National Register Historic District Update_Cathedral Historic DistrictCLG NATIONAL REGISTER REVIEW
CLG Name Dubuque Date of Public Meeting
Property Name Cathedral Historic District (Amendment and Update). 7th, Locust, 4th, alley between Bluff &
Locust, Bisset, Jones, Bluff, Emmett, St. Mary's, west boundary limestone bluff, Dubuque, Dubuque County
1. For Historic Preservation Commission:
/Recommendation of National Register eligibility
❑ Recommendation ational Register Ineligibility
Signature
Print Name
Title
Christine Happ Olson
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Date
Reason(s) for. recommendation:
The Cathedral Historic District Update and Amendment meets significance
criterion C for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
2. For Chief Elected Local Official:
r Recommendation of National Register eligibility
❑ Recommendatio of National Register ineligibility
Signature
Print Name
Roy D. Buol
2/6/12 Date
Title Mayo r
Reason(s) for recommendation:
The Cathedral Historic District Update and.Amendment meets significance
criterion C for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
3. Professional Evaluation:
❑ Recommendation of National Register eligibility
❑ Recommendation of National Register Ineligibility
Signature Date
Print Name
Title
Reason(s) for recommendation:
RETURN TO: State Historical Society of Iowa, ATTN: National Register Coordinator, 600 E. Locust, Des Moines,
IA 50319
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: National Register of Historic Places Update — Cathedral Historic District
DATE: January 9, 2012
In order for property owners to obtain historic preservation tax credits in the Cathedral
Historic District, an update and amendment of the existing National Register of Historic
Places designation is required. Planning Services staff was able to prepare the update
in -house with guidance from the State Historic Preservation Office.
The Cathedral Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1985. No changes are proposed to the district boundary. The proposed update and
amendment extends the period of significance from 1905 to 1934, and more accurately
identifies all buildings which contribute to the character of the district.
Planning Services Manager Laura Carstens recommends City Council approval of an
update and amendment of the existing National Register of Historic Places designation
for the Cathedral Historic District.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
174it/A44
Michael C. Van Milligen
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Attachment
cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
Dubuque
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2007
TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager
SUBJECT: National Register of Historic Places Update -- Cathedral Historic District
DATE: January 6, 2011
Introduction
This memo transmits an update and amendment of the existing National Register
of Historic Places (NRHP) designation for the Cathedral Historic District for City
Council review and approval. The update and a map of the district are attached.
Discussion
In order for property owners to obtain historic preservation tax credits in the
Cathedral Historic District, an update and amendment of the existing NRHP
designation is required. Planning Services staff was able to prepare the update
in -house with guidance from the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO).
The Cathedral Historic District was listed on the NRHP in 1985. No changes are
proposed to the district boundary. The proposed update and amendment extends the
period of significance from 1905 to 1934 and more accurately identifies all buildings
which contribute to the character of the district.
The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) is required to review and comment
on the proposed NRHP update. The HPC will hold a public hearing on the update
on January 19, 2012. Notification of the public hearing will be sent to property
owners in the Cathedral Historic District.
After the public hearing, the HPC will make a recommendation to the City Council
on the NRHP update and amendment for the City Council's February 6, 2012
meeting. The City Council's recommendation will be sent to the SHPO, and then
the National Park Service for a final decision.
Recommendation
Planning Services staff recommends City Council approval of the NRHP update
and amendment for the Cathedral Historic District because it meets criteria for
listing in the NRHP.
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house, house fronts east.
Legal: (729) Sub I of City Lot 653,
South 24'10.5" of South 49.7' —1, Sub of
City Lot 653A south 24' -1,
(731) Sub of City Lot 653A, north
22'10"-I, Sub of City Lot 653A, south
2' -1 & north 24.10' - sourth 49.9 -1 of City
Lot 653.
Bluff
743 -745
Style /Year: c.1860, two -story side gable
brick vernacular duplex.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: The broad
rectangular core plan measures 3 1x40, a
two -story centered rear brick wing
16x28, a two -story frame centered rear
porch 12x28, side porches 5x22 -28. The
eaves project beyond the end walls and in
wall chimneys are on each end. There is
a raised stone foundation and the plan is
rectangular. The entries are centered and
grouped and have transoms. There is a
partial -width hip roof front porch with
paired brackets. Stone lintels have semi-
circular forms with flattened ends.
Alterations: metal porch posts and
railings, concrete porch base. Permits
note re-roofing in 1995, re- siding (part)
1942.
Landscaping /Setting: parcel rises slightly
to the west, stoner retaining wall, house
fronts east.
Legal: Sub of north 50' of 4 City Lot
653A -2, Sub of north 50 of same -1.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: does not appear on
1872 birds eye view.
John A. McKinley and Mrs. William
Bernard owned this property when it
was sewered (no date). The Herald,
July 3, 1877, reports the beginning
of excavation work for a new house
on Bluff between 7th and 81h streets.
No name was given.
As of 1955 the property was in
single ownership, with five sleeping
rooms in 743, four in 745.
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Bluff
759
Style /Year: 1902, Classical Revival
bowfront house, with flat roof partial -
width front porch and full -width terrace.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: two -story parapet
front with shallow "U "- shaped facade,
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder: Rev. H.
Fleke, pastor of Emanuel
Congregational Church, built a two -
story flat building on the west side of
Bluff between 7111 and 811i streets in
1902 (Telegraph- Herald, April 6,
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unusual. There is a two -story rear wing
and south - projecting one story Crafts-
man-era side porch. The dining room has
a beamed ceiling. No fireplaces.
Alterations: side porch as noted, c.1910.
Permits note re- roofing in 1996 (part),
12x14 addition on second floor 1987
($7,570).
Landscaping /Setting: stone retaining wall
and double run of steps, fronts east. Base
of hillside 90 feet back.
Legal: Sub 2 of City Lot 653 -1, Sub of
City Lot 653A -1.
Bluff
729 -731
Style /Year: c.1860, two -story side gable
brick vernacular duplex.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: The rectangular
core plan measures 31x40, a centered rear
two -story brick wing 16x14, side porches
extend from this wing (16x5'6 "). 731
has a single -story rear brick wing, 16x14.
The eaves continue beyond the end walls
and there is a south end chirnney in wall.
Metal sills and lintels, fenestration is
symmetrical. A Classical Revival full-
width front porch with hip roof has Doric
columns. The colurnns are set atop
concrete block piers. Entries are centered
and paired and have transoms.
Alterations: porch as noted. Permits
(729) note re- roofings in 1988, 1990
(part), and 2009, conversion [to?] single -
family dwelling 1976 ($3,000), landing
on steps on rear repaired, handrail 1999,
install roof on porches 2001. Permits
(731) note re- roofing in 1933, and 2009,
rebuilding of roof rafters and fire damage
repair 1988 ($9,500).
Landscaping /Setting: parcel rises to the
west, stone retaining wall and steps to
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: appears on 1872
birds eye view. Mrs. William
Bernard, F. W. Ruete and John A.
McKinley owned this property when
it was sewered (no date). The
Herald (April 9, 1878) that
"McKinlay" was preparing to build a
new dwelling house on Bluff Street.
As of 1955, 729 contained four
sleeping rooms along with the
owner's residence. 731 had two
leased offices down and two
apartments up.
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cap two picture windows with triple-
transom lights. Geometric inlays
ornament the oriole spandrels and
Classical designs the pavilion and porch
pediment fronts. There is a rear wing
with south - fronting side porch along the
south side. One fireplace in each unit.
Alterations: very well preserved. Permits
note re- roofings in 1941 (701), 1989 (flat
roof), remove and replace rear stairs on
brick office 1986, replace stringers office
1992.
Landscaping /Setting: level parcel with
east - fronting building, hillside at west
end likely prevented rear porches, forcing
porches to the side of the plan.
Legal: Sub 2 of 2 City Lot 653 -1, Sub 3
City Lot 653A -1 (south half), Sub 2 -2
City Lot 653 -2, Sub 3 of City Lot 653A -2
(north half).
Bluff
721
Style/Year: post -1872, historical
photographs appear to date to c.1877 -78,
pre -1884, two -story gable front
vernacular brick house. This example is
noteworthy for it's being a full -two
stories high, and the double semi - circular
arched window set is unusual as an attic
light.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: rectangular plan
(34x24, two -story rear brick wing, 23x24,
single -story south brick wing, 14x12, two
rear enclosed porches 14x28, wrap-
around front porch with south frontage of
14', east frontage 31', depth seven feet)
with raised stone foundation and water
table, stone lintels have semi-circular
forms with flattened ends. The double
entry is on the right side of the facade
and has a two -part transom light and
paneled recess. The stone lintels are
continued on the south side wall which is
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: appears on 1872
birds eye view. J. W. Ruete owned
this property when it was sewered
(no date).
As of 1955 owned by Loretta Anglin
(since 1945), she rented six sleeping
rooms ($8.00 weekly).
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and window, overhang on north wing).
Physical Description: Two -story brick
front addition or enclosed porch
completely obscures and compromises
the original. Two -story north side
addition. Attached garage with tile
coping on south side.
Alterations: Permits note re- roofings in
1957 (half), 1968, 1979, 1988, roof
repairs 1956, addition to funeral home
1934 ($1,500), re- siding part 1939. 1955
Assessor card notes "new addition" in the
front, 11x24.
Legal: North 6'6" of the north 52'6" Lot
621, southeast 39'6" Lot 622.
Bluff
701 -703
Style/Year: 1888, Queen Anne /Second
Empire double house or duplex (former
embodied in the orioles and turret caps,
the central pavilion, and the classical
elements in the friezes, the latter in the
attic mansard form.
Designer/Builder: Thomas T. Carkeek,
architect (Sommer, p. 96; Dubuque of
Significance; George W. Healey
Duplex .
Original Owner/Builder: Healey
built a two -story dwelling with
Mansard roof at the head of 7111 Street
on Bluff for $2,000 in 1888 (Herald,
December 23, 1888).
Building History: Healey was a clerk
for Christman & Healey as of 1893
and resided here.
George W. Healy and the J. R.
Goodrich Estate owned this property
when it was sewered (June 14,
1902).
The south half at least was owner -
occupied as of 1955, with a vacant
second floor. Lavina Steinbach
owned 703 for 35 years as of 1955.
She sold it in 1962. She rented
sleeping rooms for $5.000 weekly.
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Today, 1897).
Physical Description: two -story side
gable rectangular plan (30x41, centered
two -story rear brickwing, 33x32,
matching rear side porches, 14x8) with
mansard attic front, twin orioles (second
floor base to the top of the attic level)
with turret roofs flank a two -story
pedimented pavilion. The twin entries
are centered and grouped and a partial
width pedimented porch with turned
posts and bargeboard covers the entry.
There is a raised stone foundation and
water table. Brick pilasters define the
outer corner edges. Brick belt courses
(twin and parallel) mark the lintel level
on the lower level and the sill level on the
upper floor. A rusticated stone belt
course marks the base of the parapet.
Oversized stone lintels on the main floor
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duplex.
Physical Description: raised end walls
and chimney, paired brackets beneath the
cornice, symmetrical fenestration and
paired centered entries (obscured), plain
stone sills and lintels, raised stone
foundation. Shed roof clapboard clad
built in porch obscures the southernmost
two - thirds of the facade and a two -story
polychrome brick porch covers that
portion.
Legal: Lots 1 & 2 of south 46' of City
Lot 621
Bluff
653 -655
Style/Year: c.1870, Italianate/ vernacular
two -story brick side gable duplex.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: the rectangular core
plan measures 32'6 "x41', there are twin
separated rear 1.75 -story brick wings
(33x15), the east base of which is linked
by a frame single -story (10x8) section.
The roof continues beyond end walls,
chimneys on end walls, paired brackets
beneath cornice, paired centered entries
(four panel doors) with transoms and side
lights, plain stone sills and lintels.
Craftsman -era (e.1910) porch (8x39) with
tapered pillars set on brick piers.
Alterations: porch as noted, concrete
steps and curved side walls. Permits note
conversion from single - family to two-
family dwelling 1948 ($1,000), font
porch re- roofing 1982. New front porch
2002.
Landscaping /Setting: moderate terrace,
east fronting house.
Legal: North middle 23' of the north
52.5' Lot 621, South 23' of the north
52.5' of same.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: Appears on 1872
birds eye view. Tom Conolly builds
additions to two two -story buildings,
16x15, $1,500 on Bluff, is carriage
manufacture, at southwest corner 7th
and Locust, as of 1880 (Herald,
November 22, 1874).
A. Koch made improvement to his
residence on Bluff for $400 (Herald,
January 3, 1875). Koch worked for
Westphal, Hinds & Co.
Thomas Connelly, John A. Koch and
H. A. Dean A. owned this property
when it was sewered (no date). A
Kock built a brick addition to a
frame house at 673 Bluff in 1878.
He then worked for Westphal, Hinds
& Co.) (Herald, May 8, 1878).
The 1955 -60 Assessor card notes a
1951 remodeling, the owner (Clara
Hoffman) lived in California. There
were three rental units and the
surveyor noted "excellent condition
for old dwelling."
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Bluff
679
Style/Year: c.1890s, shingle style
(embodied in front gable shingle work
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Watters parcel to the south was
purchased and a building was
completed 1929 -30 (see above)
(undated newspaper article, post -
1930, titled "Mary of the Angels
Home ").
Building History: Originally built as
619 Bluff as Second Empire
residence for J. P. Farley in 1879 -80
($20,000).
The Mary of the Angels House was
organized by Bishop Hennessey in
1884 initially as the "St. Francis
Industrial School" where
unemployed young ladies would find
jobs. This concept was soon
replaced by the decision to simply
board locally employed young
women and the institution first
occupied Bishop Loras's former
residence, located behind the
cathedral. The capacity was 16
boarders. The Sisters of St. Francis
managed the home. This house was
acquired and remodeled, Bishop
Hennessey blessed it on June 4, 1892
and it began operations as the "St.
Francis Home" with a capacity for
20 boarders. A rear wing was added
in 1900 (the Herald, April 25, 1900,
reported removal of the outbuildings
of the former Farley property and
beginning of excavation work, called
the "new Sisters building).
Expansion replaced a four- building
row house block. The Herald
announced plans to build a new
sisters' house on the former Jesse
Farley land (Herald, November 25,
1900).
Bluff
625
Style /Year: 1868 -69, historical
photographs do not confirm this early
building date however, 1876? vernacular/
Italianate two -story side gable brick
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measured 36x50.
Historical Summary
married, first to Mary P. Johnson
Eval
Out - buildings
Alterations: Permits note re- roofings in
( ?- 1844), with whom he had five
sons, and second to Mary Louise
1939, 1982, 1996, open porch repairs
1953, masonry garage in rear 1966, new
portico 1979, detached shed redecked and
re- roofed 1996.
Johnson, with whom he had 12
children, three of were alive as of
1930. Farley died May 8, 1894
living at 567 Locust (undated
newspaper article, post -1930, titled
Landscaping /Setting: shallow stone
retaining wall and front yard with
separate walk. Alley to north side.
"Mary of the Angels Home";
Telegraph- Herald, Times- Journal,
April 15, 1834).
Original Owner/Builder: J. P. Farley,
$20,000, 1879 (Herald, January 1,
1880). Farley had an earlier
residence on "Bluff at the head of
6° "' prior to this and he beautified it
in 1870 for $1,500 (Herald,
December 18, 1870), added a frame
wing to it for $1,150 in 1873
(Herald, November 9, 1873). The
new wing was blessed by
Archbishop James Keane on October
2, 1900 (Herald, April 25, 1900).
The lot to the north of the Farley
house was purchased April 30, 1909
and four brick buildings were
demolished. Plans for a new wing
were ready by May 1911 for a 70x38
three -story brick wing. Kutsch
Brothers were the contractors.
Archbishop Keane blessed this
addition on December 10, 1911 and
the home's capacity was now 80
women. It was renamed "Mary of
the Angels Home."
The Sisters purchased the bluff
property behind the Farley house
from John Little, of Dyersville, on
June 1, 1916 for $2,600 and four old
frame buildings were removed. The
grounds were landscaped and a
grotto was built. That same year, on
December 9, 1916, the George
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Landscaping /Setting: corner parcel rises
in elevation to the west, building attached
to 605 -21 Bluff to the north.
Legal: Lots 618 -20 and a north fragment
of Lot 617.
Waller & Coates, stable house on
Bluff, architect F. D. Hyde, $4,000,
(Herald, May 9, 1886).
The John Watten Estate A. Tredway
and the C. A. Kleine Estate owned
this property when it was sewered
c.1889.
Bluff
605
Style /Year: 1879/c.1900, 1911, Second
Empire style (mansard attic treatment),
Classical Revival (central porch
pediment, Ionic Columns). This is the
simplified Dubuque mansard form, with a
simple attic portion of the purer form.
Designer/Builder: Franklin D. Hyde,
architect (original Farley residence,
Shank, p. 86). McQuillan was the
builder, and McHiver, the East Coast
interior decorator. Ferd Heer Sr. & Sons,
addition (Telegraph - Herald, April 23,
1933).
Physical Description: This two-story
brick Second Empire residence
(originally a dozen large rooms exclusive
of the attic and basement, there were five
fireplaces one of which featured a
Vermont marble mantle with onyx pillars
and china enamel tile) was enlarged over
time and its form, in at least two major
additions, there is a three -sided center
pavilion with a prominent dormer (with
pediment cap), and a Classical Revival
entry portico, set above stone steps.
There is a bracketed cornice, and two
stone lintel -level belt courses are also
bracketed (uniquely the brackets are
placed outside of each window sill).
There is a raised stone foundation of
smooth faced stone. An impressive stone
stairway with enlarged newel posts and
sideways.
The 1900 rear addition to the Farley core
house was three stories high, brick, and
Significance; Jesse P. Farley House,
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Mary of the Angels Home
Farley came to the city in 1833,
served as a city director and a
member of the first council, he
served three consecutive terms as
mayor (1852- 1855), helped organize
the Dubuque Insurance Company in
1842, the Central Improvement
Company in 1857, and at that time
was one of the 13 wealthiest men in
the city, he funded the establishment
of the Farley & Loetscher millwork
company and had a notable
association with railroads. He
helped found the Dubuque & Sioux
City Railroad in 1853, lived seven
years in St. Paul (1873 +) rebuilding
the St. Paul Railroad (the town of
Farley is named for him, others for
his children on that line), and he
finally lost his fortune in a railroad
related legal case. This forced the
sale of this house to the Sisters of St.
Francis on March 30, 1892 for
$15,000. His family first lived at
633 Walnut Street until 1853, then at
421 Locust Street, next at the rear of
the future A. A. Cooper Greystone
mansion, and then at this location.
They occupied a small brick house
here until 1886, when they
temporarily moved the west side of
Bluff between 7a' and 8th streets
while this house was built. (Farley
bought Lot 619 on December 13,
1875 for $6,700). Farley was twice
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The Augustus Cooper mansion (the
"Greystone," non - extant) was
located on the northwest corner of
West 5 "' and Bluff. Cooper
announced plans to build a "fine
large stone residence with tower,
circle bays, wide verandah, fine
conservatory and carriage house" in
early 1887, the finished house is
reported in 1888 as costing $25,000,
and the next year at $13,000
(Shanks, p, 38; Times, February 27,
1887; Herald, December 23, 1888;
December 29, 1889).
*Bluff
605
Style /Year: 1929 -30, Renaissance
Revival style, embodied in its massing
and particularly in the horizontal division
between the first and second floors. This
is an unusual design given its lack of a
need for its own entryway, so those
components, central to the style, are
absent.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: Three -story square
brick block (50x30) with raised basement
level. Decorative brick pilasters with
pedimented stone capitals separate five
uneven bays on the south side wall and
three more on the west front. A plain
stone belt course caps the top of the
ground floor and a broad water table
separates the basement and ground floor.
A buff colored brick continues this
vertical division with a quoin like
demarcation on the upper two levels.
The parapet level combines corner and
interim short pilasters and brick curtain
walls. The plan contained 36 private
rooms along with a dining room, kitchen
and club room.
Alterations: reroof in 1939, 1982, 1996.
Porch repair 1953, garage 1966, elevator
1970, portico 1979.
Significance; Mary of the Angels
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Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: The Sisters of St.
Francis purchased this lot from
George Watters on December 9,
1916 for $10,000 but high wartime
building costs kept them from
making any improvements until
1929, at which time the house on the
site was demolished and this
building constructed. It was finished
January 1930. No building permit
found (undated newspaper article,
post -1930, titled "Mary of the
Angels Home ").
The following
Watters /Waller /Watten related
buildings were located on this
parcel:
J. Watter's Estate, three elegant
brick dwellings, two stories, erected
by John McCoy, $8,000 (Herald,
October 31, 1875).
John R. Waller, brick residence,
$16,000 (Herald, December 20,
1883).
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Out-buildings
porches.
Designer /Builder: Thomas T. Carkeek,
architect (Dubuque of Today, 1897).
only surviving Cooper house and the
least significant of the three; the first
was on the present post office site,
the second was the Greystone, a 37-
room mansion demolished in the
Physical Description: two -story basic
rectangular brick plan with high hip roof,
southwest corner three -story tower and
huret/finial cap, a pedimented gable front
southern wing and porch, a south- facing
three sided bay with Shingle style roof
and half round cap, twin hip roof east-
facing dormers, a rounded southeast
corner with turret cap (engaged tower)
and a east facing porch. On the west
facade there is a second stone porch and a
pedimented gable wall dormer. There is
a one -story three -sided bay on the ground
floor between the tower and porch.
1960s, and this one was the third.
Commonly cited as the D. A.
Sullivan house.
Original Owner /Builder: Cooper.
Building History: Newspapers
termed this the Daniel A. Sullivan
house when it was built for $20,000
in 1894. This was the last surviving
and least significant of three Cooper
family homes. This house was built
as a double residence (Sommer, p.
103; Gebhard, p. 83; Herald, January
Romanesque arches infill the west gable
front and the upper level of the corner
tower. Broad rusticated stone belt
courses trace the lintel levels of each
story, there is a high raised stone
foundation and water table. Classical
style friezes run beneath the cornice line
of the tower, south wing and bay. Two
original full stone and a frame porch
survive.
Alterations: very well preserved. The
carriage house /power plant was
apparently demolished when the Federal
1, 1895). This house was built for
daughter Nell/Elizabeth who married
Dan A. Sullivan, as a duplex, the
finer side being for the family. It
was converted into apartments, was
used for numerous bars and was a
popular night spot by the 1970s. It
was then vacant and deteriorated.
Sixteen investors, led by Paul
Pekosh purchased the house for use
as an inn in 1984 for $300,000, the
rehabilitation costing an additional
$500,000. The consortium was titled
the Dubuque Historical
Building was built in 1932. Permits note
repairs 1974, exterior alterations for
restaurant conversion 1979 ($1,500),
conversion to restaurant, 1984
Improvement Company. Restoration
work began October 15, 1885 with
Charlie Glab as architect (Iowan
Magazine, Summer 1986, pp. 55 -60;
($380,000), replacement of porch steps
and railings 1998, replacement of wood
rails on porch 2000. Reroof 2010.
Landscaping /Setting: Prominent quarter
block and corner location with short
dimension oriented east /west.
Legal: Lot 137, south 10' Lot 138.
Telegraph - Herald, January 8, 1985).
The 1955 Assessor card found that
the north portion of this double
residence (506 Bluff) contained 10
sleeping rooms which rented for
$7.00 weekly, with the caretaker
occupying two rooms. The interior
was "plain compared to next door."
There were no fireplaces.
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destroyed by fire, 1870 (Times,
September 28, 1870).
Jacob Christian, corner, frame barn,
$400 (Herald, December 16, 1869).
A. W. Lyman, corner, two -story
frame, $1,800 (Herald, March 8,
1857).
Tredway and the C. A. Kleine Estate
owned this property when it was
sewered (no date).
Raymond Davidsaver owned the
property 1943 -59.
Bluff
483
Style /Year: c.1894, Queen Anne
(Twin octagonal corner bays with turret
top, west centered bay, gable roof south
wall dormer).
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: Three -story brick
row house with rectangular plan (32x55),
three front bays with intervening porches,
corner bay a wrap - around, north end
porch. Two rear, two story, brick wings
(408 W. 5`I')- (29x16, left and 29x39'
right) and single -story rear wing (left
only, 10x14) and porch (right only,
7x22).
Alterations: Permits note remodeling
1938, conversion into 13 efficiency units
and six one - bedroom units 1974
($60,000). Brick and stone painted.
Assessor notes frame garage (11x19) as
of 1955.
Landscaping /Setting:
Legal: City Lot east 110' Lot 614.
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder: Moses H.
Martin, living on the southwest
corner of Bluff and 5nr (on 5'I' ?)
made $1,000 in improvements to his
residence in 1880. He operated a
drayage and trucking service at 432
Main (Herald, January 1, 1881).
Assessor addresses as 483 -93 Bluff
and 408 West 5th streets in 1955.
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Bluff
504
Style/Year: 1894, Queen Anne style,
embodied in asymmetry of form, round
tower and turret, bays, mixed materials
(stone, brick), ornate chimneys and caps,
Significance; The
Redstone /Elizabeth Cooper /Daniel
A. Sullivan residence, individually
National Register listed. This is the
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parapet paneled with layered siding,
porch with Doric columns of later date.
Permits note re- roofing in 1998, adding
bathroom 1948, frame garage 1954, roof
repair 1966, remodel duplex into four
apartments and two shops 1987
($40,000). Assessor lists 12x20 garage at
467 Bluff built in 1955.
Landscaping /Setting: level corner (alley?)
parcel, westward orientation.
Legal: Sub 1 -north 64.8" City Lot 613 -1
and 2.
A. W. Lyman, corner, two -story
frame, $1,800 (Herald, March 8,
1857).
Walsh & Cunningham and John
McCoy owned this property when it
was sewered (no date).
Assessor splits property as of 1955.
Bluff
474
Style/Year: c.1855, Adams/Federal two-
story side gable brick house.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: no raised end walls,
metal lintels and sills, symmetrical
fenestration and left side double door
entry with pedimented gable front
shallow porch (round column supports),
inevitable stone foundation. L -plan
includes front portion (34x23) and offset
rear wing (31x14) with side porch
(3 1x7'6").
Alterations: porch likely a later addition.
Permits note re- roofings in 1952, 1970,
and 2009, minor repairs 1943, repair side
porch 1943, repairs to two - family brick
1950, residing 2003.
Landscaping /Setting: level lot open on all
sides, 5th street early house adjoins to
north, house fronts west and is advanced
to sidewalk.
Legal: City Lot north one -half Lot 135.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: good candidate is
J. Kleine who built a two -story brick
house on Bluff between 4'h & 5th for
$2,400 in 1863 (Herald, January 1,
1864). This building appears on
1872 birds eye view.
Another candidate builder in 1870 is
Theodore T. Koepfi, who built a
large two -story brick with brick
stable and brick outhouse for
$4,000/$6,000 on the east side of
Bluff between 4'h and 5'h (Herald,
December 18, 1870; Times, same
date).
The following buildings were
constructed on Bluff near or on 4th:
John McKinley, two story brick,
42x37, two tenements 21x16, one for
self, on corner (Herald, September 5,
1867).
Same as above, double brick,
$5,000, on corner (Herald,
December 14, 1877).
Howard Drug, 4'h and Bluff,
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rear porch 1984. 20'x29' attached garage
with poured concrete deck 2006. Repair
back roof, reroof front section only 2010.
Landscaping /Setting: abuts building to
south, fronts westward, level lot open to
north, sidewalk along house there.
Legal: City Lot south half Lot 135.
near or on 4th:
John McKinley, two story brick,
42x37, two tenements 21x16, one for
self, on corner (Herald, September 5,
1867).
Same as above, double brick,
$5,000, on corner (Herald,
December 14, 1877).
Howard Drug, 4'h and Bluff,
destroyed by fire, 1870 (Times,
September 28, 1870).
Jacob Christian, corner, frame barn,
$400 (Herald, December 16, 1869).
A. W. Lyman, corner, two -story
frame, $1,800 (Herald, March 8,
1857).
A. Tredway and the C. A. Kleine
Estate owned this property when it
was sewered (no date).
Bluff
467 -469
Style /Year: c.1860/1855 -65 (Assessor),
Second Empire modification (attic) of an
older design, likely Italianate, probably
with a parapet front.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: Two -story
rectangle (33x44) brick duplex plan with
true mansard roof (three sided with upper
and lower cornice, four gable roofed
dormers on the front), semi - circular stone
lintels with flattened ends, plain stone
sills, stone foundation, paired centered
entries with sidelights, covered transoms,
flat roof partial width porch centered on
fagade.Two -story centered rear wing has
side porch (469 Bluff, 16x5), and
concrete block single -story addition (467
Bluff, 5x9), single -story centered
concrete block rear wing (14'6 "x26).
Alterations: brackets likely removed and
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: the following
buildings were constructed on Bluff
near or on 4th:
John McKinley, two story brick,
42x37, two tenements 21x16, one for
self, on corner (Herald, September 5,
1867).
Same as above, double brick,
$5,000, on corner (Herald,
December 14, 1877).
Howard Drug, 4 °i and Bluff,
destroyed by fire, 1870 (Times,
September 28, 1870).
Jacob Christian, corner, frame barn,
$400 (Herald, December 16, 1869).
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432 -36 Bluff above. Several 2/2 lights
appear to survive. Left side double entry.
Porch (5x8), three -story core (40x21'6 "),
two -story brick offset rear wing (16x14),
and single story frame rear wing (14x14).
Alterations: flat canopy over entry with
angled metal posts. Permits note tear off
and replace portion of roof 2007.
Landscaping /Setting: part of three unit
row - house, level site.
Legal: City Lot north one -third Lot 134.
block containing three tenements
(Herald, March 8, 1857).
James M. Sullivan let contracts for
the building of three residences,
$6,500, on the corner of 5th and Bluff
in 1896 (Herald, May 24, 1896).
Herald (January 1, 1895) reports
$20,000 residence for same on
corner of 5th & Bluff -might be on
5th? F. Sullivan lived here as of
1899.
James Sullivan also built a fine
double brick near Bluff on 5th, two -
stories with basement, $3,500 in
1856 -57 (Herald, March 8, 1857).
Building History: This building
appears on 1872 birds eye view.
Mrs. J. H. Hollingsworth owned this
property when it was sewered (no
date).
for 447
says is frame,
photo 445,
brick.
Bluff
450
Style /Year: historical photographs
challenged claimed c.1855 building date,
building not present prior to 1873,
Adam/Federal side -gable brick house.
Designer/Builder: Anthony Frick,
builder.
Physical Description: two -story side
gable residence with rear wing and north
side double porch. Right -hand front
double entry with original paneled doors
and transom, plain stone lintels and sills.
Returned eaves, no end wall projections.
Double rowlock semi - circular arches on
basement windows, stone foundation.
Stoop but no porch. L -plan consists of
36x22'6" front portion, offset rear wing
(36x16) with porch side infill.
Alterations: Permits note re- roofings in
1932, 1970, 1995, remodel single family
dwelling 1977, remove and replace old
Significance; J. Kleine House
Original Owner/Builder: good
candidate is J. Kleine who built a
two -story brick house on Bluff
between 4th & 5th for $2,400 in 1863
(Herald, January 1, 1864). A.
Kleine lived here as of 1899 so it
makes that connection very
probable.
This building appears on 1872 birds
eye view. Two candidate builder in
1870 is Theodore T. Koepfi, who
built a large two -story brick with
brick stable and brick outhouse for
$4,000/$6,000 on the east side of
Bluff between 4d' and 5th (Herald,
December 18, 1870; Times, same
date)
Building History: the following
buildings were constructed on Bluff
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432 Bluff above. Original right side
double entry doors survive. Party walls
on both sides, front core (40'x21'6 "),
two -story rear brick and basement wing
(34x15), rear porch (7x15).
Alterations: permastone facade, porch
removed, 1960 (Assessor). Permits note
re- roofings in 1969 -70, 1974.
Legal: City Lot middle one -third Lot 134.
Bluff
445 -457
Style /Year: 1896, two -story brick
vernacular L or T -plan.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: parapet front,
denticulated parapet base of corbelled
brick, double rowlock semi - circular arch
windows, stone sills, 2/2 windows.
Double wide upper window, extended
beam for hoisting to the upper floor and
the entryway below hint at a commercial
use. T -plan brick building consists of
22x28 rectangle with centered brick
20x20 wing. Single -story reinforced
concrete wing measures 22x32.
Alterations: Permits note re- roofings in
1986 (flat roof commercial), 1997, 2000
(garage mansard area roof), conversion of
carriage house to commercial use 1980
($53,776), wood rails and floor 1986.
New EPDM roof 2006.
Landscaping /Setting: Located at base of
bluff on level parcel.
Legal: City Lot north 21.8' Lot 612,
south 43.3' Lot 613.
Significance; Copperhead Lane
House
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: Carriage house for
lost larger residence? Appears as
stable on 1909 Sanborn Map. There
is a house to the east and a tri -plex
on the east end of the lot.
John McCoy and Walsh &
Cunningham owned the property
when it was seweredc.1889.
Assessor (1955) has two cards for
this property including notes on a 1
% -story frame dwelling, rated "old"
and measuring 16x24 with two rear
10x12 porches. Second building is
surviving one, described at left. It
was then being used to store "screens
for dwellings and repair materials."
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Bluff
448
Style /Year: 1857, Italianate style row
house
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: same descriptors as
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder: J. Barlett
erected a "fine brick block" on Bluff
between 4111 and 5th streets, three
stories plus basement, for $9,000, the
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with stained
wood exterior.
site sheet
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rear porches. Stone foundation.
Alterations: well preserved. Permits
(425) note re- roofing in 1991, column
replacement 1992, salve for 433, re -roof
metal garage 1967, rubber roof on flat
area 1996, same for 441 -43, re -roof 1980.
Landscaping /Setting: prominent level
corner location, eastward orientation.
Legal: City Lot, North 21.8' Lot 612 and
south 43.3' of Lot 613.
Bluff
432
Style /Year: 1857, Italianate row house.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: One of three
identical three -story parapet front brick
dwellings, unusual for their simplicity
and height. Plain stone sills and lintels,
and simple bracketed cornice placed on
the parapet front. Left side double entry.
Front core measures 40x21'6", two-story
offset brick wing (16x15), single -story
brick offset wing (15x11'6 "), rear porch
(8'6 "x7'6 ").
Alterations: metal canopy and brick
parapet obscures first floor level. Permits
note fire damage repair to garage and
porch 1952 ($500), new front porch
1957, conversion of single family
dwelling to three units 1984 ($7,500),
exterior stairway 1985. 18x22 attached
garage 2010. Assessor notes garage and
deck, 13x18 as of 1955. 18'x22' attached
garage (2010).
Landscaping /Setting: part of three unit
row - house, level site, open to south.
Legal: City Lot south one -third Lot 134.
Significance; J. Barlett Tenement
Block
Original Owner/Builder: J. Barlett
erected a "fine brick block" on Bluff
between 4th and 5th streets, three
stories plus basement, for $9,000, the
block containing three tenements
(Herald, March 8, 1857). Appears
in 1872 birds eye view and 1884
Sanborn Map.
Building History: This building
appears on 1872 birds eye view. H.
A. Knowlton owned the property
when it was sewered (no date).
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Bluff
436
Style/Year: 1857, Italianate style row
house
Physical Description: same descriptors as
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added, given the change in window
spacing across the facade. The entrance
on 419 is a single one without sidelights,
etc. Permits (411) note re- roofing in
1995, and 2002, repair of fire damage
1943 ($300), roof cover over exterior
stairway between buildings 2004, permits
(419) note re- roofing in 1995, installation
of wood porch railing on brick
commercial building 1986. Assessor
notes split metal 9x21 garage.
Landscaping /Setting: level lot, building
abuts those on each end, eastward
orientation.
Legal: Sub of Lot 1 of Lot 1 ofJ. M.
Walker Bluff St. Place, Lots 1 -2.
Walsh & Cunningham owned the
property when it was sewered (no
date).
Assessor splits property as of 1955.
Bluff
425 -433-
441
Style /Year: 1897, Queen Anne row house
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: this is a longer
(32x55'6 ") version of 121 -31 Bluff with
the addition of three three -sided bays
(3'6 "x12) in front of each gabled wall
dormer and the centered dormer. Two-
story rectangular plan with mansard -like
hip roof. Banded darker brick is used to
form a polychromatic striped first floor
facade effect. The same brick forms a
broad band at the second floor lintel level
and below sill level. Darker brick forms
decorative surrounds on the attic dormer
lights and creates a semi - circular arch
above each window set. Flat roof short
porches (5'6 "x10) infrll between the bays
and to the south side of the southernmost
bay. The cornice is dentieulated as is the
stone coping on the front dormers. The
chimney has a surviving enlarged cap.
There is a north- facing gabled wall
dormer on that side wall. There is a
raised stone foundation with plain water
table. The darker brick was used on the
sidewalls. There are two rear wings,
33x16 (left) and 33x29 (right) with two
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder: probable
builder is Phillip Ryder who raised
up a triple residence on Bluff and 4th
in 1897, at a cost of $10,000
(Herald, January 5, 1898). P. Ryder
lived here in 1918 -21 so this is his
building. Isabella and Marion Ryder
owned the building in 1955 and it
was noted by the Assessor that
Ryder "inherited property father
built."
Building History: John McCoy
owned the property when it was
sewered e.1889.
Unified Assessor card as of 1955.
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Alterations: very well preserved. Porch
dates to e.1910 and has concrete base.
Permits note re- roofings in 1970 (part),
1977 (part), 1982, 1994, re -roof garage
1938, 2002, and 2004. New 2id floor
entrance, landing, steps, replacing
window with door 2007.
Landscaping /Setting: prominent corner
lot, level.
Legal: Sub of Lot 1 of J. M. Walker Bluff
St. Place, Lot 2.
Cunningham owned the property
when it was sewered (no date)
J. M. Walker Estate owns as of 1955,
house occupied by "lady and maid."
Bluff
411 -419
Style/Year: pre -1884, Italianate style
(brackets) modified to Classical Revival,
c.1910 (porch, dormer).
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: two -story brick
side gable double house with twin Neo-
Classical broad gable roof dormers.
Entrance on 411 is identical to that of 409
and there is a vertical cut in the
brickwork on the second floor above the
entrance. Plain stone lintels and stone
sills. Brackets are set beneath the
cornice. Porch dates to e.1910 and the
same porch, in two sections, was built
across 409 -11 and 419 Bluff. 419 is
unpainted.
The two properties are unified in terms of
their facades but have completely
different overall footprints. 411 Bluff
has party walls on each side and its
rectangular plan (42x22), front porch
(8'6 "x15'6 "), offset two -story rear wing
(13x17) and rear single -story brick L-
shaped wing (21x14 on long sides). 419
Bluff has a 8'6 "x14'6" front deck,
rectangular plan (32x17) offset L- shaped
rear wing (22x10 overal) and two rear
porches.
Alterations: porch and dormers as noted.
It appears that the south end of 411 was
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: the following
buildings were constructed on Bluff
near or on 4'11:
John McKinley, two story brick,
42x37, two tenements 21x16, one for
self, on corner (Herald, September 5,
1867).
Same as above, double brick,
$5,000, on corner (Herald,
December 14, 1877).
Howard Drug, 4`h and Bluff,
destroyed by fire, 1870 (Times,
September 28, 1870).
Jacob Christian, corner, frame barn,
$400 (Herald, December 16, 1869).
A. W. Lyman, corner, two -story
frarne, $1,800 (Herald, March 8,
1857).
Theodore Koepfi, large two -story
brick, brick stable and outhouse, $4-
6,000, between 4°i & 5th (Times,
December 18, 1870; Herald, same
date).
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Alterations: partial -width centered gable
roof porch with round columns likely of
later date. Entry doors replaced as were
windows. Permits (392) note re- roofings
in1947, 1970, rear sun porch 1952,
enclose rear side porch 1958, enclose and
enlarge front porch 1959, deck and
window enlargement 1998, same for 394,
minor alterations 1941, conversion two-
family to three family 1941 ($75), re -roof
1947. Assessor denotes demolition of
16x23 barn (392 Bluff) and 12x18 frame
garage at 394 Bluff. Historical
photographs document the addition of
two dormers of unequal size, and then
their removal.
Landscaping /Setting: corner parcel, level
site.
Legal: South 26 %' -North 47'6" of City
Lot 132 (392). North 21' of City Lot 132
(394).
improvements to 392 Bluff in 1881
and still resided here as late as 1899
(Herald, December 31, 1882).
Fanny Wood, Bernard Logen and
James Kelly owned the property
when it was sewered (no date).
Assessor splits property as of 1955.
Bluff
409
Style/Year: c.1873, Second Empire
(mansard roof), ltalianate (brackets).
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: two -story
rectangular plan (32x24'6 ", offset rear
two -story frame wing, 28x18, rear porch,
3'6 "x14) with true mansard roof (double
pitch and intervening cornice),
pedimented front and south centered
dormers, stepped north end wall,
bracketed cornice, very elaborate carved
straight stone lintels on the upper floor,
stone sills, ground floor lintels feature
semi - circular stone arches with integral
keystones. Raised stone foundation with
basement stone lintels set above into the
brickwork above the foundation. Right-
hand entry with sidelights and transom,
flat or low - profile full -width front porch
with paneled square pillars (same porch
continues in front of 411 Bluff). Two-
story rear addition post -dates original.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder: Mrs. C.
Howard built a Mansard residence,
described as being three stories,
32x48, costing $4,800 (Herald,
November 9, 1873).
Building History: Frank/Francis
Robinson, steam fitter (at this
address 1880) employed John
McCoy to add a rear addition and to
make other improvements in 1872,
for $1,500 (Herald, November 24,
1872).
Joe Morgan made repairs on his
house on Bluff at the corner of 41n
and built two brick houses at the
head of 4`h Street in 1878, all for
$6,800 (Times, December 11, 1878).
He resided at 409 Bluff as of 1899 so
the repairs likely occurred here then.
Joseph S. Morgan, Walsh &
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curved lintels on upper front windows,
stone or metal sills, left hand front entry
with transom, two -story rear addition.
Neo Classical style wrap - around porch
with square cut brick piers, tapered Ionic
columns, and denticulated cornice.
Tapered Elizabethan chimney on north
side wall also dates to this period. North
end of porch bricked in for use as office
with separate front entrance off of main
porch. Side porch (18x13) along rear
wing similarly built in with clapboard or
metal siding, separate commercial
entrance. There is a side bay window
(2'6 "x8), a single-story addition
(18x7'6 "), a two -story concrete block
addition (post -1947, 16x15'6 ") and a rear
porch, all along the exposes side wall.
Alterations: italianate style brackets
likely removed. Additions as noted.
Permits note re- roofings in 1981
( "Carlisle roof "), 1995, rear addition
1954 ($2,000), partial re- siding 1976.
Painted.
Landscaping /Setting: prominent corner
location on Cable Car Square, level lot,
eastward orientation.
Legal: Sub City Lot 610 -1.
Bluff
392 -394
Style /Year: c.1860, two -story side gable
vernacular brick duplex.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: rectangular plan
(33x43, centered two -story rear brick
wing 18x24, centered one-story rear
wing, 15x24), roof eaves continue
beyond end walls, paired centered
entrances, originally double doors, plain
stone lintels and sills, raised stone
foundation, end lights. Basement
windows on north end wall have stone
lintels. 394 Bluff has an enclosed porch
in the middle of its side wall (17x6).
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder: John
McKinley is a possible builder. he
built a two -story brick, 42x37, with
two tenements (21x16) one for
himself (four units ?) in 1867 (corner
4°i and Bluff) and a double brick in
1877, at 4° and Bluff (Herald,
September 5, 1867; December 14,
1877). He also built a two -story
brick stable, 16x20, $850 (Herald,
October 31, 1875).
Building History: Bernard Lagan,
proprietor of the Metropolitan
Livery Stable made $3,000 in
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original doors (double on north, single
with sidelights on south), stone lintels
and sills, stone foundation, short hip roof
porch with carved wooden posts and
scrollwork. T -plan (front portion, 32x42,
rear centered wing steps back twice with
middle portion with recessed side
porches, 19x30, and rear wing 15x26).
Alterations: window replacements on
south half, porch detailing likely
reconstruction. Permits note re- roofings
in 1946, 1968, 1989, single car garage
1946, repair back porch, rebuild front
porch 1983, install wood rails on front
steps 1988, deck with ramp and fence
1989. Front porch repairs 2008. New
roof 2004 (374). Restore garage 2010.
Assessor notes 12x20 concrete block
garage, built 1947.
Landscaping /Setting: Level parcel with
low front stone retaining wall.
Legal: City Lot NM 24' Lot 131 (372).
North 6'3" of City Lot 131 & South
17'6" of City Lot 132 (374).
residence on Bluff near 3rd, three
stories, brick substantial, $4,000"
(Daily Republican, October 22,
1856).
Arthur McCann built a double brick
on Bluff and 3rd, $4,000 (Herald,
January 1, 1881).
Capt. H. Hayden built a two -story
brick on Bluff between 3rd and 4`h for
$3,000, builder John McCoy
(Herald, November 24, 1872). C.11
Hayden lived at 345 -47 Bluff in
1899.
J. P. Donehue built a two -story
double brick at Bluff and 3rd for
$4,000 in 1880 (Herald, January 1,
1881).
Scott & Devine improved their
residence for $200, Bluff between 3rd
and 4th, 1871 (Tribune, December
20, 1871).
Catherine McCann, Sarah R. Devine,
H. A. Schunk, James F. and Fanny
Wood and Mary Ryan owned the
property when it was sewered
November 1904.
Assessor splits property as of 1955.
Walter and Emma Bradfield owns
372 Bluff 1940 -71 +.
Bluff
391
Style/Year: historical photos date to
c.1873 -75, pre -1884, Italianate two -story
front gable brick with Classical Revival
porch and additions.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: rectangular
footprint (34x42 front portion, centered
two -story brick wing, 33x32, and two -
story rear centered wing, 21x32), attic
light with semi - circular arch, metal
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: Mrs. Mary F.
Ryan offers southwest corner 4'h &
Bluff for sale, Lot 610 (Telegraph,
September 3, 1894).
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Bluff
371 -373
Style/Year: c.1860, two -story verna -cular
brick side -gable duplex.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: stepped end walls
with chimneys, tile coping, raised stone
foundation with basement entries at either
end of the facade, paired centered entries,
partial -width front hip roof porch, plain
stone lintels and sills. Rectangular plan
(32x38) with rear porch (5x38) and rear
basement entrances (7x8).
Alterations: windows and porch of later
date, particularly porch. Permits note re-
roofmg in 1945, rear porch and stairs
replacement, re-roofing open porch 1985.
Assessor notes 1 1x15 frame shed at 371
Bluff, crossed out by 1971, and 10x12
frame shed at 373 Bluff.
Landscaping /Setting: level parcel with
eastward orientation of building.
Legal: Hayden Place Lane 1 and 2.
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder:
Aurther McCann and Mary Ryan
owned the property when it was
sewered (no date).
Building History: a number of
buildings fit the 300s block of Bluff:
Arthur McCann built a "splendid
residence on Bluff near 3rd, three
stories, brick substantial, $4,000"
(Daily Republican, October 22,
1856).
Arthur McCann built a double brick
on Bluff and 3`d, $4,000 (Herald,
January 1, 1881).
Capt. H. Hayden built a two -story
brick on Bluff between 3`d and 41h for
$3,000, builder John McCoy
(Herald, November 24, 1872). C. D.
Hayden lived at 345 -47 Bluff in
1899.
J. P. Donehue built a two -story
double brick at Bluff and 3rd for
$4,000 in 1880 (Herald, January 1,
1881).
Scott & Devine improved their
residence for $200, Bluff between 3Td
and 4th, 1871 (Tribune, December
20, 1871).
Assessor splits property as of 1955.
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Bluff
372 -374
Style/Year: c.1860, two -story brick
vernacular side gable plan.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: Eaves extend
beyond end walls, 2/2 lights in upper sash
of north half, paired centered entries with
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: a number of
buildings fit the 300s block of Bluff:
Arthur McCann built a "splendid
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Bluff
352 -354
Style/Year: e.1850 (is pre- 1884), two-
story frame side gable duplex.
Significance;
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Original Owner/Builder:
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: Clapboard exterior,
no porch, transoms over entries which are
placed on outer ends of front, 6/6
windows, twin centered chimneys on roof
ridge, stone foundation. Rectangular
plan (28x28 with rear wing 10x28).
Building History: a good candidate
builder is A.A. Cooper built "a
handsome frame tenement, two
stories, for $1,400" on `Bluff
between 3`d and 41h streets" in 1856 -
57 (Weekly Express, March 8, 1857).
Alterations: concrete block chimney
south half, porches removed, concrete
stoops with metal railing, windows likely
changed. Permits note re- roofings in
1982, 1991, re- siding 1955, 1985, 2007,
Catherine McCann owned the
property when it was sewered May
25, 1925.
a number of buildings fit the 300s
block of Bluff:
repairs 1982. Assessor, 1955, notes metal
garage, 10x18 at 352 Bluff.
Landscaping /Setting: closely advanced to
sidewalk, level parcel.
Arthur McCann built a "splendid
residence on Bluff near 3rd, three
stories, brick substantial, $4,000"
(Daily Republican, October 22,
1856).
Legal: City Lot 12, south 33'6" Lot 131.
Arthur McCann built a double brick
on Bluff and 3`d, $4,000 (Herald,
January 1, 1881).
Capt. H. Hayden built a two - story
brick on Bluff between 3rd and 4th for
$3,000, builder John McCoy
(Herald, November 24, 1872). C. D.
Hayden lived at 345 -47 Bluff in
1899.
J. P. Donehue built a two -story
double brick at Bluff and 3rd for
$4,000 in 1880 (Herald, January 1,
1881).
Scott & Devine improved their
residence for $200, Bluff between 3`d
and 418, 1871 (Tribune, December
20, 1871).
Assessor splits property 1955.
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paired brackets the latter style. Full-
width hip roof porch (enclosed on north
half and entryway) is Classical Revival
influence, c.1910.
Building History: ? Mortimer M. and
Maria Hayden built a frame house at
this address for $1,000 in 1883, and
replaced it with a two -story double
brick, costing $4,000 in 1885.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: two -story brick
rectangular double house (33x41, two -
story centered rear wing, 16'6 "x32, rear
porches) with Mansard roof, raised stone
foundation, shed roof dormers on attic
front and side, stone lintels combine
squared spring stones and semi - circular
arches. Stone foundation.
Widow Hayden lived at this address
as of 1893 and presumably the
building took place here. No
mention however is made of a
mansard which is unusual (Herald,
December 20, 1883; Times, January
20, 1886).
Mrs. Maria Hayden and Peter
Doherty own the property when it is
sewered (no date).
Alterations: soffit covered with
aluminum siding, some brackets
removed, porch alteration. Permits (345)
note re- roofings in 1997 (remove and
replace asphalt shingles on Mansard,
$3,000), 2000, general remodeling 1935,
repair /replace rear porch 1978, soffit and
fascia work 1986, same for 347
conversion single family into two
apartments 1946 ($900), carport 1978.
Assessor splits property as of 1955.
Assessor notes return of 347 Bluff to
single - family dwelling, 1964.
3`d level of 345 and 347 was remodeled
in 1997 -98 w/ new yankee gutters, cave
brackets, dormer windows and re -brick of
chimneys. Enclosed porch was opened
1988. First floor both buildings is
(Maggie Kelleys), 2 "d floor 345 is
apartment. 2 "d level 346 is storage.
Memorial marker in rear of building for
"Thomas Kelly" born in Ireland — died in
Dubuque. "erected by his loving wife
Maggie Kelly "(owner information).
Landscaping /Setting: fairly level corner
parcel, eastward house orientation.
Legal: Sub 1 of City Lot 609 -1, Sub 2 -1
of same.
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building. Front retaining wall was
removed and replaced with original style
stone with Indiana stone cap. Front
porch was installed on 331 and 333.
Front entrance to basement closed. Re-
bricked with new Peosta stone sill and
new window. Side steps to porch
restored. First floor is retail, second floor
is apartment (owner information).
Landscaping /Setting: ground ascends to
west, concrete (south half) and stone
(north half) retaining walls with concrete
steps in front, sidewalk along north side.
Legal: City Lot north half of 608, Sub of
City Lot 609 -2.
opposite this address, and that was a
narrower duplex plan. See 345 Bluff
however.
Arthur McCann built a "splendid
residence on Bluff near 3rd, three
stories, brick substantial, $4,000"
(Daily Republican, October 22,
1856).
Arthur McCann, brick dwelling, two
stories with basement, two
tenements, Bluff between 3rd and 4th,
$4,000 (Herald, March 8, 1857).
Arthur McCann built a splendid
residence on Bluff near 31d, three
stories, brick, substantial, $4,000
(Daily Republican, October 22,
1856).
Arthur McCann, double brick
$4,000, Bluff and 3r4, 1880 (Herald,
January 1, 1881).
J. P. Donehue built a two -story
double brick at Bluff and 3rd for
$4,000 in 1880 (Herald, January 1,
1881).
Scott & Devine improved their
residence for $200, Bluff between 3`d
and 4th, 1871 (Tribune, December
20, 1871).
Mrs. Maria Hayden, Peter Doherty,
Aurther McCann owned this
property when it was sewered (no
date).
Assessor divides property as of
1955.
Bluff
345 -347
Style/Year: 1870, historical photographs
hint at 1875 date, Second Empire,
probably originally Italianate side gable
duplex similar to houses to the south.
Mansard roof embodies former, surviving
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder: Mortimer
and Maria Hayden, ?
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dormers added. Permits note re- roofing
in 1990, rebuilding open rear porch 1966,
rebuilding open porch 1967, remodel
front entrance 1973, convert from five to
seven dwelling units 1980, remodel 1983,
exterior landing and stairs 1986. Interior
remodel of 1° floor commercial space
and repairs in basement on 321 Bluff
side, new porch 2003. Rebuild outside
staircase to 2nd floor apartment on south
side of building 2003. Replace roof 2009.
Landscaping /Setting: parcel level ascends
to west, concrete retaining wall and steps.
Legal: Sub of south half of east 113' of
City Lot 608 -2, Sub of south half of east
113' of same, -1.
Peter Doherty, Adam F. Jager, Mary
A. McPoland owned the property
when it was sewered (no date).
Bluff
331 -333
Style/Year: c.1870, two -story brick
vernacular side gable duplex
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: identical features to
315 -21 Bluff to south save for absence of
brackets and no added dormers. T -plan
(front portion, 33x40, centered rear wing,
17x32), two -story rear wing (14x16), rear
porch on 331 Bluff only (10x16).
Alterations: metal awnings replaced
porch, metal porch railings. Permits
(331) note re- roofings in 1944, 1966
(half), 2000 (rafter replacement), permits
(333) note re- roofings in 1963, 2000,
outside stairs and conversion 1947 (331),
rear addition, "replace front porch to
original" (331, $60,000), front porch
repairs 1970 (333). Assessor notes rear
patio canopy 1963.
331 Bluff has been completely restored.
New rafters, roof, floors as needed. Rear
building was beyond repair, was torn
down, now footings, foundation installed,
re- bricked with original bricks. New
windows were installed in entire
Significance; Adam Jaeger was a
former mayor. He died at 331 Bluff
of cholera, aged 54. He was born in
Hesse - Darmstadt February 27, 1838,
carne to the U.S. in 1839, and to
Dubuque in 1840. He was a
wholesale liquor dealer, also
president of the Dubuque Personal
Liberty Association. He married
Sarah Schaffner of West Dubuque in
1859. He served nine years on the
city council, and replaced Sol Turck
as mayor in 1882 (Telegraph,
August 2, 1894).
Original Owner /Builder: Adam F.
Jaeger (Jaeger, Lang & Co.,
wholesale liquors) improved his
dwelling at 331 Bluff in 1886 (just
$250)(Herald, January 1, 1887).
Building History: a number of
buildings fit the 300s block of Bluff:
Mortimer M. Hayden built two brick
dwelling houses, two - stories, 42x48,
at a cost of $3,500, corner Bluff &
Third, (Herald, November 24, 1872).
The only other candidate house, non -
extant was on the northeast corner
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Physical Description: U- shaped two -story
polychromatic brick facade represents the
re- fronting of two pre- existing houses.
The new look presents a parapet front
with recessed center entryway. The
window opening in each side wing is
structurally open vertically with wood
covered spandrels and interesting semi-
circular second story window sets.
Coursed raised stone foundation with
veined mortar joints, soldier course brick
water table. Metal awnings. Tile shed
roof over entrance.
Alterations: Permits note erection of
four -unit two -story brick dwelling 1924
(no cost figure given), re- roofing in 1946.
Landscaping /Setting: moderate terrace
with concrete retaining wall /planter,
westward orientation.
Legal: City Lot 127
building here, with a large factory to
the north.
Mrs. M. J. Sullivan owned the
property when it was sewered
c.1910.
Bluff
280
Style/Year: 1919 house relocated to site
in 1941.
Legal: City Lot 128.
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Bluff
315 -321
Style /Year: 1872/1865 -75 (Assessor),
vernacular/ Italianate style (brackets,
windows).
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: two -story brick
side gable duplex on raised stone
foundation, stone lintels on basement
windows, paired centered entryway,
semi - circular stone lintels with flattened
ends, stone sills, symmetrical
fenestration. T -plan has 33x40 front
portion, centered 17x34 rear wing, single
story brick rear wing 12x34, and two rear
porches, 7'6 "x34, front porch measures
5x12.
Alterations: metal awning replaces porch,
windows replaced, two gable roof
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: a number of
buildings fit the 300s block of Bluff:
J. P. Donehue built a two -story
double brick at Bluff and 3rd for
$4,000 in 1880 (Herald, January 1,
1881).
Scott & Devine improved their
residence for $200, Bluff between 3Td
and 4t11, 1871 (Tribune, December
20, 1871).
Two -story dwelling house, Bluff &
3rd, 22x32, Archbishop John Keenan
(Herald, February 22, 1865).
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large concrete
block garage,
39x22, built
1950 on
alleyway
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Wood & Perot, ironwork, Joseph Ryder,
stonecutter, P. T. Walsh, painter, Dones
& Schulte, provided stone, John Tierney,
plasterwork
Physical Description: three story brick
(50x45) with flat - capped pyramid roof,
paired brackets beneath broad cornice,
symmetrical fenestration, cast metal
lintels, stone sills, raised stone foundation
with water table, two -story rear wing, flat
roof partial -width front porch with semi-
circular hood, tapered rounded Doric
columns.
Alterations: Porch might be later
addition, decorative metal faux balconies
of recent vintage, possible cupola
removed. Permits note re- roofing in
1980, erection of attached masonry
garage 1953, re- roofing garage 1968.
Landscaping /Setting: part of larger
complex, fairly level site. Eastward
orientation.
residence.
Building History: construction began
May 1863 and finished in November
save for the upper levels, iron fence
along cost $1,000, total $9,000
(Herald, January 1, 1864).
Patrick Quigley came to Dubuque in
1832, was removed and returned a
year later, and built a house at First
and Bluff streets. The first mass
held in the city was conducted in his
home that fall. He donated Lot 603
to Father Samuel Mazzuchelli, and
he in turn transferred it to Bishop
Loras on August 27, 1839 for $500.
The fast residence for the bishop
was built on the site of the c.1930s
St. Raphael School, behind the
Cathedral. It measured 40x48 and
housed the bishop, priests and
seminarians. The diocese was
established on July 28, 1937 and
Bishop Loras reached Dubuque in
the fall of 1839. This second
bishop's residence for Bishop Smyth
replaced the first house. St. Mary's
School, founded in 1843, occupied
the old residence and was there for
20 years. A new school building
finished in April 1884 allowed its
occupancy by the St. Francis Home,
later Mary of the Angels Home, until
1892. It was demolished when the
new school was built (undated
newspaper article, post -1930, titled
"Mary of the Angels Home ").
Bluff
246
Style/Year: 1976 tri -plex
Legal: City Lot 126
NC
detached
frame garage
1976
,Bluff
258
Style/Year: 1924, historical photographs
document that this building stands as it
was built, sans the metal window
canopies.
Designer /Builder:
Significance; Conamore Apartments
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: 1889 Birds eye
view shows a Second Empire
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55'x20'
concrete block
Multi -car
garage on
alley.
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outfit [his] topless tower with a
crown of brick and timber to
correspond with the original plan
(Nat. Demokrat, January 27, 1876).
Architect Boyington from Chicago
was in the city "to suggest ways to
finish the Cathedral (ibid., May 11,
1876). Builder John McCoy
received the steeple contract (66 feet,
galvanized sheet iron cover) (ibid.,
August 17, 1876).
Die Iowa reported that architects
Heer and Nascher had been hired to
draw up plans for the tower and
facade completion. It offered
"That's a thankless task, the old
building is not worth the new front"
(Die Iowa, April 20, 1876). The
same source reported that Boyington
had been entrusted with the design,
"a serious deception" (ibid., May 18,
1876). The work done, the same
source admitted "the whole building
by the changes has lost some of the
banality which we have too often
lamented" (ibid., November 11,
1976). The re- dedication took place
mid- December 1880 (ibid.,
December 16, 1880). Architect Heer
was hired in 1882 to enlarge the
church, adding a new choir, and
installing "stylistically correct
vaulting," $16- 18,000 (ibid., March
16, 1882). By September the
addition was ready for its roof (ibid.,
September 14, 1882). Architect
Egan of Chicago designed $20,000
in interior remodelings, critics noted
"could build a splendid new
cathedral for the same money...it is
just pathc work and will remain so,"
(ibid., May 8, 1884).
Bluff
231
Style/Year: 1863, Italianate style (paired
brackets, massing, entryway porch.
Designer/Builder: John Keenan, architect,
Significance; St. Raphael's Rectory.
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garage, 1953
Original Owner/Builder: Bishop
Smyth, described as an "elegant"
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gablet caps, plain stone lintels and sills
on second floor, brick belt courses, single
and sill levels and paired at upper lintel
level, double rowlock semi - circular
window arches on main floor, brick cap
and spring stones. One bay of paired
window openings. Raised stone
foundation and water table. One
surviving 2/2 window. The plan core
measures 66x30 with three offset rear
wings (18x17) with intervening recessed
corner porch voids or light wells. The
rear voids are all filled with porches.
Alterations: windows changed, porches
lost with flat metal canopy replacements,
metal porch posts and railings. Permits
note re- roofings in 1942, 1978, 1980,
1985. Assessor notes front porch
removal and stoop replacements 1964.
Landscaping /Setting: corner location,
level lot, westward orientation.
Legal: Sub 1 of City Lot 125 -2, Sub 1 -1
of same 1, and 1 -1 of same -2.
this address (206/210 and 210) no
date or details.
Right Rev. John Hennessy still
owned the property when the most
recent sewer hookup was made (no
date).
Assessor splits property three ways
as of 1955.
Bluff
231
Style /Year: 1857 -59, 1878, Gothic
Revival
Designer /Builder: John Mullany,
architect
Physical Description: the tower (1876)
measures 243 feet high.
Alterations: Permits note re- roofings in
1973 ($43,000), 1980 ($1,000), 1995
(synthetic slate roof system, $150,000),
1998 ($83,000), refacing church 1954
($5,000), addition and alterations to
church 1964 ($110,000), 24x32 one -story
frame addition, remodel entryways 2000
($205,000). Tearoff existing rubber roof
and replace with new rubber roof 2003.
Landscaping /Setting:
Significance; St. Raphael's
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Cathedral, the oldest parish in Iowa
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: credited to Bishop
Smyth, 1858 (A Walking Tour To
Points of Interest In Historic South
Dubuque). Permits include the
following: (1) cutting a new opening
in brickwork, $300, 1934; a masonry
garage, 1953, $1,800; the refacing of
the facade in 1959 for $5,000 and a
major addition in 2000 for $205,000.
Architect John Keegan designed and
built a 16x10 chapel at the back of
the cathedral in 1865 (Herald,
February 22, 1865).
Bishop Hennessey determined "to
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Bluff
205
Style /Year: 1904 -05 cornerstone,
Classical Revival style embodied in the
stone entry surround with broken
pediment, the column -like pilaster effect
across the entire facade with stone
capitals, the dedicatory carved stone
keystone and arch insert on the central
attic level arch.
Designer/Builder: Guido Beck, architect.
Physical Description: Two -story square
core (112x96) with hip roof, matching
hip roof wings subordinated to core,
raised stone foundation and plain stone
water table, boldly projecting entry
pavilion, semi - circular arcade of attic
level window arches, original tapered
square brick chimney. Auditorium on the
second floor.
Alterations: Basement windows Milled
with block glass, other windows replaced
and transoms Milled on core building, air
handler on rooftop. Permits note re-
roofings in 1978, 1980, 1985, 1989.
Interior and exterior rehabilitation 2010.
Landscaping /Setting: part of larger
church complex, level site, eastward
orientation.
Legal: Lot 2 & 3 -1 of Cathedral Center
Significance; St. Raphael School
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: the new school
was nearing completion in 1905 and
was described in the 1905 church
history as being `the finest of its
kind in the state." The auditorium
boasted a wider stage by two feet
than the Grand Opera House had
(Florence Crain, The Catholic
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History of Dubuque In Two
Chapters, 1905). Demo permit for
this address ( "Cathedral Square "), no
date or details. Building rehabilitated
2010 and adapted to 24 loft
apartments.
Bluff
206 -208-
210
Style /Year: 1878? pre -1889, Queen
Anne /Italianate styles, very unusual roof
profile with flat roof, front parapet and
corner raised gablets, brackets denote
Italianate, cut corners and elaborate
porches (gone) are Queen Anne
influences. Same plan as 186 -90 -96
Bluff.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: two -story parapet
front with rectangular plan, three entries,
two of which are paired, 45- degree cut
corners on both ends with decorative
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder: J. H. Roach
built a brick residence on the corner
of 2id and Bluff for $3 -5,000 in
1878. This might be an earlier
building on this corner, or on the
southeast corner (Times, December
11, 1878; Herald, January 3, 1879.
Bishop Hennessy built a brick
dwelling on Bluff for $8,000 in 1887
(Herald, November 24, 1887).
Building History: Demo permits for
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Designer /Builder: Alderman Byrne,
contractor.
Walking Tour To Points of Interest
In Historic South Dubuque). Present
1891 Sanborn Map, not clear on
Physical Description: two -story side
gable plan with end wall chimneys
1889 birds eye view.
(decorative caps), three shed dormers,
southern two entries are grouped with
twin - gabled porch, raised stone
foundation and water table, unusual late
use of double rowlock semi - circular
window arches in lieu of expected carved
or cast stone, two broad window
openings with triple - rowlock brick arches
and three -part window sets, wall dormer
set above southern entries, similar broad
bay with thick brick relieving arch and
unusual stone lintel insert beneath it.
Building History: Ground broken for
three brick buildings, southeast
corner 2 "d and Bluff, by Bishop
Hennessey (Herald, October 31,
1886). Demo permit for this address
(186, 190), no date or details. Right
Rev. John Hennessy still owned the
property when the most recent sewer
hookup was made April 29. 1965.
Assessor treats as three properties as
of 1955. Marie and Hilda
Several 2/2 window lights survive.
Shingled oriole with turret, brick exterior.
Three separate two -story gabled rear
wings on high stone foundations.
Recessed ground level porch in northeast
side corner. The plan core measures
66x30 with three offset rear wings
McGuinness owns 190 Bluff 1925
through 1961, and same family
continued to own it beyond that date.
Mary and John McGuinness then
owned it and acquired 196 Bluff in
1951. Each unit is separately owned
and is one living unit.
(18x17) with intervening recessed corner
porch voids or light wells. 186 Bluff has
a corner porch (17x5), the others rear
stoops.
Alterations: North porch lost, replaced
with flat canopy, metal rails and posts.
Permits note re- roofings in 1986, 1996
(both 186), 1982, 1998 (also soffit, both
190), 1981, 2000 (both 196), and
following for 196, chimney repairs 1950,
fire damage repair 1960 ($1,500), soffit,
fascia and roof turret repair 1994, soffit
repair 1995, wood sign on poles 2001.
Double porch rebuilt 2003. Reroof porch
2003 (190).
Landscaping /Setting: prominent corner
location, level parcel, westward
orientation of main facade.
Legal: City Lot 124.
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width porch, latter's cornice has been
covered with aluminum and brackets
removed. Permits note re- roofings in
1938, 1950, 1996 (all 156), 1939, 1976,
1992, 2000 (all 158), rear wood deck
1988 (158). Assessor notes 12x18 frame
garage at 158 Bluff, 1955.
Landscaping /Setting: level parcel,
building abuts adjoining buildings,
westward orientation.
Legal: City Lot 123.
Bluff1929- 1971 +. Michael and
Leonilla McGovern own 158 Bluff
1918- 1971 +.
Bluff
164 -166
Style /Year: c.1860/1885 (Assessor), same
as above and part of same row house row.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: same comments.
Permits note re- roofings in 1992 (half),
2000, new open porch 1958. T -plan with
28x32 front square plan, and offset 20x25
rear wing. Front stoops (7x9), rear wood
stoop, 5x24. Stone foundation.
Alterations: concrete block porch on
shared hip roof porch, metal railings and
posts, shed dormers added. Install
spindles in existing deck and handrails
2001. Replace soffit, fascia, crown
molding, freezeboard and bedmolding
with same materials -wood 2002.
Reroofing 2009. Assessor notes (1958)
removal of 6x5 porches and addition of
front 7x18 stoop.
Landscaping /Setting: level parcel,
building abuts adjoining buildings,
westward orientation.
Legal: City Lot, Lot 12.
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder: Michael
Ahern built 164 Bluff in 1890 for
$2,000 (Herald, January 18, 1891).
Building History: open porch built
1959 ($600). Mrs. M. M. Ryan and
C. H. Myer owned the property
when the street was sewered (no
date).
Assessor splits 164 -66 as of 1955.
Marguerite G. Saunders et al. owns
166, 1920 -1971.
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Bluff
186 -190-
196
Style/Year: 1886, Queen Anne apartment
block (tri- plex), corner oriole /turret,
bracketed wall dormer, bargeboard, porch
with original decorative trim work.
Significance; Hennessy House
Original Owner /Builder: Bishop
Hennessy built this triple unit two -
story brick residence for $9,000 in
1886 (Herald, January 1, 1887; A
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Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: rectangular plan
(39'6 "x24) with raised stone foundation
and water table, latter is also cut at
corner, large paired brackets at top of cut
comprise bay -like cap, pedimented gable
front (patter shingled), rusticated thick
stone lintels and thinner sills, original
side entry (to left end of facade) with
transom and unusual gable roof porch
(pedimented gable treatment, 6x10). Side
entry, basement windows with stone
lintels and same sill /lintel features.
Alterations: very well preserved. Permits
note: Porch repairs 2008.
Landscaping /Setting: level corner parcel
open to south, eastward orientation of
house.
Legal: Sub City Lot 601, east 50' of
north 6'ofLot 8, east 50' Lot 7.
Mrs. Pat Gill owned the property
when the street was sewered May
26, 1917.
Elizabeth Conlin of Dubuque owns
1955, "always in the family."
Bluff
146 -148
Style/Year: 1959 -60, one or two -story
commercial building, apartments and
garage.
Legal: North 40' of City Lot 122
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Bluff
156 -158
Style /Year: c.1860/1915 (Assessor), two-
story side gable row house, paired
centered entries with semi - circular double
rowlock arches on door and windows,
transoms. Italianate (surviving brackets
on south half).
Physical Description: Raised stone
foundation, stone sills, rectangular plan,
raised end walls not stepped. L -plan has
38x16 square core and offset 20x12 rear
wing. Rear porch (5x12), front offset
porch (6x10).
Alterations: shed dormers added on each
half, south half has lost its porch, has
partial width stoop and hip roof porch,
north half has later -date stuccoed full-
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder: Joseph
Wenzel purchased the property in
1958 and built this building.
Building History: Demo permit for
this address (156), no date or details.
Rear deck built (158) 1988, $1,300.
Shallow chain of row houses is
apparent on 1884 Sanborn Map but
indistinct on 1889 birds eye view.
Gerald F. Ryan owned the property
when the street was sewered (no
date).
Assessor splits property as of 1955.
Alvena and Joseph Grue own 156
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Two -story flat roof addition to north
dates to 1959, is of concrete block
construction, measures 40x19.
Aluminum siding covers front of
historical building, other walls of that
building remain exposed.
Alterations: Turned into a duplex,
resided with aluminum siding, windows
completely altered, permastone base on
front, no integrity.
Legal: City Lot, south 24'9" Lot 122, and
Lot 121 -1, and Sub 1 same, north 2' 1.
Bluff
125
Style/Year: c.1900 two -story brick
parapet front vernacular house, possibly
three stories originally.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: rectangular plan
(30x17), corbelled brick parapet front of
even height on north side wall, double
rowlock semi - circular window arches,
stone sills, partial width square plan front
porch (7x11) raised to second floor
(c.1910), metal staircase, sealed ground
level door behind stair, two -story rear
addition (8x17).
Alterations: First floor sealed off, new
porch and raised stair /entry. Permits note
re- roofings in 1941, 1960, 1994,
rebuilding of front porch 1948, new rear
porch 1950, removal of wall and new
deck 1994.
Landscaping /Setting: level parcel back to
bluffs, eastward orientation.
Legal: Sub City Lot 601, middle I6'9 " -8.
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: Demo permit for
this address, no date or details.
William O'Connor owned the
property when the street was
sewered May 26, 1917.
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Bluff
137
Style/Year: post- 1891/1900 (Assessor),
unusual broad two -story gable front
Queen Anne style house with angled
corner on northeast corner, twin corner
facades.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: not depicted on
1891 Sanborn/1889 birds eye view.
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semi - circular stone lintels on attic lights,
stone coping and finials, shallow end
pilasters, twin parallel belt courses at
upper lintel level, elaborate ground level
window sets with full- height side lights
and transoms, Craftsman windows
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: two -story brick T-
plan duplex (front rectangular core
30x34, rear centered wing 18x25, rear
porches 6x22), with flat capped hip roof.
Centered hip roof dormer is flanked by
twin side wall dormers. Rusticated stone
lintels with small spring stones, raised
stone foundation and water table.
Alterations: full -width hip roof front
porch replaces original centered gable
roof entry canopy or porch, loss of some
original upper window sash on south
unit. Permits note re- roofings in 1940,
1986 (part), 1988 (downers and chimney
removed), 2009 (soffit & fascia on
porch), front open porch alterations 1950,
front porch deck, footings and posts
rebuilt 1996. Assessor notes demolition
of 12x19 frame garage (121) 1971 and
shed at 123 torn down "some years ago."
Repairs to front porch, soffits and gutters
2009.
Landscaping /Setting: level parcel,
driveway to north, eastward orientation.
Legal: South 17' 5.4" Lot 9 City Lot 601,
and South 6' Lot 8 of City Lot 601
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: Alteration of front
porch, 1950, $75 (two family
residence). Jas. McCabe owned the
property when the street was
sewered May 26, 1917.
Assessor separates two addresses as
of 1955. Mary Rose Handley owned
123 Bluff 1937 -61.
Bluff
124 -126
Style /Year: 1915, 1959, two -story
concrete block Colonial Revival? front
gable house.
Designer/Builder: Chris A. Voelker
Physical Description: the 1915 concrete
block building is the south half (39x18,
front porch 6x18, rear porch same).
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for 60 note re- roofings in 1938, 1984
(back addition), 1994, steel re- siding on
rear only 1970. Assessor notes demo of
9x10 frame garage. Plan has party walls
both sides, rectangular plan (24x34),
single -story frame offset wing (12x10 on
58, 10x17 on 60), porch next to same
(12x7) attached garage at rear removed.
Stone foundation. Remove and replace
deck 2009.
Landscaping /Setting: attached to
buildings on either end, level small
parcel, westward orientation.
Legal: Sub of City Lot 593 -2 and 1.
OBluff
61
Style /Year: 1914 /Assessor says 1915 -17
est., two -story gable front rusticated
concrete block house, Colonial Revival
style.
Designer/Builder: Chris A. Voelker
Physical Description: rectangular plan
(40x18), no bays, broken pediment gable
front, three -part window set with twin
narrow flanking openings and large
central window with art glass transom on
both levels, low profile hip full -width
front porch (6x18) with three concrete
block columns. Plain concrete lintels and
belt courses at lintel levels, concrete
water table. Two porches fill rear of plan
(each 8x9). Stone foundation.
Alterations: shingle gable front has been
recovered with aluminum siding, metal
porch railing. Permits note re- roofings in
1942, 1975, 1996. Assessor notes
conversion back to single family 1965.
Landscaping /Setting: level lot, sidewalk
to south, eastward orientation of house.
Legal: Sub. 1 -2 of City Lot 600 -1.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: Chris A. Voelker
built a concrete block house on Bluff
Street, near 131 Street, "seven rooms,
all modern," for $4,300, this is likely
61 or 114 Bluff, both Voelker
Houses (Telegraph - Herald,
December 27, 1914). Demo permit
for this address, no date or details.
Mrs. M. McTeary owned the
property when the street was
sewered June 1912.
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Bluff
121 -123
Style /Year: c.1895, Queen Anne, twin in-
wall gabled dormers (gone), unusual
Significance;
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1984. The Historical Summary and
Alterations reference the non - extant
house that dated to c.1865.
Legal: Sub 1 of City Lot 595 -1.
Bluff
56
Style /Year: c.1860 two -story side gable
vernacular brick row house.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: stepped sidewalls
and end chimneys, hip roof front porch
with metal supports, plain stone lintels
and projecting stone sills. Rectangular
plan, 24x16 with north party wall, rear
frame wing, 8x10 with side stoop, front
porch 7x13'6 ".
Alterations: porch railings replaced with
metal ones. Permits note re- roofing in
1968, enclosed the porch 1933, attached
garage 1980, repair and replace "iron
porch" 1985. Assessor notes new roof
1968 and new porch, same size as old
one, 1970.
Landscaping /Setting: attached to property
to the north, small level parcel, westward
orientation.
Legal: Sub of City Lot 593 -3.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: front porch added
1933 for $125, "Locksmith."
Attached garage built in 1980 for
$2,174.
James Hannon owned the property
when the street was sewered in May
1914. Joseph and Marie Hunt own
1927 -61.
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Bluff
58 -60
Style /Year: c.1860 two -story side gable
vernacular brick row house.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: stepped sidewalls
and end chimneys, three- quarter -width
hip roof front porch with metal supports,
plain stone lintels and projecting stone
sills, stone water table, metal porch
railings.
Alterations: porch posts and railings
replaced with metal ones. Permits (58)
note re- roofings in 1944, 1953, 1988,
1994, 2009 and roof repair 1979, same
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: residing of both
halves, $275 and $223, 1970.
John Sullivan and John O'Neill
owned the property when the street
was sewered May 1917.
Assessor divides property as of
1955. M. Gertrude Driscoll owned
60 Bluff 1913 -61.
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Physical Description: double rowlock
brick semi - circular front arches indicative
of early building date, stepped end walls
and chimneys, raised stone foundation
with brick basement window arches,
transoms over entries. Mirror -image
units separated by 3'6x14 corridor, fronts
26x14, single -story brick offset wings
12x10, rear porches 7x10.
Alterations: painted brick. Permits note
re- roofings in 1954, 2010, repairs in
1966, 1979, 1987, 1995, re- siding of side
kitchen 1951. Porch roof 2007.
Landscaping /Setting: level parcel back to
bluff, ground lower to west, eastward
fronting.
Legal: Sub 2 City Lot, 595.
Building History: Edward Condon,
saloon keeper, improved his house at
23 S. Bluff, $200 or $2,000 (Herald,
October 31, 1875). Which property?
Residing of kitchen, 1951, $48, two -
family residence.
J. J. Sloan and Mrs. M. McTeary
owned the property when the street
was sewered (no date).
Single Assessors card, 1955 with
two addresses.
Bluff
54
Style /Year: c.1865, two -story gable front
brick vernacular house
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: bulls eye window
in attic front, cornice without brackets on
house and hip roof porch (obscures lower
half of facade), double rowlock brick
semi - circular window arches. 30x18
plan, rear tile /brick wing 24x18 with side
stoop, front porch 8x18.
Alterations: Porch glassed /built in.
Permits note re- roofings in 1935, 1950
(south half), 1966 (part), 1973, 1979
(north half), 1995, 1998, garage side
addition and re- siding, 1941, porch repair
1985.
Landscaping /Setting: level parcel,
sidewalk to south.
Legal: City Lot, north 22' Lot 592.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: Daniel Sullivan
was one of three tenants living here
in 1893 when his daughter Maggie
was accidentally shot and killed
(Telegraph, August 29, 1893).
Addition and garage re- sided, 1941,
$35.
John Coleman owned the property
when the street was sewered in May
1917. Joseph and Marie Hunt own
1932 - 1971 +.
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Bluff
55
Style/Year: This is a complete
replacement building constructed in
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brick voussoir rounded window arches,
hip roof porch glassed in, obscures lower
half of facade, rear porch and side stairs
to south, stone foundation.
Alterations: Permits note single car
garage 1940, front porch repair 1947, rear
steps replaced 1980, re- roofing 1994.
Landscaping /Setting: Small parcel, open
to south, west house frontage.
Legal: South 22.5' of City Lot 592
Bluff
50 -52
Style /Year: c.1870, two -story parapet
front brick duplex, italianate style (paired
brackets, fenestration).
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: full -width hip roof
porch, semi - circular stone lintels with
attached spring stones, metal posts on
porch, centered entries. Rectangular
plan, 28x38, single -story rear centered
wing, 16x20 and 9x10 rear porch (latter
two, 50), brick rear wing, 16x14, and rear
porch 6x14 (51).
Alterations: Porch posts. Permits (50)
note re- roofings in1937, 1956, same for
52 note re- roofings in 1940, 1971,
1973,2002, porch column and railing
replacement 1979.
Landscaping /Setting: level parcel, west
frontage.
Legal: City Lot, south 14.3" middle -30.5'
Lot 592 (50), north 16.3' of same, (52).
Significance; Win. J. Burns House
(SHPO)
Original Owner /Builder: A Mrs.
Burns built a brick dwelling on Bluff
for $800 in 1876 (Herald, December
2, 1876). The widow of John Burns
lived at 14 Bluff (50 -52) as of 1880,
J. F. Burns was a blacksmith, partner
in the firm of Burns & Riley.
Building History: Demo permit for
this address, 50 -52, no date or
details. W. T. Burns and John
Coleman owned the property when
the street was sewered (no date).
Assessor separates addresses, 1955.
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Bluff
51 -53
Style /Year: c.1860, brick two -story side
gable duplex with unusual centered pass -
through corridor, Italianate style (paired
brackets, 2/2 windows). Very diminutive
units with entries separated on outer ends
of the plan.
Designer/Builder:
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder: James
Sloan, 17 -21 South Bluff, built a
two -story brick dwelling, 28x26 for
$2,000 in 1883 (Herald, June 8,
1883).
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Legal: West 30'- West 60'of City Lot
590
,Bluff
39
Style /Year: 1906, Classical Revival style.
Designer /Builder: Buechner & Orth,
Architects
Physical Description: School, two -story
square plan with projecting 2.5 story
centered pavilions, hip roof, raised stone
foundation, dark Redstone water table,
rounded entries, raised horizontal brick
rectangular borders or panels between
floors, twin parallel beltcourses cap the
upper window lintel level.
Alterations: Permits note re- roofing in
1995 ($43,403). Complete interior and
exterior rehabilitation in process,
conversion to multi- family (21 units).
Landscaping /Setting:
Significance; Franklin School
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: Demo permit for
this address, no date or details.
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None
Bluff
44
Style/Year: c.1875, 1.5 story gable front
frame vernacular
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: faux brick
cladding, central entry with rounded
entry hood, through cornice shed roof
dormer on side, side entry. Rectangular
plan, 30x22, single -story rear frame
wing, 12x22, rear stoop.
Alterations: faux brick exterior. Permits
note re- roofing in 1942, and re- siding in
1950.
Landscaping /Setting: level corner parcel.
Legal: Lot 2 of City Lot 591.
Significance; Bridget Campbell
House
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: re -sided 1950,
two - family residence, $195. Henry
Williams owned the property when
the street was sewered in April 1912.
Joseph and Marie Hunt own, 1939-
1971+.
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None
Bluff
48
Style /Year: c.1865, 1.5 story gable front
brick vernacular house
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: unusual soldier
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: Demo permit for
this address, no date or details.
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None
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330
Style /Year: 1913, hip subset of gable
front bungalow.
Designer/Builder: Chris A. Voelker
Physical Description: rectangular plan
(46x22) broad hip roof dormer with
window band on front, porch (7x22)
recessed beneath main roof, glassed in
and door has sidelights and transom, side
dormers with hip roofs, raised stone
foundation, water table, brick exterior.
West bay 13x2'6 ", rear east side stoop
entrance.
Alterations: Permits note re- roofings in
1956, 1960, 1985, 1995, 2008, and
alterations 1939 ($75).
Landscaping /Setting: level site, fronts
north.
Legal: City Lot east 30' of west 60' Lot
590, and west 15' of east 76.3' of same.
Significance; Herman Clemens
bungalow
Original Owner /Builder: builder
Chris A. Voelker built a this
bungalow for Herman Clemens for
$3,500 in 1913 (Telegraph- Herald,
December 18, 1913).
Building History: alterations to brick
dwelling, 1935, $75., two - family
residence.
Russell H. and M. M. Wilson own
1937 -70 +.
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None,
Assessor notes
single story
frame garage,
13x16.
&Jones
334
Style /Year: 1913, two -story concrete
block house plan, Classical Revival style
(broken pediment gable end, Palladian
window in same, tapered wooden porch
pillars).
DesignerBuilder: Chris A. Voelker
Physical Description: Triple front
window sets on both floors, recessed
corner porch in northeast corner front,
plain belt courses at lintel level on both
floors. Shingled gable end.
Alterations: door replaced. Permit
includes tear -off, resheet, reroof front and
rear porches, and replace porch soffit and
fascia, porch ceiling 2002.
Landscaping /Setting: level small corner
lot, fronts north.
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder: builder
Chris A. Voelker built a nine -room
residence of Peer Amid cement stone
on Jones and Bluff, for $5,000
(Telegraph - Herald, December 18,
1913).
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18x5).
Alterations: transoms infilled. Permits
note re- roofings in 1933, 1942, 2009, rear
deck 1994, rebuilding of front porch
1996 (all 320). Permits for 322 note re-
roofings in 1933, 1996, 2009, repair of
fire damage 1966 ($500), rebuilding of
front porch 1996. Erect a 14' x 28'
detached garage 2009.
322 Jones was completely remodeled on
the interior in 2003. New windows to
match originals installed in 2003. 322 is
now a one family house (owner
information).
Landscaping /Setting: land drops slightly
to the south and east.
Legal: Sub East 61'3" of the East 76'3"
City Lot 590 -2.
tiones
323
Style /Year: 1924, single -story gable front
brick bungalow with plan set sideways to
the street.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: rectangular plan,
36x24, more cottage like than a
bungalow, there is a shed roof south side
dormer, raised concrete foundation,
window bands, the east end frame porch
(7x14) has an end (south) entrance which
is the primary entrance, west porch
measures 4x14.
Alterations: Permits note re- roofing in
1940, soffit, fascia, casing, gutters and
downspout work in 1981 ($2,800). Tear
off, re- sheet, reroof house and detached
garage asphalt to asphalt 2001.
Landscaping /Setting: ground rises
slightly to the west, garage on east end of
property on alley.
Legal: Lot 1 of City Lot 591.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: building permit for
1.5 -story dwelling, no cost, 1924.
Henry Williams owned the property
when the street was sewered in April
1912.
Joseph and Marie Hunt own both
houses on this lot, 1939 - 1970 +.
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0 square hip
roof tile
garage,
1924,
double,
18x20
exposed
rafter tails,
brick (C)
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Jones
314
Style /Year: pre -1884, two -story gable
front brick italianate style residence.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: rectangular plan
(32x22) with paired brackets beneath the
eaves, bulls eye window in the gable end,
semi - circular stone lintels with flattened
ends, stone sills, full -width narrow hip
roof front porch (6'6 "x22'), square posts
and brackets, open balustrade, entry to
right front with covered transom. Gabled
dormer on west side, two -story rear
addition (16x30) runs further east than
does core plan, rear porch (7x23). Bay
window in corner measures 2x8. Stone
foundation.
Alterations: transom infilled. Permits
note re- roofing in 1955, and 2010.
Landscaping /Setting: level parcel just
east of alley.
Legal West 39'3" Lot 571. All Mc
Andrew Place.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: Demolition permit
for this address, no date or details
(two - family house). P. H. Halpin
owned this parcel when it was
sewered in September 1914.
Thomas and Lucille McAndrews
own 1941 - 1970 +.
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Jones
320 -322
Style/Year: 1885 -90, Assessor date is
1896. , two -story side gable brick late
gothic revival duplex with large cross
gable wall dormer.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: long rectangular
plan (core 26x38), centered rear
extension, raised stone foundation, water
table, stone lintels over basement
windows (same number of openings as
facade, vertically aligned), eaves project
beyond end walls, special feature is cross
gable which is unusual, double rowlock
brick window arches that turn 90 degrees
on each side to form key stone
extensions. End wall chimneys. Paired,
centered entries set beneath a small
square cut hip roof porch (4x12). Side
porches inset into rear of plan (each
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: Demolition permit
for this address (322), no date or
details (two- family house).
M. O'Connor Estate owned the
property when the street was
sewered April 1913.
Ceil Houps owns 320 1925 -69, rents,
three sleeping rooms as of 1955,
$5.00 weekly.
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14'x28' frame
garage on west
side of
building
constructed
2009.
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Legal: Sub 2 -569 City Lot -1, Sub 2 -570
City Lot -1.
*Jones
309
Style/Year: 1913, gable front (jerkinhead
form) bungalow.
Designer /Builder: Chris A. Voelker
Physical Description: rectangular core
measures 40x22. East facing dormer, full
width shed roof front porch, and concrete
block construction. Like its neighbor to
the east, the gable fronts are finished with
a different material, in this instance a
glazed brick block. Concrete foundation.
Porch measures 7x22, east bay window
12x1, centered rear porch 7x10.
Alterations: very well preserved. Permits
note re- roofings in 1986, 1995, 2009.
Landscaping /Setting: level property,
fronts south.
Legal: Sub 1 of City Lot 569 -2, Sub 1 of
City Lot 570 -2.
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder: builder
Chris A. Voelker built two cottages
at Bluff and Jones in 1913, one
valued at $4,000, the other at $3,500
(Telegraph- Herald, December 18,
1913).
Building History: site previously
occupied by Chamberlain Plow
Works (1884 -91). Demolition
permit for this address, no date or
details.
Leo and Katherine Jansen own 1941 -
67.
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None
*Jones
313
Style /Year: c.1913, hip roof subset of
gable front bungalow with separate offset
gable roof porch.
Designer /Builder: Chris A. Voelker
Physical Description: rectangular plan,
cantilevered east bay, beveled glass in
front transom and half window, same
balustrade as found on house to the east
(same builder?), plain concrete sills and
lintels, finials, east - facing jerkinhead
dormer.
Alterations: Permits note re- roofings in
1943, 1997.
Landscaping /Setting: level parcel, fronts
south, garage in northwest corner.
Legal: Lot 1 -1 City Lot 569 & Lot 1 -1
City Lot 570
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder: builder
Chris A. Voelker built two cottages
at Bluff and Jones in 1913, one
valued at $4,000, the other at $3,500
(Telegraph- Herald, December 18,
1913).
Building History: site previously
occupied by Chamberlain Plow
Works (1884 -91). Demolition
permit for this address, no date or
details (two - family house).
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1920 tile
garage
(modified)
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west dormer, two -toned brickwork with
lighter accent around windows and on
porch pillar corners, terra cotta line
across top of gable end, window bands of
three windows, stone sills. Rear porch
offset west measures 6x12.
Alterations: front porch balustrade
replaced. Well preserved. Permits note
re- roofings in 1945, 1955, 1991, and
cement block garage 1939.
Landscaping /Setting: level corner lot,
fronts south.
Legal: Sub 2 City Lot 569 -2, Sub 2 City
Lot 570 -2.
heat and a tiled bathroom"
(Telegraph - Herald, December 18,
1913).
Building History: site previously
occupied by Chamberlain Plow
Works (1884 -91). Permit for block
garage, 1939, $275.
Stanley and Mary Terris own 1941 -
69. In good condition 1955.
Timothy Byrne built a two -story
double frame house on the corner of
Jones and Locust in 1865. The
addition was warmly welcomed as it
built up a street that was filled with
shanties at best, "a credit to any part
of town" crowed the Herald, that
same source also took pains to note
that Byrne painted his duplex white,
apparently unusual at that time
(Herald, October 25, 1865).
*Jones
305
Style /Year: 1913, side gable bungalow
with concrete block core and stone front
and stone porch.
Designer /Builder: Chris A. Voelker
Physical Description: square plan
(28x29), concrete foundation, ashlar
concrete block first floor and what
appears to be a special faux stone or even
a permastone on gable ends and fronts,
and porch columns and balustrades. Near
full -width front gable roof dormer and
hip roof front porch (7x23) with separate
roof. Triple unit window bands on
facade. Centered rear porch 10x13'6 ".
Alterations: Permits note re- roofings in
1942, 1949, 1979, 1994.
Landscaping /Setting: level site, fronts
south.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder: builder
Chris A. Voelker built a "a two story
residence of Peer Amid cement stone
on the corner of Is` and Bluff for
$4,200 in 1913, which fits this house
but the address is off and there is an
equally good candidate at 114 Bluff
Street (Telegraph - Herald, December
18, 1913).
Building History: site previously
occupied by Chamberlain Plow
Works (1884 -91).
Emma C. Thill owns 1955- c.1970 +.
Louis Retman owns 1921, no listing
1918.
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plain tile coping on parapet. Windows
replaced. Permits note roof repair in
1991 (485). Assessor notes interior
remodeling for tavern, exterior
tuckpointing and demolition of "P /P" in
rear, bricking up of same, 1970. Drawing
shows removal of L- shaped flame single-
story wing, 20x14 on south end, 13x19
on north end. This was a stucco and tile
6 -car garage with tile partitions (64x20,
1880 ?).
Landscaping /Setting: level parcel, fronts
east.
Legal: City Lot, south 40.8' Lot 105,
north 24.5' Lot 106.
stories high so it is probable that this
is that building.
Building History: A second
candidate origin was the Smith
McKinley Poor Block, built on the
corner of 5 /1' and Locust opposite the
Washington House (presumably a
three -story block on the northwest
corner, burned 1863) in 1856.
Robert McKinlay was the architect,
Fanning & McEvoy were the
builders. There was a first floor
concert hall (100x50) and it was
occupied by the Julien Theater, the
Dubuque and Pacific Railroad
occupied the second floor (Daily
Republican, August 13, October 10,
1856; Herald, March 8, 1857).
Remodeled for Masonic Hall in 1870
at a cost of $2,500- $4,000 (Herald,
December 18, 1870; Times, same
date). The Telegraph - Herald
reported February 21, 1932 that
Smith - Kinley -Poor [sic] built the old
Julien Hotel that housed the masons
beginning in 1871, it was described
as a three story brick with hip roof.
This description would likely place it
on the northwest corner. Find the
Washington House (burned 1863
which would have allowed for this
building and the Masonic Hall after
1870. James P. Donahue, Dr. J. H.
Greene Brunskill & Metcalf owned
the property when the street was
sewered (no date).
Assessor notes full use as apartments
1955.
tiones
301
Style/Year: 1913, gable front bungalow
Designer/Builder: Chris A. Voelker
Physical Description: 1.5 -story near
square plan (29x26) with full -width hip
roof front porch (8x26), jerkinhead roof
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder: builder
Chris A. Voelker built a "Brick
bungalow of Boone Paving Blocks
on Jones Street near Bluff for $4,500
in 1913, with "oak finish, hot water,
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Single -story
concrete block
garage, 12x18.
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Alterations: very well preserved, porch is
not separately shown on 1962 Sanborn
Map. No permit data.
Landscaping /Setting: level parcel, open
on all sides, sidewalk to the north.
Building fronts to the east.
Legal: City Lot, south 40 Lot 106.
Locust
481
Style /Year: c.1900/1890 Assessors date,
late Queen Anne two -story brick
residential annex.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: brick with stone
foundation and water table, setback from
485 to which it was a residential addition,
rounded southeast corner with turret cap,
stone lintels and sills, open porch on
upper level front. 21x15 plan with 9x15
rear porch, 5x10'6" front porch.
Alterations: Permits note rear frame
addition, 9'6x6'6 1992 ($500).
Landscaping /Setting: level lot, abuts
building to the north to which it was an
addition, sidewalk to south. Fronts east.
Legal: City Lot, south 40.8' Lot 105,
north 24.5' Lot 106.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: James P.
Donohue, Dr. J. H. Green, Brunskill
& Metcalf owned this property when
it was sewered (no date).
Assessor, 1955, treats 481, 483 and
485 as single property.
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None
Locust
485
Style /Year: 1863, three -story flats with
double storefront, originally ltalianate in
design (metal or brick parapet/cornice).
Designer /Builder: J. F. Rague, architect
Physical Description: brick with stone
foundation, square plan (50x41), plain
stone lintels and sills, symmetrical
fenestration.
Alterations: storefronts replaced and built
in with metal siding, entries replaced,
parapet front removed and replaced with
Significance; Mrs. Marcia Ann
Gonder block.
Original Owner/Builder: Mrs.
Marcia Ann Gonder built a
"spacious brick block, 40x50 double
storefront, three stories with cellar,"
for $7,000 in 1856. J. F. Rague was
the architect. It was located on the
southwest corner of Locust and 5th
"near the market" (Herald, March 8,
1857; Daily Republican, October 10,
1856). The building to the north,
actually on the corner, was just two
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None.
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Physical Description: paired centered
entries, plain stone lintels and sills, eaves
appear to continue beyond end walls,
broad shed roof Craftsman style porch
has narrow clapboard balustrade and is
fully glassed in. Paired brackets beneath
eaves. Stone foundation. Paired centered
twin two-story rear wings. Front porch
(7x13), front core (32x40), centered rear
wing (17x28), rear porch (12x24).
Alterations: there was a small centered
porch as of 1884 -91, porch c.1910 as
noted. Permits note re- roofing in 1939,
side stairway 1963, replacement of
outside steps 1989, front porch repair
1991.
Landscaping /Setting: level parcel, eastern
orientation, abuts building to the south,
driveway or open space to the north.
Legal: City Lot, south 19'6" of north 39'
of Lot 107 (441), and north 19'6 of north
39' same (443).
and 5th in 1863, it measured 40.5x32
with a two -story rear kitchen wing,
John Keenan was architect /builder,
the cost was $3,600 and the original
tenants were Mial Mason and W. J.
Stewart. This is the only west side
candidate, there was also one
surviving east side candidate, now
gone (Herald, January 1, 1864).
Building History: W. B. Hunt
owned the property when the street
was seweredc.1889.
Assessor splits property as of 1955.
gone.
0 Locust
471 -473
Style/Year: post -1909, Classical Revival
brick duplex executed in an apartment
house design.).
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: two -story
rectangular plan (64x26 with south bay,
2x14), parapet front, entries paired to
right side of facade, broad plain stone
lintels and narrow stone sills, corbelled
brick parapet front, stone foundation,
dark brick veneer exterior. Classical
Revival style porch with denticulated
cornice, full height brick pillars with
stone capitals and bases, the whole porch
being based on a raised concrete deck
that is supported by concrete piers.
Raised stone foundation. Three sided
bay on south side wall. Front porch
measures 7x26, rear, 6x18).
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: might represent
enlargement of a pre- existing narrow
two -story building (pre- 1884).
Brunskill & Metcalf owned the
property when the street was
sewered in August 1915.
Thelma Strain purchased1941,
converted to apartments prior to
1955, she resides there and owns it
until at least the early 1970s.
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Assessor notes
two metal
garages,
13x20 present,
1955
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rowlock brick arches. Early 2/2 lights
appear to survive.
Alterations: the storefront has been
completely replaced and the transom
level, as well as the same area along the
south side wall, is covered with a vertical
paneling. The building was used as a
drive - through filling station as of 1936
and the southeast corner was opened.
The rounded portion of the upper sash
have been infilled and squared off. No
permit data.
Landscaping /Setting: level commercial
corner that is completely occupied by the
east - facing building.
Legal: South 44' of City Lot 108
Engine House ready for occupancy
in early October 1884, then specified
the 4th Street building as being ready
in late November, with fund raising
underway to provide carpets and
other comforts for the firemen (Die
Iowa, August 2, September 20,
1883; October 9, November 27,
1884). The city owned the property
when the street was sewered c.1899.
Locust
421
Style/Year: c.1855, two -story brick side
gable vernacular house.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: left hand front
entrance, plain stone lintels and sills,
raised end walls. Stone foundation. Two-
story rear wing with south side double
porch. Front core 29x27, offset addition
(1955) 33x21, second concrete block rear
addition, 18x21.
Alterations: original double door entry
downsized using block glass. no permit
data. Assessor notes tuckpointing, new
entry door 1958 -59. Fire damage 1953.
Landscaping /Setting: level parcel, east
orientation.
Legal: City Lot, south 25'6' Lot 107,
north 20' Lot 108.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: This was the
second place of residence for the
Jessee Preston Farley family, 1853 +,
it is possible that Farley built this
house but the claim is not made
(Telegraph- Herald, Times- Journal,
April 15, 1834).
John O'Brien made "fine
improvements to his house" at this
address in 1878 (Herald, April 4,
1878), house extant 1884. The city
owned the property when the street
was sewered c.1899.
Four apartments as of 1955.
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Locust
441 -443
Style/Year: pre-1884/Assessor says 1866,
two -story side gable brick vernacular
duplex /Italianate style.
Designer /Builder: John Keenan
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder: Richard
O'Brien built a double brick two-
story house on Locust between 4`I'
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None,
Assessor 1955
says garage
/loft 19x18 on
property,
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Locust
53 -55
Style /Year: 1882, Italianate two -story
brick business block (double storefront)
with semi - circular pediment incorporated
into an elaborate metal bracketed cornice.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: rectangular plan
(62x43, rear porch 7x43), upper windows
have semi - circular stone lintels with
flattened ends and flat - topped engaged
key stones. There is a continuous stone
lintel atop the double storefront, stone
columns with capitals, and intervening
cast iron supports that flank the
entrances. The upstairs entrance is
placed just south of center. There is a
name /date stone centered on the upper
facade.
Alterations: storefront windows reduced.
Permits for 53 note re- roofing in 1973,
and second floor porch repair, drop
ceiling 1994. Same for 55 note re-
roofing for 1942, 1986.
Landscaping /Setting: level corner lot,
building fronts east.
Legal: City Lot, east 97' Lot 571
Significance; P. H. Halpin Block
Original Owner/Builder: P. Halpin,
store on Locust, $6,000 (Herald,
January 1, 1883).
Building History: Brothers P. H. and
M. Halpin ran Halpin Brothers
Grocery until 1878 when they went
their separate ways. P. H. Halpin
purchased or gained full ownership
of this corner parcel at that time
(Herald, April 21, 1878). Frank
Ricke, grocer, here 1918, Thompson
& Hogan, 1921.
B. J. O'Neill purchased a three -story
brick lodge located between Dodge,
Jones and Bluff streets it was sold
at a referee's auction for $2,500 and
was from the Conner Estate
(Telegraph, May 3, 1899). This
certainly isn't a three -story building
but the above building has yet to be
located.
P. H. Halpin owned the property
when the street was sewered c.1889.
Assessor, 1955, notes The Glass Tap
and South End Beer Store here, two
five -room apartments upstairs. Mary
Eleanor Hickey (Kalimoski) owned
it post -1968.
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Locust
401
Style /Year: 1884, Italianate two -story
commercial double storefront with hip
roof and square cut belvedere (hose
tower?). The style is also exemplified by
the corbelled brick arcade -like parapet
treatment.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: The facade
windows have semi - circular stone lintels
with attached spring stones and
keystones. Side windows have double
Significance; Fire Engine House No.
2, this is said to be the city's first
permanent fire house.
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: Bids were
accepted for new firehouses in the
2nd and 5th (18th & Clay) wards on
August 2. The city determined to
build the latter house in 1883, and
this one the following year.
Die Iowa reported the 2nd Ward
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Out - buildings
Lot A -W 23' Lot 1 of City Lot 601
when street was sewered c.1889.
Hayden
Lane
490
Style/Year: pre -1884, two -story side
gabled brick house, unusual for its
excellent state of preservation, the fact
that it is apparently a single residence,
and the quality of its design (voussoir
soldier brick window arches, returned
eaves, cornice).
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: rectangular plan
(25'6 "x32), many of its original rounded
upper window sash (2/2 or 4/4) survive
which is amazing, raised stone
foundation, single rowlock brick attic
light semi - circular arches, stone sills,
single -story rear wing (14x19 with right
side side porch, 14x6'6 "). Shed roof
partial width porch (5x21) with side
entry, concrete base.
Alterations: apparent shed roof line on
sidewall hints at previous adjoining
building, porch replaced. Permits note
re- roofing in 1986, front porch enclosed
1957. Assessor notes removal of rear
attached shed and porch, 1964. Left side
porch removed, new porch right side.
9x20 frame garage crossed off pre -1971.
Landscaping /Setting: ground drops south
toward road, building fronts south.
Legal: Sub 2 -1 of City Lot 609, west 78'
Lot 2.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: Maria and
Florence Hayden owned the property
when the street was sewered in 1910.
Assessor addresses as 490 -92 1971.
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Hayden
Lane
493
Style/Year: c.1930 -40, Assessor says
"1880" minimal traditional side gable
cottage on raised concrete block raised
basement.
Physical Description: Building's core
appears in the 1891 Sanborn. The front
addition was built in 1957. Rectangular
plan (single -story front, 14x27, 1.5 -story
rear, 16x27).
NC
12'x20' wood
frame garage
relocated to
site in 2009
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Architectural Summary
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Out - buildings
Remarkably well preserved and one of a
handful of intact frame buildings.
Permits note re- roofings in 1937, 1995,
2000, 2003.
Landscaping /Setting: parcel is below
grade and drops to the south, house fronts
north, open on all sides.
Legal: Sub of City Lot 601, east 27' 1.
480
Emmett
Style /Year: not determined, might be re-
located to this site? Not clearly present
on 1889 birds eye view. Single -story
frame vernacular cottage (L- plan).
Designer /Builder:
Description: single -story frame L -plan
Alterations:
Landscaping /Setting: Located in back
yard of 480, retaining wall immediately
west, fronts north.
Significance; apparently a rare
surviving frame cottage typical of
miners' cottages used by Irish
miners in Little Dublin.
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: ignored in the
original nomination, likely treated as
outbuilding, owner sought to
demolish in recent years and it was
discovered for what it is.
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Emmet
490
Style/Year: 1889, two -story gable front
brick vernacular side hall plan.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: elongated
rectangular plan, raised stone foundation,
right hand entry, double rowlock brick
course window lintels and stone sills. No
porch or entry hood.
Alterations: transom blocked up. Permits
note re- roofings in 1933, 1992, garage
1979, rear wood deck 1983, repair and
re -roofing of rear porch 1996. Garage
roof 2009.
Landscaping /Setting: level ground to
west and declines to east and south.
Road or driveway to north, open to east.
Legal: West 23' Lot 1 of City Lot 601 &
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder: James C.
Rooney House, builds two -story
brick for $1,500 on the corner of St.
Mary and Emmett, on the latter
street. Rooney worked for C. W.
Robison (Herald, December 29,
1889).
Building History: Emmett Street did
not exist in 1884 (Sanborn Map)
although three small houses were
aligned on or south of what became
the street. The 1891 Sanborn Map
depicts the completed street and
shows solid development along its
south side, the north side being
church property. This house appears
on the 1889 birds eye view.
No reference to found as to owner
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Out - buildings
Emmet
469
Style /Year: 1883, three story broad
Second Empire brick school design with
Mansard roof.
Designer /Builder: John Keenan
Physical Description: rectangular plan,
apparently a square original with a long
rear addition to the north. True mansard
roof with the attic roof form on all sides,
gable roof dormers also on all fronts,
three on the front, eight on each side
wall. Double rowlock brick course
window arches and stone sills (4/4
lights), windows broadly spaced, stone
foundation and water table, centered
entry on south front.
Alterations: double entry reduced to
single door, replacement rounded porch
with square pillars, concrete stairs and
metal railings. Permits note re- roofings
in 1988, 1990, 2002. Converted to
Multi- family in 1990.
Landscaping /Setting: level site, part of
larger complex, Cathedral to the
northeast.
Legal: Sub 1 -1 of Cathedral Center
Significance; St. Mary's Girls
School
Original Owner /Builder: St.
Raphael's School, located "near the
Cathedral," 50x70, three stories each
12 feet high, was built in 1869 with
John Keenan as architect. This was
likely the boy's school, behind this
building. A second St. Raphael's
School House, also costing $12,000,
was built in 1883 (Herald, December
16, 1869; December 20, 1883).
Building History: Emmett Street did
not exist in 1884 (Sanborn Map)
although three small houses were
aligned on or south of what became
the street. The 1891 Sanborn Map
depicts the completed street and
shows solid development along its
south side, the north side being
church property.
The Archdiocese of Dubuque owned
the property when the street was
sewered (no date).
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Emmet
480
Style /Year: post -1884, pre -1889, two-
story gable front frame side hall
vernacular plan.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: short rectangular
plan (26x20) with raised stone foundation
(exposed to south end), pedimented
window hoods and sill brackets, left hand
entry with gable roof hood supported by
brackets, triple light transom. Minimal
side wall fenestration. Offset rear single-
story frame wing (12x12) with side
entrance.
Alterations: concrete stoop and metal
railing, lower level windows replaced.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: Emmett Street did
not exist in 1884 (Sanborn Map)
although three small houses were
aligned on or south of what became
the street. The 1891 Sanborn Map
depicts the completed street and
shows solid development along its
south side, the north side being
church property.
No reference to found as to owner
when street was sewered c.1889.
Dorothy McCaulby owns 1943 -73.
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replacement of a window 1980, fire
damage repair to roof and siding 1982
($1,800), 13x19'6 addition and west deck
1984 ($8,878). Reside detached frame
garage with wood siding 2003.
Landscaping /Setting: ground drops away
to the south, building fronts north, walk
way to the north.
Legal: Subl -3, 2 -3 of City Lot 601.
Emmet
466 -468
Style/Year: post -1884, pre- 1889/1895
(Assessor), broad two -story gable front
brick duplex.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: this form is less
common, rectangular plan (47x32) with
centered paired entries (6x28 porch),
soldier brick voussoir window arches
(unusual) that are edged with projecting
brick tracery (center window pair
subsumed beneath a single arch), paired
attic lights, denticulated brick belt course
traces spring stone lines on both levels,
high raised stone foundation (exposes to
south and east). Single -story frame rear
wing, centered (10x13, 466 only) with
separate wood stoops.
Alterations: full -width metal canopy with
metal posts and concrete deck, at ground
level on west end, stairs on east end.
Windows replaced. Permits for 466 note
re- roofings in1952, 1995, front porch
replacement 1976, repairs 1940 ($200).
Same for 468 note re- roofings 1950,
1995. Assessor indicates 19x18 frame
garage present, 1955.
Landscaping /Setting: ground drops
abruptly to the south and east, fronts
north, open to east.
Legal: Sub 2 of City Lot 601, 1- (466),
same, 2- (468).
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: Emmett Street did
not exist in 1884 (Sanborn Map)
although three small houses were
aligned on or south of what became
the street. The 1891 Sanborn Map
depicts the completed street and
shows solid development along its
south side, the north side being
church property.
John Dowling owned the property
when the street was sewered (no
date).
Assessor splits property s of 1955.
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Out - buildings
Physical Description: rectangular plan
(47x48 with 16x3 light well cut in from
rear, 16' from left side wall) on raised
stone foundation, two entries paired to
right of center, small square cut hip roof
porches with side entries, paired rowlock
brick window arches (same on basement
windows), brick beltcourses run just
below the spring stone level on the
second floor and the same on the ground
level.
Alterations: very well preserved. Permits
note re- roofings in 1952, 1979, porch
rails 1994, flat roof re- roofing 1998,
porch re -roof 1998. New wood windows,
doors and front and back porches 2008.
Landscaping /Setting: parcel drops
slightly to the south, building fronts
north.
Legal: Sub of City Lot 601, east 17' 5,
west 33' 5
29, 1889).
Building History: Emmett Street did
not exist in 1884 (Sanborn Map)
although three small houses were
aligned on or south of what became
the street. The 1891 Sanborn Map
depicts the completed street and
shows solid new development along
its south side, the north side being
church property.
Mary McDonnell and C. Rooney
owned the property when the street
was sewered c.1889.
Emmet
454 -458
Style /Year: post -1884, historical photos
indicate post -1890, pre- 1889/1890
Assessor, two -story brick side gable
duplex plan, very similar to 432 -36
Emmett in terms of extensive basement
window system.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: rectangular plan
(30x38), high raised stone foundation,
minimal sidewall fenestration, unusual
distribution of windows across facade,
entries at outer front corners, central
chimney.
Alterations: entries reduced in size,
transoms infilled with brick, metal
canopies replace original hooded entries,
concrete stoops. Permits for 454 note re-
roofings in 1960 (porch), 1996, same for
458 note new second floor deck door
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: Emmett Street did
not exist in 1884 (Sanborn Map)
although three small houses were
aligned on or south of what became
the street. The 1891 Sanborn Map
depicts the completed street and
shows solid new development along
its south side, the north side being
church property. Esther Kuhnle
owns 1949 -62 (458).
No reference to found as to owner
when street was sewered c.1889.
Assessor splits 1955, 458 "now
occupied by one family (1971)."
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Updated list of contributing and non - contributing buildings
Table below prepared from information and survey forms related to the Cathedral Historic District Phase IV
Report prepared by James E. Jacobsen, History Pays!, Historic Preservation Consulting Firm, Des Moines,
Iowa, 2003. Buildings reclassified from non - contributing to contributing (15) are denoted by with at.
Cathedral Residential Historic District
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Architectural Summary
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Out - buildings
Emmet
418 -420
Style /Year: post -1884, historical photos
indicate post -1890, pre- 1889/1895
(Assessor), two -story side gable brick
vernacular duplex.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: high raised stone
foundation, double rowlock brick
window arches on building and above
basement windows, two side hall plans
with entries on the outside of the facade,
centered chimney. West side entry with
stairs. Rectangular plan (25x32), end
front stoops (concrete, 5'6 "x9) and side
stoops at rear each sidewall.
Alterations: concrete block/concrete
stairs and stoops, metal awnings with
metal posts (1966). Permits note re-
roofings in 1945, 1963, 1986, 2008. New
porch 2006. Restore Chimney, New front
porches 2008.
Landscaping /Setting: site level and
building elevated, fronts north.
Legal: Sub of City Lot 601, west 60' 7,
same, west 60' of north 6' 8.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: Emmett Street did
not exist in 1884 (Sanborn Map)
although three small houses were
aligned on or south of what became
the street. The 1891 Sanborn Map
depicts the completed street and
shows solid new development along
its south side, the north side being
church property.
Mrs. P. Grell owned the property
when the street was sewered c.1889.
Used as laundry c.1955.
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Emmet
432 -434-
436
Style /Year: 1886, parapet front brick
two -story tri -plex, unusual for four
factors, the very fragile surviving cornice
capping and finials, the intricate
corbelled brick parapet front, the large
number of narrow windows, narrow and
vertically aligned, and finally the
provision of a near equal number of
basement openings, also aligned.
Designer /Builder:
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder: T. T.
McDonald, 28 Emmett Street, built a
brick residence here for $3,800 in
1886 (Herald, January 1, 1887).
J. C. Rooney built a two -story brick
dwelling on Emmett in 1889 for
$1,500, and owned part of this
property in 1889 (Herald, December
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continued through the early 1890s. Later infilling and replacement continued through 1914 (Jacobsen 2003).
Two houses date to the later 1910s, and three houses date to the 1920s. One building, the Federal Building,
dates to the 1930s.
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54" 59" 64" 69" 74" 79" 84" 89" 94" 99" 04" 09" 14"
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Brick Two -story Gable Front Subset (side hall plans):
54 Bluff, 1865- (oculus window)
48 Bluff, 1865
470 -72 West 4th, pre -1872
348 West 1st, 1872 -84
721 Bluff, pre -1872
133 St. Mary, 1872 -88
391 Bluff, pre -1884
314 Jones, pre -1884- (oculus)
335 West 2nd, 1885 -91- (flat parapet front)
490 Emmett, 1889
330 West 5th, 1885 -91
125 Bluff, 1900 -(flat parapet front)
Brick Two -story Gable Front Subset (side hall plans):
155 St. Mary, 1872
44 Bluff, 1875
*480 Emmett, 1885 -88
109 St. Mary, 1889
275 St. Mary, 1889
415 West 3rd, 1889 -91
421 West 3rd, 1889 -91
340 West 1st, 1892 -1908
Broad Gable Front Duplex Subtype:
466 -68 Emmett, 1885 -89- (brick, twin attic lights)
453 -55 West 4th, 1910 -20- (stucco, twin attic lights)
Other types of resources from 2003 survey update:
Two -part Commercial Block:
481 Locust, 1900
485 Locust, 1863
Schools:
205 Bluff, 1905
39 Bluff, 1906
The chart below quantifies building starts in five -year increments. The years 1872, 1884 and 1889 are over-
represented because many dates are based on their appearance on the various birds' eye views or the earliest
Sanborn Map. They are accordingly dated on the basis of their earliest known building date, but if accurate
building dates were known, these starts would fall much earlier on this spectrum in many cases. Another
weakness in this presentation is that it excludes non - extant buildings so these dates include only second or
third - generation surviving buildings. Despite these distortions, it is clear that sustained building took place
between 1855 and 1864 and likely continued unabated into the mid- 1870s. A second peak of building then
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743 -45 Bluff, 1860
331 -33 Bluff, 1870
315 -21 Bluff, 1872
625 Bluff, 1868 -69- (raised end walls)
653 -55 Bluff, 1870
189 St. Mary, 1872
440 -42 West 3rd, pre -1872- (flat parapet front)
433 -35 West 3rd, pre -1872- (flat parapet front)
471 -73 West 4th, pre -1872
461 -65 West 3rd, pre -1872
489 -91 West 4th, pre -1872
464 -66 West 3rd, post -1889
452 -54 West 4th, pre -1872
441 -43 Locust, pre -1884
490 Hayden Lane, pre -1884
442 -44 West 5th, 1885 -88
418 -20 Emmett, 1885 -88
115 -17 St. Mary, 1889- (flat parapet front)
454 -58 Emmett, 1884 -89
320 -22 Jones, 1884 -91
Five -bay Side Gable Subset:
51 -53 Bluff, 1860- (brick)
371 -73 Bluff, 1860- (brick, stepped and raised end walls)
Four -bay Side Gable Subset:
352 -54 Bluff, 1850- (frame)
50 -52 Bluff, 1870- (flat parapet front, brick)
350 West 1st, pre -1872- (brick)
169 St. Mary, pre -1889- (frame)
221 St. Mary, pre -1889- (frame)
Three -bay Side Gable Subset:
421 Locust, 1855- (brick)
474 Bluff, 1855- (brick)
450 Bluff, 1855- (brick)
462 West 3s, 1856- (brick)
486 West 4th, 1856- (brick, raised end walls)
209 St. Mary, pre -1889 (frame)
411 -19 Bluff, pre -1884
Two -bay Side Gable Subset:
56 -58 -60 Bluff, 1860- (brick)
*345 -347 Bluff, 1850
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301 Jones, 1913 (gable front bungalow)
305 Jones, 1913 (gable front bungalow)
309 Jones, 1913 (gable front bungalow)
313 Jones, 1913, (gable front bungalow)
330 Jones, 1913, (hip subset of gable front bungalow)
323 Jones, 1924 - (cottage)
258 Bluff, 1924, (two -story multi - family)
39 Bluff, 1906, (two -story square plan)
Moderne Style
2003 survey update:
*350 West 6th- Federal Building, 1932 -34
Vernacular house types
It appears, because of the number of buildings found within the proposed District that have a variety of details,
that general vernacular types incorporate most of the remaining buildings within the Cathedral Historic District.
In the original nomination, a number were classified as "brick vernacular," style allowing for a brick building to
remain very plain or to be open to a mixture of any design or pattern without being too heavily influenced by
the "high" style (Hawks 1985). See original nomination for photographs of examples of these houses.
2003 survey update:
Single -story Frame L -Plan:
344 West 1st, 1872 -84
*480 Emmett- (not - determined, frame miners cottage)
Side -gable Type:
Row houses tri- plexes:
432 -48 Bluff, 1857- (side hall plans)
*206- 208 -210 Bluff, 1878 -79
432 - 434 -436 Emmett, 1886 - (parapet front)
425 -33 -41 Bluff, 1897- (three bays, two dormers)
Six -bay side gable subset:
426 -428 West 5th- 1855 -57
156 -58 Bluff, 1860
164 -66 Bluff, 1860
372 -74 Bluff, 1860
392 -94 Bluff, 1860
729 -31 Bluff, 1860
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409 Bluff, 1873- (side hall plan, concave true Mansard)
*701 -03 Bluff, 1888- (twin bays, front Mansard roof plane only)
605 Bluff, 1879, 1916- (matching addition, true Mansard)
469 Emmett, 1883- (St. Raphael Girls School, true Mansard)
Queen Anne
Queen Anne Style, 1880 -1890, gives the Cathedral District its flair in detailing and styling. The buildings
classified as Queen Anne, however, each lean toward a different type of this particular style. While 504 Bluff
verges on Romanesque, the row house at 186 - 190 -196 Bluff mixes in a little Eastlake. The best example of
Queen Anne is the row house facing 4th Street which now mixes commercial and residential uses (Hawks 1985).
See original nomination for photographs of excellent examples of this style.
2003 survey update:
*504 Bluff, 1887 -89 (Sullivan)
483 Bluff West 5th, 1894 -96
475 -77 West 3`d, 1890- (frame example)
679 Bluff, 1890s- (frame example, altered)
*186-96 Bluff, 1886- (tri -plex)
*206 - 208 -210 Bluff, 1878- (tri -plex)
Twin -front bay subset:
484 -86 West 3rd, 1889 + - (side gable frame)
121 -123 Bluff, 1895- (brick with twin dormers)
759 Bluff, 1902- (twin bay front)
331 West 4th, 1899 -1900- (triple bay facade with turret)
Colonial Revival
All of these examples are two -story gable front Chris Voelker built designs built of Peer -A -Mid concrete block.
A third example at 124 Bluff (1915) has an aluminum front but its south and east walls remain exposed
(Jacobsen 2003).
2003 survey update:
61 Bluff, 1914
Classical Revival
The Classical Revival Style, 1880 -1920, has a range of examples throughout the district that range from small
scale residential buildings to large buildings more typical of the style.
2003 survey update:
205 Bluff, 1905
334 Jones, 1913
Craftsman Style/Bungalow Type
The Craftsman style dates to the early 1900s, often exhibiting on the popular bungalows of this period. One
notable example is found at 453 -455 West 4th Street (Hawks 1985).
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especially popular in towns along the Mississippi River until around 1860. Characteristics of Federal style
include a low- pitched roof, end - stepped gables, double hung windows with small panes, rectangular shape,
sidelights and transom. The J. H. Thedinga House at 340 West 5th Street is the best example of the Federal
influence in the Cathedral District (Hawks 1985). See original nomination for photographs of excellent
examples of these houses.
2003 survey update:
340 West 5th Street (1855)
Greek Revival
Most of the Greek Revival influenced buildings in Cathedral District were erected between 1860 -1880. The
Greek Revival was a popular style in the true sense of the term, and its influence continued to be seen in
builders guides and pattern books long after its influence on high style architecture had largely disappeared. The
buildings in the District have clearly defined features and yet still express the basic simplicity of the style
(Hawks 1985). See original nomination for photographs of excellent examples of these houses.
Gothic Revival
The notable example of Gothic Revival architecture in the Cathedral District is the Cathedral of St. Raphael.
Originally slated to be built in Romanesque Style, the Panic of 1857 curtailed these plans and the building
followed the Gothic Revival Style. The Cathedral is today the most outstanding example of Gothic Revival
architecture in Dubuque.
2003 survey update:
*231 Bluff -St. Raphael Cathedral, 1857 -58 (re- fronted with stone in mid- 1870s)
Italianate
The Ital ianate style is another rather popular style for detailing in the District. Popular from 1840 to 1880, the
most outstanding building with Italianate details is the St. Raphael's Rectory at 231 Bluff (Hawks 1985). See
original nomination for photographs of other examples of this style.
2003 survey update:
445 -457 Bluff, 1892 -1908
*231 Bluff; 1863- (Italianate Villa, St. Raphael Rectory)
*53 -55 Locust, 1882- (commercial parapet front)
*401 Locust, 1884- (firehouse)
Second Empire
The Second Empire house was common from 1860 to 1890. Even though it was built in two different phases
and incorporates the Farley House at 605 Bluff, the Mary of the Angels Home is the best example of the Second
Empire style (Hawks 1985). See original nomination for photographs of excellent examples of this style.
2003 survey update: The historical photographs document a number of lost examples of this style along Locust
and Bluff streets. Notice how this style favors Bluff Street as a location.
467 -69 Bluff, 1860- (six bay duplex, true Mansard)
345 -47 Bluff, 1870- (six bay duplex, true Mansard)
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several of which located in houses to the west of Locust Street. The present -day commercial development
along Bluff, West 4th Street, etc. is a much later development. As late as 1891 there is no indication that
anything but residential land uses predominated within the district. In fact the belated development of
commercial land uses at the foot of the 4t)' Street Elevator resulted in the establishment of a local historic
preservation program and served as the catalyst for surveying and listing the several historic districts (Jacobsen
2003). The local Cathedral Historic Preservation District was established in 1983, two years prior to the date the
district was also entered listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Architectural styles and types
The architecture of the Cathedral District is characterized more by popular and derivative executions of
architectural styles drawn from pattern books and builder's guides than high style buildings designed by
architects. Buildings in the district are rather plain and simple edifices, constructed of red brick and usually do
not rise above two or three floors in height. The predominant stylistic category has been designated Brick
Vernacular and often features details drawn from several different periods. Most common is the worker's and
small business owner's home and details drawn from one, possibly two different architectural styles. The
exception in the Cathedral District is the ornate high style building or house (Hawks 1985).
The architectural styles of the 14 primary buildings reclassified from non - contributing to contributing under this
nomination amendment include:
1. 471 -473 Locust - Classical Revival
2. 301 Jones - Bungalow
3. 305 Jones - Bungalow
4. 309 Jones - Bungalow
5. 313 Jones - Bungalow
6. 323 Jones - Bungalow
7. 330 Jones - Bungalow
8. 334 Jones - Classical Revival
9. 39 Bluff - Craftsman
10. 61 Bluff - Colonial Revival
11.258 Bluff - Craftsman
12. 605 Bluff - Renaissance Revival
13.453 -455 W. 4th - Craftsman
14.350 W. 6th- Art Deco
The following stylistic influences are characteristic of the District: Key Buildings (10) are denoted with an
asterisk.
Federal
Although there are no high style examples of the Federal mode in the Cathedral District, there are several
buildings here that exhibit the influence of the style. These houses were constructed between 1840 and 1860;
some 20 to 40 years after the style had lost its popularity in the East. The continuation of the Federal tradition in
Dubuque probably came from two sources- -the tendency of pattern books and builder's guides to perpetuate
styles for years beyond their peak of popularity and a Federal influenced house building tradition that was
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frontage. Only one residence along Copperhead Lane was blocked from Bluff Street by another residence by
1884. On the 1891 Sanborn Map, 479 -481 Bluff (Copperhead Lane Building) was still blocked while the
building existing at 474 Bluff, now demolished, still maintained clear access to Bluff Street. It was not until the
late 1890's that a residence was built directly fronting B 1 uff Street thereby cutting off direct frontage for all
Copperhead Lane residences (Hawks 1985).
The plat naturally followed the river terrace which broadened and turned to the southwest below West 1st Street.
Bluff and the other principal streets turned at that point and in that direction. Building lots unfailingly oriented
east /west onto these principal streets. The lots west of Bluff were elongated. It is noteworthy that no provision
was made for north /south oriented lots around Washington Park or on the cross streets. Consequently the vast
majority of district buildings orient east /west and buildings fronting on cross streets tend to be of shallow draft
so as to fit their partial lots. Only West 3rd and West 5th streets proceeded west of Bluff. Alleys were improved
to function as additional means of access. The district nomination notes the important fact that numerous early
Bluff Street residences, fronting east, were positioned in the centers of these long narrow lots and were hidden
visually when later infill was constructed across their frontages. Again, the historical images document many
of these obscured buildings, all of which date to the 1850s (Jacobsen 2003).
The settlement pattern seems to have developed as follows: The 1850s saw the start of the Cathedral and
residential buildings close by on Bluff. The boom years of the 1860s and 1870s saw groupings near 5th and
Bluff and up and down Bluff Street. Fourth Street, near the base of the bluff, also developed during the boom
years of the 1860s and 1870s along with the area bordered by Locust, Bluff, 5th and 4th Street. Two houses
facing Washington Park on the west side of Bluff were also built at this time. The 1884 Sanborn Map shows
complete development of Bluff Street between Jones and First, the Halpin Building and Halpin house on the
southwest corner of Jones and Locust. Bluff between 3rd and 4th Streets had developed, but two buildings on the
northeast corner of 3rd and Bluff have been demolished. Richardson Shoe and Boot Factory, located on the
southeast corner of 3rd and Bluff, has since come down and been replaced by a residential buildings. By 1891,
the Sanborn Map shows complete development of Emmett. St. Mary's Street did not fully develop until the
1890's. The Gay Nineties and beginning years of the new century saw the development and infill of the rest of
the Cathedral District. A.A. Cooper built Greystone on the northwest corner of Bluff and 5th Street, and as a
wedding present to his daughter, built the Redstone in 1894. The Greystone has since been demolished but the
Redstone stands as a memory of architecture at the turn of the century. Both parochial and public schools were
rebuilt in 1905 and 1906, respectively. The original First Ward School built by John Rague was deemed
unsafe, so another building went up near the original site and was renamed Franklin School (Hawks 1985).
In addition to the number of vernacular buildings, the district possesses some of the best academic architectural
examples to be found in the city and several of the recently lost buildings (A. A. Cooper House) would be on
that honor roll if they had survived. There was always a high -end academic architectural presence, above and
beyond that to be found on Cathedral Square. Most of these examples were the mansions which were built in
two time phases. Within the vernacular range of buildings the same minimal overlap is found between
ltalianate style and the side and gable front vernacular house designs, the difference usually boiling down to the
presence or loss of brackets and original windows (Jacobsen 2003).
The district coexisted with an increasingly commercial Locust Street and an array of major factories that located
mostly on Locust but also at Third and Bluff. Proximity to the downtown apparently slowed the emergence of
neighborhood based corner groceries and similar stores and services. One exception was doctors' offices,
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The district encompasses a fine range of 19th century and early 20th century residential buildings. Bordering on
the original commercial /industrial core, this neighborhood, focused around and to the north of St. Raphael
Catholic Cathedral, has resisted commercial expansion. The broken and twisted topography of Dubuque is
reflected in the stepped houses that are perched along the streets that approach the high bluff line which borders
and defines the neighborhood to the west. The Cathedral Historic District draws its name and its character from
St. Raphael's Cathedral. The massive Gothic Revival building serves as the centerpiece of the district, and is a
clear signifier of the predominantly Irish Catholic immigrant community that settled this area from 1850
through the 1880s. The district is composed largely of very densely developed worker -class housing on and
around the south end of Bluff Street and Cable Car Square, giving the area a distinctly urban character. Most of
the earliest frame buildings have been removed, renovated or replaced with more durable dwellings, but the
district still retains its defining features. These include high density development of small buildings very closely
spaced on small lots, and minimal setbacks with little or no fencing or retaining wall features (with the
exception of the homes on St. Mary's). Larger high -style homes and institutional buildings constructed during
the 1880s and 1890s infill lots in the northern end of the district. New schools replaced earlier schools in the
neighborhood in 1905 (St. Raphael's School) and 1906 (Franklin School). This institutional /governmental
development was capped by the construction of the Federal Building in 1932 -34. More recently, many of the
homes on Bluff have been converted to commercial usage in and around Cable Car Square, creating a lively
mixed use environment.
Demolitions since 1985 have been restricted to Bluff Street and the several named alleyways to the west of that
street. Lost properties include 38 (not found) 479 -81 (1860 side gable brick), 493 -95 (c.1895 Queen Anne brick
row house), 687 (c.1865 brick vernacular) Bluff, 450 (c.1880s frame T- plan), 493 (c.1930s frame cottage on
raised concrete block foundation) Hayden Lane, 479 -81 Bluff (Copperhead Lane) (two -story brick side gable
vernacular, c.1860) (Jacobsen 2003).
Narrative Description
Information largely from original nomination, section 7, with corrections /updates from 2003 survey update:
The Cathedral District, for the most part, appears as it would have once the third wave of building was finished
in the 1890's. The District lies just below a bluff line and east of the river. For the most part, the houses are built
on the river valley plain. The exception to this would be the residences on St. Mary's Street that back up to
Kelly's Bluff and those that start climbing the bluff on 3rd and 5t1i Streets. To make grading and infilling
unnecessary, high foundations were built to facilitate level houses (Hawks 1985).
The City of Dubuque was generally platted using the historic grid pattern; however, the streets were allowed to
follow the bluff line which resulted in slight bends and curves. Other roads were platted to follow the ravines.
The lack of a ravine between Dodge and present day 8th Street may have forced the development of the 4th
Street /Fenelon Elevator to provide a more efficient and time saving means to get up the bluff. Without the
benefit of present day zoning regulations, houses were generally constructed with direct street frontage, uniform
setbacks and 1 ittle or no side yards. The houses that today are situated within the interior of the blocks (Hayden
and Copperhead Lanes) were constructed before many of the current direct street frontage houses were built.
On the 1884 Sanborn Map, the residences along Hayden Lane appeared to have fronted on either 3rd or 4th
Street. However, by this time other residences had been built within their deep setbacks with more direct street
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documented in the nomination as one of the key institutional buildings in the historic district, and its
construction in 1905 marked the build -out date for the district.
The nomination amendment as now submitted extends the period of significance to the completion of the
Federal Building in 1934, including the significant early 20th century development in the Cathedral Historic
District. This development includes several residential buildings, two schools (completed in 1905 and 1906),
and the Federal Building (completed in 1934). The nomination amendment also updates the resource counts to
reflect construction and demolitions in the district since the original nomination in 1985, as well as reclassifying
several buildings constructed from 1900 to 1934 as contributing.
With the expansion of the period of significance from 1905 to 1934, a total of 14 primary buildings, 1 garage,
and 1 retaining wall built within this period were reclassified from non - contributing to contributing.
This amendment identifies a total of 110 Contributing resources: 107 contributing buildings, one contributing
site (Washington Park), and two contributing structures (4t11 Street Elevator and the limestone retaining wall
adjacent to St. Mary's Street) found within the Cathedral Historic Preservation District. The nomination
identifies a total of 11 noncontributing buildings within the Cathedral Historic District.
The 14 primary buildings reclassified from non - contributing to contributing include:
1. 471 -473 Locust
2. 301 Jones
3. 305 Jones
4. 309 Jones
5. 313 Jones
6. 323 Jones
7. 330 Jones
8. 334 Jones
9. 39 Bluff
10. 61 Bluff
11.258 Bluff
12.605 Bluff
13.453 -455 W. 4th
14.350 W. 6th
The garage building reclassified from non - contributing to contributing is the 1924 square hip roof garage at 323
Jones Street. The retaining wall adjacent to and supporting St. Mary's Street is also being recognized as a
contributing structure under the amendment and update.
The four non - contributing buildings constructed after the original 1985 nomination are all garages. They
include:
1. 493 Hayden lane — garage relocated to site 2009
2. 320 -322 Jones — 2009
3. 432 Bluff— 2006
4. 484 -486 W. 3rd Street - 2000
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#6 Continued: Historic Functions
Government/Courthouse
Recreation /Outdoor Recreation
#7 Continued: Description - Materials
foundation: Concrete
Walls: Wood
Stone - Limestone
roof:
Metal, Synthetic- Rubber
Synthetic- Rubber
Narrative Description
(Describe the historic and current physical appearance of the property. Explain contributing and noncontributing
resources if necessary. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the
property, such as its location, setting, size, and significant features.)
Summary Paragraph
The Cathedral Historic District was previously listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. A
survey update for the historic district was undertaken for the City of Dubuque in 2003. This survey update
recommended extending the period of significance and updated the list of recommended contributing and non-
contributing buildings. This nomination amendment includes a combination of information from these two
sources, often quoted verbatim:
1. Hawks, Lisa and Pam Myhre - Gonyier. "Cathedral Historic District," National Register of Historic
Places Nomination Form, 1985.
2. Jacobsen, James E. Cathedral Historic District Phase IV Report. History Pays!, Des Moines, Iowa,
2003.
Within the text of this nomination amendment, the original nomination will be referenced as "Hawks 1985" and
the survey update will be referenced as "Jacobsen 2003."
A partial nomination update in 2009 made these changes:
1. Section 5 Classification. The count is, hereby, revised to indicate 80 contributing buildings and 26
noncontributing buildings for a total of 82 contributing and 26 noncontributing resources.
2. Section 7 Description. The contributing status of the St. Raphael School at 205 Bluff Street is,
hereby, confirmed. The St. Raphael Catholic Church complex, including the school, served as a
catalyst for immigration and growth in this area of the city and contributed to the neighborhood's
strong ethnic and religious ties. Constructed in 1905, the school replaced an earlier 1857 school.
3. Section 8 Significance. The period of significance is, hereby, amended to read "1850 to 1905." The
new closing date corresponds to the construction of St. Raphael's School in 1904 -05. The school is
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5. Classification
Ownership of Property Category of Property
(Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box)
X
X
private
public - Local
public - State
public - Federal
x
building(s)
district
site
structure
object
Name of related multiple property listing
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Dubuque —The Key City: The Architectural and
Historical Resources of Dubuque, Iowa, 1837 -1955
Number of Resources within Property
(Do not include previously listed resources in the count.)
Contributing
15
0
Noncontributing
4
0
0
1
0
16
0
0
0
0
buildings
district
site
structures
object
Total
Number of contributing resources previously
listed in the National Register
80
6. Function or Use
Historic Functions
(Enter categories from instructions)
Domestic /Single Dwelling
Domestic /Multiple Dwelling
Religion/ Religious Facility
Religion /Church School
Education /School
Commerce /Specialty Store
Government/Post Office
Current Functions
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Domestic /Single Dwelling
Domestic /Multiple Dwelling
Religion/ Religious Facility
Commerce /Specialty Store
Government/Government Office
Government/Post Office
Recreation /Outdoor Recreation
7. Description
Architectural Classification
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Early Republic / Federal
Mid -19'h Century / Greek Revival
Late Victorian / Italianate
Modern Movement / Moderne
Late 19`h and Early 20'h Century American
Movements / Bungalow /Craftsman
Materials
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foundation: Stone - Limestone
walls: Brick
roof: Asphalt
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1. Name of Property
historic name Cathedral Historic District (Amendment and Update)
other names /site number
2. Location
street & number n' Locust, 4t0, alley between Bluff & Locust, Bissel, Jones, Bluff,
Emmett, St. Mary's, west boundary limestone bluff.
N/A not for publication
city or town Dubuque
state Iowa
code IA county Dubuque
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3. State /Federal Agency Certification
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I hereby certify that this x nomination request for determination of eligibility 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 not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this
_
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national statewide x local
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In my opinion, the property meets _ does not meet the National Register criteria.
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_ entered in the National Register _ determined eligible for the National Register
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Architectural Summary
Historical Summary
Eval
Out - buildings
the latter being created by two broad
three -sided bays (3x16) that project
around a recessed entryway. The
rectangular core measures 68x38, a rear
porch 8x44). The cornice is mounted on
the parapet front and is denticulated and
bracketed. Heavy rusticated dark stone
lintels form a continous belt course on the
level on both floors. The 45- degree
angles in the brickwork are partly open
jointed. There is a raised stone
foundation. A light colored brick
contrasts with the darker trim stone. A
porch connects the two bays (T- shaped,
8x28).
Alterations: Permits note re- roofings in
1932, 1978, 1984 (recoat), 1995.
Remodel building for 7 handicap
accessible units, community kitchen,
elevator, handicap ramp to exterior 2008.
Landscaping /Setting: shallow parcel due
to bluff in rear, building fronts east.
Legal: Sub of City Lot 653A -4, Sub 1
City Lot 653 -4, McKinley Sub south 45'-
2.
1902).
Building History: Mrs. C. A. Styles
owned this property when it was
sewered (June 14, 1902). The street
number is painted or stenciled into
the entry transom.
As of 1955 was owned by Isabella
and Marion Ryder and contained
four apartments all with five rooms.
St.
Mary's
109
Style/Year: might date to c.1889, two-
story front gable vernacular house.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: small rectangular
plan (40x18 with 2x14 north rear side
wing), right hand entry and blank wall
above denotes stairway location, slightly
broader rear addition. Hip roof porch
(6x18). Stone foundation.
Alterations: metal siding, metal porch rail
and posts. Permits note re- roofing in
1978, front porch alterations 1991.
Landscaping /Setting: parcel surface rises
to the west, driveway and parking to the
south.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: The 1872 birds
eye view shows just three houses on
this street and no formal street. The
1889 view shows just three, so the
majority of houses post -date 1889.
This house might appear on the later
map.
Mrs. M. Walsh owned this property
when it was sewered, November 10,
1903.
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Out - buildings
Legal: St. Raphael's Add. Lot 11.
St.
Mary's
115 -117
Style /Year: 1889, two -story parapet front
vernacular duplex.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: corbelled brick
parapet front, denticulated across parapet
base, double rowlock brick window
arches, stone sills, minimal side
fenestration, raised stone foundation with
stone voussoir basement window arches.
Entries centered and paired. T -plan, front
portion 30x36, centered rear two -story
frame wing 17x26, separate rear porche
(115 only, 4x10). Front porch, 6x24.
Alterations: porches are of later date and
have side entrances. Windows replaced.
Permits note re-roofings in 1965, 1991
(117), 1995, interior drywall, ceiling
work 1990 ($10,000). Assessor, 1955,
notes 11x20 frame garage.
Landscaping/Setting: steep parcel that
rises both to the west and the north.
Building fronts east.
Legal: South 28.6' of St. Raphael's Add.
Lot 10 and north 21 '/' Lot 10 St.
Raphael's Add.
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder: Two brick
duplexes were built on this street in
1889, one by B. W. Linehand
($2,500) and the other by C. and J.
Mullin ($3,000) (Herald, December
29, 1889). This could be a double
report, one referring to the builder,
the other to the owner. The date best
fits this building.
Building History: This building does
not appear on the1889 birds eye
view, a probable indication that it
dates to c.1895, which is implied by
its parapet treatment.
Patrick Linehan owned this property
when it was sewered (c.1900).
Assessor splits property as of 1955.
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Mary's
133
Style /Year: post -1872, pre -1889, two-
story gable front vernacular brick house.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: double brick
rowlock arches, stone sills, east half of
south wall is blank, two -story recessed
porch on rear addition, south side. Hip
roof full -width front porch with side
entry, entry likely at right side of fapade.
Rectangular plan (36.5'x16.5') has
recessed porch along rear of south side
(3x16). Centered two -story rear porch
(9x14.5'). Stone foundation.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: Mrs. Ducy/Ducey
built a two -story brick dwelling for
$1,000 in 1888 (Herald, December
23, 1888).
This building might appear on the
1889 birds eye view. William
Ducey owned this property when it
was sewered (c.1900).
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Out-buildings
Alterations: rear addition, porch is of
later date. Permits note re- roofings in
1933, 1981. Assessor, 1955, shows
demolished frame garage, 10x18.
Landscaping /Setting: steep parcel that
rises both to the west and the north.
Building fronts east. Open yard to the
south.
Legal: St. Raphael's Add. Lot9.
St.
Mary's
155
Style /Year: two -story gable front
vernacular frame house.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: this is frame
version of the brick 133 St. Marys to the
south. Shed roof porch with walk -out
basement in front, south and rear wings,
former single story, latter two story.
Stone foundation. Rectangular core plan
(26x 18) with 1.5 -story rear frame
wing(10x16) and south side wing with
front porch (10x12 and 5x10.6'
respectively).
Alterations: porch likely of later date,
asbestos siding. Basement garage
entrance partly infilled. Permits note re-
roofings in 1952, 1961, 1984, front porch
enclosed 1955. Assessor shows new
asbestos siding 1966.
Landscaping /Setting: steep parcel that
rises both to the west and the north.
Building fronts east. Curious angled
concrete retaining wall runs across front
of property.
Legal: St. Raphael's Add. Lot 8.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: John Miller built a
frame dwelling for $1,200 in 1877
(Herald, December 14, 1877). He
worked as a steward at the Julien
Hotel.
This building might appear on the
1889 birds eye view John Kenna
owned this property when it was
sewered (last hookup 1966).
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St.
Mary's
169
Style/Year: post -1889, Italianate two-
story side gable plan with unusual paired
through cornice gabled dormers. Need
early photo to determine original
appearance, might be Modified Gothic
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Out - buildings
style with altered windows?
Physical Description: rectangular frame
plan (I8x28) on raised stone foundation,
walkout basement with window, rear
addition (two stories, 10x16). Porch
offset south (6x22, enclosed).
Alterations: aluminum or metal siding,
deck replaces porch. Permits note re-
roofings in 1937, 1945, 1983, 1996, re-
sided 1949, new enclosed porch and
basement 1958, front porch demolished,
re -sided and re- roofed 1983, porch floor
repaired and new roof over same 1994.
Legal: St. Raphael's Add. Lot 7.
St.
Mary's
189
Style/Year: 1872, two -story brick side
gable vernacular house with double
decker front porch (unusual in city).
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: rectangular plan
(27x30), brickwork incorporates stone
foundation walls as sidewalls contact
base of bluff, double brick rowlock
window arches, stone sills, centered
entries on each floor, interesting frame
vestibule on main entrance with transom.
4/4 lights survive on north end wall. The
house is built into a bluff. Full -width
front porch (5x30). Rear north side porch
(3'6 "x6) with stoop on east side.
Alterations: porch is replacement on
concrete base. Permits note re- roofings
in 1973, 1994 (skylight also), front porch
repairs 1965, new open porch 1974,
wood deck and stairs 1986, replace porch
piers 1998. Assessor notes (1955)
presence of frame I1x12 shed, and
change to single - family 1964.
Landscaping /Setting: terrace with
stone /concrete retaining walls, fronts
east.
Significance; Hugh Treanor House,
c.1870, Irish born, came to America
in 1832 and to Dubuque 1837, was a
businessman and Alderman 1846 -48,
dying in 1882. He built a brick
double tenement for $2,500 "back of
the Cathedral ", employing Thos.
Connolly as builder, in 1872. He
built a second dwelling house that
same year, also on this street, for
$2,000 (Herald, November 24,
1872). Treanor resided at 55 St.
Marys as of 1899.
Original Owner /Builder: Two brick
duplexes were built on this street in
1889, one by B. W. Linehand
($2,500) and the other by C. and J.
Mullin ($3,000) (Herald, December
29, 1889).
Building History: Bruce and Bev
Oestreich bought the house in 1986
and received a Dubuque County
Historical Society preservation
award in 1995 -96 (Telegraph -
Herald, February 25, 1997).
This building appears on 1872 birds
eye view and is probably the only
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Legal: St. Raphael's Add. Lot 6.
early surviving house on this street.
Mrs. E. Treanor owned this property
when it was sewered (last hookup
May 11, 1922).
St.
Mary's
209
Style /Year: post -1889, unusual side gable
two -story frame vernacular side hall plan.
Physical Description: stone foundation,
rectangular core (24x18) with centered
south side wing (10x12) smaller plan,
right side entry with sidelights. Full -
width front porch (4x18). Party wall to
north.
Alterations: concrete block stoop
replaced porch, resided with aluminum
siding, windows changed on addition
lower level. Permits note re- roofing in
1993 (front halt), addition 1979
($10,500), re -sided 1984, new 4x9 front
porch, rails 1987, roof over existing deck
1997.
Legal: St. Raphael's Add. Lot 5.
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St.
Mary's
221
Style /Year: post -1889, two -story frame
side gable vernacular I -house ( ?) or
modified duplex.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: rectangular
footprint (16x25), off - center front porch
entry (4x23). Two -story offset rear wing
(12x15) and northwest corner porch
(6x10). Stone foundation. Party wall to
south.
Alterations: metal canopy replaced porch,
metal porch railings, asbestos siding
(1960). Permits note re- roofings in 1966,
1982 (back porch), 1993. Front porch
replaced 2009.
Landscaping /Setting: very high terrace
with stone retaining wall and raised stone
foundation, fronts east, abuts building to
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: This building does
not appear on the 1889 birds eye
view. Mrs. E. Treanor owned this
property when it was sewered
(c.I900).
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the south, open land to the north, bluff
immediately behind house.
Legal: St. Raphael's Add. Lot 4.
St.
Mary's
275
Style /Year: post- 1889/1899 (Assessor),
two -story gable front frame vernacular
house.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: rectangular plan
(26x20) on high raised stone foundation
with front walkout and front and side
windows, single story gable roof rear
wing (14x12) and south side porch
(14x8). Right hand entry with gabled
entry hood, transom. Frame window
cornices, projecting eaves lines.
Alterations: aluminum siding. Permits
note re- roofing in 1955, re -sided 1939.
Landscaping /Setting: very high
foundation on ground that rises gently to
the west, shallow lot due to bluff base.
Parcel open to south and north.
Legal: St. Raphael's Add. south 28'5"
Lots 1 &2.
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: This building does
not appear on the 1889 birds eye
view. Thomas Sweeney owned this
property when it was sewered
(c.1900).
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West
First
335
Style/Year: 1956, modern building
Legal: Lot 2 -1 of City Lot 121 & Lot 2 -2
of City Lot 121.
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West
First
340
Style /Year: post -1891, pre- 1909/1895
(Assessor), two -story frame gable front
vernacular house.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: frame L -plan
(36x20 front core with offset rear wing,
13x16) on raised stone foundation, right
hand front entry, hip roof side entrance
on east side (14x6 porch), enclosed rear
porch (13x11'6 "). Assessor (1955)
identifies as solid brick construction?
This needs to be investigated. It is
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: M. Brunwoth
owned this property when it was
sewered May 28, 1917.
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unlikely.
Alterations: aluminum siding, duplexed
with side entry, metal canopy replaces
porch or entry hood. Permits note re-
roofings in 1932, 1966, 1984, 1996, new
porch 1945, re -sided (steel) 1966;
13x6'5" side porch replaced and enclosed
1987. Go over existing roof 2008.
Assessor notes new back porch 1965
Landscaping /Setting: parcel drops off to
the south, one parcel west of alley, fronts
north.
Legal: Sub 2 of City Lot 594, Sub 2 -2 of
same.
West
First
344
Style /Year: post -1872, pre -1884, single
story vernacular frame L -plan cottage.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: upright is 1.5
stories, front and back porches with shed
roofs. Rectangular west core (24x14,
west wing 18x12, rear southeast corner
porch 8x10, front porch 6x13'6"). Stone
foundation.
Alterations: faux brick siding (1955),
eaves cut back, window replacements.
Permits note re- roofings in 1969, 1994,
addition removed and 8x12 frame
addition built, 1993 ($25,000), front
vinyl siding replaced 1994.
Landscaping /Setting: parcel drops off to
the south, between alley and Bluff, fronts
north.
Legal: Sub 2 -2 of City Lot 594 -2.
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: M. Duggan owned
this property when it was sewered
May 12, 1919. Raymond Rodham
owns 1925 -post 1971.
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West
First
348
Style/Year: post -1872, pre -1884, c.1860
small two -story brick gable front
vernacular house. This is a very
interesting plan given its size and the lack
of an attic light.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: M. Brunworth
owned this property when it was
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Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: stone foundation,
double rowlock window arches, wood
sills, right hand side entry with transom.
Rectangular plan 26x16, carport 22'x10'
carport on concrete slab (1960), replaced
porch.
Alterations: carport on west side.
Elevated deck on back. Permits note
alterations to brick dwelling in 1974
($1,000), deck 1978, re- roofed and new
gutters 1978, reroof 1980. Carport roof
replaced 1997.
Landscaping /Setting: parcel drops off to
the south, between alley and Bluff, fronts
north, driveway to west side.
Legal: Sub 2 -1 of City Lot 594 -1.
sewered May 28, 1917.
West
First
350
Style /Year: pre -1872, two -story brick
vernacular I -house plan ( ?).
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: elongated narrow
rectangular plan(26x14), asymmetrical
fenestration, entry on right end of north
side wall, raised stone foundation with
north - fronting cellar entrances, centered
chimney, double rowlock window arches
and wooden sills. Stone foundation.
Alterations: west end likely shortened
due to street widening post 1909, west
end entry and frame porch removed,
entry relocated to side. Permits note re-
roofings in 1946, 1975, 1997. Replace
soffit and fascia 2004.
Landscaping /Setting: building orients to
Bluff but is addressed and accessed on
West First. Ground level descends to
east.
Legal: Sub 1 of City Lot 594 -1, Sub 2 -1
of same, -2.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder: This
building appears on the 1872 birds
eye view. M. Brunworth owned this
property when it was sewered May
28, 1917.
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West
Second
335
Style /Year: post -1884, pre -1891, two-
story brick Italianate parapet front plan.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: raised stone
foundation, square core plan, slightly
shorter two -story rear wing with east side
porch, bracketed wood cornice on parapet
front, double rowlock brick window
arches with projecting brick perimeter
tracery and spring stones. Narrow
Italianate windows with 2/2 lights.
Alterations: concrete stoop, well
preserved, painted brickwork. Permits
note re- roofing in 1960 (recoat), 1994,
siding repaired 1978.
Landscaping /Setting: level site west of
alley and east of Bluff, fronts south.
Legal: Lot 2 of City Lot 125.
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: Bishop Hennessy
owned this property when it was
sewered (no date).
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West
Third
415
Style /Year: post -1889, pre- 1891/1920
(Assessor), two -story frame gable front
vernacular plan.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: faux brick siding,
attic light, hip roof full -width front porch
(6x16), entry on left of front. Raised
stucoed concrete foundation, basement
level rear wing. Rectangular plan
(38x16), rear porch (6x10). Single -story
side bay on center right side, 3x14.
Alterations: asbestos siding. Permits note
re- roofings in 1964, 1994, re -sided 1950,
porch enclosed 1964, siding, casings,
soffit and fascia 1991 ($6,400). Assessor
notes front porch enclosed 1964, rear
porch rebuilt with new deck and steps,
concrete block foundation, railing,
aluminum windows on entire house.
Landscaping /Setting: land drops sharply
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: This building does
not appear on the 1889 birds eye
view. Sisters of Charity built two
residences for $6,000 on 3`a near
Bluff, certainly a duplex? Probable
addresses (owned by the Bishop at
that time were 440 -442, 462, and
464 -66 Bluff) (Tribune, December
21, 1871; Herald, December 17,
1871). Two nearly identical duplexes
are 464 -46 and 433 -35 West 3ra
Unfortunately 464 -46 is otherwise
attributed? Mrs. Doherty built a
two -story frame for $2,500 in 1883,
which is too early for this house,
Doherty owned the property
(Herald, December 20, 1883).
Peter Doherty owned this property
when it was sewered (no date).
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away to north, basement exposed.
Legal: City Lot east 25' of west 50' of
east 178' Lot 608.
West
Third
421
Style /Year: post -1889, pre- 1891/1920
(Assessor), two -story frame gable front
vernacular plan. Matches 415 to the east.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: faux brick siding,
attic light, hip roof full -width front porch
(6x16), entry on left of front, porch open,
larger window with transom on lower
level front. Raised stucco foundation.
Rectangular plan (38x16), centered rear
porch (8x9).
Alterations: alum. siding, metal porch
posts, concrete porch deck. Permits note
re- roofings in 1942, 1996, new sheathing
1981, steps 1981, rear porch extended to
deck 1987. Replace existing deck and
move stairs 2009. Assessor notes new
front porch 1963. 2002 took off
asbestoes brick siding, patched and used
original wood siding, changed all wood
windows to aluminum except for attic.
Changed big window into two long ones.
Rebuild front porch
Landscaping /Setting: land drops sharply
away to north, basement exposed.
Legal: City Lot west 25' of east 178' Lot
608.
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: This building does
not appear on the 1889 birds eye
view. Sisters of Charity built two
residences for $6,000 on 3`a near
Bluff, certainly a duplex? (Tribune,
December 21, 1871; Herald,
December 17, 1871). Two nearly
identical duplexes are 464 -46 and
433 -35 West 3`a. Unfortunately 464-
46 is otherwise attributed?
A. F. Jager owned this property
when it was sewered (no date).
Joseph & Josephine Kiefer inherited
the property in 1954, owned until
1962.
1864 -Roche bought a lot that was
later divided. A McDaniels
Subdivision.
1941 - Joseph Josephine Kiefer
bought 'A of lot 608. Which is now
421 w. 3`a
1943- Catherin Kiefer— Spinster
1956- Willis and Helen Phillips
1962- Elizabeth Schnempf — Edna
Woods lived in house until her death
in 1978, because of the will of
Elizabeth.
October 1978 - Marilyn J Langevin.
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West
Third
433 -435
Style /Year: pre -1872, parapet front brick
duplex, Italianate with Classical Revival
makeover (porch)? One of two identical
designs (see 464 -66 West Third) and very
similar to 461 -65 West Third (same
porch, no pilasters).
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: Note that this
design matches that of 464 -66 Bluff,
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Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: two story brick T-
plan (front core 30x38, centered rear
wing 15x27), four bold pilasters break up
facade, end pilasters curiously set in from
corners, metal /wood concave cornice on
parapet is unusual as are the stepped out
brick arches which project over the
cornice, windows are closely paired
above unified stone sills (unusual),
double rowlock brick window arches hint
at earlier date and previous facade, paired
square cut entry porches, entries paired
and centered on facade. Stone
foundation, concrete porch foundation.
Full -width front porch (6x38).
Alterations: later porch. Permits note
construction of hip roof in 1975, cornice
and soffit repair 1985.
Landscaping /Setting: on terrace site,
ground rises to the west, fronts south.
Legal: City Lot east 28' of west 50' of
east 228' Lot 608 (433) and east 228' of
west 50' of west 22' of same (435).
which is attributed to the Mullen
family but not precisely dated.
This building appears on the 1872
birds eye view.
Mary A. McPoland owned this
property when it was sewered (no
date). Rose Pottebaum owns 435
1938 -70.
Assessor splits property as of 1955.
West
Third
440 -442
Style/Year, pre- 1872/1855- (Assessor),
very unusual two -story brick parapet
front vernacular/ Italianate (paired
brackets lost) duplex plan. Unusual for
the raised stone foundation (necessitating
a bridge from the sidewalk).
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: T -plan (front core
34x44, centered rear wing 18x30,
matching side porches 13x7), stone
lintels on basement windows subsumed
below the top of the foundation, carved
stone lintels with semi - circular form
integrated with spring stone and key
stone, stone sills. Symmetrical
fenestration. Paired centered entries with
Significance; in 1879 this building
briefly housed what later became the
Mercy Health Center.
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: Sisters of Charity
built two residences for $6,000 on
3rd near Bluff, certainly a duplex?
Probable addresses (owned by the
Bishop at that time were 440 -442,
462, and 464 -66 Bluff) (Tribune,
December 21, 1871; Herald,
December 17, 1871). Two nearly
identical duplexes are 464 -46 and
433 -35 West 3`1. Unfortunately 464 -
46 is otherwise attributed?
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bracketed and arched recessed openings
(most unusual), entries have four paneled
doors, sidelights and transoms. Front
porch 4x13.
Alterations: A 1979 photo shows broader
eaves with paired brackets, a centered
porch and a pointed or stucco exterior. It
appears that an entirely new roof with hip
form replaced the gable roof original. No
porch, original was a gable roof hood or
porch. Permits note alterations to multi-
family brick dwelling 1946, rear steps
1951, and repairs 1978. Repairs to rear
porch 2005.
Landscaping /Setting: ground drops away
to the south and east, exposing
foundation more in those directions.
Legal: City Lot 607 -2.
This building appears on the 1872
birds eye view. Bishop Hennessy
owned this property when it was
sewered (no date).
The Sisters of Mercy arrived in
Dubuque on January 13, 1879, and
they opened a hospital in this house,
perhaps the first one in the city. The
Sisters occupied a new hospital
building on West Third Street on top
of the bluff within a year (Mercy
Crest Centennial Edition, Winter
1979).
West
Third
461 -465
Style /Year: pre -1872, parapet front brick
duplex, Italianate with Classical Revival
makeover (porch). Very similar to 433-
35 and 461 -65 West Third (same porch,
no pilasters). Unusual brick foundation,
central paired window set, and metal
cornice with concave base and two - tiered
cap design.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: two -story brick T-
plan (front core 28x37, centered rear
wing 14x24, rear porch 8x24, 461 W.314
has recessed side porch 14x7'6 ") with
parapet front, broad plain stone lintels
closely spaced, and stone sills, centered
entrances, Classical Revival porch
(c.1910, 7x30) with brick base, brick
balustrade with concrete coping.
Alterations: might be makeover of earlier
side -gable design, porch as noted. 792 SF
(22' x 36') - detached frame garage built
1980, change in direction of steps 1940.
Repair front and back porch, tear off and
replace roof 2010.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: This building
appears on the 1872 birds eye view.
Mary A. McPoland owned this
property when it was sewered (no
date).
Assessor splits property as of 1955.
Cyril McNamara inherited 461 W.
3`d 1950, owned until 1965.
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22' x 36'
Frame garage
(1980).
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Landscaping /Setting: street elevated
above ground level, drops away to the
east and north, exposed east and north
basement walls. Open ground to east
with iron fence.
Legal: Sub 2 City Lot 692 -1, same —2
and -3.
West
Third
462
Style /Year: c.1856, two -story side gable
brick vernacular house.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: likely non - extant,
was near collapsing when photographed
in 1986. Exceptional features include a
paneled bracketed wood cornice, corner
brick pilasters and projecting full -half-
circle double rowlock brick window
arches, and a right hand entry with
sidelights and transom. Rectangular plan
(34x21'6 "). Rear porch 3'6 "x21'6" and
front porch 8x21'6 ".
Alterations: hip roof porch dates to
c.1910 with square brick pillars and stone
capitals. Permits note re- roofings in
1933, 1986, 2006 and 2009 (section),
deck 1987.
Landscaping /Setting: ground drops to
south and west. Alleyway to north side
of house.
Legal: City Lot east 25' Lot 607A, east
3' of west 55' same.
Significance; James and Jane Mullen
house
Original Owner /Builder: James and
Jane Mullen
Building History: James Mullen was
born in Ireland and came to America
via Canada, reaching Dubuque in
1847 where he became a successful
merchant. The house directly west
was built by his sons. Both houses
remained in the family until the
1940's. This house was built first as
half of a planned duplex and the
west side wall was left blank, a
single window was cut in to it in
1900. The house was vacant by the
1970s and had a hole in its roof.
Guy and Becky Hemenway bought
the house in 1986 and began its
restoration, gutting it completely.
Discoveries included an 18 -inch
wide tunnel across the length of the
plan in the basement and remnants of
a still. Catherine Goodman bought
the house July 1995 and began a
basement restoration, bringing back
the original bridge approach and an
open well in front of the house (1997
Old House Enthusiasts House Tour).
This building appears on the 1872
birds eye view.
Bishop Hennessy owned this
property when it was sewered (no
date).
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Out - buildings
Andrew and Betty Swartz own 1947-
1967.
West
Third
464 -466
Style/Year: historical photos date post
1889 -90, parapet front brick duplex,
Italianate with Classical Revival
makeover (porch)? One of two identical
designs (see 433 -35 West Third) and very
similar to 461 -65 West Third (same
porch, no pilasters). This example is very
well preserved, retaining the original hip
roof entry hood, and front doors with
panels and art glass.
Designer /Builder: two story brick T -plan
(front core 30x38, centered rear wing
15x28), four bold pilasters break up
facade, end pilasters curiously set in from
corners, metal /wood concave cornice on
parapet is unusual as are the stepped out
brick arches which project over the
cornice, closed paired windows share
single stone sills (unusual), double
rowlock brick window arches hint at
earlier date and previous facade, entries
paired and centered on facade. Stone
foundation, concrete porch foundation.
Recessed side porches (15x6 to left,
6'S "x5 right), twin rear end porches
(6x5), centered front stoop (4x13).
Physical Description:
Alterations: concrete stoops, otherwise
very well preserved. Permits note
remodeling of duplex into four -unit
dwelling and re- roofed 1985 ($50,000),
porch removal, stair and landing
replacement 1995.
Legal: City Lot west 52' of west 55' of
Lot 607A.
Landscaping /Setting: property descends
steeply to the east, foundation exposed on
that end. Fronts north.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder: the sons of
James and Jane Mullen built this
house directly west of their parent's
1856 house, both houses remained in
the family until 1947.
Sisters of Charity built two
residences for $6,000 on 3`d near
Bluff, certainly a duplex? Probable
addresses (owned by the Bishop at
that time were 440 -442, 462, and
464 -66 Bluff) (Tribune, December
21, 1871; Herald, December 17,
1871). Two nearly identical duplexes
are 464 -46 and 433 -35 West 3`d.
Unfortunately 464 -46 is otherwise
attributed?
Building History: historical photos
show a cluster of single -story frame
cottage- additions set below the road
grade as of the mid -late 1880s, a
c.1889 -90 photo shows a single story
brick or stone base with raised end
walls, likely the foundation for this
building, construction followed the
final layout of St. Mary Street.
Bishop Hennessy owned this
property when it was sewered (no
date).
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West
Third
Style /Year: c.1890 -95 (Assessor), Queen
Anne /Shingle style two -story frame
Significance;
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Out - buildings
475 -477
duplex, unusual for its combination of
this style with the double house form.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: steep pitch of road
upwards to the west exposes the
rusticated stone foundation of the east
half of the plan. That portion has a cut-
corner and perhaps an east bay. There is
a Shingle style three -sided dormer with
half - turret roof. The west half has a full-
height three -sided bay with pedimented
gable cap. The entries are centered and
grouped. Plan measures 24x36, and
contains six rooms (three bedrooms).
Cruciform plan with slightly broader
front wing, matching side wings
(rectangular core 46x36 in front, 46x32
in back, wings 5/3x16, recessed side
porches behind wings, 16x5). 477 W. 3`1
has front bay 2x10, centered front porch
4x 10.
Alterations: both halves have been
variously resurfaced with a resulting mix
of permastone, asbestos and aluminum
siding, a metal canopy replaces the
original porch and there is a broad
concrete stairway. Permits (475) note re-
roofings in 1989 and (477) 1963, 1989.
475 resided 1940, porch railings repaired
1991. 477 resided 1976, and re -sided
with window and gutter work 1995.
Assessor notes removal of detached shed
or garage, 10x20 at 477 W. 3`d 1965.
Landscaping /Setting: site surface drops
sharply away to the east and north.
Ground open on both sides, south
orientation.
Legal: Sub east 78' of south 100' 4 City
Lot 692 -2, same for 692 -1.
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: This building does
not appear on the 1889 birds eye
view. Mary A. McPoland owned
this property when it was sewered
(no date). Joseph Ellsworth owns
477 W.3rd 1948 -71 but has contract
sale underway as of 1955 (not
completed). Historical photographs
show a rocky empty lot when St.
Mary Street was being finalized.
This building dates to the early
1890s.
Assessor splits property as of 1955.
West
Third
484 -486
Style /Year: post - 1889 -95 (Assessor),
historical photos date post 1889 -90,
Queen Anne two -story frame side gable
duplex with twin bays.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
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24'x24'
garage (2000).
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Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: T -plan (front core
28x34, centered rear wing 1826, rear
porch 9x26, two front bays 2'6x9 flank
5x9 front porch) with end chimneys.
Gablets cap each bay and are set back
from the eaves line. Paired and centered
entrances, stone foundation.
Alterations: metal canopy replaced porch,
concrete steps, asbestos siding. Permits
note re- roofings in 1936 (part), 18x18
detached garage demolished and replaced
with 24x24 garage 2000. Repair retaining
wall 2007. Assessor notes asbestos
siding and new roof, 1960, removal of
front porch and replacement with
concrete stoop with rails, 1960.
Landscaping /Setting: on southwest corner
of St. Marys and West Third, fronts north
to latter. Ground descends rapidly to east
and south.
Legal: St. Raphael's Add., north 73.5'
1 &2.
Building History: This building does
not appear on the 1889 birds eye
view. P. H. Murray, Arthur McCann
owned this property when it was
sewered (no date).
West
Fourth
331
Style /Year: 1860, 1899 - 1900/1900
(Assessor), three -story brick Second
Empire /Queen Anne style apartment
block. Very unusual application of style
to this building type and rather unusual
location on a cross street and alley
intersection.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: unusual alleyway
location, prominent alleyside octagonal
bay and dome roof with finial, twin three-
sided bays on facade, the west one
terminating below the cornice line, the
east one continuing through the attic level
with a pedimented gable roof cap.
Bracketed cornice line, single plane
mansard attic roof form. Two south
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: Mrs. Knowlton
sold an old frame house on 4111
between Locust and Bluff and
announced plans to erect a
"handsome structure" on the
property. Henry Knowlton resided
in an apartment at this address as of
1921. Still listed as residence, 23 4111
as of 1899. Laura M. Knowlton and
John P. Jnigley owned this property
when it was sewered (no date).
Henry and Lucille Jansen own 1947 -
71+.
339 W. 4H1 was built before the Civil
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single door entrances. Assessor treats as
three - stories, rectangular plan (29x57)
with two rear full- height brick wings
(west one half width, offset to alley line,
28x14'6 ", north one offset to east but
recessed five feet from east main wall,
28x28, with intervening void. As of
1955 a deck connected the rear, 5x39 and
there were two south porches, one in
southwest corner, the other in the area
between the bays, the bays measure
2'6 "x10. Stone foundation.
Alterations: one entry apparently sealed.
Permits note porch repair 1963, interior
remodeling 1978 ($57,130), re- roofing of
three bays, window casings 1999, two -car
masonry garage 1949 (333). Assessor
notes concrete block garage 20x20 built
1947.
Landscaping /Setting: alleyway corner,
fronts south.
Legal: City Lot 133, west half same.
War and the other two sections to
alley after the Civil War. It
consisted of 3 row houses. In 1978
the Wallis Family purchased the
building. They removed the two -car
masonry garage and added 2 bay
windows and an entrance on Bluff
Street side. They also enclosed in
the rear (the space between building
#1 and #2) and added an open
staircase to 3rd floor. The building
became 9 apartments w/ a store on
first floor. The porch on the back of
the building is a very poor addition
added by someone else before
WWII. The stain glass windows and
leaded glass windows are original to
the building; the three on the new
west side entrance carne from the
second floor.
West
Fourth
452 -454
Style/Year: post - 1872/1875 -85
(Assessor), two -story side gable brick
vernacular duplex.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: roof eaves overlap
end walls, double rowlock brick window
arches, 2/2 window lights, grouped and
centered entries, raised stone foundation,
stone sills. Attic end lights. Minimal
side wall fenestration. Rectangular plan
(28x38) with centered single -story brick
wing (22x24) and side porches flanking
rear wing (11x6, left, 11x7 right). Stone
foundation. No porch as of 1955.
Alterations: metal canopy has replaced
original porch. Permits note re- roofings
in 1939, 1993, 2004 (south side), replace
gutters with same 2010. Interior
remodeling 1984, rear porch, soffits
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder: A good
builder candidate is John McKinlay
who built a double brick at 30 West
4d for $5,000 in 1877 (Herald,
December 14, 1877).
Building History: appears on 1884
Sanborn and is not present on 1872
birds eye view.
Mary Ryan owned this property
when it was sewered (no date).
Assessor splits property as of 1955.
Mary Stack inherits 452 pre -1955,
owns post -1971.
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removed 1984, chimney removed and
capped off (454).
Landscaping /Setting: level shallow
parcel, fronts north.
Legal: Sub of City Lot 610 east 27.5' -2
(452), west 28'6" of same (454).
()West
Fourth
453 -455
Style/Year: post -1909, 1920? Broad
gable front two -story brick /stucco
duplex, Craftsman style.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: is 1918 makeover
of earlier building, exposed rafter tails,
purlins, former have ornamental tails, hip
roof full -width front porch, Craftsman
style upper window sash, concrete porch
foundation. Rectangular plan (30x37,
rear porch centered, 4x31, front porch
6'6x37). Concrete foundation.
Alterations: metal window awnings.
Permits note re- roofings in 1980, 1996.
Assessor notes "rebuilt after 1918."
Same notes 10' x 18' Det Frame garage;
10' x 21' - Det Frame garage built 1965.
Neither garage appears until the 1965
Sanborn.
Landscaping /Setting: level shallow lot,
fronts north.
Legal: J. M. Walker Bluff Street Place
Lot 2.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: a double two -story
duplex with single story rear wings
pre -dated 1884 and remained here as
late as 1909, the present
configuration might represent an
enlargement to the north but most
likely this was a new building. Joe
Morgan repaired his house and built
a two -story brick house at the head
of 411' in 1878, spending $6,800
(Times, December 11, 1878).
Joseph Morgan, Walsh &
Cunningham owned this property
when it was sewered (no date). The
last sewer tap was c.1920.
J. M. Walker Estate owns pre -1955
tol 956.
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10' x 18' and
10' x 21'
framed
garages.
West
Fourth
470 -472
Style/Year: pre -1872, two -story brick
gable front side hall vernacular plan with
two -story side gable front side wing.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: raised stone
foundation, right hand entry with triple
light transom, double rowlock brick
window arches, stone or wood lintels, 4/4
lights, single centered front basement
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: appears on 1884
Sanborn and is present on 1872 birds
eye view.
Assessor splits property as of 1955.
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twin flat roof
single garages
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window with stone voussoir arch set
above foundation line. Addition has left
side entrance and transom, identical
though more flattened window arches.
No porches, concrete stoop. Rectangular
plan but 472 differs in materials and plan.
470 has all brick rectangular plan,
35'6x21, while 472 has front brick
section, 12x17, and two -story frame
section 21x19. Porches are separate, both
set to left side wall, 6x8, 8x8.
Alterations: west addition (pre - 1884).
Permits note re- roofings in 1988, block
exterior door, erect 7'x20' decks on 1st
and 2 "d floor rear of building 2003 (470),
1989 (472, flat roof area), 1990 (same,
rear), convert multi - family dwelling to
commercial use 1973 ($25,000).
Landscaping /Setting: parcel descends
slightly to the east.
Legal: Sub 3 City Lot 610 -1, same -2 &
Lot I James O'Brien Place #2.
West
Fourth
471 -473
Style /Year: pre -1872, two -story side
gable brick vernacular duplex with
unusual and early standing seam metal
entry canopy. Identical plan with 489-
491 to the east.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: raised stone
foundation with basement openings
(double rowlock brick arches set into
stonework) which are aligned with facade
openings above (same arches). Entries
are paired and centered with transoms.
Eaves lines extend beyond end walls.
Minimal side wall fenestration includes
large attic lights. 2/2 lights appear to
survive. T -plan (front brick core 28x41,
centered rear brick section 14x28, with
matching side porches, 14x6'6 "). Front
stoop measures 3x12.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: Joe Morgan made
repairs on his house on the corner of
4111 and Bluff and built two brick
houses at the head of 4th, all for
$6,800 in 1878. This could be a
reference to a duplex or to two
duplexes? (Times, December 11,
1878). Given that this building is
apparent on the 1872 birds eye view,
it is not likely that this account
relates to this building. Joseph
Morgan, Walsh & Cunningham
owned this property when it was
sewered (no date). The last sewer tap
was c.1929.
Assessor splits property as of 1955.
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Alterations: well preserved, concrete
stoop. Permits note re- roofings in 1969
(half), 1995, conversion of multi - family
dwelling to commercial use 1973
($1,000), new 10x14 second story
enclosed porch, cut doorway and new
steps 1996.
Landscaping /Setting: ground drops to the
east, building fronts south.
Legal: James Rink Place -2, same —1.
West
Fourth
486
Style/Year: c.1856, plaque on building
states 1867, two -story Federal /Adams
brick side gable plan with stepped end
walls.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: Raised stone
foundation, short rectangular plan
(18x32, offset to right rear wing, brick
first story, frame second, 12x26, side
porch to right 12x8), broadly spaced
simple fenestration with stone lintels and
wood sills, centered entrance, short hip
roof square cut porch obscures entryway.
2/2 lights.
Alterations: front foundation wall appears
to have been relaid with concrete block or
scored, basement door with lintel set
above foundation line, sealed up. Porch
built in (1968), concrete stoop. Permits
note re- roofings in 1978, 1987 (front),
1998, rear porch enclosed 1963, steps and
rails rebuilt, porch sided, 1987. 6'x12'
2 "a story deck (open) on side of building
2004. 10'x20' frame shed built 1950.
Landscaping /Setting:
Legal: Sub City Lot 610 -4, same -5.
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: appears on 1884
Sanborn and is present on 1872 birds
eye view.
Mary Ryan owned this property
when it was sewered (no date).
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10'x20' frame
shed
West
Fourth
489 -491
Style/Year: pre -18727 pre -1884, two-
story brick side gable vernacular duplex
plan. Identical plan with 471 -73 to the
east.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: Joe Morgan made
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Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: Raised stone
foundation, basement windows (double
rowlock brick arches set below
foundation line) aligned with facade
windows. Paired and centered entries set
beneath standing seam metal hood with
brackets. Double rowlock brick arches
on facade windows with stone sills.
Eaves lines extend beyond end walls. T-
plan (front core 28x41 with centered rear
wing 14x28, matching side porches,
14x6'6 ").
Alterations: concrete stoop and metal
railing. Shutters. Permits note re-
roofings in 1932, 1993, remodeled 1973
and converted to commercial use
($32,500), replace siding on 2 sides of
back porch 6x18 2007.
Landscaping /Setting: ground drops to
east, building fronts south.
Legal: Evans Place —1, same —2.
repairs on his house on the corner of
41h and Bluff and built two brick
houses at the head of 416, all for
$6,800 in 1878. This could be a
reference to a duplex or to two
duplexes? (Times, December 11,
1878). This building might appear
(two duplexes as one ?) on the 1872
birds eye view, it is on the 1884
Sanborn. The two identical
buildings were likely built at the
same time or closely together in
time.
Joseph Morgan, Walsh &
Cunningham owned this property
when it was sewered (no date). The
last sewer tap was c.1929.
West
Fifth
330
Style /Year: post 1884, pre- 1891/1885 -95
(Assessor), two -story brick gable front
vernacular design.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: raised stone
foundation, light brick belt courses, twin
parallel lines, trace the top and bottom of
the lintel arches (twin rowlock brick
courses), attic light, square brick core
plan (24x22), two -story frame left rear
wing (13x10) with porch in front
(10x10).
Alterations: surviving entry sill on front
marks location of original left hand
entrance. Two -story side frame addition,
and probably entry change, dates to
1892 -1909. Shed roof porch is of later
date with concrete stairs and deck.
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: view obstructed in
1889 birds eye view. James
Donohue and Dr. J. H. Greene
owned this property when it was
sewered (no date). The latest tap
was dated June 23, 1904.
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Permits note re- roofings in 1937, 1961,
1985, re -sided (part) 1940), same (partial)
removing chimney, windows and casings
1984.
Landscaping /Setting: level parcel, north
fronting.
Legal: Sub of north 23'10" of City Lot
105, Lot 2.
West
Fifth
340
Style /Year: 1855, two -story brick
Adams /Federal style (I- house ?)
residence.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: narrow rectangular
plan (40x20 with off center side wing,
14x9, porch behind latter 5x9), stepped
end walls, symmetrical fenestration with
oversized stone lintels (that over the off
center entry covers the door and
sidelights), and stone sills. Twin attic
square lights, centered end lights on each
level. Single -story gable roof frame
addition on southwest corner. Wrap-
around porch, 15'6" frontage to street,
27' to side, includes two -story section.
Alterations: very well preserved,
restored. Permits note re- roofings in
1932, 1974, 2001 (south side), replace
aluminum soffit, fascia with wood 1990
and 1993, rebuilt 8x8 porch, soffit, fascia,
re -roof and re -side same 2000. Rebuild
rear /side of office due to car crashing into
building 2007. Assessor notes return to
single - family 1960. Also old barn /loft,
16x15 as of 1955.
Landscaping /Setting: level large corner
lot, open to the west, fronts north.
Legal: City Lot 136.
Significance; J. H. Thedinga House,
National Register listed. Thedinga
(1814 -76) was born in Hanover,
Germany, came to the U.S. in 1835,
was a merchant beginning in 1839,
and was elected Alderman in 1844.
He served on the land claims
committee to settle disputed claims
in 1847, was a county commissioner
in 1850, justice of the peace, 1852 -
54, served on the Dubuque Board of
Education 1858 -76, Dubuque
County Board of Supervisors, 1861,
served as the city's first German -
born mayor, 1862 -66, organized and
was president of the German Bank,
1864. He was the founder of the
German Bank (obituary, December
16, 1876).
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: built originally as
a brick addition (1855) to a pre -
existing frame house (1840, non-
extant) that was to the back of the lot
(A Walking Tour to Points Of
Interest In Historic South Dubuque).
The Thedinga estate owned this
property when it was sewered (no
date). Anna Thedinga owns as of
1955, sells to Anthony Rhomberg
1959.
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West
Fifth
408
Style/Year: 1896, Queen Anne style two-
story brick duplex
Significance; James Sullivan
residence
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Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: core plan (29x15)
with hip roof almost square with two-
story east wing (37x29). Raised stone
foundation with water table, rusticated
stone lintels, stone sills, stone lintels over
basement windows, bracketed cornice,
lintels are incorporated into segmental
belt courses around the bays, on the rear
wing side wall, an interesting feature is
the stepped down bay with stone
shoulders. Hip roof porch centered on
south side.
Alterations: level corner lot, northern
orientation. Permits note re- roofing in
1998, garage re- roofed 1960.
Landscaping /Setting: prominent corner
lot, ground falls away to the east, raised
foundation at that end, fronts east.
Original Owner /Builder: James
Sullivan built three new residences
on the corner of 5th and Bluff for
$6,500 and let contracts in May 1896
(Herald, May 24, 1896). He was
also credited with building a $20,000
residence on the corner of 5d' and
Bluff in 1894 (Herald, January I,
1895).
Building History: not on 1891
Sanborn Map.
A. A. Cooper placed the boilers for
his new mansion's heating system in
the basement of a new double house
set opposite his home. The central
heating plant would heat that
building, the mansion and Mrs.
Waher's house (Telegraph, October
12, 1894).
The John D. Sullivan estate owned
this property when it was sewered
(no date).
West
Fifth
426 -428
Style /Year: 1856 -57? pre -1872, Assessor
notes 1862. Vernacular /Italianate style
two -story brick side gable duplex altered
into Classical Revival style c.1900 -1910
(Palladian window in added shingled
dormer, porch pillars).
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: rectangular plan
(Assessor's drawing divides plan into two
sections, front 32x42, rear 24x42) with
rear wing, raised stone foundation, paired
brackets beneath eaves, end chimneys,
eaves extend beyond end walls, paired
centered entries, stone lintels and sills,
broad narrow hip roof porch (5'6 "x26)
with square pillars on brick piers, glassed
in. Broad gable roof front corner
contains Palladian window set. Twin
separate rear porches, 6x15'6" left, 6x14
right.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder:
Building History: appears on 1872
birds eye view and 1884 Sanborn
Map.
There are two candidate builders:
1. W. C. Mace /Mase, built a two -
story brick residence, 22x30 with
16x16 rear wing for $1,800 in 1869,
apparently half of a duplex. He was
deputy sheriff and as of 1870 was
listed as living on 5th between Bluff
and Summit.
2. James Sullivan built a double
brick dwelling, two stories plus
basement, for $3,500 in 1856 -57
"near the Bluff on 5th." (Herald,
March 8, 1857). This is the more
probable builder.
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Alterations: windows replaced, porch
replaced c.1900 -10, concrete stoop.
Permits note re-roofings in 1968, 1993,
missing cove moulding replaced 1993.
Landscaping /Setting: parcel declines to
the east and south, building fronts north.
Legal: City Lot east 62.5' of west 170'
Lot 614.
3. He built a $20,000 residence on
the corner of Bluff and 5th in 1894
(Herald, January 1, 1895).
4. He built three new residences on
the same corner, for $6,500 in 1986
(contract letting) (Herald, May 24,
1896).
The John D. Sullivan Estate owned
this property when it was sewered
(no date).
Isabelle and Marion Ryder own pre —
1955, Marion Ryder owns post -
1959. Converted to apartments
c.1930.
West
Fifth
442 -444
Style /Year: 1885 -1888, Italianate style
two -story brick side gable duplex. This
is an exact match in terms of lintels, etc.
with 414 -16 Loras, pre -1889.
Designer/Builder:
Physical Description: paired brackets
beneath eaves, eaves extend beyond end
walls, chimneys in end walls, basement
windows have stone lintels and are
aligned with upper facade openings, latter
have very ornate inscribed stone lintels
with raised ends, pediments and attached
spring stones. Paired and centered entries
with original doors and hip roof porch
(original posts and decorative elements).
Raised stone foundation and water table.
T -plan (front core 30x39, centered rear
wing 29x28, side porches 5'6x29, two -
story rear porch 6x28, front porch
4'6 "x13).
Alterations: very well preserved as of
1986. Permits note re- roofing in 1988,
remodeled in 1990.
Landscaping /Setting: property level
drops to the east and south, driveway to
west of house, fronts north
Significance;
Original Owner/Builder:
Building History: not present on
1884 Sanborn, is present on 1889
birds eye view.
Samuel Martin built a double brick
dwelling for $5,000 in 1878. He was
a grain dealer and lived at 28 West
56 as of 1880 (Times, December 11,
1878). This appears to be too early
for this duplex.
The John D. Sullivan Estate owned
this property when it was sewered
(no date).
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Legal: City Lot west 107.5' of west 170'
Lot 614.
Wash.
Park
Style /Year: established with original plat.
Designer /Builder:
Physical Description: open square.
Alterations: see report text.
Landscaping /Setting: level ground
surrounded by adjacent streets.
Significance;
Original Owner /Builder: City of
Dubuque.
Building History: see report.
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Sixth
350
Style/Year: 1932 -34, Art Deco /Art
Moderne styles
Designer /Builder: James A. Wetmore,
architect, locally partnered with
Proudfoot, Souers, Thomas of Des
Moines, and Herbert A. Kannison of
Dubuque. General contractor, Chiabai &
Garriup Construction Company, Gary,
Indiana ($327,000 contract).
Physical Description:
Alterations: Permits note construct
concrete and steel building 1932
($327,000), outside stairway 1961
($36,000), roof repair 1973, re- roofed
2000 ($146,000). New windows on 3rd
floor 2007.
Landscaping /Setting: level half block,
building fronts north and fills most of lot,
parking to south.
Legal: City Lots 139, 140, 101, & 102, &
north 54'6" of City Lots 103 & 138.
Significance; Dubuque's Federal
Building, one of a very few
monumental examples of its style in
the city, represents the design work
of a notable Iowa design firm
(Proudfoot, Souers, Thomas) and an
as yet obscure local architect,
Herbert A. Kannison.
Original Owner/Builder: U.S.
Government.
Building History: Federal funding
for a replacement post office was
secured in 1927 and by 1930 it was
determined to erect a new building
and a site was selected. Congress
approved funds for the site purchase
on March 4, 1931. The site cost
$125,000, the building $550,000.
Realtor J. J. Nagel apparently
assembled the site for federal
purchase and was the grantor. City
Planner John Noland envisioned a
three -part "Administrative Center at
Washington Park" in a 1931 plan. A
city hall and a new courthouse
would have completed the set.
Ground was broken and the
cornerstone laid on September 14,
1932, and dedicated on August 6,
1933. The building was occupied on
January 2, 1934.
C
None
512
Fenelon
Style /Year:
Significance; Fenelon Place
Elevator, one of three such elevators
C
two -story
northwest
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Eval
Out - buildings
Place
Designer/Builder: Thomas T. Carkeek
in the country. J. K. Graves built the
building with
designed the post -1893 replacement
first elevator in 1884 for his own use
garage on first
building(s) (Telegraph, July 7, 1893).
Physical Description: 1884, the elevator
has a 65 percent grade and a rise of 289
feet. Each counter- weighted car weighs
but began charging neighbors a
nickel to use it. It suffered a second
major fire in 1893 and Fenelon Place
residents formed a corporation to
rebuilt it.
floor, 18'6x17
1650 pounds. Two motors, a brake lever
and starter and turnstile all came from the
Original Owner /Builder:
1893 Chicago World's Fair. 1955
Assessor's card describes five
components at bluff top; northeast porch
11x22, southeast porch 13x20, a
rectangular hall or deck in center of plan
Building History: The idea of an
elevated incline railroad had
apparently been on -going for some
time up to early 1883. Mayor
7x29, a two-story northwest building
with garage on first floor, 18'6x17, and
main front building, two - stories, 16x26,
the upper level being slightly smaller
than ground level. Also lists 296 feet of
2' track, two 4x6 cable cars, a 10x12
lower building, 30hp motor and
equipment.
Thompson was gathering signatures
for the project in early January and
Die Iowa opined "It seems to mean
business with an apparently new
concept " By mid -July it was
announced that the system would be
gas - powered and was to be located
between West 5th and Fenelon Place.
Alterations: Permits note repairs to
elevator building 1967, re- roofing of
trolley building in 1985, interior repairs
to ceiling trolley cover building 1985.
Landscaping /Setting:
Legal: Sub 1 -1 -1 City Lot 692 -2.
The same source added, "We will
see." By mid- September 1884,
things "were hopping" with what
was by then termed the "Fourth
Street Elevator had been shifted a
block south. Engineer Knolltown
had designed the system, one that
was modeled after a coal mine
incline system in Oskaloosa. The
newspaper added, "if only true."
Work was in full swing by mid -
November and was finished by
December 18, at which time Die
Iowa pronounced the construction as
"flimsy" and chided the city for
being negligent for failing to
condemn it. In May 1895 the
Herald reported the elevator was
doing "a land office business" the
previous Sunday due to the presence
of crowds of excursionists "who
wanted a view of the city...In view
of the increasing patronage, the
elevator company have commenced
the erection of a two -story
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Eva'
Out - buildings
observatory on the north side of the
station, which will be seated and
open on all sides, thus affording a
magnificent point of view of the city,
river and country" (Die Iowa,
January 4, July 19, 1883; September
18, November 20, December 18,
1884; Herald, May 28, 1895).
OStone
Retaining
Wall
Year: c. 1889
Physical Description: Native Dubuque
limestone retaining along St. Mary's
Street
Significance; The district has
limited substantial retaining wall
features with the exception of the
retaining wall which supports the
homes along St. Mary's Street
and the street itself. Isolated areas
along the bluff have retaining
wall features on both public and
private property, with little
consistency, the exception again
being the retaining wall along St.
Mary's. Although less
predominant than retaining walls
located in other historic districts,
the walls contribute to the
development and character of the
district and properties built along
Bluff Street.
C
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8. Statement of Significance
Applicable National Register Criteria
(Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property
for National Register listing)
X
A Property is associated with events that have made a
significant contribution to the broad patterns of our
history.
B Property is associated with the lives of persons
significant in our past.
C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics
of a type, period, or method of construction or
represents the work of a master, or possesses high
artistic values, or represents a significant
and distinguishable entity whose components lack
individual distinction.
D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information
important in prehistory or history.
Criteria Considerations
Areas of Significance
(Enter categories from instructions)
Architecture
Period of Significance
1850 -1934
Significant Dates
1850
1905
1906
1934
Significant Person
(Complete only if Criterion B is marked above)
N/A
(Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply)
Property is: Cultural Affiliation
Owned by a religious institution or used for religious
A purposes.
B removed from its original location.
C a birthplace or grave.
D a cemetery.
E a reconstructed building, object, or structure.
F a commemorative property.
G less than 50 years old or achieving significance
within the past 50 years.
X
Architect/Builder
Mullany, John
Byrne, Alderman
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#8 Continued: Statement of Significance- Architect/Builder:
Beck, Guido
Hyde, Franklin D.
Fredolin Heer & Sons
Keenan, John
Carkeek, Thomas
Buechner & Orth
Raque, John Francis
Voelker, Chris
Frick, Anthony
Period of Significance (justification)
This amendment extends the period of significance from 1850 -1905 to 1850 -1934 within this nomination amendment.
This expansion includes the construction of Franklin School in the historic district in 1906 (after St. Raphael's was built in
1905), several residences in the 1900s to 1920s, and completion of the Federal Building in 1934. These additions
contribute to the architectural significance of the Cathedral Historic District as it continued to mature through the early
20t1i century.
Statement of Significance (summary paragraph)
The Cathedral Historic District meets Criteria C as it represents an excellent collection of residential and
institutional buildings in Dubuque's earliest extant neighborhood. Its architecture, including a range of styles
and types, is significant for the years from 1850 to 1934. Buildings being added under this amendment include
institutional building which contributed significantly to the development of the district as well as its
architecture. Residential buildings included in the amendment represent fine examples of bungalow and
craftsman style buildings. They represent the architectural influences of the district moving forward in the early
20m century, while maintaining a connection to the working class housing historically found throughout the
district. The buildings once owned by religious institutions are being nominated under Criterion C and therefore
meet Criteria Consideration A.
Narrative Statement of Significance (provide at least one paragraph for each area of significance)
The Cathedral Historic District encompasses a fine range of mid -to -late 19`1' century and early 20th century
buildings. The district contains an excellent concentration of residential buildings in Dubuque's earliest extant
neighborhood. The very survival of these buildings, located along the western edge of the original city
commercial core, and pressed between that core and a steep western river basin bluff line, is quite remarkable.
The Cathedral Historic District, so named for the prominence of St. Raphael's Cathedral complex, encompasses
most of this original residential neighborhood and includes the institutions that played a large part in the
neighborhood's early history and continued development through the early 20th century. The public square,
Washington Park, has been improved since it fell to disrepair in the late 1800's and has been listed on the
National Register. The little stone St. Raphael's Church was replaced in 1857 by St. Raphael's Cathedral. Both
parochial and public educational institutions developed early with the original St. Raphael's Parochial School
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built in 1857 and rebuilt in 1904 and the First Ward School built in 1856 and rebuilt as Franklin School in 1906.
Together with the neighborhood saloon, grocer, and an assortment of small home occupation businesses, the
district thrived in the location near Main Street and the river.
The original district nomination identifies the following historical contexts or themes:
• significance "primarily based on the architectural significance of the area."
• "the best concentration of residential structures in Dubuque's earliest extant neighborhood."
• place of residence for `the majority of the Irish population."
A number of other patterns are important, per the Jacobsen survey update in 2003.
• Cathedral district had both a public and parochial elementary school, unlike other neighborhoods.
• The Cathedral district is set cheek and jowl with the expanding downtown commercial district and a
substantial industrial presence along lower Locust Street.
• There is little evidence that the Cathedral district ever included much if any commercial buildings or
services, apart from the commercial zone along Locust Street.
• The Cathedral district included a number of public institutions, its own fire house (located in
Washington Park and later at 41h Street and Locust); Washington Park came close to being the site for
the new courthouse in the 1870s, and the Federal Building /post office building (1934).
• Washington Park, unlike Jackson Park, is a "true" public square that occupies a square that is bordered
on all sides by streets.
• The district included a fair number of early mansions, reflective of the early walking city wherein
industrialists and merchants could walk to their places of employment. Most of these early mansions
were lost, 396 Locust, actually excluded from the district, is one survivor. A second wave of mansion
building, in the north end of the district south of the park, followed in the mid- 1880s. The Farley and
Sullivan mansions survive.
Developmental history /additional historic context information
The history of the Cathedral District in many ways parallels the history of Dubuque. The proposed boundaries
of the district lie within the original town as platted in 1833. During this time, the settlers located near the river
and present day lower Main Street. Dubuque's growth accelerated in the 1840's when sawmilling replaced
mining as the chief industry, and with this acceleration, the residential neighborhood around the Cathedral
developed rapidly (Hawks 1985).
The "mother parish of the Great Northwest," as St. Raphael's parish was called, was established in 1833. The
first Mass in the young settlement was held in the home of a Mrs. Brophy. Later in the year, Patrick Quigley's
house on the corner of First and Bluff Street served as the site for services. Father Charles F. Van Quickenborne
was the first priest for the parish. He was followed by the Reverend J. Fitzmaurice, however, Fitzmaurice died
in the cholera epidemic that swept through the village in 1835. Father Samual Charles Mazzuchlli replaced
Fitzmaurice. It was Mazzuchelli who designed the first church of St. Raphael. Scrapping all of the plans of his
predecessors for a log church, Mazzuchelli designed a building 40 by 77 feet, and gaining a height of about 24
feet. Work began on the church in 1835 with some of the stone being quarried from Kelly's Bluff, which is
situated right behind the Cathedral. The first Fourth of July celebration was held in the roofless church in 1836
(Hawks 1985).
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When the diocese of Dubuque was created, it was one of only three ecclesiastical sees for the new American
Frontier. In April of 1839, Bishop Loras, along with Father Joseph Cretin, came to Dubuque. Not the first
priests to be in Iowa, these men had been preceded by Father Van Quickenborne, Father Fitzmaurice, and
Father Mazzuchelli. It was Mazzuchelli's church that became the first Cathedral for the original diocese of
Dubuque. The Diocese also served as the headquarters for several missionaries. A large building, built by
Mazzuchelli in 1839 and located in back of the Cathedral, served as the Bishop's Palace and a base for priests
who struck out on missions into the Iowa frontier. The building, regretfully, is no longer extant (Hawks 1985).
In the late 1840's, a newly appointed Bishop, Mathias Loras, planned to erect a Cathedral on Main Street.
However, the plan failed due to a lack of money and the growth of the business district around the proposed
Bishop's Block at First and Main. After ten years and considerable urging from a friend, the Bishop decided to
try again near the site of the old Cathedral. The cornerstone was laid on July 5, 1857, and by Christmas of that
year, Bishop Loras celebrated the first Mass in the new Cathedral. The Cathedral became a focal point in
Dubuque when it was constructed. It also represented an early attempt at town planning. Dubuque's main
steamboat dock was at the base of Second Street, with the downtown centered at Second and Main and the
Cathedral at the head of Second. The construction of the Cathedral instigated the widening of Second Street to
90 feet, allowing passengers disembarking from the steamboats an unadulterated view of the Cathedral (Hawks
1985).
Although the population accelerated, Dubuque did not physically grow as much as many citizens had desired.
The primary reason for this lack of growth was due to land claims by the heirs of Auguste Chouteau. The claim
was to the land under Julien Dubuque's old Spanish grant for which Chouteau was executor. Debated for two
decades, permanent construction in Dubuque was minimal during the 1840's. The claim was so significant that
the right of the trustees to collect taxes was challenged when citizens were not able to show a clear title to their
land. Finally, in 1853, the United States Supreme Court resolved the matter by voting in favor of the citizens'
property rights. Before the verdict on the land claim had been reached, very little permanent housing had been
built. Washington Park had been established, and the first church in Iowa had been built on that public square.
The original•stone church of St. Raphael's had been completed, but only a limited amount of residential
buildings were built. The only probable buildings in the District that are still extant from this time are located at
44 Bluff, 352 -354 Bluff and the Thedinga house at 340 West 5th Street (Hawks 1985).
The decision of the Supreme Court in favor of the citizens of Dubuque marked one of three events in Dubuque's
early history that preceded a building boom. These three events were 1) the land claim decision, 2) the end of
the Panic of 1857, and 3) the beginning of the Civil War. In the mid- 1850's, the District exploded with new
buildings. Coming after the land claim and immediately before the Panic of 1857, buildings such as the fire
station and the old Franklin School, designed and constructed by John Rague, were completed in 1856. A
systematic colonization of German and Irish by the Roman Catholic Church brought new immigrants by the
boatload to Dubuque. With the rising number of residents not only in the City, but in the District, buildings and
institutions such as schools and churches were very necessary. The most impressive building constructed at this
time was the Cathedral of St. Raphael. "Perhaps one of the most striking public buildings in Dubuque of the
1850's was the St. Raphael's Cathedral (not to be confused with Father Mazzuchelli's earlier St. Raphael's
Church) designed by John Mullaney and built between 1857 and 1859. However, growth was halted by the
Panic of 1857 and the population actually declined (Hawks 1985).
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The Cathedral of St. Raphael's has always been the headquarters and residence of the Bishop and Arch - Bishop
of the ecclesiastical province of Dubuque. It was from St. Raphael's that missionaries went out to the new
frontier and from here that all Catholic institutions in the City of Dubuque have originated. The diocese of
Dubuque was created in 1837. It included present day Iowa, Minnesota, and those parts of North and South
Dakota which lie east of the Missouri River. In 1850, after the formation of the St. Paul Diocese, the diocese's
boundaries were the same as the State of Iowa. These boundaries remained the same until 1881, when the
southern half of the state fell under the guidance of the newly created Davenport Diocese. In 1893, Dubuque
was elevated to an arch - bishopric and was still in charge of northern Iowa. The development of the Sioux City
Diocese in 1902 determined the present day Dubuque Arch Diocese which now embraced only the northeast
section of the state (Hawks 1985).
The years between 1860 and 1880 saw a definite population growth within the City of Dubuque as evidenced
by the chart below. The largest increase in population occurred between the years 1863 and 1867.
DUBUQUE CITY PROPER
1860 13,000
1863 12,626
1865 15,814
1867 21,222
1869 18,084
1870 18,434
1873 22,151
1875 23,605
1880 22,254
In 1866, the Irish population in Dubuque constituted approximately 15 percent of its total population. The 1867
Directory for the City lists such names and occupations as Daniel Casey, R. Corcoran, Laborer; Michael Farrell,
Henry Farrell, Drover; John O'Brien, Butcher; John O'Neill, Shoe Store; J.P. Quigley, Grain Dealer; N.C. Ryan,
Grocer. Out of the approximately households in the District at that time, 37 percent were Irish. Also, in the late
1860's, the Fenians, an Irish - American revolutionary organization, were rather active in Dubuque. In 1866,
"large Fenian demonstrations were held in Dubuque on July 4th. "l l From 1867 to 1870, the Sarsfield Circle of
Fenians sponsored four annual ball sin Dubuque, which now had become a national center of Fenianism. The
Fenian organization in the United States eventually faded out after two attempts to invade Canada failed
(Hawks 1985).
A church, both public and parochial schools, a local "Irish" saloon, grocery store and neighborhood home
occupations kept the District fairly self - sufficient without the permanent intrusions of commerce or industry
into their midst. The Halpin Building, on the corner of Locust and Jones, has consistently been used for a saloon
and a grocery store. Two exceptions to the residential neighborhood were the Richardson Shoe and Boot
Factory and the Chamberlain Plow Factory. Both were replaced in the early 1900's by residences (Hawks 1985).
The 1872 and 1889 bird's eye views are invaluable in dating buildings in this district. There is every indication
that these drawings are very accurate. This image locates a number of empty lots, many on prominent corner
locations. These are intermixed with a clear pattern of very intensive development on both sides of Bluff above
West 3rd and below West 4`h, and west of Bluff above that point. Note the very limited bluff -top development at
this point in time. Locust Street, on its west side, is commercial only at its intersection with West 5th Street.
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Seventeen years later, a number of large factories have been built (see northeast corner Jones and Locust and
southeast corner, West 3rd and Bluff), Locust has been commercially transformed below West 2 "d Street, and
generally, larger buildings have supplanted smaller earlier ones. The West 4th Street Elevator is established and
a larger image would reflect the intensive degree of bluff top residential development. At the north end of the
district, three new mansions are extant, just two of which survive today. The massive Glover Overall factory
stands east of the park and the fire station at 401 Locust is five years old.
Historical Themes identified in 2003 survey update (Jacobsen 2003):
The following key themes were at least partly investigated as a part of this project: Development of Catholic church and
institutions, the Irish presence, the construction of mansions, the development of Washington Park, transportation's and
infrastructural influences on the development of the district, and residential architecture in the district.
Development of Catholic church and institutions:
St. Raphael Cathedral is the focal point and namesake for the district and it is noteworthy that this district is named for a
church rather than a park as is Jackson Park. The original 78x41 Cathedral was one of three area churches (the others
being at Galena and Prairie du Chien) established by Father Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli in 1835 -37, each being named
for one of the three Archangels. The original church was of stone construction. A replacement church was begun along
Main Street in 1845 -49 but it was never completed. Two new parishes, those of St. Mary and St. Patrick, reduced
overcrowding in the growing parish until the mid- 1850s. The original church was located immediately adjacent to the
present building, I 25x85, started in 1857. Formal blessing of the Cathedral took place July 7, 1861. The foundation for a
central projecting tower (26x26) was laid as part of the original construction but it and the steeple were only built in 1876.
The following buildings stand or have stood on Cathedral Square:
1839- Father Mazzuchelli's house, next used as a bishop's residence until 1858, and then St. Mary's school (girls)
until 1884, located 2id and Bluff south of present Cathedral.
1857- present cathedral, $50,000, John Mullany, architect (extant).
1864 - priest's residence, John Keenan, architect, $9,000, three stories, 50x45 (extant)
1864, new barn, two stories, northwest corner, burns 1865.
1865 - Soladity Chapel, at rear of and in line with the Cathedral, new stable on burned ruins of old one.
1871 -new steeple for Cathedral, $7,000, John Mullany, architect.
pre- 1872- second priest's house, northeast corner of the block, likely the modern cottage built in the mid-I 870s
(non- extant)
1866 - Cathedral roof ridge raised four feet.
1869 -three story boys school, west center of block, John Keenan, architect, $12,000 (non- extant)
1874 -new brick barn, northwest corner, $2,500 (non- extant)
1875 -new stable, wing on Bishop's residence
1876 - Cathedral facade redone
1882 -new chapel on back of Cathedral, $14,000
1883 - girls' school, southwest corner, $12,000 (extant)
St. Mary of the Angels Home, 605 Bluff:
1892- purchase Jesse P. Farley house, 611' and Bluff, as St. Francis Home
1900 - three -story addition to west side
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1909- purchase lot to north containing four brick buildings
1911 -north addition completed by Kutsch Bros., name changed to St. Mary of the Angels Home.
1916 -buy lot to south, contains four houses and bluff front behind Farley house.
1916 -23, rent house to south, demolished in 1923, south wing finished by 1930.
The Irish Presence:
While the district includes several early frame cottages, the vast majority of early Irish frame residences have been lost,
many of these in very recent years due to the several highway projects. One discovery, since the district was listed, was a
miner's cottage in the backyard of 480 Emmett. St. Mary Street, while of frame construction, is of later date and has no
identified Irish dominance in the population. The presumption that the presence of the cathedral proves the Irish
residency claim is a probability, given that all of the new parishes which broke away from the original parish were
German congregations. Suffice it to say is that Cathedral district does not necessarily equal Dublin and the necessary
research has not been done to determine how Irish the district was over time.
The Construction of Mansions:
Gen. George W. Jones appears to have started the trend of building large houses in this part of the city in the early 1850s.
His Italianate style house is pictured below at the beginning of Bluff Street photographs. Other houses (Dr. Staples and
the L. D. Randall house 381 Locusts, both in the 400s block of Locust, were built in the 1860s. The second wave of great
house building was started by Jesse K. Farley, who built his Second Empire design in 1879 at West 6th and Bluff.
Augustus A. Cooper the wagon and carriage maker built three houses within walking distance of his factory complex at
West 3`d and Main.
The Development of Washington Park:
Washington Park had the advantage over Jackson Park in as much as it was intended to be a park from the start; whereas
Jackson Park first served as the city cemetery. The park was included in the original plat of Dubuque in 1833, but its
form and amenities did not take shape until 1877, when the original gazebo and other amenities were introduced. The park
seems to have been an attractive to potential house buyers. In 1865 Mayor Thompson purchased Lots 621 -22 Bluff,
opposite the park and the Herald observed that "these lots are valuable property" (Herald, September 16, 1865).
A serious effort was made to re- locate the county courthouse to the square in 1875. U. S. Senator William Allison
introduced a Senate Bill, apparently necessary to accomplish this, on February 12, 1875. A curious proviso was that
nothing would be done without adjacent owner consent (National Demolrrat, February 24, 1875).
Architects Heer & Nascher designed the pagoda/pavilion for the park. Construction cost was to be just $200 and the
Herald at least was well please with the design (Herald, July 11, 1877). The Herald warned "Washington Square will
soon be no better than a common cow pasture if that mob of boys are allowed to run it down as they did last night. Why
this change of tactics? We sigh for those young trees and the smooth green sward." The vandalism in question may well
have been a baseball game (Herald, July 16, 1877).
The race for constructing bandstands in the two parks was underway by mid- August 1877. The Washington Park
promoters had the head start, having already raised most of the needed $200 by mid -July. The Herald challenged
"downtown [Washington Square] residents" by reporting that Jackson Park folks had completed their subscription
campaign. It warned them that they would be losing open air concerts if they didn't act quickly (ibid., July 11, 16, 1877).
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By the end of 1877, Washington Park was fully developed into the form largely seen today. The original 40' high oriental
gazebo was built, the walkways were laid out, flower beds were introduced, trees were planted in rows, and a wood fence
was built. It was all in an effort to create a pleasing environment people would be drawn to and the community could use
and be proud of.
The Herald wondered why the Washington Square pavilion was placed off - center in the park (ibid., July 27, 1877).
On June 1, 1878, a petition was received by the City Council for the erection of a drinking fountain in the park. The
council proposed that it would pay one -half of the cost with the other half coming from private donations. The resulting
fountain was topped by a statue of Dr. Henry Cogswell. The statue remained in place until 1900, when a group of vandals
pulled the statue down (Encyclopedia Dubuque). It was rumored that the statue was buried somewhere in the park;
however numerous subsequent park projects have uncovered nothing.
In 1894 the park grass was so parched that firemen from the 4th and Locust firehouse brought hoses and watered the park
(Telegraph, July 17, 1894).
In 1895 the neighborhood ladies called for street -front benches in the park side streets, the thinking being that more public
benches would be less attractive to the tramps who commandeered the benches in the middle of the park. The evening
park concerts in mid -1895 were so popular that the crowd filled both the park and adjacent streets (ibid., May 8, June 15,
1895).
During the late 1800's, the park also hosted art exhibits, musical performances and even dog shows. In 1896 Buffalo Bill
Cody performed a "wild west" show in the park. President William McKinley gave a political speech from the park's
gazebo on October 16, 1899 (Hmrks 1985).
The gazebo was demolished and sold for its salvage value in 1900. The Herald welcomed the move, saying it had been
"an eyesore for the past several years." New cement walks were laid that same year. Two years later the park was the site
for the Annual Carnival (ibid., April 28, May 18, 1900).
Washington Park once again demonstrated its importance to the city in 1930 -31 when the new Federal Post Office
building was located south of and fronting onto the park. In 1931, a broader governmental plaza was conceived with the
post office, a new courthouse and a new city hall, all surrounding a double park preserve. The broader governmental plaza
never came to fruition.
A renewed interest in the park was once again realized in anticipation of the 1976 bicentennial celebration. In 1976 a time
capsule was buried to be opened during the tricentennial activities on July 4, 2076. Park restoration efforts began in 1974
with suggestions made by Park Board candidate Robert A. Sullivan. Telegraph Herald reporter Jim Miller collected
$1,000.00 toward restoration costs and suggested that the Dubuque Jaycees accept the project. The Jaycee's Washington
Square Restoration Committee accepted the challenge and the Washington Square restoration project was underway
(Encyclopedia Dubuque). The project included restoring the park landscaping and constructing a three - quarter scale
replica of the original oriental pagoda/gazebo. The project and gazebo was completed in 1977.
Transportation's And Infrastructure's Influences on the Development of the District:
As Figure 8 indicates, the district had no streetcar lines located within its boundaries, given its proximity to the main trunk
line on Main Street. The only exception was the trackage on Locust Street, south of West 2nd Street. Consequently no
tracks will show up in any photographs and there can be no direct relationship between architecture and those lines. Even
Washington Park had no direct streetcar access.
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Street railways, as earlier noted, facilitated through - traffic across the district and encouraged the development of Fenelon
Place and other western points. National Demokrat observed in 1876 "Reasons that Dubuque has to tie together the
settlement on the Bluffs and West Dubuque through a street railway have brought various plans at different times." A
Lieutenant Sloan "from the East" visited the city at that time and suggested "a steam elevator...a cable drawn car with a
line up and down...41I' Street best for this." Regular streetcar service would then take riders further west (National
Demokrat, May 25, 1876).
At the same time initial efforts to establish an uphill true streetcar service proceeded forward and what was first called the
"Julien Avenue Railroad Company" was incorporated and given a 20 -year right -of -way. It began service a year later (in
the meantime Mr. Beavis' West Dubuque Omnibus line was packed, using the same point of ascent, Herald, July 25,
August 31, 1876) as the West Dubuque Street Railroad and would provide successful service to the suburbs, following
West 8th, Hill Street, etc. until 1884 (National Demokrat, May 25, June 15, 1876; Die Iowa, September 13, November 8,
1877).
The 4111 Street Elevator idea didn't assume solid form until 1883. Mr. J. K. Graves announced plans to sink a tunnel 50-
100' into the bluff. The gas - powered elevator would then lift vertically. Within two weeks the precursor of the present
system was decided upon and contracts let. The Herald noted "When completed it will be one of the most beneficial and
best enterprises of the season, and we sincerely hope the projectors of this scheme will be liberally rewarded for their
enterprise (Herald, July 15, 29, 1883)." Legend states that the first scheme was simply a private convenience for Graves
who wished to go home in Fenelon Place for lunch and a nap each workday. Neighbors were soon paying a nickel to use
the system and the scale grew more complex. The Herald account references multiple promoters and the system required
an operator to be on duty so this story is likely apocryphal. Fires provided opportunities to upgrade the original scheme
and the several different setups visible in the historical photographs (see below) are readily explained by these burnings.
The first fire destroyed the street elevator in 1887. A second blaze destroyed the power house at the top of the hill in
1893. The Weekly Times chided the negligent firemen for allowing the loss of the twin cars as well:
The two cars stood under the shed midway between the top and bottom and with very little trouble they
might have been blocked and saved, but a half dozen firemen stood watching the fire from the bottom of
the hill and let them run down and be destroyed. It was a remarkable piece of supineness for the men who
are well paid for the energies they expend for the city (Weekly Times, May 26, 1893).
William B. Lapham, 4t11 Street Elevator Superintendent, lived at 119 Fenelon Place as of 1888 (City Directory).
Third Street Steps:
The Herald announced in late October 1901 that City Carpenter Crawford would build a set of wooden steps from 3`a
Street to the Fenelon Place Elevator. Crawford had just finished building a new Madison Street stair system. These steps
might have linked the Elevator directly south to West 3rd from near the crest of that street (see historical photographs of
West 3`l Street, viewed east from the crest which appear to show these steps). They did not lead from a point within the
district (Herald, October 31, 1901)
Establishing Final Street Grades:
The City Council finalized street grades across the city on fairly late dates. It is undetermined how important these grade
settings were relative to particular street surfaces. Frequently they were accompanied by ten -year prohibitions from
having any private parties excavating within the right -of -ways.
Year Street
1907 Emmett
Cross Street Reference Points
Bluff to St. Mary
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1908 West 3rd Bluff to Burch
1914 Jones Locust to Bluff
1914 West 1s' Main to Locust
1915 West 2id Locust to Bluff
1915 West 6th same
1915 West 7d' same
1916 West 3`d Bluff to Locust
1916 West 4n' Main to Bluff
1916 West 5" Locust to Bluff
1922 West l" Locust to Bluff
1925 West 5d' Bluff to Lot 615
1927 West 4th Bluff to end
West Third Street was substantially improved with guttering in 1877. The street committee threatened to publish the
names of street residents who had failed to pay their promised subscriptions for the work (Herald, July 24, August 26,
1877).
9. Major Bibliographical References
Bibliography (cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form)
Jacobsen, James E. Cathedral Historic District Phase IV Report. History Pays! Historic Preservation Consulting Finn
Des Moines, Iowa, 2003.
Hawks, Lisa and Pam Myhre - Gonyier. "Cathedral Historic District," National Register of Historic Places Nomination
Form, 1985.
Previous documentation on file (NPS):
preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67 has been
Requested)
X 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 #
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 Of assigned):
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10. Geographical Data
Acreage of Property 34 acres
(Do not include previously listed resource acreage)
UTM References
(Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet)
Point Zone Easting Northing
1 15 691631 4707892
2 15 691543 4707855
3 15 691521 4707916
4 15 691481 4707900
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Verbal Boundary Description (describe the boundaries of the property)
Beginning at the intersection of Locust Street and West 7th Street; southwest along West 7th Street to Bluff
Street; northwest along Bluff Street to the northwest line of Lot 5 -C.L. 653A; southwest along said line to the
southwest line of said lot; southeast along said line to the northwest line of the north fifty (50) feet of Lot 1 -1-
C.L. 653; southwest along said line to the northeast line of Coriell's Dubuque Sub.; first southeast then in a
clockwise manner along said line to West 5th Street; southeast along West 5th Street; to the northwest line of the
west one hundred seven and five- tenths (107.5) feet -west one hundred seventy (170) feet -C.L. 624; southwest
along said line to the northeast line of Cooper Heights Sub; southeast along said line and along the northeast
line of Lot 1 -1 -1 -1 C.L. 692 to the north right -of -way line of West 4th Street; southwest along said right -of -way
line and along the northwest line of Lot 2- 1- 1- 1 -C.L. 692 to Raymond Place; southeast along Raymond Place to
the northwest line of Fenelon Point Sub.; first northeast then in a clockwise manner along said line to the
southwest line of Lot 1 -E. seventy-eight and five- tenths (78.5) feet south one hundred (100) feet -C.L. 692;
southeast along said line to West 3`d Street to the southwest line of Saint Raphael's Add.; southwest along said
line to the northwest line of Lot 1- 2 -C.L. 694; first northeast then in a clockwise manner along said line to the
northwesterly most line of Pixler Place; northeast along said line to the west right -of -way line of Bluff Street;
southeast across Bluff Street to the northeast line of C.L. 589A; continuing southeast along the northeast line of
C.L. 589A and the northeast line of C.L. 589 and the northeast line of the north twenty -one (21) feet -north 1/2
C.L. 572 to Locust Street; northeast along Locust Street to the southwest line of the south fifty (50) feet -C.L.
568; northwest along said line to Bissell Lane; north along Bissell Lane to West 4th Street; northeast along West
4th Street to Locust Street; northwest along Locust Street to West 7th Street, the place of beginning as described
herein.
Boundary Justification (explain why the boundaries were selected)
No boundary amendments are recommended. The boundaries coincide with the September 25, 1985 National
Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Properties outside the immediate boundary would not contribute
to the architecture, context or historical themes.
11. Form Prepared By
name /title David Johnson, Assistant Planner
organization City of Dubuque date 3/31/2011
street & number City Hall, 50 W. 13th Street
city or town Dubuque
e -mail djohnson @cityofdubuque.org
telephone
state IA
zip code 52001
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Additional Documentation
Submit the following items with the completed form:
• Maps: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location.
A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Key all
photographs to this map.
• Photographs: Representative black and white photographs of the property.
• Continuation Sheets
• Additional items: (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items)
Property Owners:
(complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO)
name Attached
street & number telephone
city or town state
zip code
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate
properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a
benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.460 et seq.).
Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18 hours per response including time for reviewing
instructions, gathering 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 Management. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1849 C. Street, NW, Washington, DC.
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Photographs:
Submit clear and descriptive photographs. The size of each image must be 1600x1200 pixels at 300 ppi (pixels per inch)
or larger. Key all photographs to the sketch map.
The photographs of the Cathedral Historic District in Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, were taken by David
Johnson, on July 7, 2011. The digital photographs were printed with HP 100 photo gray Vivera ink on HP
Premium Plus Photo Paper (high gloss). The photographs were also submitted digitally, pe current guidelines.
A photograph key depicting the location of the streetscape photographs is below. Also included are
photographs of the fourteen reclassified buildings, one garage and one structure for this district.
Maps:
Figure 1. Photograph key (Key Buildings are Shaded)
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Photo Direction
1 South
2 South
3 South
4 South
5 Southeast
6 West
7 Northeast
8 East
9 Northwest
10 Southwest
11 East
12 East
13 South
14 Northeast
15 Northwest
16 Northeast
17 Southeast
18 Southeast
19 South
20 Southwest
Description
northeast corner of 8th and Bluff
northeast corner of 5th and Bluff
northeast corner of 4th and Bluff
northeast corner of 3rd and Bluff
middle of block northwest side of Bluff and 2 "d
south corner of Jones and Locust
middle of block northwest side of Bluff and Jones
middle of block northwest side of Bluff and Jones
southeast corner of 4th and Locust
northeast corner of 6th and Locust
northwest corner of 5th and base of bluff
northwest corner of 5th and Bluff
northeast corner of 3rd and St. Mary's
northwest corner of 3rd and St. Mary's
southeast corner of St. Mary's and Emmett
end of street on St. Mary's and Emmett
northwest corner of 5th and Bluff
northwest corner of 3rd and Bluff
northeast corner of 1st and Bluff
east on 4th from alley between Bluff and Locust
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Figure 2. USGS 7.5 minute series map
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Historic Preservation Districts
Cathedral - 1
Jackson Park - 2
Langworthy - 3
Old Main - 4
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Dubuque's historic districts.
Key: 1- Cathedral (NRHP), 2- Jackson Park (NRHP), 3- Langworthy (NRHP),
4 -Old Main (NRHP), and 5 -W. I ljh Street (NRHP).
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Figure 4. District map with National Register boundary and resources classified.
Contributing (not shaded) /Non - contributing buildings (shaded gray)
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Images:
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Figure 5. District outlined on Original Town Plat
Figure 6. 1872 Birds Eye View, looking northwest (district boundary added)
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Figure 7. View northwest from West 5' and Locust streets, c.1870 -75
(Photo 7112, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
This is an important and apparently very early view of the 500's block of Bluff. None of the Bluff Street houses pictured
survive and several of those in the center of the image were replaced by the two Second Empire style houses that went
up in the mid- 1880s. The Rhomberg Mansion is on top of the hill and has double- decker wrap- around galleries. The
poplar trees left of center mark the road that ascended the bluff from the west end of West 51h Street. The buildings to the
right on the west side of Bluff were demolished to make way for the Mary of The Angels building. The east side of Bluff,
between West 5`h and West 6`h streets, is mysteriously undeveloped. In this image it is partly covered with trees.
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Figure 8. 300s block of Bluff Street, view southeast from 4` Street Elevator site, c.1872 -73
(Photo RM 1018, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
Extant buildings on the east side of Bluff, right to left, are 352 -54 (1850), 372 -74 (1860), and 392 -94 (1860) Bluff Street.
On the west side of Bluff, right to left are twin new buildings, just being finished, 315 -21 and 331 -335 Bluff, not yet
present, south of the alley is the Second Empire style 345 -47 Bluff which is attributed to 1870. North of the alley stands
371 -73 Bluff (also visible in the 1870 view discussed earlier) and 391 Bluff. 452 -54 West Fourth, just visible in the lower
left hand foreground, was built in 1872.
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Figure 9. View from Kelly's Bluff, northeast in rear of the Cathedral, c.1873
(Photo FMP 3936, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
This very early and one -of -a kind image is an early documentation of both the Cathedral (no rear chapel present and
neither of the brick schools is yet built) and the early building up of Bluff Street. Large stretches of that street along the
west side are not yet built upon. Trees also cover a large lot to the north of the Richardson factory. The first houses
standing north of these trees are 372 -74 and 392 -94 Bluff, both built c.1860. Most curious is the presence on the west
side of Bluff of two high brick walls with stepped end walls, neither seems to have an opposite end. The southernmost is
371 -43 Bluff. The other one is north of the alley between West 4th and West 5th streets and was the south wall of the non -
extant 479 -81 Bluff (1860). Also clearly present is the brick row house at 423 -48 Bluff (1857). Note the large Second
Empire style brick building visible at the far left of center is likely a building on West Third Street, north side. 450 Bluff
(1857) is north of 423 -48 Bluff. Finally note the extensive tree canopy on Washington Square and along the east side of
Bluff just south of that park. The wing on the back of the Cathedral is apparently Sodality Chapel, built in 1865.
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Figure 10 400s block of Bluff Street north of West 4 Street, view to the east, c. 1873
(Photo FMP 3865, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
This is another very early view, probably by the same photographer as the other 1873 view (FMP 3936). Again it nicely
documents the belated building up of the west side of Bluff Street. 392 -94 Bluff is at the far right of the image on the east
side of Bluff. Crossing the street, two non - extant buildings occupy the northeast corner, and are followed heading north
by the row house, 432 -48 Bluff, then by 474 Bluff. On the west side is 411 Bluff, with matching stepped end walls. On
Locust street, the 400s block is largely residential in its makeup and the future site of the firehouse (417 Locust) is still
vacant. Immediately east across the street is the Metropolitan Livery and behind that, the Athenaeum Opera House, on
Main Street.
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Figure 11. Washington Park, viewed southeast, c.pre -1884
(Photo HAM 838, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
The gazebo is off - center and the Cogswell statue (non - extant) is present with few if any trees in Washington Park.
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Figure 12. 400s -500s block of Bluff Street, c.1884 -85
(Photo KRE 124, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
The large buildings along Locust Street are the Masonic Hall (right) and the H. B. Glover clothing factory. The east side
of Bluff Street, north of West 5th remains largely vacant surrounded by a wooden fence. The same situation is indicated
by the 1872 Birds Eye view. See photo FMP -3870 below that takes a view from in front of the small wooden storefront
visible on the alley on West 51h Street. It would appear that this parcel was in use as a corral of some sort. In the park the
full tree canopy has been thinned out, there is a mix of older and new plantings.
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Figure 13. 400s-500s block of Bluff Street, c.1884 -85
(Photo RM 1128, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
This image shifts to the north and catches a number of interesting buildings that are otherwise undocumented. In the
lower right hand foreground is 426 -28 West 5th Street (note the rear in -wall chimneys). Across the street, the corner
building has stepped end walls and also a curious matching outbuilding, with stepped end walls. Behind it on West 5th
Street is a most curious building with a Gothic centered tower and turret. There is a Second Empire style duplex at 599-
601 at Bluff Street (non- extant, demolished to build the sisters dormitory) and the Farley Mansion is immediately north.
The large building fronting on Locust, north of Washington Park is Byrne Brothers Storage. This view nicely documents
the commercial development along West 8th Street.
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Figure 14. 600s block of Bluff, view southwest from Washington Park, c.1884
(Photo LHH 4915, NGL 1439, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
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Figure 15. West Second Street terminus and St. Raphael Cathedral, c.1886
(Photo 1139, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
186 -96 Bluff (1886) is visible left of center. 206 -210 Bluff is at right of center. The lack of any electrical overhead wires
argues for this period of time.
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Figure 16. 600s -700s blocks of Bluff Street, view southwest from south of West 8' Street, pre -1888
(Photo RM 1085, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
A carriage step and barber's pole (or unusual tree wrap ?) appear at the lower right. This image nicely presents the array
of mostly vernacular houses that stood north of the Farley Mansion at 605 Bluff. Five of these survive, 625, 653 -55, 721,
729 -31, 743 -45 Bluff.
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Figure 17. 1889 Birds Eye View, view northwest, south portion below West 51h Street
Figure 18. 1889 Birds Eye View, view northwest, north portion above West 5th Street
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Figure 19. The Cathedral viewed to the southeast from the 5 Street Hill, c.1890
(Photo HAM 854, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
This image depicts Emmet Street as being barely built up. This image nicely documents the houses along Bluff just south
of the Cathedral. The extensive Illinois Central Railroad yards are visible on the filled land in the distance. This image
was taken the same day as was the succeeding one, and is east of its vantage point.
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Figure 20. View south along St. Mary Street from 5 Street Hill, c.1890
(Photo RM 1095, NGL 1683, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
The house at 221 St. Mary is the first one visible in the image, it was built after 1889. The St. Mary Girls School (1883) is
visible behind the old boy's school. While St. Mary Street has not been built up fully, there is a house visible to the west
of that street, behind 221 St. Mary that is no longer extant. It is representative of a more intensive bluff base exploitation
that no longer survives. West Third Street is visible in the foreground. 484 -86 West Third (post -1889) has not been built.
To the east, across St. Mary Street, the site of 464 -66 West Third is occupied by a complex of frame cottages that are set
below grade. Also yet to be built is 475 -77 West Third, built c.1890.
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Figure 21. Overview, viewed northeast along Bluff Street, c.1894, photo by Morhiser
(Photo SDB 819, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
This is a spectacular overview and a rare vista from this south end perspective. 186 -96 Bluff, built in 1886 is clearly
visible due east of the Cathedral and roughly dates this image. The factory at Jones and Locust is barely visible at the
extreme right center. Note that Emmet Street is only being infilled at this time. Note also how the buildings along the
west side of Bluff are angled to that street due to the lot layouts, while those on the east side are aligned with the street.
Note also the intensive array of outbuildings in the backyards of the houses.
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Figure 22. 4 Street Elevator, view west along West 4' Street
(Souvenir Gems of Dubuque, 1897)
The elevator pavilion dates to 1895 and corroborates the date of this image.
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Figure 23. 400s-500's Bluff, view northeast, c.1898
(Photo FBL 4794, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
The Greystone (left hand foreground, non - extant) and the Restone (504 Bluff, 1887 -88, extant) have replaced buildings or
occupied former vacant lots by this time. 425 -41 Bluff has infilled the southwest corner of Bluff and West 501 streets
(1897, extant) dates the image. 42 -44 West 59" Street (1885 -1888) is visible at the lower left foreground. In this view the
park is once again thickly covered with tree cover.
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Figure 24. St. Raphael School, 1904 architect's sketch
(The Catholic History of Dubuque p. 18).
Figure 25. St. Raphael School and Cathedral, view northwest, c.1910 (post card)
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( "Dubuque's Pride in her New Schools," Dubuque Telegraph- Herald, May 20, 1906, 3)
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Figure 27. Overview to the southeast from 5' Street Hill, 1906
(Photo DK 06, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
This image largely duplicates the preceding one, depicting West Third and St. Mary Street as well as the Cathedral area
and Bluff Street. In 15 -16 years all of the missing buildings in the 1890 image have appeared. Bluff Street is visible at the
lower left foreground. This is the only clear early image depicting West Third Street. Note the tree canopy that covers the
northern portion of the Cathedral block. The Richardson Boot & Shoe Factory (non- extant) is visible on Bluff, far left of
center.
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Figure 28. Chris Voelker Houses, promotional photo, view northwest, c.1914
(Photo HOFF 368, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College
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Figure 29. Bluff Street and West Third Street from the 5 Street Hill, view southeast, c.1915
(Photo LS 670, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
Missing from this image is the Richardson shoe and boot factory which had burned. It location, the southeast corner of
West Third and Bluff is vacant in this image. This is the only detailed early image of this stretch of Bluff Street, north of
the-Cathedral. The duplex at 258 Bluff is visible with its present facade. Note the Second Empire style house to the
south of it, no longer extant. Note also, across West Third Street to the north, the brick duplex with stepped end walls,
also non - extant. Note the streetcar tracks along Bluff which have melted clear in the snow.
Figure 30. West Fourth Street west from Locust, c.1920 (post card)
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(Photo RM 1095, LS 668, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
This photo includes the new Federal Building (see below). This photo can be dated by the demolition of much of the A. A.
Cooper wagon works at West Third and Locust Streets (note large empty void at right of center).
Figure 32. Federal Building
(Telegraph- Herald & Times - Journal, August 11, 1933)
The Federal Building replaced the Burch Mansion in 1932 -33.
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Figure 33. 400s-500s blocks of Bluff, view northeast, c.1940 (John Vachon ?)
(Photo LS 624, 6696, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
The Federal Building (1932) and the Rosheks Department Store (1929 -32) are the two obvious additions. The former
replaced the large house that was due north of the Redstone. That property has lost its power plant and distinctive
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(Photo LS 670, Center For Dubuque History, Loras College)
This view extends northward the preceding one. Both are wintertime photos but this one was taken on a much clearer
day. There is a major new building at Locust and West 7th, north of the park.
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Figure 35.4 Street Elevator, view west along West 4 Street, 1940, photo by John Vachon
Note the absence of the pagoda removed in 1927.
(Library of Congress, American memories Collection)
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Figure 36. 4th Street Elevator, view east from the top of the elevator towards West 4th Street, 1940,
photo by John Vachon, note the median strip on West 4'h Street.
(Library of Congress, American memories Collection)
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Figure 37. John Vachon photo, 1940, northeast from south of Dodge Street
John Vachon's overview nicely depicts the broader context of the south end of the district. By this time of course the new
Franklin School (1906) had long ago replaced its 1857 predecessor.
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Continued: District Property Owners
759 BLUFF LP
C/O WAYNE BRECKON
1398 CENTRAL AVENUE
DUBUQUE IA 52001
DAVID M & KRISTINE A AHMANN
4068 ST CATHERINE RD
BELLEVUE IA 52031
MARK C & PAMELA A ALDEMAN
486 WEST 3RD ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
ARZU ENTERPRISES LLP
715 WEST LOCUST STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
FRANK & HAZEL BAKEY
1751 SOUTH GRANDVIEW AVE
DUBUQUE IA 52003
PATRICIA J & GERALD E BALVANZ
155 ST MARY'S
DUBUQUE IA 52001
KARL L BEHNING
309 JONES STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
BLACK GLOVES LLC
1755 OVERVIEW COURT
DUBUQUE IA 52001
BLF PROPERTIES LLC
137 BLUFF STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
BRP PROPERTIES LLC
8505 SOUTHERN HILLS COURT
DUBUQUE IA 52003
900 BLOCK LANDLORD LLC
ATTN: TONY PFOHL
290 MAIN ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
AMER AHMED
1724 SCIO RIDGE RD
ANN ARBOR MI 48103
THE ANGELS LLC
605 BLUFF STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
B & C CATHEDRAL DEVELOPMENT LLC
862 WHITE ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
GERALD E & PATRICIA J BALVANZ
155 ST MARY'S
DUBUQUE IA 52001
LOUIS C BARRETT & MARY L PIERRIE
61 BLUFF
DUBUQUE IA 52001
JOSEPH C & SUZANNE A BERNARDI
196 BLUFF
DUBUQUE IA 52001
BLACKACRE PROPERTIES
300 MAIN STREET SUITE 330
DUBUQUE IA 52001
KENNETH R BOOTH
436 BLUFF ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
RONALD J & ANN M BURDS
1311 NORTH GRANDVIEW
DUBUQUE IA 52001
CATHEDRAL GARDENS LLC
C/0 GREG GORTON
PO BOX 1511
DUBUQUE IA 52004
WILLIAM F & MARGARET M COTY
1964 E CROSS RD
GALENA IL 61036
ROBERT L DAY JR & WERNER HELLMER
679 BLUFF STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
RANDALL L & MILDRED M DOLTER
1295 SOUTH GRANDVIEW AVE
DUBUQUE IA 52003
MARK & MARY E ERSCHEN
133 ST MARY'S STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
ROSE M FIELD
340 WEST 1ST ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
GEORGE L & ENID E FLANAGAN
313 JONES
DUBUQUE IA 52001
THE FRANCIAN COMPANY LC
C/O KATHLEEN FREEMAN
PO BOX 492
ELIZABETH IL 61028
ANN FURY
1148 LANGWORTHY ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
GARY N HANSEN & DAWNA M DUFF
305 JONES STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
THERESA L CONNELY
63 CARTER COURT
EAST DUBUQUE IL 61025
PATRICK J CRIBBEN
5004 N NATCHEZ AVENUE
CHICAGO IL 60656
JOHN E & AIMEE C DOHNER SR
C/O JOHN DOHNER JR
200 JEFF DAVIS ST
FAIRHOPE AL 36532
THE DUBUQUE YWCA
DODGE & BOOTH
DUBUQUE IA 52001
FENELON PLACE ELEVATOR CO
512 FENELON PLACE
DUBUQUE IA 52001
CHUCK BREGMAN & DOROTHY J FITCH - BREGMAN
335 WEST 2ND ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
PATRICK M FLYNN
280 BLUFF
DUBUQUE IA 52001
FRANKLIN INVESTMENTS LLC
1664 WASHINGTON ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
RICHARD M & DELILAH M HAAS
C/0 CELILAH M HAAS
2554 N WINDY LN
GALENA IL 61036
JOHN HART
322 JONES ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
HARTIG REALTY IV LC
703 MAIN ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
WADE S & KATHY JO HAYWARD
468 EMMETT
DUBUQUE IA 52001
JERICO LLC
C/O JEFFREY J HEFEL
1775 PALM COURT
DUBUQUE IA 52001
JUDGE REAL ESTATE LLC
605 BLUFF STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
BARRON L & DORIS J KATCHKA
419 BLUFF
DUBUQUE IA 52001
LEROY J JR KEDLEY
127 CHEROKEE DRIVE
DUBUQUE IA 52003
SHARON M KIRBY
2215 TRENTON ROAD
DUBUQUE IA 52002
DAVID F & LYNDA L KLUESNER
490 EMMETT
DUBUQUE IA 52001
JULIE A LOTT
637 ARLINGTON
DUBUQUE IA 52001
JACQUELINE J MAIN
492 HAYDENS LANE
DUBUQUE IA 52001
ISIDORE J & DAYNA S HAVERLAND
8315 HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD
DUBUQUE IA 52003
BERRY L HENKEL
480 EMMETT STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
JOJANARO INVESTMENTS
55 BLUFF ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
KEVIN J & NEAL L KAPP
486 WEST 4TH ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
LE ROY J & BARBARA KEDLEY
209 ST MARY'S STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
THORNTON G KEMPTHORNE
160 JULIEN DUBUQUE DR
DUBUQUE IA 52003
JOHN R KIRPES
10704 KEY WEST DRIVE
DUBUQUE IA 52003
ELLEN M LEMANSKI
801 BROOKVIEW TRAIL
MTHOREB WI 53572
PHILLIP R & MARY L LOVE
1868 CARTER ROAD
DUBUQUE IA 52001
PATRICIA A & DORRANCE MANDERS
1450 N ALGONA
DUBUQUE IA 52001
LYN & KATHY MANGRICH
11925 PARKVIEW
DUBUQUE IA 52003
LUKE I MANN
275 ST MARY'S STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
JAMES MASSEY & PAMELAPE GANTZ
450 BLUFF STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
JOHN W MC ANDREWS
350 WEST 1ST ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
MAUREEN MCANDREWS
58 BLUFF
DUBUQUE IA 52001
STEVEN & KELSEY M MCELROY - ANDERSON
729 BLUFF ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
THOMAS P MILLER
421 WEST 3RD STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
MINNESOTA FURNITURE WAREHOUSE
10457 HIGHWAY 52 NORTH
DUBUQUE IA 52001
ROBERT L MONTIJO
334 JONES
DUBUQUE IA 52001
MUENCH JONES STREET LLC
323 JONES ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
LYN C & KATHERINE J MANGRICH
333 BLUFF STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
PATRICK R MARSH & SERENITY A HEEGEL
158 BLUFF STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
CLARENCE J MAY III
340 WEST 5TH STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
TERRANCE J & TRICIA MC ELMEEL
1610 SOUTH GRANDVIEW AVE
DUBUQUE IA 52003
MARK R & DEBRA E MCDONNELL
1840 ASBURY ROAD
DUBUQUE IA 52001
ANN M MESCHER
413 1ST AVE W
DYERSVILLE IA 52040
WAYNE K & PATRICIA L MILLS
415 WEST 3RD ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
MIRACLE CAR WASH CORP
255 LOCUST
DUBUQUE IA 5200]
ANNE MARIE MORTON
163 BRADLEY STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52003
MICHAEL R MULDERINK & ELIZABETH A PEACOCK
475 WEST 3RD STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
WILLIAM J & LAURA A MURPHY
2180 COATES
DUBUQUE IA 52003
NOTTINGHAM PROPERTIES LLC
16401 NOTTINGHAM CT
DUBUQUE IA 52001
BEVERLY OESTREICH
189 ST MARY ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
BRADLEY P PALZKILL
462 W 3RD ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
CLARENCE J & LINDA L PEACOCK
477 WEST 3RD ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
PROFESSIONAL PROPERTIES LLC
147 KEYSTONE PARKWAY SUITE 115
PLATTEVILLE WI 53818
RMF ASSOCIATES LLC
129 WATERS EDGE DR NORTH
PONTE VEDRA BEACH FL 32082
SAINT RAPHAELS CATHEDRAL & SCHOOL
231 BLUFF STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
STEPHEN M & JANET L SCHAUFF
5509 OAK LANE
CASSVILLE WI 53806
EDWARD & REBECCA SEVERNS
6032 NORTH NICKERSON
CHICAGO IL 60631
RYAN A NEUWOEHNER
3130 SHTRAS AVENUE
DUBUQUE IA 52001
MARGARET MARY O'BRIEN
1830 ADAIR
DUBUQUE IA 52001
TAMMY SUE O'HARE
348 WEST 1ST ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
ROBERT & VIOLA PANKOW
435 WEST 3RD ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
PLASTIC CENTER INC
290 MAIN STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
BARRY R & EDNA M RIGGS
301 JONES STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
RICHARD A & ELIZABETH A ROBERTSON
14005 BRICK MASON LN
DUBUQUE IA 52002
WILLIAM SCALLON
8293 CREEK CROSSING CT
GALENA IL 61036
MURIEL B & ROBIN SCHEMMEL
106 EAST WASHINGTON STREET
INTERLACHEN FL 32148
SHAMROCK ENTERPRISES LLC
432 WEST FOURTH STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
SCOTT T & KIM M SHELDON
60 BLUFF
DUBUQUE IA 52001
SILVER GLOVES LLC
1755 OVERVIEW COURT
DUBUQUE IA 52001
TIMOTHY L SPECHT
8760 KEMP COURT
DUBUQUE IA 52003
ST MARYS REVOCABLE TRUST
117 ST MARY'S ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
KARL J STEICHEN
411 BLUFF
DUBUQUE IA 52001
SUE RESIDENCE APARTMENTS LLC
P 0 BOX 423
DUBUQUE IA 52004
UNITED CLINICAL LABORATORIES INC
205 BLUFF
DUBUQUE IA 52001
VANDELAY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
C/O RYAN NEUWOEHNER
16401 NOTTINGHAM COURT
DUBUQUE IA 52001
DANIEL T WEDIG & LEA RAE DROESSLER
3735 WIEDERHOLT DRIVE
KIELER WI 53812
WILLOWS PARTNERSHIP
473 1/2 WEST 4TH STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
ROBERT W SHIPP
109 ST MARYS STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
CHARMIN T SIMON
52 BLUFF
DUBUQUE IA 52001
CHARLES J & HELEN A & CRAIG E SPIELMAN
2685 UNIVERSITY AVENUE
DUBUQUE IA 52001
ST RAPHAEL'S CATHEDRAL CHURCH
231 BLUFF STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
CHARLES E & JOHN STOLTZ IRREVOC TRST
AMERICAN TRUST & SAVINGS BANK
895 MAIN STREET PO BOX 938
DUBUQUE IA 52004
JOSEPH W UNGS
2305 SIMPSON ST
DUBUQUE IA 52003
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
5TH & LOCUST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
JANE WALLIS
WALLIS PRICE ET AL
955 INDIAN RIDGE
DUBUQUE IA 52003
WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL IA 3 INC
4143 121ST ST
URBANDALE IA 50323
TED J & LINDA M WINDERS
493 HAYDENS LANE
DUBUQUE IA 52001
GUSTAVE WOLFF & ELIZABETH
FITZSIMMONS
3449 CRESTWOOD DR
DUBUQUE IA 52002
Reclassified Property Owners
258 BLUFF
JERICO LLC
CIO JEFFREY J HEFEL
1775 PALM COURT
DUBUQUE IA 52001
605 BLUFF
THE ANGELS LLC
605 BLUFF STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
471 LOCUST
KENNETH R BOOTH
436 BLUFF STREET
DUBUQUE, IA 52001
323 JONES
MUENCH JONES STREET LLC
323 JONES ST
DUBUQUE IA 52001
313 JONES
GEORGE L & ENID E FLANAGAN
313 JONES
DUBUQUE IA 52001
309 JONES
KARL L BEHNING
309 JONES STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
305 JONES
GARY N HANSEN & DAWNA M DUFF
305 JONES STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
CITY OF DUBQUE IOWA
C/O KEVIN FIRNSTAHL CITY HALL
50 W. 13Th STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
301 JONES
BARRY R & EDNA M RIGGS
301 JONES STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
334 JONES
ROBERT L MONTIJO
334 JONES
DUBUQUE IA 52001
330 JONES
RICHARD M & DELILAH M HAAS
C/O CELILAH M HAAS
2554 N WINDY LN
GALENA IL 61036
61 BLUFF
LOUIS C BARRETT & MARY L PIERRIE
61 BLUFF
DUBUQUE IA 52001
39 BLUFF
FRANKLIN INVESTMENTS LLC
1664 WASHINGTON STREET
DUBUQUE, IA 52001
350 W. 6Th
CITY OF DUBQUE IOWA
C/O KEVIN FIRNSTAHL CITY HALL
50 W. 13Th STREET
DUBUQUE IA 52001
453 W. 4Th
KENNETH R BOOTH
436 BLUFF STREET
DUBUQUE, IA 52001
Streetscape 1. View South of Bluff Street from 8th Street
Streetscape 2. View South of Bluff Street from 5th Street
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Streetscape 3. View South of Bluff Street from 46 Street
Streetscape 4. View South of Bluff Street from 3rd Street
150
Streetscape 5. View Southeast of Bluff Street from 2' Street
Streetscape 6. View West of Jones Street from Locust Street
151
Streetscape 7. View Northeast of Bluff Street from Jones Street
Streetscape 8. View East of Jones Street from Bluff Street
152
Streetscape 9. View Northwest of Locust Street from 4`h Street
Streetscape 10. View Southwest of 6th Street from Locust Street
153
Streetscape 11. View East of 5th Street from base of bluff
Streetscape 12. View East of 5`h Street from Bluff Street
154
Streetscape 13. View South of St. Mary's Street from 3rd Street
Streetscape 14. View Northeast of 3rd Street from St. Mary's Street
155
Streetscape 15. View Northwest of St. Mary's Street from Emmett Street
Streetscape 16. View Northeast of Emmett Street from St. Mary's Street
156
Streetscape 17. View Southeast of Bluff Street from 5`h Street
Streetscape 18. View Southeast of Bluff Street from 3rd Street
157
Streetscape 19. View South of Bluff Street from 1st Street
Streetscape 20. View Southwest of 4`" Street from alley between Bluff & Locust Streets
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Reclassified Building Photos:
Reclassified Building 1. 471 -473 Locust Street (Front View)
Reclassified Building 2. 301 Jones Street (Front View)
159
Reclassified Building 2. 301 Jones Street (Side View)
Reclassified Building 3. 305 Jones Street
160
Reclassified Building 4. 309 Jones Street
Reclassified Building 5. 313 Jones Street (Front View)
161
Reclassified Building 5. 313 Jones Street (Side View)
Reclassified Building 6. 323 Jones Street
162
Reclassified Garage 1. 323 Jones Street
Reclassified Building 7. 330 Jones Street
163
Reclassified Building 8. 334 Jones Street (Front View)
Reclassified Building 8. 334 Jones Street (Side View)
164
Reclassified Building 9. 39 Bluff Street (Front View)
Reclassified Building 9.39 Bluff Street (Side View)
165
Reclassified Building 10. 61 Bluff Street (Front View)
Reclassified Building 10. 61 Bluff (Side View)
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Reclassified Building 11. 258 Bluff Street
Reclassified Building 12. 605 Bluff Street
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Reclassified Building 13. 453 -455 W. 4th Street
Reclassified Building 14. 350 W. 6th Street
166
Reclassified Structure 1. Retaining wall
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Planning Services Department
City Hall
50 West 13th Street
Dubuque, IA 52001 -4864
(563) 589 -4210 phone
(563) 589 -4221 fax
(563) 690 -6678 TDD
planning@cityofdubuque.org
The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
City of Dubuque
City Hall -50 W. 13th Street
Dubuque, IA 52001
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
Dubuque
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January 20, 2012
RE: National Register Nomination — Cathedral Historic District Update and Amendment
Dear Mayor and City Council Members:
The City of Dubuque Historic Preservation Commission has reviewed the above -cited
request at a public hearing.
Discussion
Staff Member Johnson reviewed the update and amendment of the existing National Register
of Historic Places (NRHP) designation for the Cathedral Historic District is required in order
for property owners to obtain historic preservation tax credits in the district. He reviewed that
the request extends the period of significance and more accurately identifies all contributing
buildings which contribute to the character of the district, but there are no boundary changes.
There were no public comments.
The Commission reviewed the nomination, and noted it indicates that the district is locally
significant under criterion C for listing in the NRHP. Criterion C is a property or properties that
embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or
represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant
and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction.
Recommendation
By a vote of 5 to 0, the Historic Preservation Commission recommends approval of the
update and amendment for the Cathedral Historic District as meeting NRHP criterion C.
A simple majority vote is needed for the City Council to concur with the recommendation, and
to forward the nomination to the State Nominations Review Committee.
Respectfully submitted,
Christine Olson, Acting Chairperson
Historic Preservation Commission
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