Linsay House
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| Location | 935 E. College Iowa City, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 41°39′31″N 91°31′17.2″W / 41.65861°N 91.521444°WCoordinates: 41°39′31″N 91°31′17.2″W / 41.65861°N 91.521444°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1893 |
| Architect | George F. Barber and Co. |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 77000529[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 2, 1977 |
The Lindsay House is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It was listed, misspelled as the Linsay House, on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1] The house was built in 1893 by John Jayne, an Iowa City bridge builder. The plans for the 2½-story, frame, Queen Anne were purchased from George F. Barber and Co.[2] It features a chimney that takes up an entire corner of the main facade, a stone arch that surrounds the first-floor window with leaded glass in a sunflower pattern, a wrap-around porch with a corner turret, and a three-story octagonal tower behind it.
Jayne gave the house as a wedding gift to his daughter, Ella, and her husband, John Granger Lindsay. The Lindsays moved to Chicago in 1913. The house was subsequently divided into apartments, and in 2005 became a 10-bedroom unit of the River City Housing Collective.[3][4] It is perhaps most famous as the model for the boarding house in the comic strip Bloom County, and where the strip is partially set.[5] Berkeley Breathed, who wrote the comic strip, called the house one of “the ugliest houses in the five-state area... Six different architectural styles in one house is a milestone at least and at most a landmark to bad taste”.[3]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ James R. Juilfs. "Linsay House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-05-22. with photo(s)
- ^ a b Langton, Diane (January 26, 2015). "Time Machine: Bloom County House". The Gazette. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
- ^ "Bloom County House". River City Housing Collective. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
- ^ Holden, Greg, The Booklover's Guide to the Midwest: A Literary Tour, Clerisy Press, p. 113
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