Thomas Murray House (Davenport, Iowa)
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| Location |
628 Kirkwood Boulevard Davenport, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 41°32′11″N 90°33′56″W / 41.53639°N 90.56556°WCoordinates: 41°32′11″N 90°33′56″W / 41.53639°N 90.56556°W |
| Built | 1881 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| MPS | Davenport MRA |
| NRHP Reference # | 84001485 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 27, 1984 |
The Thomas Murray House is located on the east side of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1984.[1]
History
Thomas Murray built this house in 1881 shortly after his marriage to Eva Daniels. He had worked as a surveyor for Scott County for more than a decade. Murray was working as Davenport's City Engineer when this house was built.[2]
Architecture
The Thomas Murray House is typical of the Italianate style houses that were being built in Davenport after the American Civil War.[2] It forsakes the simplicity of Greek Revival decorative elements that was found in earlier Italianate houses for the verticality and millwork embellishment of the Victorian expression. The house features a square form, hipped roof with deck, roof cresting, projecting side pavilions and a prominent, bracketed porch that wraps across the front of the house and around the corner of the east side. The cornice has brackets and a scalloped motif that is applied to the frieze.
References
- 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 Martha Bowers, Marlys Svendsen. "Thomas Murray House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
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