Diedrich Busch House

Diedrich Busch House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	2340 E. 11th Street, Davenport, Iowa
Coordinates:	41°31′52″N 90°32′33″W / 41.53111°N 90.5425°W / 41.53111; -90.5425Coordinates: 41°31′52″N 90°32′33″W / 41.53111°N 90.5425°W / 41.53111; -90.5425
Built:	1877
Governing body:	Private
MPS:	Davenport MRA
NRHP Reference#:	84001324 [1]
Added to NRHP:	July 27, 1984

The Diedrich Busch House , is located on the east side of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1984.^[1]

Diedrich Busch

Diedrich Busch (1827–1893) was born in the town of Hamminkeln in Prussia ^[2] He was apprenticed to a shoemaker, which became his trade for most of his life. He immigrated to the United State in 1853, landing in New York on July 3 and then made his way to Davenport.^[2] Busch was married twice. His first wife died young and then he married Emma Balcke, whose father was the pastor at the German Methodist Episcopal Church. Over the years he had made a sizeable investment in real estate on the east side of Davenport where he developed many houses and commercial structures.^[2]

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 c} "Biographies". Scott County Iowa USGenWeb Project. http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/1910vol2bios6.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-08. 

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