First Two-Story Brick House Built in Dubuque, Annex Hotel, Still Extant
The Telegraph-Herald and Times – Journal Sunday April 22, 1934 Pioneer Dubuquers went to the house photographed on the left for the services of a physician-druggist. […]
Category: Historic Dubuque Homes
This Log Cabin Built in Dubuque 90 Years Ago By French Trapper
The Telegraph-Herald Sunday April 29, 1917 This Log Cabin Built in Dubuque 90 Years Ago By French Trapper An historic log cabin, built ninety years ago at what is now the corner of Second and Locust streets, is now being removed to make room for a model oiling station to be erected by the Standard […]
Home of President Maker in Dubuque Built by Man Who Traced Ancestory to George Washington
The Telegraph-Herald and Times – Journal Sunday May 13, 1934 Home of President Maker in Dubuque Built by Man Who Traced Ancestory to George Washington; Colonial THE JOHN T. ADAMS HOME LATE PHOTO OF THE ADAMS HOME Mansion Constructed Here for General Warner Lewis Built by a man who traced his ancestry to the family of […]
Builders of Dubuque Once Lived in Mansion Of Brick Which Crowns Elevation West Of Central Avenue and South of Diagonal
The Telegraph-Herald and Times – Journal Sunday April 29, 1934 Builders of Dubuque Once Lived in Mansion Of Brick Which Crowns Elevation West Of Central Avenue and South of Diagonal The photograph shows the Judge King “Mansion” as it appeared more than a half century ago, the sloping ground surrounding it covered with vineyard., fruit trees, flower, and […]
Another of Dubuque’s Old Homesteads
The Telegraph-Herald and Times – Journal Sunday February 25, 1934 Another of Dubuque’s Old Homesteads Bush residence, which stands in five-acre wooded tract west of Nowata street, between Julien avenue and West Fourteenth street. Built in about 1850 probably earlier, the old home shown in the photograph reproduced above is occupied today by a member of the family […]
Dubuque a Frontier Mining Community When This Brick House Was Built on West Eleventh; May Date Back to 1833
The Telegraph-Herald and Times – Journal Sunday April 15, 1934 Dubuque a Frontier Mining Community When This Brick House Was Built on […]
Early Architect Who Built This House Filled Dubuque Homes With Beautiful Furniture Pieces
The Telegraph-Herald and Times – Journal Sunday June 3, 1934 Early Architect Who Built This House Filled Dubuque Homes […]
An Early Day Mansion of Stone
The Telegraph-Herald and Times – Journal Sunday February 18, 1934 An Early Day Mansion of Stone […]
Owner of This Ancient Brick House Left It and His Family to Fight
The Telegraph-Herald and Times – Journal Sunday June 10, 1934 Owner of This Ancient Brick House Left It and His Family to Fight For Abraham Lincoln and U. S. One of Dubuque’s Oldest Houses When George W. Cummins responded to President Abraham Lincoln’s call for volunteers to fight for the preservation of the Union he left his wife […]
Henry B Gniffke Residence on West Fourteenth Street
The Telegraph-Herald and Times – Journal Sunday February 11, 1934 Another Historic Dubuque Home Henry B Gniffke Residence on West Fourteenth Street Pioneer newspaper history in Dubuque is intimately connected with the historic house photographed above, for during the greater part of his long life in Dubuque, Frederick A. Gniffke, founder of the National Demokrat, which suspended publication […]