Hiram Price/Henry Vollmer House
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Hiram Price/Henry Vollmer House
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| Location: |
723 Brady Street, Davenport, Iowa |
| Built: |
1870 |
| Architectural style: |
Italianate |
| Governing body: |
Private |
| MPS: |
Davenport MRA |
| NRHP Reference#: |
83002478 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: |
July 7, 1983 |
The Hiram Price/Henry Vollmer House is located on the Brady Street Hill in Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] The home is named for two members of the United States House of Representatives who lived in the house, Hiram Price and Henry Vollmer. The building is now a part of the campus of Palmer College of Chiropractic.
Hiram Price
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Hiram PriceHiram Price (1810–1901) is a native of Washington County, Pennsylvania and moved to Davenport in 1844. He became a businessman in the city and became involved in local politics. He was an advocate of the Temperance Movement and worked to pass the prohibition of liquor in the state of Iowa. He also was involved in establishing the railroads in Iowa. Politically, he was a Democrat until they tried to force slavery in Kansas. At that time he helped to form the Republican Party in Iowa. He supported Iowa’s governor, Samuel Kirkwood, by raising both men and money to support the Union cause during the Civil War. Price represented the second district of Iowa in congress twice, 1861–1869 and 1877-1880. In 1881 he was appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs by President James Garfield. He died in Washington, DC in 1901.[2]
Henry Vollmer
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Henry VollmerHenry Vollmer (1867–1930) is a native of Davenport who was an attorney and served the city as it’s mayor from 1893-1896.[3] During his term as mayor the streets in the older part of town were paved and the current city hall was built. The city was also able to weather the financial panic of 1893. Vollmer won a special election in 1914 to the House of Representatives to fill the seat of Irvin S. Pepper, who died in office. Unlike Price, Vollmer did not support the prohibition of alcohol. He died in California.
Architecture
The house was built by Price in 1870. It is a two-story Italianate structure built of brick. The dominate feature of the house is the three-story entrance tower. The arched windows have decorative hoods. Bracketed eaves and a hipped roof top the house.
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