Linsay House
Historic house in Iowa, United States
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::summary Historic house in Iowa, United States ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox NRHP | name =Lindsay House"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | 935 College St., built in 1893.jpeg |
| location | 935 E. College |
| Iowa City, Iowa | |
| coordinates | |
| locmapin | Iowa#USA |
| area | less than one acre |
| built | 1893 |
| architect | George F. Barber and Co. |
| architecture | Queen Anne |
| added | August 2, 1977 |
| refnum | 77000529 |
| :: |
| nrhp_type = | image = 935 College St., built in 1893.jpeg | caption = | location = 935 E. College Iowa City, Iowa | coordinates = | locmapin = Iowa#USA | area = less than one acre | built = 1893 | architect = George F. Barber and Co. | architecture = Queen Anne | added = August 2, 1977 | refnum = 77000529
The Lindsay House is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It was listed, misspelled as the Linsay House, on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The house was built in 1893 by John Jayne, an Iowa City bridge builder. The plans for the 2½-story, frame, Queen Anne were purchased from George F. Barber and Co. It features a chimney that takes up an entire corner of the main facade, a stone arch that surrounds the first-floor window with leaded glass in a sunflower pattern, a wrap-around porch with a corner turret, and a three-story octagonal tower behind it.
Jayne gave the house as a wedding gift to his daughter, Ella, and her husband, John Granger Lindsay. The Lindsays moved to Chicago in 1913. It was the Theta Xi fraternity Xi chapter house from 1914-1915. The house was subsequently divided into apartments, and in 2005 became a 10-bedroom unit of the River City Housing Collective.
Berkeley Breathed, who wrote the comic strip Bloom County, called the house one of "the ugliest houses in the five-state area... Six different architectural styles in one house is a milestone at least and at most a landmark to bad taste".
References
References
- {{NRISref. 2008a
- James R. Juilfs}} with {{NRHP url. ["Linsay House"]({{NRHP url). [[National Park Service]].
- "University of Iowa Hawkeye yearbook, 1914".
- "University of Iowa Hawkeye yearbook, 1915".
- (January 26, 2015). "Time Machine: Bloom County House". [[The Gazette (Cedar Rapids).
- "Bloom County House". River City Housing Collective.
- Holden, Greg. "The Booklover's Guide to the Midwest: A Literary Tour". Clerisy Press.
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