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Samuel and Emma A. Ranshaw House

The Samuel and Emma A. Ranshaw House is a historic building in North Liberty, Iowa, United States. At the time this house was built in 1908, North Liberty was a small and prosperous farming community. The Ranshaws engaged Iowa City architect-builder Bernard Wickham to design and construct this transitional Free Classic subtype of the Queen Anne style. It is characterized by simple classical decorative details that were becoming popular in the early 20th-century, as opposed to the more elaborate elements of the Late Victorian style. It was a typical house that Wickham was building in this area. The 10-acre (4.0 ha) farmstead on which it was built was surrounded by farm fields just to the west of the town. Suburban development now surrounds the house on its 2-acre (0.81 ha) lot. In addition to the house, a concrete sidewalk and cistern cap with inlaid glass marbles that are set in geometric and floral patterns is included in the nomination. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. References
Jacob Wentz House

The Jacob Wentz House is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Wentz was a German immigrant and a shoemaker by trade. This is one of the few native stone houses in Iowa City, and being two stories, rarer still. It is a fine example of the Greek Revival style, featuring symmetrical openings, dressed stone lintels, and a bracketed entablature. Originally a single family residence, it was converted into apartments and it now houses a retail business, The Haunted Bookshop. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. References
Isaac A. Wetherby House

The Isaac A. Wetherby House is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. This house was built in two parts. The original two-story frame section was built in 1854 by Patrick Doyle, an Irish immigrant and teamster. A single-story frame addition was built by portrait painter and photographer Isaac Augustus Wetherby in 1860. He had acquired the house from Doyle, who could no longer afford the taxes. Wetherby lived here until 1887 when he sought economic opportunities elsewhere but probably visited from time to time until his death in 1904. His family continued to reside here until 1948. The house was originally located on Market Street and was moved to this location on Governor in 2008 when a developer threatened to tear it down. It is the only extant building associated with Isaac Wetherby. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. References
Bohumil Shimek House

The Bohumil Shimek House is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The two-story, frame, Folk Victorian structure was built sometime around 1890. Its significance is its association with Bohumil Shimek. Initially trained as a civil engineer, he is better known as a naturalist, conservationist, and botany professor at the University of Iowa. He lived here from 1899 until his death in 1937. These dates coincide with his professional career. Shimek contributions include establishing the state park system in Iowa, the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, the American School of Wild Life Protection, and the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. He published over 190 scholarly works, and is credited with the discovery of the origins of the Loess Hills. The house was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. In 1994 it was included as a contributing property in the Brown Street Historic District. References
Windrem House

The Windrem House is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. William Windrem was an Irish immigrant who learned the carpenter's trade in Ogdensburg, New York. He came to Iowa City in 1842 where he helped construct what is now known as the Old Capitol. Windrem bought this property in 1845, and built this house sometime thereafter. Built into the side of a slope, the rear of the house is 7-foot (2.1 m) to 8-foot (2.4 m) below ground. The lower floor is constructed of limestone and the second floor is brick. Both floors have a formal entrance flanked by sidelights. The second floor entrance opens onto a wooden veranda. The cornice is located just above the second floor windows. The side gable roof has a chimney at each end. A 1941 renovation substantially changed the arraignment of the interior rooms, and some minor changes to the exterior. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. References
Billingsley-Hills House

The Billingsley-Hills House, also known as the Veatch Residence, is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. This is one of several transitional Greek Revival to Italianate houses built in this area in the years before and after the American Civil War making it a very popular style here. Over the years, however, most of them have either been torn down or altered beyond recognition leaving this house as one of few left with its integrity intact. When this house was built in 1870 it was situated on a 38-acre (15 ha) estate, but by the turn of the 20th century the lot was reduced to its present size. Situated in a residential area with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics across the street, the two-story frame house features a low pitched gable roof, bracketed eaves, an entablature with dentils and returns, and a wrap-around front porch. The house was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 1983. In 2004 it was included as a contributing property in the Melrose Historic District. References
Cavanaugh-Zetek House

The Cavanaugh-Zetek House (also known as the Cavanuagh House) is a historic house located at 704 Reno Street in Iowa City, Iowa. Description and history Ohio native James Cavanaugh (Cavanagh) was the first owner of the house. He was a farmer who was involved in local politics. His widow Amy died in 1902, and the house was sold to Joseph Zetek. It remained in his family until 1976. This is one of two brick Gothic Revival houses in the city. The 1¼-story, L-shaped structure with a single-story addition on the north side features pointed-arch doorways and tracery windows on the south and west elevations. There is a glass enclosed porch in the middle of the "L". The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 16, 1977. References
Nicking House

The Nicking House is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Henry C. Nicking, who was a barber, had this house built in 1854. It is one of the oldest houses in the city, and one of a very few that was constructed using sandstone. The general architectural style is a stripped-down version of the Greek Revival style, but a rear addition gives it a saltbox appearance. It features a symmetrical facade, side gable roof, limestone lintels and window sills, and cornice returns on the front. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. References
Oakes-Wood House

The Oakes-Wood House, also known as the Grant Wood House, is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Nicholas Oakes, who established one of the first brickyards in town, built this house in 1858. The two-story brick Italianate structure features a T-shape floor plan, low gable roof, bracketed eaves, and three brick chimneys. Its most important association is regionalist artist Grant Wood, who lived here from 1936 and until his death in 1942. He restored the house during his ownership. The paintings he completed here include: Portrait of Nan (1938), Haying (1939), New Road (1939), Parson Weems' Fable–Washington Cherry Tree (1939) and Adolescence (1940). He also experimented with lithography and among the prints he created here include: Seedtime and Harvest, January, and December Afternoon. Also on display is a lithograph by James Claussen who was born in Iowa City. Wood taught painting at the University of Iowa's School of Art while he lived here, and wrote Revolt Against the City in which he stated his beliefs in the value and importance of regionalism in art. The house was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. In 2002 it was included as a contributing property in the Longfellow Historic District. References
Jackson–Swisher House and Carriage House

The Jackson–Swisher House and Carriage House, also known as the Old Swisher Place, is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Louis H. Jackson, who built the house, was a local attorney until he relocated to Denver, Colorado. Stephen A. Swisher, who lived here for 40 years, started an insurance agency and served as a curator and president of the State Historical Society of Iowa. Both were graduates of the University of Iowa. The house's primary significance is architectural, and it is said to have "more characteristics of the Gothic Revival than any other house in Iowa City." The steeply pitched cross gable roof is set off by bargeboards with quatrefoil and circular openings. The paired windows of various designs, the window bays, the dormer-like window above the main entrance, and the fluted chimneys lend a picturesque quality. The front porch features tracery ornamentation. The former carriage house, converted into a garage in 1946, is simpler in its ornamentation. It has paired windows on the second floor, and like the main house, there is a gentle flair at the eaves. The buildings were listed together on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. References
Casa Jackson-Swisher

La Casa Jackson-Swisher, también conocida como Old Swisher Place, es un edificio histórico ubicado en Iowa City, Iowa, Estados Unidos. Louis H. Jackson, quien construyó la casa, fue abogado local hasta que se mudó a Denver, Colorado. Stephen A. Swisher, quien vivió aquí durante 40 años, fundó una agencia de seguros y se desempeñó como curador y presidente de la Sociedad Histórica del Estado de Iowa. Ambos se graduaron de la Universidad de Iowa. El significado principal de la casa es arquitectónico, y se dice que tiene "más características del Renacimiento gótico que cualquier otra casa en Iowa City". El tejado a dos aguas de pendiente pronunciada se realza con albardillas con aberturas circulares y de cuatrifolio . Las ventanas pareadas de diversos diseños, los ventanales, la ventana tipo buhardilla sobre la entrada principal y las chimeneas acanaladas le otorgan una cualidad pintoresca.​ El porche delantero presenta ornamentación de tracería. La antigua cochera, reconvertida en garaje en 1946, presenta una ornamentación más sencilla. Tiene ventanas pareadas en el segundo piso y, al igual que la casa principal, presenta un estilo sutil en los aleros. Los edificios fueron inscritos conjuntamente en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos en 1982. Referencias
Parish Apartments

Parish Apartments, also known as the Sigma Pi Fraternity House and the St. Thomas More Parish Center, is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 as the Sigma Pi Fraternity House. History Fraternity Located in the Manville Heights neighborhood, Parish Apartments was built as a fraternity house for Sigma Pi in 1929. The design for the three-story stone Tudor Revival structure is attributed to Madison, Wisconsin architect Myron Edwards Pugh. It was built at the height of fraternity house construction at the University of Iowa. Xi Psi Phi fraternity joined Sigma Pi in the house in 1936, and Psi Omega joined two years later. The residency of these other fraternities was most likely due to a decline in enrollment during the Great Depression. It was not enough, however, as First Trust and Savings Bank of Davenport acquired the building at a sheriff's sale in 1943. Catholic church In 1945, the property was transferred to the Catholic Diocese of Davenport for use as the Catholic Student Center and Newman Club for Catholic students who were enrolled at the University of Iowa. Edna Mahan, a University of Iowa graduate, and president of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, was instrumental in securing the building. Bishop Henry Rohlman had established the student center in 1944 with Rev. Leonard Brugman as the first director. Under the patronage of St. Thomas More, the building housed a chapel until 1947. A Quonset hut was used as a church from 1947 to 1965 when a new church was built on Riverside Drive under the direction of Rev. J. Walter McEleney. This building remained the student center until 1969 when the Rev. Robert Walter moved it to the former school building at St. Mary's Church and St. Thomas More became a territorial parish the following year. The parish continued to use the building as a parish center until it moved to Coralville in 2009. University The former church building was sold to the university for an organ and music concert hall. The building was converted into sixteen one-bedroom and studio apartments. See also North American fraternity and sorority housing References
Summit Apartment Building

The Summit Apartment Building, also known as the Summit Street Cooperative Apartments, is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. This is the only known Iowa work of Chicago architect Parker Nobel Berry, a student of, and chief designer for, Louis Sullivan. The building is a stripped-down version of his original plan, which proved too expensive to build. The three-story structure follows a U-shaped plan, and is built on a raised basement. Completed in 1916, it was Iowa City's first apartment flat. The Prairie School-style building was built by local developer, Dr. Frank C. Titzell, who continued to own it until his death in 1932. His wife Bertha owned it until 1939 when she sold it to an out-of-state buyer. In 1947 it became the first Housing cooperative in the state after the Iowa General Assembly passed the Cooperative Housing Authorization Act earlier in the same year. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. References
Boerner-Fry Company/Davis Hotel

The Boerner-Fry Company/Davis Hotel is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Emil Louis Boerner was born in Prussia and came to Iowa City with his family when he was 12. He was educated at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and he owned and operated a drugstore in Iowa City for 57 years. He was also one of the primary organizers of the Iowa Pharmaceutical Association, a member of the faculty at the newly established Iowa College of Pharmacy in Des Moines, and was involved in establishing the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Iowa where he served as its first dean. Boerner and his partner William A. Fry had this building constructed in 1899 as a factory that produced toilet articles and light pharmaceuticals. Local contractor Jacob J. Hotz was responsible for its construction. The factory relocated to another facility in 1915, and went out of business the following year. This building was used for a variety of businesses until 1922 when it was converted into the Washington Hotel. George W. Davis renamed the hotel after himself in 1952, and he continued to operate it until 1972. It was then converted into office and retail space. The building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. In 2021, it was included as a contributing property in the Iowa City Downtown Historic District. References
Economy Advertising Company

Economy Advertising Company is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is important due to its association with John Towner Frederick, and the journal he founded and edited, The Midland. This was a literary magazine that focused on regional literature from the Midwest. It featured writers whose work was not being accepted by literary journals in the eastern U.S. that dominated national literary circles. While The Midland had several offices during its run from 1915 to 1934, Economy Advertising Company typeset, printed and bound every edition of the journal. They also provided financial support. Frederick had worked here as an apprentice when he was a student at the University of Iowa. He went on to become the first educator to organize and teach a course in American literature when he taught at the University of Iowa. Together with Frank Luther Mott, who was sometimes a co-editor of the journal, he organized the Saturday Luncheon Club, a literary forum that was a forerunner of the Iowa Writer's Workshop. When Frederick took a position at Northwestern University, the magazine relocated to Chicago. The Midland was never financially self-sufficient, and Frederick took on its deficits himself. Financial factors finally doomed it in 1933. Economy Advertising was founded around 1896 by Samuel W. Mercer. He had this two-story brick building constructed in 1923. In addition to The Midland, Economy published hard back books under the "Clio Press" imprint, and for several years printed the State Historical Society of Iowa's journal, The Palimpsest. They also published literary works edited by Mott that included Grant Wood's Revolt Against the City. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. References
Oxford Commercial Historic District

The Oxford Commercial Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Oxford, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. At the time of its nomination it consisted of 20 resources, which included 16 contributing buildings and four non-contributing buildings. This district reflects a typical central business district found in a Midwest town. It represents a transitional period from a frontier town to a settled community, and from the horse as the primary means of transportation to the automobile and mechanized farming. Most of the buildings in Oxford's business district were constructed between 1883 and 1917. Some replaced the wood-frame structures from the town's frontier days, while others replaced those destroyed by a major fire that consumed the north side of the district in 1890. They are one to two stories in height, and their exteriors are composed of common brick. While simple in composition, many feature ornate decorative cornices. The Italianate and Romanesque Revival styles dominate. Oxford began informally in the 1850s by workers who serviced the engines on the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad, which was replaced by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific. The town itself was platted in 1868, and it experienced significant growth in the 1870s. Four additions were added to the town in that decade alone. References
Brown Street Historic District

The Brown Street Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, and its boundaries were increased in 2004. At the time of the boundary increase it consisted of 246 resources, which included 201 contributing buildings, one contributing structure, and 44 non-contributing buildings. Brown and East Ronalds Streets are both part of the city's original plat when it was laid out as the capital of the Iowa Territory. They are located on the north edge of the plat. Its significance is derived from the settlement patterns here, the development of a major transportation corridor, the neighborhood's affiliation with the University of Iowa and its growth around the turn of the 20th century, and the architectural styles and forms that are found here from the 1850s to the 1920s. Many of the city's Bohemian-immigrant population lived here. Businessmen and blue-collar workers lived side by side to each other, as did professors from the University of Iowa. The old Military Road was routed on Brown Street, and after it was paved with bricks in 1907, it became the preferred route for funeral processions to Oakland Cemetery. Most of the popular architectural styles from late 19th and into the 20th century are found here. The most popular house form is the American Four-Square. Other popular styles include Queen Anne, Italianate, and the Greek Revival. The houses are both one and two stories in height, and wood-frame construction is prominent with rubble stone foundations. Some exteriors are clad in brick. Four houses have been individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Charles Berryhill House (c. 1850–1865), Vogt House (1890), Bohumil Shimek House (c. 1890), and the Arthur Hillyer Ford House (1909). Brown Street Historic District is also home to Happy Hollow park, a 3.3-acre park that was acquired by the city in 1945. The hollow is the result of inhabitants removing clay from the area to make bricks that were used in nearby homes. In 2018, the park received a new park shelter and restroom, with an estimated cost of $182,250. Happy Hollow Park has been the subject of ongoing coverage over the decision to replace the baseball infield with turf and reclassifying the park. Beginning in 2022, the Brown Street Historic District was the site of a project to increase affordable housing in Iowa City. The city sold a vacant lot at 724 Ronalds Street to a nonprofit that has worked with the Iowa City Community School District to build affordable rental housing and provide students with on-the-job vocational training. References
College Green Historic District

The College Green Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. At the time of its nomination it consisted of 47 resources, which included 37 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and nine non-contributing buildings. This neighborhood in the central part of the city surrounds a square-block park called College Green, from which it derives its name. The park, which is the contributing site, is found on the earliest maps of Iowa City. While the earliest houses in the district were built in the 1860s, most were constructed between 1890 and 1920. No one architectural style dominates here, but the district contains a variety of styles that were popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This is one of three areas in the city where the fraternities and sororities associated with the University of Iowa are located. The Thomas C. Carson House (1875), which now houses a sorority, is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places. References
East College Street Historic District

The East College Street Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. At the time of its nomination it consisted of 27 resources, which included 21 contributing buildings and six non-contributing buildings. This district is cohesive architecturally. While the earliest houses in the district were built in the 1880s, most were constructed between 1890 and 1920. The most prominent styles found here are the Queen Anne, American Foursquare, Bungalow and American Craftsman. The houses are mostly modest in size and ornamentation, and are all wood-frame construction. References