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Historic house in Iowa, United States United States historic place
Timothy Davis House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location405 1st St., NW.
Elkader, Iowa
Coordinates42°51′23.5″N 91°24′30.5″W / 42.856528°N 91.408472°W / 42.856528; -91.408472
Arealess than one acre
Built1860
NRHP reference No.76000746
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1976

The Timothy Davis House (also known as Witt Funeral Home and the Leonard Funeral Home) is a historic building located at 405 First Street NW in Elkader, Iowa.

Description and history

Timothy Davis was a businessman, attorney and town speculator, who along with John Thompson and Chester Sage laid out the town of Elkader in the mid-1840s. They built a saw- and gristmill here before Davis moved back to Dubuque. He returned to Elkader a couple years later and built this home, where he spent his remaining years. The 2½-story brick structure was built in the vernacular Federal style. Its dominate decorative feature is the front porch, which is a recreation of the original.

Ground was broken for the house on June 13, 1866.

The house has subsequently been used as a funeral home, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1976.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Patricia Koehn. "Timothy Davis House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-10-04. with photos
  3. "New Buildings". Clayton County Journal. 13 June 1866. Archived from the original on March 20, 2018. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
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