2002 Featured Homes Original Tour Brochure
1036 West Third
John and Bernice McFadden built this large brick Romanesque Arts and Crafts home in 1916. He was a professor at the German Presbyterian Seminary; she was the daughter of Lucius Langworthy. Exterior features include an arched entryway, second-story bay windows, an eyebrow window, and a roof of rounded Spanish tiles. In 1931, a 20x24 garage was built in the same style as the house. Present owners, Terry and Angela Mozena, added new copper gutters to the house and garage in 2001. The bright expansive first floor of the home consists of front and back parlors, a large dining room, a three seasons porch, and a recently redesigned and remodeled kitchen. (The Craftsman style hickory cabinets were built by Al and Eric Main of Epworth.) Among the many wonderful features of the home are the beamed ceiling, wood paneled walls and French doors in the dining room; casement windows and built-in bar in the front parlor; three French palladian windows and marble fireplace in the back parlor; and the tile floor of the three seasons porch, which was designed by former owner Sally Naylor. The Mozenas enjoy the second floor front room with bay windows as their family room. The Mozena home was recognized with the Dubuque Country Historical Society Award for Floral and decorative enhancements by Pam's Finishing Touches 4867 Asbury 582-4111 Preservation in 1996.
1035 West Third
This 1903 Victorian home is a simple Queen Anne style with fish scale shingles in the peak. John McCoy and his wife filed the deed for the property in 1892. The house is believed to have been built by Charles Reynolds, who was later Secretary of Dubuque Bank and Trust. Since purchasing the home in 1988, present owners Craig Marty and Rosemary Bauchiero (husband and wife) have renovated the home "top to bottom," receiving a Certificate of Recognition from the Dubuque Historic Preservation Commission in 1991. Restoration projects have included stripping floors and woodwork, restoring the tin ceiling in the kitchen, and renovating the upstairs bath. After hail damaged the tin roof in 1994, the home was reroofed with Victorian pressed tin. Most recently, the owners have built a garage in the style of the old carriage house. (Bob Haverland, architect; Dan Koopmann, construction.) Its pressed tin roof matches that of the house. Rocks from the foundation of the original carriage house now beautify the flowerbeds as borders. Some of the home's notable original interior features are its butler's pantry, pocket doors, sconces, built-ins, tile fireplace with oak fluted columns, and exquisite stained glass. Craig and Rosemary have furnished their home with antiques.
1075 West Third
This 1896 Arts and Craft home is stucco with brick posts on the porch and on the front corner. It was built by Pauline Langworthy and remained in the Langworthy family until 1916. The present owner, Anita Kopp, has been enjoying the home for nearly three decades. Light pours into the home from the many and varied styles of windows and is further reflected off the two sets of French doors. The dining room features a beamed ceiling and the original lighting fixture. The light in the entrance hall is also original to the home. A kitchen was added to the home approximately thirteen years ago for La Gastronomie Catering, the business which Anita runs with her partner Rosemarie Bucher. The old kitchen was converted into a pub and today serves as a place to meet with La Gastronomie clients. The porch off the dining room is now permanently enclosed and used as an office and a place to hang a unique collection of cow bells from Anita's native Switzerland. Also of note are handcarved furniture pieces acquired by Rosemarie during a sojourn in Singapore. The art in the home includes portraits by Joseph Walter, whose murals decorate several of Dubuque's churches.
430 Alpine
This elegant Tudor Revival at the corner of Melrose Terrace and Alpine was built in 1908-1909 by Harker B. Spensley, a lawyer who was active in Dubuque real estate, insurance, and civic affairs. Only two other families, the Dr. Albert J. Entringers and the J. Bruce McDonalds, occupied the home before the present owners, Ed and Jane Monaghan, bought the detailing on the front dormer and on the sides. The original front porch was removed and the side porch was converted to a sunroom and an upstairs office. One of the outstanding features of the home is the perennial-filled formal courtyard. One might imagine the home's first guests alighting from their carriages and walking up the courtyard path. Guests arriving from Alpine Street today pass through an entryway with beautiful leaded glass into the expansive first floor with its high oak beamed ceilings, window seats, and beautiful brass and Tiffany glass chandeliers and sconces. (Former owners sent all these original light fixtures to Boston for restoration.) Other notable features of the home include pocket doors, a built-in dining room server, built-in linen and clothes storage, diamond-glazed casement windows, a dressing room, and maid's quarters accessible by a back staircase. A unique alarm system was designed to scare away burglars with the flashing of a light!
1025 Melrose Terrace
Christian Arthur Voelker, a former mayor of the Key City and one-time head of Voelker Realty, built this 1915 Craftsman style home and several other houses on Melrose Terrace. The home is constructed of cast stone blocks (Voelker stone) and has a bowed facade. It also features double low arches on the front roofline. The projecting frame square bay over the front entry is painted black, bold purple, and teal to contrast with the gray of the stone. Jean A. Schmitz has owned the home since late December of 2000. She plans to add a rear screened porch, surrounded by her expanding perennials. This project was initiated last fall with the addition of an Anamosa stone wall the length of the driveway. The front room's three arched casement windows and the many other casement and double-hung windows throughout the home make this a true "house of lights" of the Arts and Crafts movement. Oak and pine antiques make up the eclectic furnishings in the interior of the home. Family portraits hang in the second floor sitting room.