Augustus Caesar Dodge House
Augustus Caesar Dodge House | |
Location | 829 N. 5th St., Burlington, Iowa |
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Coordinates | 40°48′57″N 91°06′12″W / 40.81583°N 91.10333°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | c. 1865 |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 80001446[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 14, 1982 |
The Augustus Caesar Dodge House is a historic building located in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Augustus C. Dodge came to Burlington as Registrar of the Land Office, a political appointment of President Martin Van Buren. As a Democrat, he went on to serve as the Iowa Territory's Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives (1840-1846), one of Iowa's first two U.S. Senators (1848-1854), Minister to Spain under Presidents Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan (1855-1859), and then Mayor of Burlington (1874-1875). The two-story, brick house follows an L-shaped plan and was built sometime around in the mid-to-late 1860s. It is representative of Burlington's mid-19th century architecture.[2] The house is not clearly defined by any particular architectural style, but the bracketed eaves allow it to be classified as a vernacular form of the Italianate style.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b M.H. Bowers. "Augustus Caesar Dodge House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-12-07. with photos