Henry Kahl House

Henry Kahl House
Location: 1101 W. 9th Street, Davenport, Iowa
Built: 1920
Architect: Arthur Ebeling
Architectural style: Mission/Spanish Revival
Governing body: Private
MPS: Davenport MRA
NRHP Reference#: 83002457 [1]
Added to NRHP: July 7, 1983

The Henry Kahl House, is located on a bluff overlooking the west end of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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History

Henry Kahl had the house built for his family home in 1920.[1] Davenport banker V.O. Figge and his wife Elizabeth, who was Henry Kahl's daughter, donated the house and its property to the Catholic Diocese of Davenport to use for charitable purposes.[2][3] In 1954 Bishop Ralph Leo Hayes invited the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm to the diocese and in 1955 they turned the house into a 25-bed, dormitory-style retirement home called the Kahl Home for the Aged and Infirm.[4] Originally, the home housed only women. In 1963 they added a modern building and a chapel onto the main house.[5] This made it possible to care for men as well. A 1987 addition brought the total number of beds to 135.[3] The original house provides living space for the sisters, offices and guest rooms. In 2009 the Sisters announced that they intended to build a new facility on the north side of the city and vacate the central Davenport location.

Henry Kahl

Henry Kahl was born in a small cottage on the northwest side of Davenport.[6] By the age of 12 or 13 he was driving a mule team between Davenport and nearby Coal Valley, Illinois. At 16 he started working for Davenport contractor P.T. Walsh and rose up through the ranks of the company that built railroads across the United States. Eventually he became vice president of the company and oversaw the work on the New York Central Railroad. By the age of 45 he was a partner in the construction firm and a self made millionaire[6] and with his money he invested in various companies and real estate. He bought property along Third Street in downtown Davenport. On one of the parcels he built the Kahl Building. He died in 1931 at the age of 56.[7]

Architecture

The three-story house is built of cream colored brick in a combination of the Spanish revival and Mission revival styles. The house was designed by Arthur Ebeling who also designed the Regina Coeli Monastery and the Kahl Building downtown.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Brecht, Tory. "Kahl Home eyes move from central city to north Davenport". Quad-City Times (October 25, 2009). http://qctimes.com/news/local/article_928e7aea-c1d2-11de-a466-001cc4c002e0.html. Retrieved 2010-10-18. 
  3. ^ a b Gaul, Alma. "Clinton woman spots self in orphanage photo". Quad-City Times (March 7, 2011). http://qctimes.com/news/local/article_755d7d4e-490e-11e0-a81b-001cc4c03286.html. Retrieved 2011-03-08. 
  4. ^ Brecht, Tory. "The Kahl legacy". Quad-City Times (October 25, 2009). http://qctimes.com/article_5c4b4206-c1d2-11de-a465-001cc4c002e0.html. Retrieved 2010-10-18. 
  5. ^ Brecht, Tory. "Davenport council OKs Kahl Home rezoning". Quad-City Times (October 29, 2009). http://qctimes.com/news/local/article_c7660fba-c49a-11de-aa83-001cc4c002e0.html. Retrieved 2010-10-18. 
  6. ^ a b Wundrum, Bill. "The mule driver who became a millionaire". Quad-City Times (December 23, 1994). http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/bill-wundram/article_8cfa951f-5a47-5418-9d9b-c50f58b9655b.html. Retrieved 2010-10-18. 
  7. ^ Willard, John. "The Henry Kahl legacy stars in new book". Quad-City Times (December 4, 2000). http://qctimes.com/news/article_7b31fd57-ddc9-5ad8-8dcb-eea255f02931.html. Retrieved 2010-10-18. 

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