Joseph Motie House

Joseph Motie House
Location 421 E. 10th St., Davenport, Iowa
Coordinates 41°31′47″N 90°34′7″W / 41.52972°N 90.56861°WCoordinates: 41°31′47″N 90°34′7″W / 41.52972°N 90.56861°W
Built 1860
Architectural style Italianate
Governing body Private
MPS Davenport MRA
NRHP Reference # 83003668 [1]
Added to NRHP November 18, 1983

The Joseph Motie House is located in the Cork Hill neighborhood of Davenport, Iowa, United States and is across the street from Sacred Heart Cathedral. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1983.[1]

Hiistory

Joseph G. Motie worked as a bricklayer and he may have done the masonry work on this house when it was built in 1860.[2] He and his wife Mary lived here for over 30 years.

Architecture

The house is a similar to the neighboring Joseph Mallet House. It is a simplified version of the Italianate style that was built in the city of Davenport from the mid-1850s.[3] The house is a two-story, three –bay structure with an entrance that is off center. Like many early Italianate homes in Davenport it retained some features of the Greek Revival style. These are found in the glass framed doorway and the simple window pediments.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ↑ Wehner, Nowysz, Pottschull and Pfiffner. "Joseph Motie House" (PDF). Davenport Community Development Department - Iowa Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  3. ↑ Svendsen, Marls A., Bowers, Martha H (1982). Davenport where the Mississippi runs west: A Survey of Davenport History & Architecture. Davenport, Iowa: City of Davenport. pp. 2–8.
  4. ↑ Svendsen, 2-4.

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