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[[Image:Stouthouse.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]STOUT HOUSE. Dubuque's only representative of [[ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE]] in a private home. The mansion was designed by an architect named Spenser in the mid-1890s. It was said that Spenser designed the home believing it would be located on a large estate in the country. It is claimed that when he found that the home would sit on a small corner lot in town, he had the stones in the home numbered. In the future, he suspected, the home would be dismantled and moved to a more suitable location. | [[Image:Stouthouse.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]STOUT HOUSE. Dubuque's only representative of [[ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE]] in a private home. The mansion, originally belonging to [[STOUT, Frank D.|Frank D. STOUT]] was designed by an architect named Spenser in the mid-1890s. It was said that Spenser designed the home believing it would be located on a large estate in the country. It is claimed that when he found that the home would sit on a small corner lot in town, he had the stones in the home numbered. In the future, he suspected, the home would be dismantled and moved to a more suitable location. | ||
The ideal home of a lumber baron, the design called for each room on the first floor to be paneled in a different wood including oak, maple, and birch. Every board was to be dovetailed, meaning that each nail was driven into a place where a splinter of wood had been removed. The splinter was then glued over the nail to disguise it. Upon moving to the red sandstone home, located at 1105 Locust Street, the Stouts donated their former home and land on 9th and Iowa [[STREETS]] to the [[YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Y.M.C.A.)]]. | The ideal home of a lumber baron, the design called for each room on the first floor to be paneled in a different wood including oak, maple, and birch. Every board was to be dovetailed, meaning that each nail was driven into a place where a splinter of wood had been removed. The splinter was then glued over the nail to disguise it. Upon moving to the red sandstone home, located at 1105 Locust Street, the Stouts donated their former home and land on 9th and Iowa [[STREETS]] to the [[YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Y.M.C.A.)]]. | ||
With his decision to move to Chicago | With his decision to move to Chicago, Frank Stout sold the mansion to his sister, Evelyn. In 1909 she sold the mansion to [[NAGLE, Joseph J.|Joseph J. NAGLE]] of Dubuque. The [[ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE]] owned the home after 1911, when priests bought the house as a gift for Archbishop [[KEANE, James J.|James J. KEANE]]. The following year, the archbishop signed the house over to the archdiocese. | ||
Archbishop [[BECKMAN, Francis J.L.|Francis J. L. BECKMAN]] turned the house into an office and purchased a home on Fremont Avenue. Archbishop [[ROHLMAN, Henry P.|Henry P. ROHLMAN]] restored most of the house for living quarters and ordered the construction of an office addition west of the house. Archbishops lived in the home until the installation of [[KUCERA, Daniel|Daniel KUCERA]], who chose a smaller home on Pennsylvania Avenue. The Stout House was first offered to [[LORAS COLLEGE]] as a possible museum. Other potential buyers had expressed plans to dismantle part of the house. In 1985 the home was sold to the Dubuque Historical Improvement Company for $215,000. The home in 2008 was a private residence. A great amount of external improvements were made including the creation of a brick sidewalk. Stones which had suffered weathering at the lower levels of the home were replaced. | Archbishop [[BECKMAN, Francis J.L.|Francis J. L. BECKMAN]] turned the house into an office and purchased a home on Fremont Avenue. Archbishop [[ROHLMAN, Henry P.|Henry P. ROHLMAN]] restored most of the house for living quarters and ordered the construction of an office addition west of the house. Archbishops lived in the home until the installation of [[KUCERA, Daniel|Daniel KUCERA]], who chose a smaller home on Pennsylvania Avenue. The Stout House was first offered to [[LORAS COLLEGE]] as a possible museum. Other potential buyers had expressed plans to dismantle part of the house. In 1985 the home was sold to the Dubuque Historical Improvement Company for $215,000. The home in 2008 was a private residence. A great amount of external improvements were made including the creation of a brick sidewalk. Stones which had suffered weathering at the lower levels of the home were replaced. | ||
Revision as of 18:40, 28 March 2010
STOUT HOUSE. Dubuque's only representative of ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE in a private home. The mansion, originally belonging to Frank D. STOUT was designed by an architect named Spenser in the mid-1890s. It was said that Spenser designed the home believing it would be located on a large estate in the country. It is claimed that when he found that the home would sit on a small corner lot in town, he had the stones in the home numbered. In the future, he suspected, the home would be dismantled and moved to a more suitable location.
The ideal home of a lumber baron, the design called for each room on the first floor to be paneled in a different wood including oak, maple, and birch. Every board was to be dovetailed, meaning that each nail was driven into a place where a splinter of wood had been removed. The splinter was then glued over the nail to disguise it. Upon moving to the red sandstone home, located at 1105 Locust Street, the Stouts donated their former home and land on 9th and Iowa STREETS to the YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Y.M.C.A.).
With his decision to move to Chicago, Frank Stout sold the mansion to his sister, Evelyn. In 1909 she sold the mansion to Joseph J. NAGLE of Dubuque. The ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE owned the home after 1911, when priests bought the house as a gift for Archbishop James J. KEANE. The following year, the archbishop signed the house over to the archdiocese.
Archbishop Francis J. L. BECKMAN turned the house into an office and purchased a home on Fremont Avenue. Archbishop Henry P. ROHLMAN restored most of the house for living quarters and ordered the construction of an office addition west of the house. Archbishops lived in the home until the installation of Daniel KUCERA, who chose a smaller home on Pennsylvania Avenue. The Stout House was first offered to LORAS COLLEGE as a possible museum. Other potential buyers had expressed plans to dismantle part of the house. In 1985 the home was sold to the Dubuque Historical Improvement Company for $215,000. The home in 2008 was a private residence. A great amount of external improvements were made including the creation of a brick sidewalk. Stones which had suffered weathering at the lower levels of the home were replaced.