T.B. Perry House

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T.B. Perry House
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Location 212 Benton Ave., W.
Albia, Iowa
Coordinates 41°01′37″N92°48′41″W / 41.02694°N 92.81139°W / 41.02694; -92.81139 Coordinates: 41°01′37″N92°48′41″W / 41.02694°N 92.81139°W / 41.02694; -92.81139
Area less than one acre
Built 1877-1878
Built by William Phinny
Architect Dunham & Jordan
Architectural style High Victorian
NRHP reference # 83000393 [1]
Added to NRHP July 14, 1983

The T.B. Perry House is a historical residence located in Albia, Iowa, United States. Theodore Perry was a local attorney and businessman who served two terms in the Iowa Senate. He is also responsible for a couple of buildings in the Albia Square and Central Commercial Historic District. [2] This house is a High Victorian eclectic style structure. It is one of four large brick houses in Albia known as the Four Sisters. They all feature a running brick bond on their exterior walls. It is an unusual architectural feature for southern Iowa in the period they were built, and it also suggests they have the same architect and/or brick mason. [3] The Elbert-Bates House is another house in this group. The Perry house was designed by Charles A. Dunham from the prominent Burlington, Iowa architectural firm of Dunham & Jordan. It is noteworthy for its elaborate roofing system. [2] It features five dormer windows, two hip-and-deck roofs, three gable roofs, and two hipped roofs. The steeply pitched roof also has finials, pendants, and brackets with a modified frieze under the eaves. Other elements of the richly ornamented exterior include barge boards on the second story and entry gables, and a front porch with Gothic tracery millwork. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

Albia, Iowa City in Iowa, United States

Albia is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County, Iowa, United States. The population was 3,766 at the 2010 census.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 William C. Page. "T.B. Perry House" (PDF). National Park Service . Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  3. William C. Page, James E. Jacobsen. "Elbert-Bates House" (PDF). National Park Service . Retrieved 2016-02-27.