Thomas Murray House (Davenport, Iowa)

Thomas Murray House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	628 Kirkwood Boulevard Davenport, Iowa
Coordinates	41°32′11″N 90°33′56″W / 41.53639°N 90.56556°WCoordinates: 41°32′11″N 90°33′56″W / 41.53639°N 90.56556°W
Built	1881
Architectural style	Italianate
MPS	Davenport MRA
NRHP Reference #	84001485 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 27, 1984

The Thomas Murray House is located on the east side of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1984.^[1]

History

Thomas Murray built this house in 1881 shortly after his marriage to Eva Daniels. He had worked as a surveyor for Scott County for more than a decade. Murray was working as Davenport's City Engineer when this house was built.^[2]

Architecture

The Thomas Murray House is typical of the Italianate style houses that were being built in Davenport after the American Civil War.^[2] It forsakes the simplicity of Greek Revival decorative elements that was found in earlier Italianate houses for the verticality and millwork embellishment of the Victorian expression. The house features a square form, hipped roof with deck, roof cresting, projecting side pavilions and a prominent, bracketed porch that wraps across the front of the house and around the corner of the east side. The cornice has brackets and a scalloped motif that is applied to the frieze.

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Martha Bowers, Marlys Svendsen. "Thomas Murray House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-03-04.

External links

• Archiplanet listing