Timothy Davis House | |
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| Location | 405 1st St., NW. Elkader, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 42°51′23.5″N91°24′30.5″W / 42.856528°N 91.408472°W Coordinates: 42°51′23.5″N91°24′30.5″W / 42.856528°N 91.408472°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1860 |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000746 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1976 |
The Timothy Davis House (also known as Witt Funeral Home and the Leonard Funeral Home) is a historic building located at 405 First Street NW in Elkader, Iowa.
Timothy Davis was a businessman, attorney and town speculator, who along with John Thompson and Chester Sage laid out the town of Elkader in the mid-1840s. [2] They built a saw- and gristmill here before Davis moved back to Dubuque. He returned to Elkader a couple years later and built this home, where he spent his remaining years. The 2½-story brick structure was built in the vernacular Federal style. Its dominate decorative feature is the front porch, which is a recreation of the original.
Ground was broken for the house on June 13, 1866. [3]
The house has subsequently been used as a funeral home, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1976. [1]
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