Next Year,° Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 30 October 1904, Page 8, NewspaperArch ive.com. Section 8 page 102 United Stales Department of lhe Interior National Park Service/National Register of Hisloric Places Registration Form NPS Porm 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State In April of 1906, the sisters and "inmates" (as the giris were referred to) moved into their new home."' After completion of Loras Hall in 1914, Archbishop Keane asked the sisters to change their place of residence because of their close proximity to Loras Hal1.132 In October of 1915, the sale of the building of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd at Alta Vista to Dubuque College was nearing completion. The sisters were relocating to a property purchased from Judge Bonson on Asbury, and the sale amount was expected to be enough to pay for it and put up a new building. The building would be a good addition to the college, which expected to convert it into a science hal1.133 In 1939, the Science Hall was renamed Hennessy Hall in honor of past Archbishop Hennessy.134 In the early 1940s, Hennessy Hall was the location of flight training for Civil Aeronautics Authority.135 After the opening of the St. Joseph Hall of Science in 1963, Hennessy, which had housed the science department since 1916, was converted to general classroom space. A new permanent health center would also be established there, the first of its kind on campus since 1952, because the original infirmary, Smyth, was conveKed to a residence facility.�as Map No. 7 Historic Name: St. Joseph Hall of Science Date of Construction: 1963 Building History: On August 3, 1961 plans were announced for a new $1 million Loras science hall. Construction would begin in the fall with a target date of Fall 1962 for completion. It would be located in the Keane Oaks area in the Northwest corner of campus. The architect was William F. Bernbrock Architects and Engineers of Moline, IL; the structure would have 2 stories, a basement, and red brick exterior to conform to other campus buildings. It would replace Hennessey Hall as the Science Hall, which since 1916 had been considered a "temporary" location for the sciences and lacked the design for laboratory space. Overall, science majors had grown "tremendously" throughout the years with 25-30 students in the science field, most studying for advanced degrees.137 In April of 1963, Loras College announced the new science building would be called the St. Joseph Hall of Science in memory of Flora K. and Harry W. Wahlert. It was made possible in large part by Wahlert, president of the Dubuque Packing Co. and member of the Loras Board of Regents.�aa In May of 1964, the St. Joseph Hall of Science was dedicated.t39 The final cost of the building, equipment and furnishings was $1,226,400.'40 13' "New Institution Opens Informally," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 13 April 1906, Page 12. '3z Centennial History of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, No Date, Page 638, Hennessey Hall—General Information, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archives. iaa^Good Shepherd Home to Dubuque College," Dubuque rimes Joumal, 1 October 1915, Page 11. 134"Hennessy Hall," Loras College Buildings Summary, Loras College Archives. '3s"Loras Students Learning to Fly Under CAA's Training Program," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 11 February 1940, Page 5. i36 No title, Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 11 April 1963, Page 7, and "Health Center at Loras," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 14 July 1963, Page 16, and David Lammers, "New Health Center Asset to Students," The Lorian, 18 October 1963, Page 4 Columns 2-3, Loras College Archives. "'"Loras to Build $1 Million Science Hall for'62 Use," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 3 August 1961, Page 1&6. 138"Loras Science Hall Named St. Joseph," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 11 April 1963, Page 7. ias��List of Delegates," 12 May 1964, Science Hall—General Information, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archives. i40"Welcome to the Saint Joseph Hall of Science," Science Hall—General Information, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archives. Section 8 page 103 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College His[oric District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Map No. 8 Historic Name: Lourdes Grotto Date of Construction: 1954 Site History: The Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto was built during the summer of 1954 on the East portion of Keane Oaks and was modeled after the University of Notre Dame Grotto. Bishop Loras Lane was the college president in 1951 and a graduate of Notre Dame. The grotto was blessed by Archbishop Rohlman before a crowd of 250 on October 26, 1954. It was dedicated during the year of the 100"' anniversary of the founding of the French shrine of the same name. The grotto was the location for outdoor Marian ceremonies and a place for students to spend time in quiet meditation. Map No. 9 Historic Name: Academic Resource Center Date of Construction: 2002 Building History: The building was constructed in 2002. Map No. 10 Historic Name: Sculpture of the Resurrection Date of Construction: 1996 Site History: The sculpture was dedicated in 1997. Map No. 11 Historic Name: Wahlert Hall Date of Construction: 1960 Building History: In the fall of 1958, the college's Board of Regents approved a library to be built at the North end of Keane Field, the first step in a long-range campus expansion program. It would contain offices, reading rooms for 400 students, a faculty reading lounge, conference and seminar rooms, and work exhibition areas as well as space for 175,000 volumes and a proportionate number of magazines and newspapers. President Foley said it marked "the first step in a series of proposed new buildings at Loras College."."' Architects Durrant and Bergquist submitted plans in spring/summer of 1959. The design was a two-level asymmetrical cross-shaped structure. It would be constructed in red brick at the North edge of Keane Field, at the center of campus, overlooking the Rock Bowl stadium. The windows and exterior doors would be aluminum with thermopane glazing. Clay tile shingles would be used for the sloping portions of the room and build-up roof used on the level sections.'"Z Construction began in July of 1959. The new Loras library would be named Wahlert Memorial Library after Harry W. Wahlert, president of the Dubuque Packing Company and a member of the Board of Regents since 1947. Until this time, all buildings had been named for former chancellors of the college. Archbishop Binz said, "In the selection of this name, the College makes appropriate acknowledgment of a substantial contribution by the Wahlert Foundation which has made possible the construction of the new library, as well as Mr. Wahlert's personal interest in the College and his support of its program."143 The cornerstone was laid in May of 1960 and the Wahlert Memorial Library opened for the 1960 term.14° On November 6, 1960, the library was dedicated by Leo Binz as part of the 1960 Homecoming activities.145 The building was 38,600 square ft. and cost $604,161.69. In November of 1990, Loras College was recognized at the centennial meeting of the lowa Library Association as the oldest academic library in the state of lowa. �^� "New Library at Loras College,° Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 16 October 1958, Page 1. t4z"Loras Startiny Library Building This Summer," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 4 June 1959, Page 1. i43"Loras Names New Library: Honors Wahlert of Packing Co.," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 14 January 1960, Page 1. �^^"Area Colleges Plan $22 Million in Buildings," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 21 January 1962, Page 33. 145"Loras Dedicates Library," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 7 November 1960, Page 1&5, NewspaperArchive.com and "Wahlert Hall," Loras College Buildings Summary, Loras College Archives. Section 8 page 104 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I Nalional Register of Historic Places Regislration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and Slafe The collection had its origins in the library of Bishop Loras. At some point in time the collection was apparently broken up, but as of this date the library had clearly identified 444 and listed another 52 as likely parts of Loras' collection.'�6 In 2003, after the completing of the Academic Resource Center and new library, the Wahlert library was remodeled into office and classrooms to house the Department of Education. Its name was changed to Wahlert Hall.'^' Map No. 12 Historic Name: Rock Bowl and Stadium Date of Construction1940 (2005) Building History: In June of 1939, Loras College and C.I. Krajewski signed the architecYs contract for construction of the Stadium.'48 All work was to be completed in the fall for the 1940-41 school year. Preliminary plans would include a grandstand to accommodate 5,000 people. Like the gym, the stadium would be primarily for college use but always available for civic organizations or any community project as well. "The stadium is to be built in a natural amphitheater between Cox Street, which divides the Loras Academy campus from the college campus, and Hennessey Hall, formerly Science Hall, North of Keane Hall, formerly Loras Hall, on Alta Vista Street." Also, by lowering Loras Field's Northern third by three feet, sloping it down to the Southern 2/3 and cutting 7 feet at the Southeastern corner, "The lowering of the level of Loras Field has the twofold purpose of providing a more attractive campus setting for future building operations and making all college buildings visible to persons traveling up or down West Fourteenth Street." New terraces would also be built around St. Francis and Hennessey. The changes would not disturb the large heating tunnel running under the field at the North end.149 The stadium was completed in October, 1940. In 2005, major renovation was undertaken; the groundbreaking ceremony was held May 6. Improvements included installation of Field Turf for soccer play, a new track, new press box, paved concession plaza, retail space, hospitality suite, new seating for 3,000, and stadium lighting for student recreation/intramurals/night games.�so Map No. 13 Historic Name: Rohlman Hall Date of Construction: 1953 Building History: In 1952, a letter printed in The Witness written by Archbishop Rohlman announced that the diocese needed to train more young men for the priesthood, and in conjunction with Binz and Bishop Lane, decided to construct a facility. The architects for what would become North Hall were John F. Flad and Associates of Madison, WI, who also built Graber.15' The new residence building would be located in Keane Oaks, North of the college stadium and was planned to have 120 rooms, possibly including a library, recreation room, classrooms, administration quarters, small chapel, and faculty member rooms.152 Construction began in January 1953. Construction on the hall began and the building's cornerstone was laid on March 19, 1953.'S3 In September, 1953, construction was completed in time for the beginning of term. In October, 1953, the building was dedicated as North Hall to house seminary students of St. Pius X Seminary.154 146"Loras—Oldest Library in lowa," 5 November 1990, Buildings & Grounds, Wahlert Hall—General Information, Loras College Archives. "' Loras College Buildings Timeline, Loras Coliege Archives. 148 Loras Coliege and C.I. Krajewski, Contract, 31 July 1939, Rock Bowl—Contracts, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. 14�"Loras Stadium Work to Start,° Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 1 October 1939, Page 1-2. iso��Rock Bowl Stadium," Loras College Buildings Summary, Loras College Archives. 'S' Matt Valder and Caroline Carney, "Rohlman Hall: The History, The Controversy," The Lorian, 8 October 1984, Page 1 Column 1, Loras College Archives, Center for Dubuque History. 'Sz"Officials Give New Rules Trial Period," The Lorian, 26 September 1952, Page 1 Column 5, Loras College Archives, Center for Dubuque Hisiory. 'Sa"Loras Residence Hall Dedication Oct. 27-28," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 21 October 1954, Page 25. iso^Archbishop Dedicates Loras Residence Hall," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 28 October 1954, Page 4. Section 8 page 105 United Sfates Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Porm 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras Coflege Historic District Dubuyue, iowa Name of Property County and Stale In 1957, the bas relief of St. Pius X was donated by Archbishop Rohlman. The supplier of the bas relief was Deprato Statuary Company of Chicago. It was carved from Biancoduro marble in the town of Seravezza, Italy and carved in the marble studios at Pietrsanta, Italy. Its height measured 10' 11 3/4". The translated inscription reads "Restore all things in Christ." Also included were symbols of communion and the sainYs coat-of-arms.�ss In October 1957, North Hall was renamed Rohlman Hall in honor of former Archbishop Henry P. Rohlman. In the 1980s, Rohlman Hall was converted to an all-women's dormitory.�ss Map No. 14 Historic Name: St. Francis Hall Date of Construction: 1914 (Original); 1991 (Addition) Building History: In June of 1914, the new service hall on the Loras campus was almost complete; it would be known as St. Francis Hall. Built between Loras Hall and the St. Joseph Academy Building North of 14tn Street on Cox, it would serve and be convenient for both the college and the academy. It was to have two large dining rooms as well as private dining rooms for the professors. The Sisters of St. Francis, in charge of the domestic side of the schools, would have their apartments and private chapel on the second floor of the hall.t57 The architect was E.L. Masqueray of St. Paul, MN. In 1957, the Sisters of St. Francis departed Loras campus and it was renamed Dining Hall. In 1958, the second floor was remodeled as dormitory space for 44 students and called the East Dormitory.158 In 1972, the building was renovated to create student union and The Last Draw pub; it was called College Center in honor of Loras benefactor Lavon Frances Collan and in memory of her parents James and Mary and brothers Joseph and Leo.'59 In June of 1991, ground is broken for the new campus center. A new 46,500 ft. building with open skylight concourse would connect with the Collan Center to provide a variety of recreation, social, and education needs of those at the college. It would also serve as a conference center for alumni and the community. The architects were Thorson, Brom, Broshar, and Snyder of Waterloo, IA. It cost $6.5 million.'60 In April of 1993, the building is dedicated and the entire structure was renamed the Alumni Campus Center in honor of the college's current and future alumni.'6' Map No. 15 Historic Name: Lourdes Grotto (new) Date of Construction: 2011 Site History: The new Lourdes Grotto was constructed in 2011 to have a more central location on campus. The Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto statues were moved from the former grotto by St. Joseph Hall of Science. They were ordered from the Studios of Daprato Statuary Company with offices in Chicago and New York around Sept. 28, 1954 and included Our Lady of Lourdes, 6'6" in height, white Biancoduro marble, for $1,271 and St. Bernadette, 3'6" of the same material at $884. The statues arrived in March 1955. i5s R.J. Bridges to Mr. M. dDowd, Letter, 8 October 1957, Rohlman Hall—General Information, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archives. 'Ss Matt Valder and Caroline Camey, "Rohlman Hall: The History, The Controversy," The Lorian, 8 October 1984, Page 1 Column 1, Loras College Archives, Center for Dubuque History. 15'"Dedication of Loras Hall and Commencement Exercises at Dubuque College are Features of the Present Week," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 7 June 1914, Page 13. 15B"Alumni Campus Center(ACC)," Loras College Buildings Summary, Loras College Archives. 15� Ibid. iso �bid. 's' lbid. Section 8 page 106 Uniled States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Pfaces Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Map No. 16 Historic Name: Smyth Hall Date of Construction: 1927 Building History: In June of 1926, the board of regents announced plans for the erection of a new college infirmary: "The new infirmary will be strictly modern and adequate for all the students of the institution, those of Loras and St. Joseph halls."162 The infirmary opened in September of 1927.163 The first floor was designed as an isolated ward for those with contagious diseases; the second floor was examination rooms, a dispensary, kitchenette, and private rooms for patients. The third floor was a suite for a resident member of faculty and private rooms for patients. St. Patrick's Chapel was located on the third floor and offered daily mass.t64 In 1939, the infirmary was renamed Smyth Hall during the college's centennial to honor Clement Smyth, the second Bishop of Dubuque.t65 During WWII the first floor was resident quarters for the US Navy's V-5 aviation cadets and dubbed the "good ship Loras" by the USN officers and cadets.'fifi In 1947, Smyth was converted into a residence hall with an infirmary on the South end of the first floor.167 In 1952, Smyth ceased operations as an infirmary.168 Map No 17 Historic Name: Graber Sports Center Date of Construction: 1982 Building History: The building was constructed in 1982. Map No. 18 Historic Name: San Jose Pool Date of Construction: 1967 Building History: In September of 1961, the Board of Regents approved the construction of a $300,000 indoor poo1.169 Harry Wahlert gave a large gift for the pool construction.70 In September of 1967, the San Jose Swimming Pool was dedicated."' St. Joseph was Henry Wahlert's favorite saint, so he wanted the swimming pool building named in honor of St. Joseph. However, because there were two other buildings in campus named after St. Joseph, the swimming pool building was called San Jose to avoid confusion.1z '6z"Columbia Will Build Infirmary," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 3 June 1926, Page 13. 163"Infirmary Greets First Patients," CEE-AY, 1927-1928, Page 10 Column 1, Loras College Archives, Center for Dubuque History. i64"Smyth Hall," Loras College Buildings Summary, Loras College Archives. is5 Judy Burns Schuster, "Loras has 125th Anniversary," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 10 May 1964, Page 4. 's6"Smyth Hall," Loras College Buildings Summary, Loras College Archives. 16'Ibid. 168 David Lammers, "New Health Center Asset to Students," The Lorian, 18 October 1963, Page 4 Columns 2-3, Loras College Archives, Center for Dubuque History. 169"Loras Outlines $10 Million Expansion," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 24 September 1961, Page 1. 10"San Jose Pool," Loras College Buildings Timeline, Loras College Archives. "' "New Loras Dorm to Be 'Binz Hall'," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 19 September 1967, Page 13. "'-"San Jose Pool," Loras College Buildings Timeline, Loras College Archives. Section 8 page 107 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Porm NPS Form 10-900 OMB No, 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Gubuque, lowa Name of Property Counly and State Map No. 19 Historic Name: Power House Date of Construction: 1914, 2015 Building History: On May 16, 1914, the contract for the Power House as signed by the college and Anton Zwack for $11,533. E.L. Masqueray was the architect.13 It was constructed equidistant between St. Joseph and Loras Halls of stone with reinforced concrete, dimensions 62 x 80 ft. It had a pump-room, generating department, and boiler room. The chimney stack was of radial brick construction, 150 ft. high and 6 in diameter. A concrete 4 x 6 ft. tunnel connected the heating plant with the halls and the gymnasium."' Map No. 20 Historic Name: Physical Plant Date of Construction: 1978 Building History: The building was constructed in 1978. Map No. 21 Historic Name: Athletic and Wellness Center Date of Construction: 2007 Building History: The building was constructed in 2007. Map No. 22 Historic Name: Faber-Clark Field Date of Construction: 1906, 1964 Site History: In 1906, Msgr. Arthur M. Clark, a librarian at the college for four years, bought and donated a tract of land West of St. Joseph's Hall (now Hoffman Hall) that became known as Clark Field.15 It contained the homestead site of general and Senator George Wallace Jones.16 It was graded to be a baseball field in the summer and a skating rink in the winter. With a 1,800 ft. wall, it was a natural amphitheater.�" In July of 1960, work on the new residence hall (Beckman) had begun, and the fill was being used to rebuild Clark Filed into a full-sized baseball diamond."8 In May of 1964, Archbishop Byrne blessed the renovated baseball field and renamed it Faber-Clark Field in honor of Urban "Red" Faber '09, Loras College graduate and famous Chicago White Sox Hall of Fame pitcher who was present for the occasion, and Msgr. Arthur M. Clark, former Loras librarian and donor of the property.19 173 Anton Zwack and St. Joseph's College, Contract, 16 May 1914, Brown Envelope, Rock Bowl—General Information, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archives. ��^"Dubuque Institutions of Higher Learning," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 23 August 1914, Page 33, Newspa perArchive.com. 15 Ibid. 76 Msgc F.P. Friedl, "In the Beginning," in The Loras College Story, (Dubuque, Loras College Press): 1990, 24. "'"Dubuque Institutions of Higher Leaming," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 23 August 1914, Page 33. 1e"Summer Campus Work Underway," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 27 July 1960, Page 16, NewspaperArchive.com. 19"Faber-Clark Field," Loras College Buildings Summary, Loras College Archives. Section 8 page 108 United States Department of the Intenor National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registralion Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of Property County and State Map No. 23 Historic Name: Observatory Date of Construction: 1964 Building History: In July of 1963, Loras College received the gift of a 12-inch Newtonian-type telescope from two Dubuque alumni, to be placed in a proposed celestial observatory. A year previously the college President had proposed the observatory to the Board of Regents, "in keeping with the aerospace age, and to round out the physics department which has the only seismograph station in lowa." It would also allow for expansion in meteorology programs. The telescope itself had a 12-inch parabolic mirror, aluminized and overcoated, and didn't depart from the parabolic curve by more than 1.1 millionth of an inch. Its focal length was approximately 108 inches. It was a tube of open steel framework design, with a mount of German equatorial type. It weighed approximately 700 pounds and had a maximum magnification power of 800.180 Map No. 24 Historic Name: St. Joseph Chapel and Auditorium Date of Construction: 1909 Building History: In May of 1909, the archdiocese decided the St. Joseph's College needed a new chapel and auditorium. The auditorium would seat 800 and the chapel 700, with the addition's dimensions measuring 100 ft. long and 50 ft. wide. The architect chosen was Guido Beck, a local Dubuque architect who specialized in church and school architecture. The first floor would be the auditorium and the second floor would be the chapel.187 The Chapel & Auditorium was heated by steam and the bathrooms supplied both hot and cold water. Furthermore, "The building is entirely modern. Its massive walls and 'double decker' roof make it proof against the cold of winter and the extreme heat of summer, while its interior arrangement is such as to secure the best hygienic results."'Az The statues in the Chapel were from Italy and the stained glass was from Munich, Germany183 On October 11, 1911, the St. Joseph College chapel was dedicated, "said to be the finest structure of its kind in lowa." Archbishop Keane made the formal dedication of the space, including all seven altars, the choir loft, gallery, antique glass windows, and other features.184 Map No. 25 Historic Name: Hoffman Hall Date of Construction: 1902 Building History: In May of 1902, the college announced plans to build a $50,000 Western addition to St. Joseph's College since the old building was too small as attendance had grown. It would contain private rooms for advanced students, a chapel and lecture room.t85 It was designed by Chicago architect Henry Schlacks, who at one time taught architecture at Notre Dame University.186 As an addition to the old St. Joseph Hall, Hoffman Hall was part of what was formerly known as Loras Academy, a high school for boys. In 1959, Loras Academy closed when Wahlert High School opened. At that point, the building was converted to use by Loras College. By the mid-1970s, there was talk of tearing down old St. Joseph Hall. In August of 1982, all of St. Joseph Hall was renamed Hoffman Hall in honor of Alois and Mabel (Rooney) Hoffmann, Dubuque natives and Loras benefactors.187 ieo��12-Inch Telescope Gift to Loras from Alumni," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 14 July 1963, Page 16. 1e� "$75,000 Addition to Local College," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 31 May 1909, Page 3. 'e2"Dubuque a City of Homes, Schools and Churches: St. Joseph's College," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 24 October 1909, Page 39. 'e3"Religious Events of the Past Week," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 17 July 1910, Page 4. '�4"College Chapel Dedicated Today," The Dubuque Daily Times-Journal, 11 October 1911, Hoffmann Hall—News, Buildings&Grounds, Loras College Archives. ias°To Enlarge College," Dubuque Daily-Times, 30 May 1902, Page 2. ias Henry John Schlacks, The Word of Henry John Schlacks, Ecclesiologist, originally published 1903. 187 Hoffmann Hall Dedication Program, 21 August 1982, Folder: Hoffmann Hall—Dedication, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archives. Section 8 page 109 United Sta[es Department of[he In[erior National Park Service/Nalional Register of Historic Places RegisUation Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No.'1024-0018 Loras Gollege Historic Gistrict Dubuque iowa Name of Property County and State By 1983, the college's long-range planning committee concluded that part of Hoffmann Hall be razed and concurred "with previous recommendations that the 1902 and 1909 sections be retained for institutional use..."18B In May of 1986, the Eastern wings of Hoffmann Hall are demolished. Salvaged were19th-century metal ceilings of library and locker room and pillars for new East-facing wing.189 In March of 1987 the renovated Hoffmann Hall was ready to be occupied.190 Map No. 26 Historic Name: Beckman Hall Date of Construction: 1961 Building History: In October of 1959, the Loras College Board of Regents authorized the building of a new residence hall, the dormitory to be ready for the 1961 fall term and house 250 students and faculty.19' The dormitory would retain the traditional architectural style of campus, notably the red brick exterior and pitched roof, "the two features common to other campus buildings."'92 The new residence hall was named to honor the Most Rev. Francis J.L. Beckman, the sixth Chancellor of Loras College and former Archbishop of Dubuque.193 Beckman Hall was dedicated in December of 1961.t94 Map No. 27 Historic Name: Binz Hall Date of Construction: 1966 Building History: In August of 1964, the regents approved construction of a new dorm, to cost $1 million and house 240. It was planned to be ready for the start of the 1965-66 school year.195 Loras had hit record enrollment in the 1965 fall semester, illustrating the need for additional dormitory space.196 The new dormitory was named Binz Hall in honor of the former Archbishop Leo Binz because it was logical in sequence of Diocesan bishops, and there was a "real appreciation" for him on campus.t97 On October 22, 1967, Binz Hall was dedicated. Over 1,200 attended Student-Parent-Faculty Day activities.198 Map No. 28 Historic Name: Limestone retaining walls Date of Construction: 1913-1940 Site History: In March 1939 the city sponsored two WPA projects for 170 men, one on Villa Street and one on Cox Street from W. 14'n_W ��m �ss Work on the Cox Street retaining wall continued into 1940 as evidenced by an injury that occurred to a few of the workers on the Cox Street site in April of 1940.200 The completion date of the Cox Street retaining wall is likely 1940, as evidenced by the date inscribed in the stone at the upper corners of the arch at the Southeast corner of the wall. 188"Recommendation of the Long Range Planning Committee Concerning Renovation of Keane Hall," Report, 8 pages, Hoffmann Hall—Renovation, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archives. 7S9 Rex Reynolds, "Goodbye Old St. Joe's," The Loras Alumnus, XXXVII, no. 1 (Winter 1987): Folder: Hoffmann Hall— News, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archives. 190 Bobbi Earles, "Hoffmann Section Ready to Open," The Lorian Vol. 63, No. 9, 9 March 1987, Hoffmann Hall —News, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. 19' "Loras to Build $1 Milllon Science Hall for '62 Use," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 3 August 1961, Page 1. '9z"Loras Plans $1 Million Dorm," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 26 May 1960, Page 9. 193"New Loras Dormitory Named Beckman Hall," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 16 November 1961, Page 27. 194"Loras Dorm Dedicated," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 11 December 1961, Page 18. iss��Loras Regents OK New Dorm," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 21 August 1964, Page 1. iss^Loras Enrolls," Dubuque Telegraph Herald 18 February 1966, Page 11. i9'Justin A. Driscoll to James J. Byrne, Letter, 11 August 1967, Buildings &Grounds, Binz Hall—General Information, Loras College Archives. ��8"Loras Activities Attract 1,200," Dubuque Telegraph Herald 23 October 1967, Page 7. 199"170 WPA Men to Start Work," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 6 March 1939, Page 1. 200"WPA Worker Suffers Fractured Leg Here," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 24 April 1940, Page 2. Section 8 page 110 United S�ates Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Rec�ister of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic District Dubuque, lowa Name of PropeAy Counry and Slate Map No. 29 Historic Name: Lynch/McCarthy Apartments Date ot Construction: 2002 Building History: The Lynch/McCarthy apartments were constructed in 2002. Map No. 30 Historic Name: Byrne Oaks Housing Complex Date of Construction: 1990 Building History: The Byrne Oaks Housing Complex was constructed in 1990. Map No. 31 Historic Name: Duhawk Plaza Date of Construction: 2014 Site History: Built in 2014, this plaza honors Loras College athletics. Map No. 32 Historic Name: Tucker Tennis Courts Date of Construction: 2007, 2017 Site History: The tennis courts were constructed at the same time as the construction of the Athletic & Wellness Center in 2007. They were renovated in 2017. Map No. 33 Historic Name: Seismograph Station Date of Construction: 1961 Site History: In September of 1959, the U.S. government began programs to create a system capable of detecting nuclear explosions both underground and for high altitudes. The three program areas included Vela Uniform, Vela Sierra, and Vela Hotel; Vela Uniform was designed to detect underground quakes, and as part of the program seismographs were funded across the country.201 On December 18, 1960, college officials announced that Loras would build a seismograph as part of the MidWest network being constructed under the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense. The organization was making awards of almost $250,000 as part of Project Vela uniform, announced the previous spring by President Eisenhower. Contracts for seismograph work were awarded by the Air Force Research Division, an outgrowth of the Panel on Seismic improvement; under their terms, St. Louis University would construct the Loras station and analyze its data. Dubuque was chosen because of its bedrock close to the surface.202 About 50 other seismograph stations existed across the United States and its possessions.203 Although seismology began as a science in 1880, it didn't gain momentum in the modern era until it was used in the 1950's to detect underground nuclear explosions. On February 28, 1961, Loras College and St. Louis University signed an agreement for a seismograph station. St. Louis' two-year contract with the Air Force required Dubuque to be an available property for a station. They would build a short-period light-weight Benioff vertical seismograph on-site at Loras. Loras would receive $50.00 per month for maintenance and $50.00 to operate the station while providing heat, electricity, etc. Loras would report the data collected until at IEast 1962. Under the terms of the contract the government would own the station until they dismissed the obligations.204 201 "Paper Delivered at Meeting of the lowa Academy of Science," 93 April 1962, Seismograph Station —General Information, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archives. 2°2 Ibid. 203"Network of Seismograph Stations to Indude Loras," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 18 December 1960. 204 Loras College and SL Louis University, Contract, 28 February 1961, Seismograph Station—General Information, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archives. Section 8 page 111 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Loras College Historic Districi Gu�uque lowa Name of Property County and State The seismograph would be housed in an 18 x 25 ft. brick and concrete vault built on solid rock, located at the Northwest end of campus away from heavy traffic. The outside would be red brick. The instruments would be used to record earth waves with periods greater than 50 seconds and wavelengths of 100 miles or more; additionally there would be at IEast four seismometers. The records of the station would be property of the United States Government. Other locations in the MidWest network included the Missouri School of Mines, Kansas State University, and the University of Indiana.205 On July 3, 1961, the seismograph was put into operation; installation and equipment testing had been completed the previous week.206 It was an 18 x 25' structure 12 ft. below the ground.207 December 29, 1961, the seismologist at St. Louis Missouri University released information that the Loras seismograph had recorded the explosion of Russia's 50-megaton bomb in October as well as other Soviet thermonuclear tests. Additionally, the "Gnome" explosion in New Mexico had also been recorded. The instruments at Loras were operating "very well" while continuing adjustments were made; six seismometers were housed in the installation.20B On March 29, 1964, the Loras seismograph, among others, jarred off the scale when the main shock of an Alaska earthquake reached them. It hit Alaska at 9:36p.m. and reached Loras at 9:43. Instruments recorded aftershocks for almost 10 hours after the initial wave, and was probably an 8.6 on the Richter Scale, at IEast comparable to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The Loras seismograph was the only station in Iowa.209 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT No archaeological remains within or beyond the footprint of the property were assessed as part of this nomination. zos��Work on Seismograph at Loras Will Start," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 5 March 1961, Page 19. zos Loras News Bureau, "Loras Seismograph Station Operating," 3 July 1961, Seismograph Station —General Information, Buildings&Grounds, Loras College Archives. 20'"Paper Delivered at Meeting of the lowa Academy of Science," 13 April 1962, Seismograph Station —General Information, Buildings &Grounds, Loras College Archives. zoe^50-Megaton Bomb Recorded," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 29 December 1961, Page 8. zos��Quake'Shakes' Dubuque, Breaks One Seismograph," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 29 March 1964, Page 1. Section 8 page 112 i NPS Form�0-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Loras College Historic.Dishict Name of Property -� - ....-----.......- -- Dubuque County, lowa .........-----.............._-------------.....------"-'----------�-- National Register of Historic Places County and State ..... .......... . ...... ......... . �- ontinuation Sheet Name of multiple listing(if applicable) Section number 8 Page 113 9. Major Bibliographical References Bibliography(Cite the books,articles,and other sources used in preparing this form.) "12-Inch Telescope Gift to Loras from Alumni," Dubuque Te/egraph Herald, 14 July 1963, Page 16. "50-Megaton Bomb Recorded," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 29 December 1961, Page 8. "170 WPA Men to Start Work," Dubuque Telegraph Hera/d, 6 March 1939, Page 1. "1 ,000 Expected for Centennial," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 27 April 1939, Page 19. "$75,000 Addition to Local College," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 31 May 1909, Page 3. Alan K. Lathrop, "A French Architect in Minnesota: Emmanuel L. Masqueray 1861-1917," Minnesota History, Summer, 1980, p. 45. Albert Isaac Slomovitz, "The Fighting Rabbis: Jewish Military Chaplains and American History," (New York: New York University Press, 1999), pp 84-85. "Alumni Campus Center (ACC)," Loras College Buildings Summary, Loras College Archives. Anton Zwack and St. Joseph's College, Contract, 16 May 1914, Brown Envelope, Rock Bowl — General Information, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. "Appeal College Case to Supreme Court," Dubuque Times-Journal, 13 November 1915, Page 5. "Archbishop Dedicates Loras Residence Hall," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 28 October 1954, Page 4. "Area Colleges Plan $22 Million in Buildings," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 21 January 1962, Page 33. "As 5tatue of Bishop Loras Was Unloaded Here," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 25 May 1939, Page 1. Bobbi Earles, "Hoffmann Section Ready to Open," The Lorian Vol. 63, No. 9, 9 March 1987, Hoffmann Hall — News, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. "Bonson's College Ruling is Upheld," Dubuque Telegraph Hera/d, 19 November 1918, Page 8. Centennial History of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, 10=939, Page 638, Hennessey Hall — General Information, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. °College Chapel Dedicated Today," The Dubuque Daily Times-Journal, 11 October 1911, Hoffmann Hall — News, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. "Columbia is Oldest College in the State," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 2 June 1935," Page 21. "Columbia Will Build Infirmary," Dubuque Telegraph Hera/d, 3 June 1926, Page 13. "Court Rules in Contest Over College Name," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 16 June 1915, Page 1. Cueva, Ivonne. "Legendary Coin Toss Helped Make UD UD." Dubuque Telegraph Herald. David Lammers, "New Health Center Asset to Students," The Lorian, 18 October 1963, Page 4 Columns 2-3, Loras College Archives. Section 8 page 113 I NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-OD18 United States Department of the Interior Loras College Historic District ------................---......--`-'--------`-"-`--'-'----------" National Park Service Name of Property Dubuque County, lowa National Register of Historic Places �co��TYana scace . _ _------------------------ � . .............. ................. .. ................ .. Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing(if applicable) Section number 8 Page 114 "Dedication of Loras Hall and Commencement Exercises at Dubuque College are Features of the Present Week," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 7 June 1914, Page 13. Digital Sanborn Maps, State Library of lowa, Dubuque Maps 1909. Donald E. Keyhoe, "Who's New on the Roll of Honor," Cosmopolitan, Apr., 1942, p. 50. "Draft Call Suspension Herald Reforms?" The Lorian, 1 October 1969, Page 2 Column 104, Loras College Archives. "Dubuque a City of Homes, Schools and Churches: St. Joseph's College," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 24 October 1909, Page 39. "Dubuque College Name Case Settled," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 23 March 1920, Pages 1&10. "Dubuque Institutions of Higher Learning," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 23 August 1914, Page 33. Elizabeth A. Edmonson, "Without Comment or Controversy: The GI Bill and Catholic Colleges," Church History, Vol. 71, No. 4 (Dec. 2002), p.833. E. Power, A History of Catholic Higher Education in the United States (Milwaukee, W I: Bruce, 1958) E. Power, Catholic Higher Education in America: A History, (New York: Appleton-Century Crofts, 1972). "Faber-Clark Field," Loras College Buildings Summary, Loras College Archives. "Fine Enrollment at St. Joseph's," The Telegraph Herald, 7 September 1913, Keane Hall — General Information, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. F.P. Friedl, "In the Beginning," in The Loras College Story, (Dubuque, Loras College Press): 1990, 24. Franklin T. Oldt, History of Dubuque County, lowa; Being a General Survey of Dubuque County History, (Chicago: Godspeed Historical Association, 1889), p. 651. Gerald Shaughnessy, S.M., Nas the Immigrant Kept the Faith? (New York, 1925) pp. 113-196. "Good Shepherd Home to Dubuque College," Dubuque Times Journal, 1 October 1915, Page 11. H. Donald Willging, "The German Catholics in Dubuque, lowa, 1840 — 1920," A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Loras College, May 1960. "Health Center at Loras," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 14 July 1963, Page 16. "Heitkamp Memorial Planetarium Begins Second Decade," The Lorian, 1 October 1976, Heitkamp Planetarium — General Information, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. "Hennessy Hall," Loras College Buildings Summary, Loras College Archives. Henry John Schlacks, The Word of Henry John Schlacks, Ecclesiologist, originally published 1903. Section 8 page 114 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0078 United States Department of the Interior Loras College Historic District National Park Service ................. -......... ....-� - - Name of Property Dubuque County, lowa ....._--"--------...............__......-------�--------�---.. National Register of Historic Places CountyandState .................... .... - ......- - - Continuation Sheet Name of multiple tisting(if applicable) Section number 8 Page 115 Hoffmann Hall Dedication Program, 21 August 1982, Folder: Hoffmann Hall — Dedication, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Saint_Paul_(Minnesota) Accessed October 10, 2018. http://chaplaincorps.navylive.dodlive.mil/2013/12/05/honoring-the-legacy-of-chaplain- kirkpatrick-and-chaplain-schmitt-on-the-72nd-anniversary-of-pearl-harbor/. Accedssed October 10, 2018 https://jesuitlibrariesprovenanceproject.com/2016/08/19/tracing-the-expansion-of-catholicism- in-the-mid-nineteenth-century-midWesU Accessed October 10, 2018. https://www.thousandwonders.neUBasilica+of+Saint+Mary Accessed October 10, 2018. "Infirmary Greets First Patients," CEE-AY, 1927-1928, Page 10 Column 1, Loras College Archives, Center for Dubuque History. James Machowski, "Veterans," The Lorian, [1971 or 1972], Pages 1-3, Column 7, Loras College Arcvhies. John Ely Briggs, "The First Bishop of lowa," The Palimpsest, Vol. XI (August 1930 No. S). John Ireland, The Church and Modern Society(St. Paul, 1902), 92. John Tracy Ellis, "American Catholics and the Intellectual Life," Thought 30, (Autumn, 1955). John Tracy Ellis, The Formative Years of the Catholic University of America (Washington, 1946), pp. 371-373. "Judge Bonson Has the College Case," Dubuque Telegraph Hera/d, 6 May 1915, Page 14. Judy Burns Schuster, "Loras has 125th Anniversary," Dubuque Telegraph Nerald, 10 May 1964, Page 4. Justin A. Driscoll to James J. Byrne, Letter, 11 August 1967, Buildings & Grounds, Binz Hall — General Information, Loras College Archives. "List of Delegates," 12 May 1964, Science Hall — General Information, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. "Local Churchman Gets High Post," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 29 January 1918, Pages 1&10. "Looking Back to 1941," Las Vegas Review Journal, 7 December, 2008. "Loras Activities Attract 1,200," Dubuque Telegraph Nerald 23 October 1967, Page 7. "Loras Campaign Will Continue," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 8 June 1939, Page 5. Loras College Buildings Timeline, Loras College Archives. Loras College and C.I. Krajewski, Contract, 31 July 1939, Rock Bowl — Contracts, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. Loras College and St. Louis University, Contract, 28 February 1961, Seismograph Station— General Information, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. "Loras Dedicates Library," Dubuque Te/egraph Herald, 7 November 1960, Page 1&5, NewspaperArchive.com and "Wahlert Hall," Loras College Buildings Summary, Loras College Archives. Section 8 page 115 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Loras College Historic District �-- - - .. .._..------------'...............--------------'-"- National Park Service Name of Property Dubuque County, lowa ..............�------------------------------"`--".`-"`_... National Register of Historic Places Countyand State ...... -- -...._................... .- -...--- --...--- - Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number 8 Page 116 "Loras Dorm Dedicated," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 11 December 1961, Page 18. "Loras Enrolls," Dubuque Telegraph Herald 18 February 1966, Page 11. "Loras Hall," 1928-29 Columbia College Catalog, Page 16, Keane Hall — General Information, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. "Loras Names New Library: Honors Wahlert of Packing Co.," Dubuque Te/egraph Herald, 14 January 1960, Page 1. Loras News Bureau, "Loras Seismograph Station Operating," 3 July 1961, Seismograph Station — General Information, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. "Loras — Oldest Library in lowa," 5 November 1990, Buildings & Grounds, Wahlert Hall — General Information, Loras College Archives. "Loras Outlines $10 Million Expansion," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 24 September 1961, Page 1. "Loras Regents OK New Dorm," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 21 August 1964, Page 1. "Loras Plans $1 Million Dorm," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 26 May 1960, Page 9. "Loras Residence Hall Dedication Oct. 27-28," Dubuque Telegraph Nera/d, 21 October 1954, Page 25. "Loras Science Hall Named St. Joseph," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 11 April 1963, Page 7. "Loras Stadium Work to Start," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 1 October 1939, Page 1-2. "Loras Starting Library Building This Summer," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 4 June 1959, Page 1. "Loras Starts Building Its New Planetarium," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 27 September 1965, Page 5. "Loras Students Learning to Fly Under CAA's Training Program," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 11 February 1940, Page 5. "Loras to Build $1 Million Science Hall for '62 Use," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 3 August 1961, Page 1&6. Matt Valder and Caroline Carney, "Rohlman Hall: The History, The Controversy," The Lorian, 8 October 1984, Page 1 Column 1, Loras College Archives, Center for Dubuque History. Matthew Garrett, "The Identity of American Catholic Education: A Historical Overview," Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice," Vol. 10, No. 2 (December 2006), 229. Michael Ruane, "Seventy-six Years After He Died at Pearl Harbor, a Chaplain Will Get a Combat Metal," The Washington Post, Dec. 6, 2017 Mike Gibson, "The Rock Bowl: A Brief History," Rock Bowl — General Information, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. M.J. Bennet, When Dreams Came Tn�e: The GI Bill and the Making of Modern America, (Washington, DC: Brassey's, 1996), 249. M.M. Hoffman, "The Story of Loras College: The Oldest College in lowa,° (Dubuque, lowa: Loras College Press, 1939), pp. 17-18. Section 8 page 116 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States DepaRment of the Interior Loras College Historic District National Park Service .............. ......_........- -... - .......- - Name of Property Dubuque County, lowa --------.. .. ....-'-----------------------...-'--------- National Register of Historic Places County and Slate ........... . ...�- -....-�- -- -...... - Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing(if applicable) Section number 8 Page 117 M.M. Hoffman, "St. Raphael's Seminary," The Palimpsest, Vol. XX (June 1939, No. 6), p. 199. Mount St. Bernard Co//ege & Seminary National Register nomination, 1974. https://npqallerv.nps.qov/AssetDetail/NRI S/74000784 "Network of Seismograph Stations to Include Loras," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 18 December 1960. "New Cathedral to be Built Soon,° Dubuque Te/egraph Herald, 17 October 1912, p. 10. "New Institution Opens Informally," Dubuque Te/egraph Herald, 13 April 1906, Page 12. "New Library at Loras College," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 16 October 1958, Page 1 . "New Loras Dorm to Be 'Binz Hall'," Dubuque Te/egraph Hera/d, 19 September 1967, Page 13. "New Loras Dormitory Named Beckman Hall," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 16 November 1961 , Page 27. No title. Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 13 March 1905, Page 3. No title, Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 11 April 1963, Page 7. "Open new 'Gym' Saturday Night," Stapled Packet, 20 February 192[4], Fieldhouse — General Information, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. "Officials Give New Rules Trial Period," The Lorian, 26 September 1952, Page 1 Column 5, Loras College Archives, Center for Dubuque History. "Order of Pilgrimage," Program, 16 Pages, Christ the King Chapel (CTK) — General Information (Folder 2), Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. "Paper Delivered at Meeting of the lowa Academy of Science," 13 April 1962, Seismograph Station — General Information, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. P. Gleason, The American Background of Ex Corde Ecclesiae: A Historical Perspective. In J.M. O'Keefe (Ed.), Catholic Education at the Turn of the New Century (pp. 79-97) (New York: Garland, 1997). P. Gleason, Contending with Modernity.• Catholic Higher Education in the Twentieth Century (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995), pp 216-217. "Plans for Proposed Bishop Loras Statue Outlined in New Booklet," Dubupue Telegraph Herald, 8 January 1939, Page 12. "Priests of the Archdiocese Serve in National Defense," The Witness, 6 Nov. 1941, p. 1. "Quake `Shakes' Dubuque, Breaks One Seismograph," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 29 March 1964, Page 1. "Recommendation of the Long Range Planning Committee Concerning Renovation of Keane Hall," Report, 8 pages, Hoffmann Hall — Renovation, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. "Religious Events of the Past Week," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 17 July 1910, Page 4. Rex Reynolds, "Goodbye Old St. Joe's," The Loras Alumnus, XXXVII, no. 1 (Winter 1987): Folder: Hoffmann Hall — News, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. Section 8 page 117 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Loras Colle e Historic District National Park Service �Name ot Property -�- - -��-�� Dubuque County, lowa ---------------------...._----"'--`-"---� --- National Register of Historic Places County and State ................... - ........_......- -- - - .....--- - Continuation Sheet Name of multiple Iisting(if applicable) Section number 8 Page 118 R.J. Bridges to Mr. M. O'Dowd, Letter, 8 October 1957, Rohlman Hall — General Information, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. "Rock Bowl Stadium," Loras College Buildings Summary, Loras College Archives. Roger Sullivan, "Loras Chapel of Christ the King," The Lorian, 17 October 1947, Christ the King Chapel (CTK)— News & Programs, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. "San Jose Pool," Loras College Buildings Timeline, Loras College Archives. Sister Mary Augustina Ray, B.V.M., American Opinion of Roman Catholicism in the Eighteenth Century (New York, 1936); Gustavus Meyers, History of Bigotry in the United States (New York, 1943). "Sisters' Plans Extensive: Good Shepherd Order Will Build $75,000 to $100,000 Home in Near Future," Dubuque Telegraph Hera/d, 14 March 1905, Page 3. "Smyth Hall," Loras College Buildings Summary, Loras College Archives. "Summer Campus Work Underway," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 27 July 1960, Page 16, NewspaperArchive.com. The Chapel of Christ the King, Booklet, 16 Pages, (Dubuque, lowa: Loras College Press, 1947) Christ the King Chapel (CTK) — News & Programs, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. "The Chapel of Christ the King: Dedication Program," 25 & 26 October 1947, Gold booklet, 16 Pages, Christ the King Chapel (CTK) — News & Programs, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. "The Future of Science at Loras College," Booklet, 22 Pages, Science Hall -- Blueprints and Proposals, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. "The Man Who Built Loras Hall," Dubuque Telegraph Nerald, June 21, 1914, p. 28. "To Enlarge College," Dubuque Daily-Times, 30 May 1902, Page 2. "To Open New Gymnasium Next Week — La Crosse or Valpo Game Will Be First in New Structure," The Lorian, Vol. 1 No. 9, 13 February 1925, Fieldhouse — News, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archive. "Unnecessary War Prolongation Must End," The Lorian, 15 October 1969, Page 2 Column 1-4, Loras College Archives. "Valparaiso Defeats Columbia in First Game in New 'Gym'," The Lorian, 27 February 1925, Fieldhouse— News, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archive. "Viet Scapegoat in My Lai," The Lorian, 10 December 1969, Page 2 Column 3-4, Loras College Archives. "Visitors Win by 44 to 25 Score," The Telegraph Herald, Stapled Packet, 8 March 1925, Fieldhouse — General Information, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. W.A. Kennedy, "Statue of Bishop Loras is Dedicated," Dubuque Te/egraph Hera/d, 29 May 1939, Page 5. Wayne Weiler, "Slicing, But Sensitive Touch Marks Black Arts Experience," The Lorian, 4 March 1970, Page 2 Column 3-4, Loras College Archives. Section 8 page 118 NPS Porm 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Loras Coliege Historic District National Park Service .......... - - ---..........._...... ...... ... .---�-� - Name of Property Dubuque County, lowa --------._.................---------.......------------`-------�- National Register of Historic Places County and State . . . . ....... .....----....._._- - Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing(if applicable) Section number 8 Page 119 "Welcome to the Saint Joseph Hall of Science," Science Hall — General Information, Buildings & Grounds, Loras College Archives. W. Leahy, Adapting to America: Catholics, Jesuits and Higher Education in the Twentieth Century, (Washington DC: University Press, 1991). "Work on New Home to be Begun Next Year," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 30 October 1904, Page 8. "Work on Seismograph at Loras Will Start," Dubuque Te/egraph Herald, 5 March 1961, Page 19. Section 8 page 119 I NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Loras College Hisroric Dlstrict --- - - -- -------------------...-----------------...--'--'-- National Park Service Name of Property DubuGue County, lowa �--------------------------------------------""--`--"-------- National Register of Historic Places County and State ......- - ...............-- - �-.......--�--�---- - -- Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing(if applicable) Section number 8 Page 120 Previous documentation on file(NPS): _preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested _ previously listed in the National Register _previously determined eligible by the National Register _designated a National Historic Landmark _recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # _recorded by Historic American Engineering Record# _recorded by Historic American Landscape Survey# Primary location of additional data: X State Historic Preservation Office _Other State agency _ Federal agency _ Local government _University _Other Name of repository: Historic Resources Survey Number(if assigned): Section 8 page 120 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Loras College Historic District National Park Service --- ...... - ._....--- -......-------�-- --.... Name of Property Dubuque County, lowa ..........---................-----�--...-'-------'------......--'------ National Register of Historic Places County and State - ......... ...........- �-�-�- -�-�-�--- -�---- ontinuation Sheet Name of mWtiple listing(if applicable) Section number 8 Page 121 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property 64 acres (Do not include previously listed resource acreage;enter"Less than one"if the acreage is.99 or less) Latitude/Longitude Coordinates Datum if other than WGSS4: WGS84 utm15 (enter coordinates to 6 decimal places) A g C p Easting Northing A 690326.5 4708607.6 B 690404.9 4708661.3 C 690570 4708733.9 D 690661 4708531.1 E 690762 4708570.2 F 690805.5 4708482 G 691040.9 4708586.3 H 691065 4708520.9 I 690999.9 4708493 � 691046 4708378.3 K 690530.7 4708159.8 L 690320.1 4708491.5 M 690363.8 4708516 Section 8 page 121 NPS Form 10-�J00-a OMB No. 1024-0078 United States Department of the Interior Loras College Historic District -------'---.......-�----........-------------------------'-"---"--"-- National Park Service Name of Property Dubuque County, lowa National Register of Historic Places co��iY a�d s�ate �" " �-__ ::- _ ....... ............. .......�- - ....... �- - - Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing(if applicable) Section number 8 Page 122 See attached Loras College Historic District Coordinates Map PCS=UTM ZONE 15N GCS=WGS84 Verbal Boundary Description (oescribe me boundaries of tne properry.) The Loras College Historic District encompasses the area with a boundary as follows: Starting at the corner of Loras Boulevard and Alta Vista Street, going North on Alta Vista Street to Kirkwood Street, then East on Kirkwood Street to Cox Street, then South on Cox Street to W. 17t" Street, then East on W. 17'" Street to just East of the tennis courts then South to W 16'h Street, then East on W. 16'h Street to just East of the Lynch/McCarthy Apartments then South to Henion Street, then West following the corner South on Henion Street to Loras Boulevard, then West on Loras Boulevard to back to Alta Vista Street. B011Oddfy.IUStIfIC8fi017 �Explain why lhe boundaries were selected.� The boundary selected includes the extent of the contiguous Loras College Campus and everything historically associated with the college. 11 Form Prepared By name/title Duane Hagerty date Oct. 8, 2018 organization Heritage Works Inc. telephone 563-564-4090 street&numher 210 W. 1 s�Street email dhaqerty heritageworksdbq.com city or town Dubuque state lowa zip code 52001 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: • GIS Location Map (Google Earth or BING) . Local Location Map • Site Plan . Floor Plans (As Applicable) • PhOto LoCBIiOn Map(Include for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Key all photographs to this map and insed immediately after the photo log and before the list of fgures). Section S page 122 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Loras College Historic District National Park Service - ........... ........ -�-��-�- - -....- -- Name of Property Dubuque County, lowa .......-------------._...................--......---------......--------- National Register of Historic Places co��tY and scace - - ..........- -- ..........- ---�- .__..--- ontinuation Sheet Name of multiple listing(if applicable) Section number 8 Page 123 Loras College Historic District �oordinate Map . . � J V ��• ( �� . � + . tiFY �' t , �i v. , •• , ~ C��: . �I.�� : .�., , . � . � - = � rr;�` . . H �`; �, ' `. ; i .�}. � y �, � . .�1 - • —�ti,� r i � � � �r�� ;' , � •4 � � ! ' ��. . �� r�{N• � S' /',� •,/, , :.,n V �� b r ,.� lt:�, ��Yr " i� -,-�"+�!�" �� ,�� ` . ; � � -._._ � Aerial Imagery�USDA FSA A 690326.5 47C8607.6 H 691U65 47os52o9 (NationalAgriculturallmageryProgram) B 690404.9 4708G613 I 690999.9 4708493 Imagery date 2015,Couftery ESRI. C 690570 4708733.9 1 691046 A7083783 D 690661 4708531.1 K 690530J 4708159.6 E 690762 47�8570.2 L 690320.1 4708491.5 COOROINATES DISPLAYED IN F 690805.5 4708482 M 690363.8 4708516 yyGS 1984,UTM ZONE 15N G 691040.9 47085863 District Outline Feet � 0 1,000 Section 8 page 123 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Loras College Hisroric District -.......-- - --....--- - - I National Park Service Name ot ProPerty y Dubuque County, lowa ' ----------------------------.......__—�-------._.._.-'--------------"- � National Register of Historic Places Counry and State � - -....... - -........... . .........-- --�----�---- Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing(if applicable) Section number 8 Page 124 Loras College Historic District Contributing Resources - - to�� --- -1 � � �m v pU�G�'E y I,�.�R'��o � � Pym o`��1- / � � '� ��7.Pg�jN NGE�'�"P s � P te 'O � ��3 ` �pnif` ,�S 9 Q 1 6 S � ` » � / � �Py � B � , 13 v � ; � 3 � ' � � �� y 2�� 12 �� y � ��pp 21 26 �`CKESS . 7 � �N � � � � � 1C � ' 0 s " 7 F �s � � � io 2 za � o.�P � /s � ` n C � ,i�� P�``�GjpN 9 � �� ' � � `2� JE� ` � cG �K � ` 2 3y � ' ' ' yN cN�SjNJj P d� t� �y oy T �O R�SE y o� c+m {�ZH 5 Sowce:City of Dubuque -Contributing � Feet �Non-ConVibutiny 0 1,000 L�jDis[ric[Outline Section 8 page 124 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 � United States Department of the Interior Loras College Historic District National Park Service ........ . . .......... ..... --� ��- -�--�- - Name of Property Dubuque County, lowa ---- -. .. . -----.............-----.....----------�-------�-�-- National Register of Historic Places County and State ....� . .......... ......... . .�--�- -.... �- ontinuation Sheet Name of multiple listing(if applicable) Section number 8 Page 125 ResourceName DateBuilt Contributing? 1} Loras/Keane Hall 1913 Contribuiing 2) Bishop Mathias Loras Statue 1939 Contriouting 3) Christthe KingChapel 1946 Contrlbuting 4) HeitkampPlanetarium 1966 Contri6ut:no i 5} FieldHouse �° 1924 Contributing : 6) HennessyHall 1905 Con:ribui:ng 7) St. loseph Hall of Science 1963 Contributing 8) Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto(ruinJ 1954 Conirbu:ing 9)Academic Resource Center 2002 NornContributing I 10) Satlpture of the Resurrectian 1997 Non-Contribu;in� I 11) Wahler[Hall 1960 Contnbuting , 12} Rock Bowl Stadium 1940 Non-ConVbuting 13) Rohlman Hall 1953 Contributing 14) St.FrancisHall/AlumniCampusCenter 1914,1991 Contr!aufin� _ 15) LourdesGrotto 2011 Non-Contributing 16) Smyth Hall 1927 Contri6uting _ 17) GraberCenter 1982 Non-Contributing 18) San lose Pool 1967 Con:;�outing 19) PowerHouse 1914,2015 Non-Contributing 20) Physical Plant 1975 Non-Contributing 21) Athleticand WellnessCenter 2007 Non-Co�tributing 22) Faber-ClarkField 1961 Conir,but�ng 23) Observatory 1963 Contributing 24) St.losephChapelandAuditorium 1909 Cont�iout:ng 25) HoffmanHall 1902,1987 Contributing � 26) Beckman Hall 1961 ContrbuTng ' 27) Binz Hall 1966 Contributing 28) LimestoneRetainingWalls 1913-19-10 Contri6u;:ng 29J Lunch/McCarthyApartments 2002 Non-Contributing I�� 30} Byme Oaks HousingComplex 1990 NornCon'r:buting 31) Duhavik Plaza 2014 NornContributing 32) Tucker Tennis Caurts 2007,20ll NornCon:ributin� 33) Seismograph5tation � 1961 Contri6uting Section 8 page 125 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 10240018 United States Department of the Interior Loras College Historic District .......----------------------------.......---------`-.........---------- National Park Service Name ot ProPerty Dubuque Counfy, lowa.-------.............----------- ; �-----...................--�'--'-' CounTy and State National Register of Historic Places � - .........�-- ...... - ---.....-- ---...._.... - Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing(if applicable) Section number 8 Page 126 Loras College Historic District Vicinity Map �s `,� %� .t�.e� y • 1 �. . ^ / t, `,�_b� �� C_ �l i�/� � •�J, �'f'..;�' ,\ r y-'} - � ' �� ';��> ' . ��. ��« : � � -� �.. ;..� rls 4,�'�� ; � � �f ;Y'� t� �. �� f � Y � �I Z, f�-' �Y � .. �) 11°�+'.S . ,�` it4r T j�1 Q' � . .$S � �Y-�fi J �!* ,t:)/ . 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Y.'�� i.Y��.��s�� , _ � "_ � �� • i �.�' NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Loras College Historic District National Park Service Name or ProPer�y --------"--'-'--------------------- ' Dubuque County, lowa ._........----...,...,._...---------'------------'-"-`-`------ National Register of Historic Places co��tY a�d scate .... .... �-.......- -� �............ .. ��- Continuation Sheet Nameofmultiplelisting(ifapplicable) Section number 8 Page 128 Loras College Historic District Photokey --�,.. �'"� y � 30, �:> 16 33 �$ 1] 13 b ��\ ��P9i, � '4 3_ e �y \ z� . �I 3 . �� n t ] 31 y\, _ �z` � � � � ,< �\ _ Zs`. � 5 tt s �s ,,a ro 5 i � zs:� to �� 2a � 4 0�\P 4 , 23a E 8 � 3 :i-�. R 21� 0�V0 19 �EP�� . ��S.n ? 2 pf�Ps\ S' 2 � , / 5 \ Retainin9 Walls(Fea[ure 28) Feet � T PhotoLa6el � 1,000 ODis[ric[Outlfne Section 8 page 128 NPS Form 70-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Loras College Historic District National Park Service ..........� ............. ..�-�- - -... -- - Name of Property Dubuque County, lowa ...........----------...................-------------_...--------��- National Register of Historic Places Countyand State ......... . .......... ...... �-----�-� ontinuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number 8 Page 129 Photographs: Su6mit clear and descriptive photographs The size of each image must be 3000x2000 pixels, at 300 ppi(pixels per inch)or larger. Key all photographs lo the sketch map. Each photograph must be numbered and that number must correspond to lhe photograph number on the photo log. For simplicity, lhe name of the photographer, photo date, etc. may be listed once on the photograph log and doesn't need to be labeled on every pho(ograph. Photo Log Name of Property: Loras College Historic District City or Vicinity: Dubuque County: Dubuque State: lowa Photographer: William Doyle Date Photographed: April, 2018 Description of Photograph(s)and number,include desaiption of view indicating direction of camera: (1 of 23) View Northeast of Loras Blvd just East of the intersection with Alta Vista St. The South fa�ade of Keane Hall (Map #1) and the West and South fa�ade of the academic resource (Map #9) center are visible. The rear of the Bishop Matthias Loras Statue (map 2) is centered. Further down the Hill is a distant view of St. Joseph Chapel. (2 of 23) View Northwest on Alta Vista St. The West fa�ade of Keane Hall (Map #1) and the North fapade of Christ the King Chapel (Map#3) are shown. (3 of 23) View North from Alta Vista near the intersection with Vernon St. The West Fa�ades of the Field House (#5) and Hennessy Hall (#6) are shown. (4 of 23) View North from Alta Vista St, at the intersection with Edina St. The West far�ade of Hennessey Hall and the North fa�ade of the St. Joseph Hall of Science are shown. (5 of 23) View North on the interior of campus just East of St. Josephs Hall of science. The old Lourdes Grotto (#8) is in the foreground, and the Rear of the Byrne Oaks complex (Map#30) is visible. (6 of 23) View Southeast on Alta Vista St. The West fa�ade of the St. Joseph Hall of Science (#7) is shown. (7 of 23) View Southeast onto the Rock Bowl (#12). In the background the East fa�ade of Smyth Hall (#16), The North fa�ade of St. Francis Hall (#14). Secfion 8 page 129 NPS Fortn 10-900-a OM8 No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Loras College Historic Disvict �- .................._......--� ----- -�-......_..---- National Park Service Name of Property Dubuque County, lowa .___.._,,...___ ------------------......_..-`------------- National Register of Historic Places Counly and State ...........---------'------------------'--..........---------------..._... Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing(if applicable) Section number 8 Page 130 (8 of 23) View South across the Rock Bowl (#12). The East fa�ades of Hennessey Hall (#6) and the Field House (#5) are shown. The North fa�ade of Wahlert Hall (#11) is also in frame. Distant views of Keane Hall (#1), the Hietkamp Planetarium (#4) and Christ the King Chapel (#3) are also visible. (9 of 23) View Southeast near Kirkwood St. The Byrne Oaks complex (#30) is visible in the foreground while the San Jose Pool (#18) is in the background. (10 of 23) View Southwest at the North fa�ade of the San Jose Pool (#18), and the Southern fa�ade of the Byrne Oaks Complex (#30). (11 of 23) View Northwest across the Rock Bowl (#12). The Northwestern portion of campus including the rear (East fa�ade) of Hennessey Hall (#6) the rear (East fa�ade) of St. Joseph's Hall of Science (#7) as well as the South Fa�ade of Rohlman Hall (#13). (12 of 23) View Southeast atop the retaining wall which lies East of Smyth Hall. The Athletic and Wellness center (#21) is shown. (13 of 23) View East along 16�h St. The East faqades of Beckman Hall (#26) and Binz Hall (#27) are in the foreground while the Lynch McCarthy Apartments are in the background. (14 of 23) View Southeast along 16"' Avenue, the West fa�ades of Binz (#27) and Beckman Hall (#26) in the background. (15 of 23) View Southwest along 16"' St North of the Lynch-Mcarthy Apartments. In the far background there are a number of resources visible: The Physical Plant (#20), Keane Hall (#1), Academic Resource Center(#9), and the Athletic and Wellness Center (#21) (16 of 23) View of the Eastern corner of the district, showing the North fa�ade of the Lynch McCarthy apartment complex (#29). (17 of 23) View Southwest from Henion St. The East fa�ade of Beckman (#26), and Hoffman Hall (#25) are shown. (18 of 23) View West from Loras Blvd and Walnut St. The North and East fagades of the power house (#19) (including the smokestack) are in the center of the image. Also visible is the East far�ade of the Academic Resource Center (#9), As well as the Alumni Campus Center (#14). (19 of 23) Facing Northwest at the intersection of Loras Blvd and Cox St. The West fa�ade of the Powerhouse (#19) is in the foreground. Also visible is the South fa�ade of the Physical Plant (#20) and the Alumni Campus Center(#21). Section 8 page 130 i NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Loras College Historic District National Park Service _.... - ........... ---._- ---- -�-- .._� Name of Properly Dubuque County, lowa .............--.. ...............-------....------�`--��---`---- National Register of Historic Places County and State ......... ... ..... ....... . �-��- .._ ontinuation Sheet Name of multiple listing(if applicable) Section number S Page 131 (20 of 23) View East over the Faber-Clark field (#22) at one of the longer retaining walls (#28). Also in frame is the East Fa�ades of a number of buildings including St. Josephs Chapel (#24), Hoffman Hall (#25), Beckman Hall (#26), and Binz Hall (#27). (21 of 23) View Northeast from the interior of the Academic Resource Center . The buildings in the foreground include the smokestack & the Power Plant (#19). The West fa�ade if the physical plant (#20) and the South fa�ade of the Alumni Campus Center#14). (22 of 23) View Northwest from the interior of the Academic Resource Center. The East fa�ade of Keane Hall (#1), the Heitkamp Planetarium (#4), the East fa�ade (rear) of the Christ the King Chapel (#3), The South fa�ade of the Field House (#5) and Wahlert Hall (#11) are visible behind trees. (23 of 23) View Northeast the West fa�ade of the St. Francis Hall/the Alumni Campus Center (#14) is visible in the background. In the foreground are the West and South fa�ade of Wahlert Hall, and the North Fa�ade of the Academic Resource Center. Paperwork Reduction Act Statement This information is being collec[ed for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list pmperlies, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Hisloric Preservation Act,as amended(16 U.S.C.460 et seq.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to averac�e 100 hours per response induding time for reviewing instructions, galhering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the OFFice of Planning and Performance ManagemenL U.S. Dept. of Ihe Interior, 1849 G Streel, NW, Washinglon, DC. Section 8 page 131