The Louis Hebert House is a historic building located on the east side of Davenport, Iowa, United States. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
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| Location | 914 Farnam St. Davenport, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 41°31′46″N 90°34′2″W / 41.52944°N 90.56722°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1865 |
| Built by | Louis Hebert |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| MPS | Davenport MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 83002443[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 7, 1983 |
History
editLouis Hebert was a bricklayer and may have built this house himself.[2] The Hebert family continued to live here until 1898. Joseph Herbert was the city clerk in the 1890s and was the last family member to reside in this house. This house was built during Davenport's first major growth period and is typical of the architecture built in the city in the 1850s and 1860s.[2]
Architecture
editThe two-story, brick house was built in a vernacular form of the Greek Revival style.[2] It features a side-gabled roof and a wide entrance that was placed off-center. The three symmetrically placed windows on the second floor and the two on the first floor are capped by simple, molded cornices.[3] The full porch on the front has subsequently been removed.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c Martha Bowers; Marlys Svendsen-Roesler. "Louis Hebert House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-02-17. with photo
- ^ Svendsen, Marlys A.; Bowers, Martha H. (1982). Davenport where the Mississippi runs west: A Survey of Davenport History & Architecture. Davenport, Iowa: City of Davenport. p. 2.3.