The Thomas Murray House is a historic building located on the east side of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1984.[1]
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| Location | 628 Kirkwood Boulevard Davenport, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 41°32′11″N 90°33′56″W / 41.53639°N 90.56556°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1881 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| MPS | Davenport MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001485 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 27, 1984 |
History edit
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 edit
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 were 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 wrap-around porch. The cornice has brackets and a scalloped motif that is applied to the frieze.
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Martha Bowers; Marlys Svendsen. "Thomas Murray House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-03-04. with photo
External links edit
Media related to Thomas Murray House (Davenport, Iowa) at Wikimedia Commons