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ANDREW A. LOETSCHER--1595 MONTROSE
ANDREW A. LOETSCHER HOME. In 1906 Andrew A. Loetscher, a Swiss-born banker, built this 6,000 square foot, three-story mansion. Woods from FARLEY AND LOETSCHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY of which he was vice-president, were used including quarter-sawn oak for the foyer's paneled walls, the staircase, main living room, and the double set of pocket doors. Cherry, maple, birch, mahogany, and walnut were also incorporated. The trademark of the company, a craftsman's square, is found throughout the house on doors and woodwork.
After the Loetschers, the house was known as the "Trausch home" in the 1920s and 1930s and served as the residence of the Archdiocese of Dubuque's auxiliary bishop, Edward Fitzgerald, in the forties.
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Source:
Sommer, Lawrence. The Heritage of Dubuque. East Dubuque: Tel Graphics, October 1975, p. 136
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