Timothy Davis House

Timothy Davis House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	405 1st St., NW. Elkader, Iowa
Coordinates	42°51′23.5″N 91°24′30.5″W / 42.856528°N 91.408472°WCoordinates: 42°51′23.5″N 91°24′30.5″W / 42.856528°N 91.408472°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1860
NRHP Reference #	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 in Elkader, Iowa, United States. 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. The house has subsequently been used as a funeral home, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Patricia Koehn. "Timothy Davis House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-10-04. with photos