Thomas Murray House (Davenport, Iowa)

Thomas Murray House
Location 628 Kirkwood Boulevard
Davenport, Iowa
Coordinates 41°32′11″N 90°33′56″W / 41.53639°N 90.56556°WCoordinates: 41°32′11″N 90°33′56″W / 41.53639°N 90.56556°W
Built 1881
Architectural style Italianate
Governing body Private
MPS Davenport MRA
NRHP Reference # 84001485 [1]
Added to NRHP July 27, 1984

The Thomas Murray House is located on the east side of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1984.[1]

History

Thomas Murray built this house in 1881 shortly after his marriage to Eva Daniels. He had worked as a surveyor for Scott County for more than a decade. Murray was working as Davenport's City Engineer when this house was built.[2]

Architecture

The Thomas Murray House is typical of the Italianate style houses that were being built in Davenport after the American Civil War.[2] It forsakes the simplicity of Greek Revival decorative elements that was found in earlier Italianate houses for the verticality and millwork embellishment of the Victorian expression. The house features a square form, hipped roof with deck, roof cresting, projecting side pavilions and a prominent, bracketed porch that wraps across the front of the house and around the corner of the east side. The cornice has brackets and a scalloped motif that is applied to the frieze.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dennett, Muessig & Associates, Ltd. "Thomas Murray House" (PDF). Davenport Community Development Department - Iowa Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-03-04.

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