Daniel T. Newcome Double House

Daniel T. Newcome Double House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	722-724 Brady St., Davenport, Iowa
Coordinates:	41°31′38″N 90°34′27″W / 41.52722°N 90.57417°W / 41.52722; -90.57417Coordinates: 41°31′38″N 90°34′27″W / 41.52722°N 90.57417°W / 41.52722; -90.57417
Architect:	T.W. McClelland
Architectural style:	Second Empire
Governing body:	Private
MPS:	Davenport MRA
NRHP Reference#:	83002475 [1]
Added to NRHP:	July 7, 1983

The Daniel T. Newcome Double House, is a located on the Brady Street Hill in Davenport, Iowa, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1983.^[1]

Daniel and Patience Newcomb

Daniel and Patience Newcomb farmed 1,200 acres in Scott County, Iowa.^[2] In 1842 he produced an unheard of 30,000 bushels of corn.^[2] In the 1850s they moved to Davenport and had the double house built. In 1866 they had a larger home built on top of the hill. After Daniel’s death in 1870, Patience donated the funds to build Newcomb Presbyterian Memorial Chapel and donated the land for the Academy of Sciences, the forerunner of the Putman Museum. The second Newcomb house became St. Luke's Hospital in 1892.^[3]

Architecture

The Daniel T. Newcome Double House is a three-story Second Empire structure designed by T.W. McClelland. The building is brick construction and features bracketed eaves and a mansard roof. The entry ways into both sides of the house are in the center of the structure. The six second floor windows are equally spaced across the front. The third floor features five windows. All of the windows are topped with decorative hoods. A small porch covers the double entry. The house presents a symmetrical appearance.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Anderson, Fredrick I. (ed.) (1982). Joined by a River: Quad Cities. Davenport: Lee Enterprises. p. 249. 
3. ^ Horton, Loren N. (2003). The Beautiful Heritage: A History of the Diocese of Iowa. Des Moines: Diocese of Iowa. p. 59. 

External links

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