Timothy Davis House

Timothy Davis House
Location 405 1st St., NW.
Elkader, Iowa
Coordinates 42°51′23.5″N 91°24′30.5″W / 42.856528°N 91.408472°W / 42.856528; -91.408472Coordinates: 42°51′23.5″N 91°24′30.5″W / 42.856528°N 91.408472°W / 42.856528; -91.408472
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. 1 2 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


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