Peter J. Paulsen House

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Peter J. Paulsen House
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Location705 Main St.
Davenport, Iowa
Coordinates 41°31′34″N90°34′31″W / 41.52611°N 90.57528°W / 41.52611; -90.57528 Coordinates: 41°31′34″N90°34′31″W / 41.52611°N 90.57528°W / 41.52611; -90.57528
Built1895
Architectural style Queen Anne
MPS Davenport MRA
NRHP reference No. 83002481 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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 2014-11-03. with photo