Edward Edinger House

Edward Edinger House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	1623 W. 6th St. Davenport, Iowa
Coordinates	41°31′31″N 90°35′58″W / 41.52528°N 90.59944°WCoordinates: 41°31′31″N 90°35′58″W / 41.52528°N 90.59944°W
Built	1890
Architect	Edward S. Hammatt
Architectural style	Late Victorian
MPS	Davenport MRA
NRHP Reference #	83002424 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 27, 1984

The Edward Edinger House is located in the West End of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1984.^[1]

History

This late Victorian home was designed by Edward Hammatt who had designed several buildings for the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa. In Davenport these buildings include a classroom-dormitory building at St. Katherine’s Hall, Sheldon Hall, and Kemper Hall, which is still on the property of Davenport Central High School in the College Square Historic District.^[2] Edward Edinger, who had this house built, was a stonemason.^[3]

Architecture

The Edinger House is a 2½-story structure in an irregular plan. It features a corner tower with a conical roof in one the angles in the front of the house. The dominant feature of this structure is its masonry.^[3] The walls are composed of ashlar brownstone, laid in a random pattern. A lighter colored stone was used for the belt coursing. The second floor is framed with rubble stone, and it is also found on the gable ends. Edinger's stone business may have contributed to the idiosyncratic nature of the house's design.^[3]

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Svendsen, Marls A., Bowers, Martha H (1982). Davenport where the Mississippi runs west: A Survey of Davenport History & Architecture. Davenport, Iowa: City of Davenport. p. 13-2.
3. Martha Bowers, Marlys Svendsen-Roesler. "Edward Edinger House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-11-13.

External links

• Archiplanet listing