page_title: Lambrite–Iles–Petersen House
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Lambrite–Iles–Petersen House / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The Lambert-Iles-Petersen House in Davenport, Iowa. It is listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties.
context_page_description: The Lambrite–Iles–Petersen House is an historic home located in the Hamburg Historic District in Davenport, Iowa, United States. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The house was individually listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 2012. This was the first residence built in the city in the Italian villa style and one of the earliest examples in the state of Iowa. The house is named for three of its early owners: Joseph Lambrite, a lumber mill owner who built the house, Dr. Thomas Iles, a physician, and John H.C. Petersen, who founded Davenport's largest department store that grew to become Von Maur.
context_section_description: The Lambrite–Iles–Petersen House was designed by one of Davenport's first professional architects John C. Cochrane, and it was built in 1856. Soon after the house was built Lambrite lost everything in the Panic of 1857. Several other people owned the house until it was purchased by Thomas Iles around 1863. John H.C. Petersen bought the house after Iles's death in the mid-1880s and owned it until his own death in 1910. The Petersen family retained ownership of the house for ten years, selling it to Joseph Schick in 1920. Schick added craftsman style porches and built a craftsman style bungalow on the west lawn in 1925.
  The house was eventually turned into apartments until co-owners Gordon Muller and Dean Christensen restored the house in the mid-1970s. Since that time, maintenance on the house has been neglected and it was declared uninhabited by the city in 2010. Its local landmark status recognizes its significance, history, and assists the city's historic preservation commission if it decides to intervene on the structure's behalf. The house was added to Iowa's most endangered properties list in 2013. On May 2014 the city of Davenport began the process of condemning the house. It was the first time the city has attempted to save an abandoned house through condemnation. The house is currently being renovated.
caption: The house in December 2012
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