Peter J. Paulsen House

Peter J. Paulsen House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	705 Main St. Davenport, Iowa
Coordinates	41°31′34″N90°34′31″W / 41.52611°N 90.57528°W / 41.52611; -90.57528
Built	1895
Architectural style	Queen Anne
MPS	Davenport MRA
NRHP reference No.	83002481 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 7, 1983

The Peter J. Paulsen House is a historic building located on the hill above downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. The Queen Anne style residence was built by Peter J. Paulsen, who operated a grocery store on West Second Street. It exhibits the features that are characteristic of this popular late 19th-century style: an asymmetrical composition, irregular roofscale, and a corner tower with a conical roof. ^[2] The tower itself rises out of an oriel window on the first and second floors. The Paulsen house also maintains some if its exterior features, including scallop-shaped wall shingles in the gables and narrow clapboards. The south gable also contains a Palladian window and the front gable a semicircular window. The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1983. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Martha Bowers; Marlys Svendsen-Roesler. "Peter J. Paulsen House". National Park Service . Retrieved November 3, 2014. with photo