East Hill House and Carriage House

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East Hill House and Carriage House
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Location 5004 State St.
Riverdale, Iowa
Coordinates 41°32′36″N90°28′1″W / 41.54333°N 90.46694°W / 41.54333; -90.46694 Coordinates: 41°32′36″N90°28′1″W / 41.54333°N 90.46694°W / 41.54333; -90.46694
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built 1926
Architect Howard Van Doren Shaw
Arthur H. Ebeling
Architectural style Georgian Revival
NRHP reference # 99001384 [1]
Added to NRHP November 22, 1999

The East Hill House and Carriage House, also known as the Decker French Mansion, is a historic property located in Riverdale, Iowa, United States. The Georgian Revival style residence and its carriage house have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1999. [1] The historic listing includes two contributing buildings, one structure and one site.

Riverdale, Iowa City in Iowa, USA

Riverdale is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States. The population was 405 at the 2010 census.

Carriage house building

A carriage house, also called a remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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History

The estate was built for the George W. "Decker" French family, who were part of the Iowana dairy farms that raised prize Holstein cattle. [2] The family named the house "East Hill House" to differentiate it from the larger home built for them on a hill to the west of this property in 1909 that became known as "West Hill House". The family also used these names on their stationery. East Hill House was designed by noted Chicago architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. About the same time, the family donated French Hall for nurses at St. Lukes Hospital in Davenport, no longer extant, and hired Shaw to design that building as well. [2] Davenport architect Arthur Ebeling was the supervising architect during the construction phase of the project. He is noted locally as the architect for the Joseph Bettendorf House (1915), Regina Coeli Monastery (1916), and the Henry Kahl House (1920).

Chicago City in Illinois, United States

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the most populous city in Illinois as well as the third most populous city in the United States. With an estimated population of 2,716,450 (2017), it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, the second most populous county in the United States, and the principal city of the Chicago metropolitan area, which is often referred to as "Chicagoland." The Chicago metropolitan area, at nearly 10 million people, is the third-largest in the United States; the fourth largest in North America ; and the third largest metropolitan area in the world by land area.

Howard Van Doren Shaw American architect

Howard Van Doren Shaw AIA was an architect in Chicago, Illinois. Shaw was a leader in the American Craftsman movement, best exemplified in his 1900 remodel of Second Presbyterian Church in Chicago. He designed Marktown, Clayton Mark's planned worker community in Northwest Indiana.

Davenport, Iowa City in Iowa, United States

Davenport is the county seat of Scott County in Iowa and is located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state. It is the largest of the Quad Cities, a metropolitan area with a population estimate of 382,630 and a CSA population of 474,226; it is the 90th largest CSA in the nation. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine Le Claire and was named for his friend George Davenport, a former English sailor who served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812, served as a supplier Fort Armstrong, worked as a fur trader with the American Fur Company, and was appointed a quartermaster with the rank of colonel during the Black Hawk War. According to the 2010 census, the city had a population of 99,685. The city appealed this figure, arguing that the Census Bureau missed a section of residents, and that its total population was more than 100,000. The Census Bureau estimated Davenport's 2011 population to be 100,802.

Architecture

East Hill House inside view from Living Room through dining room to breakfast room. EastHillHouse2.jpg
East Hill House inside view from Living Room through dining room to breakfast room.

East Hill House is a three-story, brick Georgian Revival mansion. It was built just beyond Riverdale, which is essentially a middle-class subdivision. The house features a vertically symmetrical main block with a small wing on the east side and a large porch on the west side. It is capped with a steep hipped roof that has four dormers on the south side and three dormers on the north. On its front facade the main block is five bays wide and the east wing is two bays wide.

Brick Block or a single unit of a ceramic material used in masonry construction

A brick is building material used to make walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Traditionally, the term brick referred to a unit composed of clay, but it is now used to denote any rectangular units laid in mortar. A brick can be composed of clay-bearing soil, sand, and lime, or concrete materials. Bricks are produced in numerous classes, types, materials, and sizes which vary with region and time period, and are produced in bulk quantities. Two basic categories of bricks are fired and non-fired bricks.

Hip roof type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls

A hip roof, hip-roof or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus a hipped roof house has no gables or other vertical sides to the roof.

Dormer structural element of a building

A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a pitched roof. A dormer window is a form of roof window.

The house is surrounded by approximately 20 acres (8.1 ha) of woodlands. [2] Immediately surrounding the house is 3 acres (1.2 ha) of lawn that is planted with large oaks, maples, and pines. A formal garden, which is considered the contributing site, is located behind the house and it includes a fishpond and stone walkways that are enclosed by a stone wall. All of the landscaping was a part of the original design for the estate. [2]

The carriage house, built at the same time as the main house, is the second contributing building. It reflects the main house in both design and material. The two-story structure has three garage bays. The center bay has large barn-style sliding doors and is flanked by two bays with hinged doors. The second level of the carriage house is a two-bedroom apartment with a bathroom, kitchen, hall and living room. The French family's chauffeur and his family lived in the apartment. An enclosed porch is located on the south side of the carriage house. The structure has two separate basements, one under the house and the other is located under the porch and housed the old boiler.

Chauffeur profession

A chauffeur is a person employed to drive a passenger motor vehicle, especially a luxury vehicle such as a large sedan or limousine. A woman employed to drive a passenger motor vehicle is a chauffeuse.

A concrete tennis court is located north of the carriage house and is a contributing structure. [2] It is surrounded by a fence and trees. The French family would flood the court in the winter and use it as an ice skating rink.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Caroline K. Bawden. "East Hill House and Carriage House". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2015-03-24. with photo

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