“..the finest business street west of Chicago and North of St. Louis…”; Phase 3, Architectural and Historical Survey Report, Downtown Dubuque
Jacobsen JE and History Pays!. 2003. “..the finest business street west of Chicago and North of St. Louis…”; Phase 3, Architectural and Historical Survey Report, Downtown Dubuque. City of Dubuque; State Historical Society of Iowa
From introduction: "The commercial and industrial downtown area is the principal subject of this architectural and historical survey and study. A substantial mixed residential and institutional/commercial area, located between the downtown (and east of it) between 11th, 18th and Elm streets, is also included in this third survey phase and the separate summary report covering that area is called the Old Town Historic District. Each commercial/industrial historic district report, new or revised (Old Main, Millwork District, North Central and Upper Main/Iowa Avenue) was similarly separately prepared and this report serves as a historical and typological summary for all of them. The background history of Dubuque as a whole and the Downtown in particular, was summarized in the multiple property documentation form titled Dubuque—The Key City: The Architectural And Historical Resources of Dubuque, Iowa, 1837-1955, (Jacobsen, 2002). This report is designed to serve as an appendix of that broader summary document and consequently, the historical information in that study will not be repeated in this one. The commercial property typology in this report represents a refined version of the one first developed in the multiple property document. The commercial and industrial contexts that were defined and developed in the multiple property report, were further defined in this report. Surviving properties that are associated with those contexts were identified, and National Register eligible properties were identified." Funding was provided in part by a 2002 Historic Preservation Fund grant to City of Dubuque (project number IA-02-030) administered by the Iowa State Historic Preservation Office (grant number 19-02-17545) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Dubuque, Iowa is a Certified Local Government.
- Type
- Generic Document
- Authors
- Jacobsen, James; History Pays!
- Date of Issue
- 2003-06-19
- Publisher
- City of Dubuque; State Historical Society of Iowa
- Units
- HPF
- Keywords
- Historic Resource Surveys (Neighborhood)