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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-13-2019 Parks and Recreation CommissionIowa City Parks and Recreation Commission Wednesday, March 13, 2019 5 P.M. Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center — Meeting Room B AGENDA ITEM 1 CALL TO ORDER ITEM 2 APPROVAL OF JANUARY 9, 2019 MINUTES ITEM 3 PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANY ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA ITEM 4 HISTORIC LOCAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THE NED ASHTON HOUSE AND THE CITY PARK CABINS —JULI SEYDELL JOHNSON ITEM 5 REPORT ON ITEMS FROM CITY STAFF a) Parks & Recreation Director—Juli Seydell Johnson b) Recreation Division Superintendent —Brad Barker c) Parks Division Superintendent— Zac Hall ITEM 6 CHAIRS REPORT —JOE YOUNKER ITEM 7 COMMISSION TIME/SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ITEM S ADJOURN If you will need disability -related accommodations in order to participate in this program/event, please contact Tammy Neumann, Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department at 3191356-5210 or tammy- neumann@iowo-city.org. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs. IOWA CITY PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION MINUTES PRELIMINARY JANUARY 9, 2019 RECREATION CENTER — MEETING ROOM B Members Present: Steve Bird, Luke Foelsch, Cara Hamann, Ben Russell, Angie Smith, Jamie Venzon, Joe Younker Members Absent: Suzanne Bentler, Brianna Wills Staff Present: Brad Barker, Zac Hall, Juli Seydell Johnson Others Present: None CALL TO ORDER Chairman Younker called the meeting to order at 5 p.m. Younker introduced Lucas Foelsch as the newest member appointed to the Commission. Foelsch shared that he is currently a graduate student in the U of I Urban Planning Program and is currently interning with the Iowa City Neighborhood Development Services Department. He has lived in Iowa City since 2001 and is excited to be a part of the Parks and Recreation Commission. RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: (to become effective only after separate Council action): OTHER FORMAL ACTION: Moved by Venzon. seconded by Smith. to auurove the December 12.2018 minutes as written. Passed 7-0 (Bentler and Wills absent). PUBLIC DISCUSSION None ELECTION OF OFFICERS — JOE YOUNKER Bird nominated Joe Younker to serve as Chairperson of the Parks & Recreation Commission. Moved by Bird, seconded by Hamann, to elect Joe Younker as the Chairperson for the Parks and Recreation Commission for 2019. Motion Passed 7-0 (Bentler & Wills absent). Smith elected Cara Hamann to serve as Vice -Chair of the Parks & Recreation Commission. Moved by Smith, seconded by Venzon, to elect Cara Hamann as the Vice -Chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission for 2019. Motion Passed 7-0 (Bentler & Wills absent). PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION January 9, 2019 Page 2 of 5 PARKS & RECREATION REVIEW OF FEES & CHARGES — BRAD BARKER Barker presented the Parks and Recreation proposed user fees and charges matrix to Commission for their review. He reminded Commission that in 2018 they approved a 3% increase to most of the departments program fees for FYI 9. Therefore, very few changes are proposed for FY20. Staff is proposing a drop in the registration fee for adult sports programs from $90 to $30 per participant. He noted that it has become a national trend where adults prefer drop -in programs versus team sports. He pointed out that the line item for City Park Rides has been removed from the matrix since the rides were removed. He also explained that a correction was made to the FYI proposed fees for the Farmers Market, however, no fee changes for the market are proposed for FY20. Venzon said she is anxious to see if the decrease in fees encourages more adults to participate in the sports programs. Bird asked what activities will be offered. Barker said they will include activities such as futsal, broom ball, and 3 on 3 soccer, to name a few. Barker announced that the department will be partnering with the Iowa Sports Foundation Corridor Games to test a variety of adult sport programs. Moved by Hamann, seconded by Russell, to approve the Parks and Recreation fees and charges for FY20 as proposed. Motion passed 7-0 (Gentler and Wills absent). REPORT ON ITEMS FROM CITY STAFF Parks & Recreation Director — Juli Seydell Johnson: • Budget: Council will review the CIP budget with staff on Wednesday, January 16. Seydell Johnson noted that there were no significant changes to the proposed operating budget. • Miscellaneous: Seydell Johnson shared that there have been a couple of recent patron issues at the Recreation Center, however, both were taken care of at the staff level. Recreation Division Superintendent — Brad Barker: • Special Olympic Winter Games: 26 athletes will compete at the Special Olympics Winter Games in Dubuque on January 11 — 13. • Swim Lesson Program: As part of the Parks & Recreation Master Plan, recreation staff are making efforts to teach more kids to swim. Beginning in January, staff will partner with the College of Public Health to offer both an educational and activity component to students from Alexander Elementary and Faith Academy. Staff will be able to teach 100 (75 from Alexander, 25 from Faith Academy) students how to swim during this six -week program. • Riverfront Crossings Grand Opening Celebration: Barker, along with Lyndsey Kent, the department Communications & Marketing Program Supervisor, are beginning the planning for this event which is scheduled for July 20, 2019. Commission members are invited to submit any ideas they may have for the celebration. • Summer Planning: Recreation staff will begin work on the summer activity guide soon. The summer hiring process will begin soon as well. Parks Division Superintendent — Zac Hall • Staffing: Hall noted that Parks staff has also begun their summer hiring process by posting summer positions for the Parks/Forestry Division. This is the earliest that positions have been posted. Staff will also take part in jobs fairs hosted by the University of Iowa and Kirkwood Community College. • Assistant Parks Superintendent: Tyler Baird has been hired for the new position of Assistant Parks Superintendent. Baird previously held the position of Horticulturist for four years. Baird has experienced working with both state and national park systems. He is a great resource and brings lots of energy to the position. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION January 9, 2019 Page 3 of 5 • Winter Tasks: With the continuation of good weather, staff have been working towards clearing out invasive species and tree scrubs from around the city trails. • Hickory Hill Park: Work continues at Hickory Hill Park and will continue throughout the winter. CHAIRS REPORT: Younker asked Commission members for future agenda items. Commission members had no items. Hamann expressed that she and her son really enjoy the playgrounds at Glendale Park, pointing out that they are perfect for very small/young children and she hopes that they will not be replaced. Seydell Johnson noted that while the master plan showed potential changes to the park (trail, shelter and new play equipment), it is not budgeted for another 4 or 5 years. Hamann encouraged staff to consider keeping, or replacing with, similar play equipment for the younger child. Smith noted that with the great weather of late, the parks, specifically Terry Trueblood Recreation Area, have been very busy. Bird expressed his concern regarding the removal of waste receptacles at City Park and suggested that staff consider replacing some near the dog waste bag dispensers. Seydell Johnson said that staff will follow up. ADJOURNMENT: Moved by Hamann, seconded by Smith, to adiourn the meeting at 5:25 p.m. Motion passed 7-0 (Bentier and Wills absent). PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION January 9, 2019 Page 4 of 5 PARKS AND RECREATION ATTENDANCE RECORD KEY: X = Present O = Absent O/E = Absent/Excused NAME 00 o 00 o0 00 oD °D °O cc a N 7 M ti i4 O 7 N TERM EXPIRES e Suzanne 12/31/20 X X O/E NM X X X X X X X X Bentler Steve Bird 12/31/21 X O/E X NM X X X X X X X X Wayne Fett 12/31/18 O/E X X NM X O/E X X O/E X X Lucas 12/31/22 * * * * * * * * * * * x Foelsch Cara 12/31/19 X X X NM X X O/E X O/E X O/E X Hamann Lucie 12/31/18 X O/E X NM X O/E O/E X X X O/E Laurian Ben Russell 12/31/21 O/E X X NM X X X X X X X X Angie Smith 12/31/21 X O/E X NM X X O/E X X X X X Jamie 12/31/20 X O/E X NM X X X X X O/E X X Venzon Brianna 12/31/22 * * * * * * * * * * * O/E Wills Joe Younker 12/31/19 X X X NM X X X X X X X X NM = No meeting LQ = No meeting due to lack of quorum * = Not a member now Iowa City Parks & Recreation Commission Packet March 2019 Upcoming Events • March 18-22, Spring Break Camps & Activities • March 20, Spring Equinox, Robert A Lee Recreation Center, 30 AM —Noon • March 30, Safe Swim Saturday, Robert A Lee Recreation Center • April 7, STEAM Fest Presents Tinkertown — "Be A Maker," RAL, 2-5 PM Status — Previous Commission Items and Discussions Notable from Parks & Recreation Staff Parks: • Steve Erickson has been promoted from Maintenance Worker II - Horticulture to Senior Maintenance Worker Horticulture - Specialist. • Temporary staff interviews are being conducted with most sectors of the division on track to be fully staffed for the upcoming season. Recreation: • Faith Academy and Alexander Elementary have been participating in the 'Swim Here' program where free lessons are offered at RAIL in their after -school program hours. In -session days have gone well but school cancellations for inclement weather created difficulties • Planning for a summer -long celebration of City Park Pool's 701 anniversary is underway; there will be several single day events • Rec staff is working on the Summer Activity Guide and the first copy is being reviewed; Summer registration will begin April 25 • Affiliate sports group meetings are in full swing and agreements between the groups and the City are being reviewed and modified as necessary Work on GIS Mapping showing Summer Camp participant distribution is in motion • There are currently 27 teams registered for the first Corporate Games in the Iowa City -Cedar Rapids metro area. Jeff Sears is working with the Iowa Sports Foundation to make these games a success and to introduce a variety of adult sport events to the community. Cemetery: • Chad Lautner was hired for the Cemetery MW II position and began work on 02/25/19. • The hiring process for seasonal positions is ongoing. The variable position has been filled. Facilities: Government Buildings Staff has hired Ryan Kratoska for the Custodian position at Robert A. Lee Recreation Center. • Staff are renewing their CPO training on the week of March 11" • Staff have completed the Severe Weather safety training with the City's Operational Safety Specialist on 02/21. • Eric Alvarez, Brian Buhr and Kumi Morris have received training on the new Building Automation Systems at Mercer/Scanlon and Recreation. They are both up and online. • Senior Staff have provided additional closure coverage at City Hall. Cross -training has been advantageous. Top Staff Issues Parks • Freezing/thawing conditions has made it challenging for staff to manage ice and snow throughout the park system and have forced closures at some trail and park locations. • Illness and vacations has limited staffing numbers the past month. Recreation • Staff is working on summer program planning and reviewing facility needs. • Staff has been reviewing applications and hiring for Spring and Summer temp positions. • Winter weather has impacted programs and staffing and is very likely to delay some outdoor spring programs and sports field opening schedules. Planning for Riverfront Crossings Park Grand Opening Spring break camp will be held at Robert A. Lee Recreation Center from March 18-22. Policies pertaining to facility rentals and agreements are being reviewed and modified as needed. Cemetery • The break in weather has allowed the staff to eliminate some of the ice build-up on sidewalks and cemetery roads. • Staff will begin picking up sticks when the snow melts and winter breaks. Facilities: • The Polar Vortex continued through February, and a bout of Influenza A has hit four staff members- to manage, we have had overtime hours to keep facilities open and to provide coverage. • Remodeling of MPO in City Hall is progressing and the space should be complete by April 12th Iowa City Parks and Recreation Commission Packet I City of Iowa City • Public Works Facility- the northern structure footings have been poured. • Contractor is installing new exterior lights at City Hall. • Five organizations attended the mandatory pre -submission meeting for the Requestfor Information for the Partnership Agreement with Iowa City Parks and Recreation for complementarysocial, recreational or educational services within 1,887 square feet of the RobertA. Lee Recreation Center. Submissions are due on March 15tn • New Mayor wall was installed in City Hall Council Chambers on February 20th. u FTL.kT iss:.■'nl ."� Y Iowa City Parks and Recreation Commission Packet I City of Iowa City Project Timeline Status Villa Park Playground Summer/Fall 2018 Construction spring of 2019 Creekside Park Redevelopment Summer 2018 Construction has started. City Park Cabin Restoration Construction Fall 2017 Project nearly complete. Happy Hollow Shelter & Restroom Upgrades Construction Fall 2017 Project nearly complete. Riverfront Crossing Park, Phase 1 Fall 2017 —Spring 2018 (Phase 1 and Nature Play) Project nearly complete. Chauncey Swan Park TBD — Park rebuild at end of building project. Park construction 2018. Hickory Hill Trails, Signs & Bridges Construction Spring 2019 Construction spring of 2019. Iowa City Parks and Recreation Commission Packet I City of Iowa City Oakland Cemetery FY 19 Revenue Report E � tepre�eutJat�u�JUs Syr arr5l;�e Revenue from Lot Sales tot Sale Syr Average # of Interments terments: Syr avg. Revenue from Interments year Avg. z On Interments Total Revenue yr Avg. on total revenue July $11,050.00 $4,510.00 9 6.4 $4,630.00 $3,315.00 `' $15,680.00 $7,825.00. August $3,712.50 $6,540.00= 6 8.8 $3,747.50 $4,383.00 $7,460.00 .$10,923.00 Sept $5,568.75 $7,580.00 10 7.8 $7,192.50 $3,887.00 $12,761.25 $11,467.0Q Oct 1 $825.00 $9,890.00.1 6 6.4 $3,390.00 . $3,572.26: $4,215.00 $13,462.2& Nov $0 $5,400.00: 7 6.6 $3,627.50 $2,977.50 - $3,627.50 $8,377.50: Dec $4,505.00 $2,580.0 1 6 6 $3,185.00 $3,046.00 c $7,690.00 $5,626.00 Jan $2,475.00 $3,680.00=. 4 3 $2,115.00 $2,040.00 $4,590.00 $5,720.00: Feb $825.00 $4,480.00 4 3 $2,568.44 $1,617.00, $3,393.44 $6,097.00 March April May June Totals 1 $28,961.25 144,660.00 52 4$ $30,4554.94 1 $24,837.761$59,417.191 $69,497.76" Iowa City Parks and Recreation Commission Packet I City of Iowa City CITY OF IOWA CITY 7C�A�DM Date: March 6, 2019 To: Historic Preservation Commission From: Jessica Bristow, Historic Preservation Planner Re: Ned Ashton House, 820 Park Road City Staff has requested that the Ned Ashton House, 820 Park Road, be designated as an Iowa City Historic Landmark. Designation of the property as an Iowa City Historic Landmark will require Commission approval of any significant changes to the exterior of the building. While the benefits for a city -owned, public property are not as evident, It could be noted that generally landmark status will also make the property eligible for special exceptions that would allow the Board of Adjustment to waive or modify certain zoning requirements and for State Tax Credit funding of rehabilitation work for a non -governmental owner, The Ned Ashton House, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in January 2001. Built by Edward L. Ashton and his family in 1947, the house is of complex, engineered concrete construction at the ground level with frame construction at the main floor, all clad in Stone City limestone veneer. While the house design is influenced by Mid -Century Modem design, an architectural style is not the hallmark of its historic character. The importance of this house rests in the reputation of its designer/builder/owner and how his prominence in the field of bridge engineering Is manifest in Its design and construction. The attached National Register of Historic Places Registration Form provides a detailed description of the house (page 2+), the significance of the design (pages 4- 9), and the details of his respected career (page 11+). Ashton designed the house through the principles of bridge design, allowing the house to survive Inundation from the adjacent river by opening the river- side pair of doors and allowing the flood waters to flow out through the garage. Ashton bulk the house with the help of his family, digging a small well to provide water for concrete mixing and having his wife and a daughter mix the concrete which he moved by wheelbarrow load. Lumber was salvaged from tank crates used in the war that were dismantled and then de -nailed by his daughters. The wood was used for the concrete forms and then reused for the main floor framing. Even many of the removed nails were reused. He brought in large chunks of limestone which he split and then hand faced. The house required minimal maintenance and was designed to provide significant cross ventilation. As stated on page 10, "the house reflects the values he, followed in his professional Iffe and taught his students — cost efficiency, innovative solutions, salvage of materials, and the meeting of a challenge'. The Ned Ashton House was found to be individually eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic places under Criterion B, Significant Persons and C, Design/Construction, and is locally significant. For local landmark designation, the Commission should determine if the property meets criterion a. and b. and at least one of the criteria c., d., e., or f. for local designation listed below: a. Significant to American and/or Iowa City history, architecture, archaeology and culture; b. Possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship; March 6, 2019 Page 2 c. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; d. Associated with the lives of persons significant In our past; e. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction; or represents the work of a master; or possesses high artistic values; or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack Individual distinction; f. Has yielded or may likely yield information important in prehistory or history. Based on the information provided in the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, staff finds that the property meats criteria a, b, d and a and therefore qualifies as an Iowa City Historic Landmark. 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The Patpon wai n FWW a ftdit toI boom die then lade can be Wked mpther to widow *rye ar 161mm I 10 1 F A -0 am= to orb dnmt eaetbbmum Tide pw o meld is lw yams arm the owx d Amrvan.. uwad b to as atyaaadai tdtopw mse abetricat agede anditfind Iamdtaadl4d ied�gaiowhatbaneapHaeetoprovkkmmeamleta oW AWMW . rwa,ams ws ram aaao-. o..a United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Ashton Residence Section number 7 Page 4 Johnson County, [am c t16 MAIN FLOOR ROOM DESIGN: The main franc plan is one of the areas or design that was the most subataotisay altered doeiog camtruoiac The upper was of the he= was of wood frame coaatnctioo rather than the concrete black masonry construction of the gimnd Amr. It consisted of wooden plates bolted to the comma floor with wood studs shmthed diagonally lbr strength The exterior was not ehasged, but inside the house the walls was raodiflad Eras their platmed location. Beasa s e the concrete floor and beam structure Was so strong it made no diffnc= where the interior walls were placed and they show no parmalar orieamtion to the concrete barns it eithertheir initial planned ptaoemeat or their actual eons rusted positions. The kitchen was cooMucted aro er (a more usdut arrangement) by remmie8 a half wall 6e Wc= the kitchen and brnskfast roan and adding a broom closet in the different entry to the dining mom Ara. imth a narrower kitchen then north bedroom than and room for a di sift -door closet an the wet wall. The den or the soclh wWl was expended to a hall bath although the toilet we never instilled The full north bathroom was earesapd unto a narroror but mere efficient design and the fug each bathroom was rarrwtged to allow for a large square tob extba than a smaller shower stall. The closets warn dmnged, as wen. The Rving room, math bedroom, center bedroom, and master bedroom closets were altered. as welt as the north bedroom closet pwwady dmmbed. Orighnny deigned with fW14w th screesung on the porch, it =a decided to bring the masonry up to window height. Fimlly, a fun flight of stairs, shut off by a door, anw opened from the hallway and lad to the attic storage Ara. Theme ohaogea, Wdivkh"y minor were well thought out and made the home more coamdeot and livable. ROOF DESIGN. The relatfvety complex autline of the hoom made roof deign dtffrcolt. The final tram was reached after a amber d drawing m -Want. The original plan east to the Bombast elavatioa ilwwws that an additiorml half story was plans d with a faidy high pitched roof and a large dormar window on the set side and probably on the west si& as wall. The roof became more complac m shape in the next design with windows added to the half story on both the north and south Wavatiom. As the And planning was dare the roof was lowered in pitct, had widerraves, and the idea of dormer was dropped been= the roof line wse rem low fbra full half story. A 1948 rcofpianwm nacd so esdmue after lagtht• A$ R=Ny conMocmd, the roof ridge is ceo nd. The middle serum of do hams hm the Was weight corded 69 trF*W to the riming room wall directly below. LVngbti baring on the beltway WWI smahs y nasty the north taodon ridge. The wall aid door BMW dividing the living races from the porch atry the southern section ridge. This line is 3 Rat off center but provides enough soppat and 00 problems saxes. rut...,. ».rr. 044 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service or...sras+er.mw National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Ashton Reddence Section number - 3 Page Munson county. know wnrra►+„s VESIGN CHMCES: The camilevered bmlomy, beealdasi ram. end to north entry deck ao. shown as they were budit on the original 1%6 amero fra®ug plan. The saving sostrway war also a construction siteradoo. The origins design had boon a stri fight -rut stair wilt a Rene at is base. No dmmch amen sn haw survived of The inn dw wry, the curving sulk, or the aoth eeeeein, stairway dmigor. The parer entry shirr were also altered in their design dating the comtrnetiaa The wdl-lmowo Sim Ciy rutty am Anantoss was the @coca or the Hmeslone emd for the weeder !being of the wags. Mass had selected the OW he warned and it wits ddtvemd in btrgw thanks which he then spgt on a steed rmilroad raft and hendHrexd with a large rock hemmer. Stone City Hmemoo is a Morning lirmnone bonded with mmgnodnor Whm flesh, it a mdu(y worked sad ono of its cbmaoserislos h hmdewing upon exposure to the sir. The nunweas window openings were Hdshed by ptmrittg a rainhmd concrete all it r cock, Window openings an the gamd floor also tegdred a mioiomwd eonerme cap or Hood. The window openings on the main Harr were all designed. with the rep of the tame pt the eaves laws rgprdlaa of window awe. They eeyobe pared ooxxte sill. but no concrete Hawk The stow veneer is nowhere act beneath geermd lewd beaux urortered am world not woother well a@ a Mondedon momid Shaamally, the atom hoods is a Haug veneer with the immense ved* aazw by the poeaed aner . lbeduga and by aerae. bbdc masonry udedor waft However, a ernmpkdely f veMadng wall unatoched to the concrete bcoms mod interior forming would term m shift SSW f4om the house aver tide. For this ruses the wall was tied to the concrete block muonry walls mud powed concrete structure of the base, althagli this dory na allbot weight disinbtam wbere the atone wa0 is outside the round Hour the soon@ end iotaiar oencrme block wail were momtmod together. The trader frsosa well was constructed of Web nailed to s wood sN phme baited to the coven so floor. AS nosed above the skids wore then sheathed with diagonal bomrds far strength. Too proper wit then applied Htrwcotharproofta% rtheebtadung• Shaeturaily. the ground Hour is a edow4prm eevckrocre with the garage area sepmWd iy a non�bcormg wall of "Wh thick concroto block nnsoruy. The grow Her of some 1600 square fort was Who mty founded u an occodas{ meaatioad wco. Double Mock does lesd to the pede sod there is a amdw stone flreplaen tarrying out the rcomboual throne, the fight fixtures woe glass globes set against a ship whed motif. erarar.+oeoo. ttw WA ftW.MM, tom& United States Depgrtment of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Aslto=PAddm= va b lwm n Omq, Iowa Se don rwimm, Qe emas+�u TM AnVW wu a6verwoodgr walW Am the wmkwm area, but a 00 PM*II9 obRv It and famed a atmaea mean ImedwM dwhw me' earned gootfa A memawbad primitive both mum mwd the empMyeem of the ea�neemtg tdt� and e� time aeauiy' toum wat emontd� fa the tetrtlieamt Catna Su tLe eats Ala ddomd6ed ativd tdar plain Atha AmW=,z ice. &pod ber daogbtar Damal► bdlt.ao aptnmtmt la as W=W by =daft Pan Cf *0 wad== IN *dbg apiPmeot meat ft amrape, addbt&abmhob to tbo amdmom, paring in a kMbam and rm2bmg off do Iaat aoaion of do open VARY eII. The good Am u od¢oom Lad a bnnddt problem. The maedve w9b and eefts loept the arlra Coat in mama,Lag.onLaddmamerdaymeeatfdevamUdmbmq*idwatmairWkwhCmedowditaTWARM poi mvmftmdAor..Alr a WbAed*epreblem. Todty,adinBfimmdsdelam>idi6aproride a bettW WWWe. YCM • �. y; � INS' �!� o�`C':: WindOWSOU No. Dm6whwgamb II Pkb=window mb 3 Ph,wlndewn* r TeWyminAwwynfty" 47 vmsqk NM Paimcfft"doma 4 E,dedw doom 2• fataierAndt, )ia>low coa, lde�d 18 ImetferAmb: Lgilow Coe, alldnH qa intedKAU _ 1-iarJtatyrteed.lti—tip - 2' Tod odnAomdoom 90 Wtodmw♦f��� e�� �yy� No. mnft=k bottom �8 7 lleablV4w4te& 2 piton wbkbw sub 1 120 TbW gamdAoprwmfowamh 22 •N0D-CUdt Gd& w� gsae. dwenae,w.rer<rarEwE United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places r Continuation Shoot C Pee Ambaa�eaen Section number -- y— 9 — �— 7ohnpa Coualy, Iowa duet �+ne Dow SW No. Pain dFimch door y . Satudcrdoota 2+ Sted security door p Intesiorllmah, Eolidemt 1 Moors moved In 1986 moaddinig (s� Total Faced floor doors 11 *Non-Cafia origin Than are 47 windows on the main floor in ammon to two fdb%gbmd as of French doors end glazed pads in be& entry doers. Every window and vary door hme a removable atom sash and eastern The mmereea windows provide river views and also reflect boor design ird I residential air emditloning bedsore common. The house plan provides cross vandladon thawo wry roan. The wide ants bava protected the odgbW millwadr tract Maba nanc a today is mbrimal. All ash windows have the m orms lea on year mend. Ample ventilation dwnca through the vertical doarmnt windows that are doobie glazed and Levu inatde screens asihy removed and stored in a doom during the winter. The ground Sacs her I blook windows that are mainttmnoe five. Other windows are kfl year rand with dram sash Became of the potential Wormer himidit3' coumsadOn prddam, outride ventilation is Heated to circulation through the scraenad dome, The Cards mr'Nwo& catalog= illu Ludes the birch trim around all the windows and doer, an ire main Am and alp sormaoding the large plow window an the ground floor. The trim had mitered owners which the (arils Company aronad ° mitatite", and then are ac'aatahle door jamb made of fir mdmed to dm* match the birth woodwork and door vencer. The ppahogoe identifies the grooved woodwork pattc- eta its Mescocio SWIL THE 1986 RENOVATION OF AS UM HOUSE Now owe in 1986 Scad the consequences of de8amd maimenanee.,'. Repairs included omrplse replaeemeot aftk PhwMnp, n0wemant afthe septic ayriem with a lift statimri to the city sewer, now air conditioning, weer haater and &mark a new kWAce, complete renovation of the Dowd Rom as wd1 eta intorhr rmwesion. The ahmowork protected by the wide aver nzea ed in a remarkable ante of praervattn with its crighal mormr and the well-0edsood have needed no shvommh tapdar iamm with its m pml naRwark tha thick WINE provide effieetiw hm Astio n against tempaalum variations and the yearly geeodedtic brll avenged S100 pw-Dark tkmagh 1999. - On the min floor plaster mpaQm and paint traodhrmad the hoodor. . Tho white that chasm a a off the birch woodwork that IS in ecaadleat condition. S M spired refinishing but damning and were xadraW the luster to the other birch trim. An rareq ectedy drift* project ware the rem aratidn of tho mid. nineteenth caotary amble An*= that had one horn the bon* hams in ©1m be., Ewa. Iaght flnaarea were donned and he ezcmpt in the north bedioenn and do Mid en where replacements were amended. Now carpeting throtghoot completed the maoowtion. On the poach, a now elate floor replaced too dompanatin tile. The porch was raataaadtoits original flmsknaapmmasitting romoff the living room . ,:. Wry Few 164eea i':: nwHparrNs. +oa,47+e WON United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Ashton Residence 7 s Johnson county, Iowa Section number Page ccu•a�+1+e After comidaable disam®oa the Micbm was judged to be a hopeless me and it was removed to the hale wave, Replamment oak cabmas match the tone of birrb trim around the 9 windows in ft washy and Idtchhen and a new agjoiuing brealdast room. The with Idmhea entry was enlarged by moving the utility area in the Lerner half bath off the mMh bedroom The main am renovation has restored the house to its arigmal design after years of deletredmeintmence• It is not anew home, but a unique older ona. The Freund floor was originally istended to be a great ball type of recreational and party room late modificationsdai een had badded over the yeah. I A � beenowtosadhtoatwmfi)rftwzdw and � was added as a W oellar and later used dryer and a snk with counter added fir umsnioig for asguaegeftjoumai storage. After Ned's rdires ens his http we ocurn was subdivided with a well to form a stomp roam end an emkimcy spsraatent with fill bath and kitchen. The 199647 renovation unmoved ail lam additions to return the ground floor into a gnat hell with an opm su imW leading down toit Rmmving the partitions recreated a huge expense some 60 fxt bmgerd 26 feet wide ldg6gghtiog We limestone an*= and showing off the massive dads brown stmchsal beams spinet the white walls and ocift once the ground floor was deWs, the ON astanow am trlea was removal and replaced with watsr4aid" cepetiag At this same dine fire water system was cbsW with new capper lima ranoing m a mare ar1ciess paean to avoid Reeling which bad always bees a problem. The finny, water heater, and air ooudhfoaer were aloe replaced with high efficciency unite calling °flit' bills in W The only mility requiring eventual replacemem is the SOymar old elacrrieai eYstem 1t is a deumrng tadcbecause the origami tac-wire system runs through axidsa buried in the concroic beasts attire dune of construction. k wil require a sew service entry and eomplGe re0amlem through the home. THE GREAT 1993 FLOM The previous massive flooding of the laws Rive crated on 16 Jove 1947. This o cad= was just prior 10 compledon of Canivdm dam Women As house construction pichum show, it covered the footings and most of what wouldbaame the adjacent Pair Mew Tanaft subdivision and lower City Pule By bare Im be" rains =iwd the Iowa River and fhe iowe nuodplain was covered inset of the "W It 1993 wet weather auud aware to flood *mu*" the bfidwas. Be&asmg is bore, fhe Iowa River flood wndmedwifh RuckMo s oval ten wades. There a noun eomraraw because the final mast oame at night whin the dam was opened marrfull mdummoad krwitnow dam combined wbh wcge wd dowustrmm Eoodiutg to etmie a ass disaster Egdy moming the flood vacs a fief above the 1947 cmd Ashton nadwd with an ins pipe sat is amcmee, The 1993 mat measured 29 imrbcs overdo Found fmor by the lower pair of French doors By design, no stroclureb dsnmge occurred and the IMISIcler cmdaned to live on the main floor dudsg the ezmee fleodwithody minor mfanuptiose m unlriy »emcm.. The eleetrini syu4em sod air cond'itiorua were undemsged The fumaoa and wafer on a amoete pedod were regsimd minor rep in after the final oat After the mat passed fie goundl floor drained its water %we& the purge and odaide without any impedfsg dM t was a meat' elesnup bra eventhe earpet way clemedand is stilt inane. .ib"+osao. awe wr.+te••vry United. 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The poamd=wpmview =db wgmeeerw" mate*haamwra. • Thert�eehreedaauorate110otpnomdffiplew.wv�eoirarepmoeliegtpmd5oar. • The aitDetwppoch rnan a oomeAiac ed to bdm= the vd*9 or uiteofar gran. �o tagsq: • 7W k"Alrgateaii 0d ddmw . a cawam ummoln wsppaodv*byaaditegheataandaBoar haft Tho bbrd *mt abdem die '=ft,. genie& beam.14 of =am A t uw a000adtybmmabeht:nmoat�mitasdabomauflb theeladfre.¢eiWig my�rtsymmm. is Oddhisa to ebete aotimeraed eapaeeAg domoodmiM a grow of ad= ikia to CONNanr eaMraeiioo, ilea daAmdaar weight bdao6ad apep ebe plltldJr� mpmdfng.m�a fsamior baaau, aoaside ibevndtlids. r weaotpffis>bdOevtoge let • 7Ls:fine[ooacwle6aiaao,.istatomii�edapmewltb>tabalbeefaamatdoarttntoWoiotmlor. • 7'hemdmotiddataaviagatahaayalydatbonediat+eddb49aediybaatlmlhdlrogdisg®edge. mo tM b VAM atepa arm A/pnYa6taI+MI nrsta,•,e•es. ..ro United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Ashtm PASidenca 10 Johnson Canty. loan Section number s Page • The Mort VWMesrlar etgM* of amf ben sapp a is the mead izookO t mom whore dtteegoaeas of this smell mom MW Wnthe aandlasa system of beams ended beyand the PDllat is the iooae amorbdawit. • The inal" jonm o,IS ayWm °iO°B °°d aWs[de the mrtL wall of the Looae&ada wham the north uRtrtdrs entry dock float u panla tadan aanarda barns atnw=Wy matt e ,M Ivvd of the kMd= and braldhrt room flank. • Form thu aAdde eM dark fin ON& MWM slau M. a tmniarad tbnaafe m000Lk leads to the V..& This Wtrtrsy, only gum mches $am the masonry GOOD a LRaaadtboRposted by a. W bears a Wrdy organ the tau la and emus deck Won above Od As an a near wim hod spedaliacd in bydm d M Na Ashton was VW aware of the Paton" fhr mtotiN VW flow a the Iowa Rhar valley which wmM be beyond the asPsdty of fha COnft le Rsswr to control Thor pound floor is designed to MJaimme tht: daMaBe of a nWor flood. Opening the French doors aq dbm ffie Pmemra mad @OWN waN WM now through into the gaMgt: anModaad by a thmandd a aril, and from dme rms tad at gMmd ltwd into the yard. TJte famsa mdutUitim era set nP on a Gonads Pirtfomt ad of homes way. Tbis Ust m was Pat to its BMSWN twin the Had of 1993' The raohwn that the house sands firm amdunharned to the Ptestsd. AM='s embodiment of the Iowa aeethpia ate W seen Dn the one dloal limaaoae far wall haft and in the siting htaetoflose mentioned . . Ashton is as l ed with die dosip or tesmmtim of Mae than 100 bridge tbmagbmd he alive arm. Ms bodge spin the Mie IEW River AtOreowngs, Nawhwl Viclbw& Iiurhagim, Rode W" mad »u� Odors � the Ohio. k�flum% Nachos. Columbia, and Colorado Rivets. ifla Ober sumnans hudade the D ismond T ass Tawas for MOWN IadoMes of Simat City which ware bmh in various locations EN the U.S. Air PC= He duo bolt sotenme fnr Collins Radio. Ashton d -PW On 140 foot 1WaeaPa in Gram Adak Wart Virginia for Assodated Univashies, Dora. s group argamvad by the Nadood adenee Famdadon. He dso wafmd br the Army On the Army MUM Training CUM 1a Dona City andOx the Onmo 'ic ROOM in artan Iowa. Among all d dm mtx+ gltisg p OW% his own ha mo is among his tnma inaigais designs and the plats; whore ke aided ad his work. The btrMMM VW= a noels a sadd tpn* dayynt sot % ' sytsem da arde btamea ch ds one itxUVJdUIW atladated toquad fha amens an¢ am to tie foondstion Phan gating at the flow plain. R was sited in a private woodW d by a river be bridged end 1s Bloc 09 M where he spirt a mock Olds pm(aeiaad sod penned liar. Knowing rite dangw of these rival lm dso deigned the bonne to be strong and AW#k anough to withWnd fire wort[ floods do he, as a bydmWic engineer, aoM f mmoo. In uwad Off ways the bouse te8ects the values be fiftmod in his Prod Pith and ft P& his OXIMM - coal al8daa y. tmotative @doom mlvage of tnaNLJs, and the Mtxttag d ahaflenge. Of all dbin anmmmum and Public PMjW% bin awn horse eaprawas thtee "inns by whtth Adnonlived. hwtt610o� OW Aq,"ft=WM United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 11 John =Canty, Ioaa asaaMne MA=FROMCT.%PRFW946 Date 1917-104 Nbddit Dam 1221 Ceps (ftrdaaa &Up - WuMdW River 19261937 Md&BapBrWge 19M Ado Rivet Bridges ].line Root 1927 VidobmgBddga 19" TftV River Bddae at DaIW% Toad 1930 Above Dam 1233 Bab Dam 1933 HmwrDmt 1933 Wbeeier Dam 1934 Ogden Riw Ff*d 1934 Bator Range Bridge 1934 (lord Coulee Dam 1935 Floyd RiwrBridge 1936 CmenvllbBddlp -M= m* RKw 1238-1939 Nwhee River Bridle-Bmmoc4 Totes 1939 Natchez Bridge-hasdWppi River 1940 Bmw=Wlb, Nebeadm Beft - MW ad River 1940 St.CrotaBddjp-P=m%WI=ndn .. 1940 (band Avmm Madna - SW= aty 1940 MwwbesW Mom Bd ge - Kama City 1940 Reds ]vlaad Cw t ff,w Bridge 1940 CmrmtRiver&iAseatHwMV 106 1941 Dmglan Airceatt As=* Rent - Cidalmn City 1942.1943 Ddmgw Bridge - M WosW River 1943 Ned Ashtm complMd his peamiwd UmWag is 1927 and tint reeved as an sWastWe engima wod& g v*hKum Cily WdIp emmucum Ar tm yaws Ac "vet his sdh" as n doda w and dotasw Oran amia VM Sx the Mbrwdw Riwr hrW at VhSubmg, conWOM4 in 1929. M.-MAPd Rr tbm years WO the SWO Laub Bladdo Terawd Raihmd pr*wt wham he vats asodated with the camaaaim of a 2i94radt mdwgmtmd settle This p JM was twmimrad i4' the OMM Depeeedm in mid-1933. Ba mr4 ww1md vrlth the U.S. Radmmdbn Boron at Deavw whas thr theta yearn, 193333, ba was respmdble for b w dam deep wadi pdDdp ly the design of iatt h towns, bridge, halal bosses (Akan Sadder, Hw w Dame in 1933, Whadw Dam and the Ogdm River Prrojed in 1934, thmrd Cmle Dsm,1935). Hb in4or pojod wet the design afan awh beidge oawthe Arbroos Spmwsv at the Boatder Dam. aaa,ywwas,maaoa avaROM +osads P4a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Ashton Reedc= Section number,-*-- Pager johnion c=nW, lawn CR44W He am woilmd for the Kaasaa City aagioaft firm of Howard. Nadk% Tnmmen & B9fgmd04 primarily with the waeuadion of a aeries of major taidWs. The htisriSSippi River BrWga at t'lramdlla (1939-1%M was parallded by the o®aructim of 6a Nxlea River Bridge at Part Ardw. Taus. The lamer bddge aw planned with an undadeuance of 176 fad, and the wpemuroclma amazed 176 feat shove its sappomts wits a trial, length of 8,800 flat The brides featured "V" shaped Support tower. Tao lmfiadrs W River Bridge at Natchez (1940) teams a 975 fast IM main trau, approach bona of 570 ad 790 foes, and stood 375 teat toga. The Missood River Bride at Bgmwvft Nebraska6 featured two continuous girder Was spew awh 420 fat long and meal At pias, both innovative. NotaWe area works on a smaller ante inclodad tbs Graod Avemao Viadoet in Karam City with 131 and 127 fod Was spew, the Mandtaetar A. Bridge aver the Blue River is Km®e CAN RadQing variable depth owMaroaa box girder and eel welded Co IMM Curbs. Sevarai raw badges Von amaploted. The Rock Island CatwnW Bridge over the Miadatippi River (1939r10) employed box girder. Steel gnat pile P19M a main span of Mo feat, and inter 396 foot long spew An open bearing system aRovaed ibr mddaable =82W of conshvcb m. The Camrent Rives Bridge, Powder Crak, yemmck9, f llowred m 1%1. In 1%3 the hfioWppi River Bridge at DubW °$aria employed a triple span (1.540 feet) oaatinmus truas system and the appaa whas used a continuous variable depth girder SyatCm. The 800 foot dear span was s true tied arch. The Dubuque design had tub' two ameadems, tba Madam Bridge at St. Louis and the Coogbnawaga Bridge at bbnt= , both of whim were smaller than that designed by Amblon at. al. Tee last lxidge, a 550 foot Clear span wspewion design, was ova the Osage River at Fancy, Missouri. Ashton daugned the Omen Aircraft plant at Oklahoma City (1%2-43), his final dedp effort before the war dart down projem and he reheated to Iowa City in September 1943. MAIORFROMM, 1946-1974 Stnommdl oadm Date Camnbridp Antenna - M=W 1945-53 Made t &red Bridge - Ott MM Iowa 1945-72 Heston Strad Bridge - Tower City, Iowa* 1947-51 Lyow Fulton Badge - Vinton, Imes 1949 36 Vamp Street Bridge - Ommamwa, Iowa 19SO-71 SmdwdW Buy Bridge 1931-62 MwAA>Wr Bridge -Badiastoa, arms 1951-53 Burlington City Swimming Pa01 1952-55 Iowa River Bridge (Craadia) - Iawa City. Iowa 1953-58 354' Rader Telescope (Collins) - Cedar Rapids. Iowa 1954-M Scr- N4s mwwa RadioRelay aad VHF Twets. Fiomaer IndUStrier. Iowa City 1955-61 Curtis Bridge Mandlc) - Cc" Iowa 1955-M Wolf Avenue Bridge - Towa City, Isvra 1956.59 Central Av®e VwAod - Bmlhrgtm, Iona T956-71 Frame (Sack Bridge (Crandic) 1957 Clive Road Bridge _ Des Moines. lowest 1957-61 U.S. Army/Navy Reserve Training Center - Iowa City. Iowa 1957-60 F Ava Bridge - Cedar Rapld�lotras "� m 1961-74 Seoond Avenue Bridge - Cedar Rapids, Iowa* 1951-0 First Avenue Bridge - Cedar Rapids, loves+ ;i 1961-63 NP@F° n4we . United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Aditim Reddence Section number--,,.-- Page—,,-- Man= coonty; Iowa MAM PRO118CM 1%&1974 (coathowd) Third Avenue Bridge - Ceder PjVW Iowa* Daft 1963-69 Northwest Overpass - Iowa city, Ion 1964 Rocky Shore Overpass (Cmndic) - lum QN low 196466 14W Tchiscap - National CNervalety - Gnam Bank Wast Visswe 1964 CD11W SUcat Brift - lam City, Iowa 1965-72 Kent Fade Deno -Jamum couasly, Iowa 1966-71 Iowa Avesme Bridge - Iowa City, low 1967-72 EWO Avczmc Bridge - Coder Rapids, JaW 196771 Hancher Foot Bridge - lam City. Iowa' 1967-74 1148mad Rod Brk%e - Cedar Rapids Iowa* 196771 Bear Creek Bndp -Iowa 0% Imas 1969-70 South Bleachers - Kmnick Stadium - Iowa ft lam 19M-71 Twelfth Ave= Bridge - Cedar Rapids, km 1972-74 boatmi Bxxlp - homm OW ce. 1930 Ong' Wert 'viFsh" CL 1951 Resutracs Anton - Cedar Rapids, low Airport x mid-1950's Omaha Air Force Been Sted Cable Tnutanattleg Antenna mid-1950's 140' and 6DD'Td=mm 1950.60 Note: Data refer to complete rouge of paper relating to the project in the Adma papers * sigmificam Viodot THE CONSULTING PROFESSOR 1943.1935: With that news (the x4ectims by the N&W in hand Ashton conmW his hrmer poseam B. L Lambert, Mad of Civil FAsincerin and former Acting D= of the College; of Englaccring at the Untycadly of Iowa In 16" City. He was offmvd a position as Assistant Rafespor, at the bottom of the academic hW=hy, teaching wadaft and advanced eagiseen in the Army Specialized Tisining P:mVws. He was by now %* years old Wodww vifth his mow, Ashton ma zqxft, becoming a teamed Associate Prodwor m 1947 and a &H Pndbaw three years War. He idly enjoyed acgghwk life and teachwa ben, as on as the war we am he became; submerged in Inanxime activity of vwlaw kind. - teaching, cam. Pan BffRu% some research and PWAMMM PMOWIY GMNMKMM his CMNPlcx and large reddissce with hand-aplit limestone mammy, and, at the am= time, &vdqft a large and successibi comsulties pmwm The ATEMY Uumn PMWM d%Wv* ended with the War and he developed courses in his specialties listed in his Vila - Md SUMICUM structural design, masonry structures, and mcclumk& lb was wall regarded IV Me students and they ftnd him M of entertaining assoodales lime his years as a pnoticing, prof womil engineer. He found his classroom activities to be stimulating and he aqMW the compay, of students. He and his wife, Gladys, fiaqwft entertained Smdoaft students and they respected him as a Meet where outside ccumddft tabled him 10 8101110Y them on their *9 Pn*mk=l Jobs, By 1959 he correctly noted that he had ahw* employed 40 to 50 students; at am time or gaother and in bier years be employed others (Aboul.8cadew. IVA Md, A 15). Fie do MPWZD4 the student pagesm with the halP Of his wile at Phu Congregational Much in Imes City. aNaNpe WN&IM"M United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Adnon Residence Sectlon number . g Pa9a 14 7a>,rmmn , CPNAN,,w From 19" to 1949 Adhtods pond iavdvemeat with the Boom &red Bridge and personal commitment to building his hawse ebaorhad hia time and energy. Attar fnimbius the valor facade of his home he let intoner fmishft slide. st b»nB some of it and potting off the test to the Sometime dimny of GWa & 71m lancen was incomplete mrW 1952. By the catty 1950's be was suibdentiy dar of hQ= cunatmeden to undeemke some campus involvement and Log Ida primary conabWon woe as a member of the faculty committee on 209dim. He wee also active in the f cWV Tdan& Club MMWW Me Vowing cunmdit prod= Was becoming nummeative financially and he began to ahtain paeopoas contracts with the New and the National Selena Fonodstion. Thffi work was carried am in his waslmhop Sion at his henna Wbae be employad ado mgioewbg students. A review of the Ashton Papers sLows that many Of the projects was &* MWW to soPL lb wcm' he gained wide recogoihon fur bk hodgbW emori s upon welding Mcotmal Steel members to avoid the OrOdmal wealmess, heavy neiniaea, ng pintand cqmm of riveting. This subject was diecuseed at Jano by Asldon in sections he wntg in the Prnodgre Mud2mi; d Are Welding dosage and—Pw= which was widely used by engmears, bb ncRd n desipers, and others m dnmrsW leaned and publtShW by the feeding memu"ma of oammetual welding apopmat, I.incofn Electric+ tics HWAM915 bend an enviable roccad of edition and rep tinge. Aston made major ooamrAur m to the moth edition of 1950, reprinted in 1951 and 1952, the teeth edition of 1955 nprinted in 19Sk and the eleventh edition of 1957. As an wample of his co mUdoa, chapter 6. by Ashton, an to 470 page in the eleventh edition and the Hoof contnlmtOm and censulumM which was not in alphabetical order, placed him at its had. Ashton Wee par HdW two aniclee to Civil Enginreingthe premier academic ja ad in his field, daring his ezAy academic career. The articles covered his laboratory research on steel and rmoBoroernat bar matende atrangth tantmg. Scare dupyerdr Led eaperonamed with welding mow then rivaling prior to Wald war U, particularly to hgiaen and strengthen warships, hart it was not until World War It itself that welding became commonplace on cargo ships became orits strength and efficiency m constnrmm Following the war one of the 5M gn welded toss bridges to be constructed in the United States wad the Beaton Suva Bridge in Iowa City, dod pad in 1947 by Ashton and beat in 1949. Ibis bsi* had dean lines far palm maintenance, provided a considerable cat savings is fiduiatm and steel We sk Over a comparable dvWW shnetame. ead was acm d to far ksa timg bemuse sections more fabriatedpria to erection. The NPO U 16e004 Pan United States Department of She Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Ashton Fteddenoo 8 33 lohnsoa tbtinty, lone Section number Page r.• alan7plwy N0. IOt1d071 .. �m•�lne a smut deal of psonsdond intareax amnog Cullum Lincoln 11koft lwad the bridge became it sold °� g equipraeet said years later wan will giving not repiNa o[ Aahtno's article pobushod b11hE W 'ns Ue,rnnt WClagng w8e h1EY�b1G L><�'en the threat BaaCear of ahipyeada, clod Ashtno'6 bridge suet neat haVE beea the first of ire ki>d worbiseide, i< Wee en impmum arampla whack, as monde as any dngle arapmre made tiVekd gtrdei brldaes a lo<gdy absokte tEOhnology Within a very ten yearn. la vh w afbrhige eamnupkn techoigiaot b6 roe io the 194o'c, ffie Beiitm sum Brides teemed a conoapaml bedrihroogh Ln desigq f4aety, 1, and of equal iniportaaoe y Pemnadi� the a4 Aribem to since its oonprapion U, Ashton l to convince the hewn cxty Cemneil to make the Beamn Saes B,idge Aiur !saes in width, thereby docau ft it Air nplaoemeot by the preseatAmr-lano bridge. Memhwhik, the conceit of welded bridges 4=0 tbmughtaa the United States and into BMW A leproeatadve list of dated articles firm the 1957 Plocadzd ffUdh66k Oloventh F.dhien, pp, 6466) 171oshates how the idea took hold Article lets pabiahcd in the pradlgim jmamal ChM Hqdaaft Socha CaBJbrwia'sAB WeMad LRadectPatids Way tip Imprramed Lted8m 1932; Sequence and Couilxeity MarkModnnWelalmePractice, 19S2;Am tieReadyfarA1 We1&dRalbnadAKg4l M 1952;arWelded RabnadMf4*a - Why Noa7. There appeasd all three years after the Beaton Slant Bridge er: imeat end ApubScation o 1 9 The McGraw FHll) lea of the new e�apo� advanced ce amapion began pal ishing brmkOffou h each a Welded Brtciges of the Fivare - Lear Steel, 1951; New Plate tlbder Spurr Recor4 676 Feet, IS Set by Gernaaas'on Rhine Chang. 1932; New Span Record Set Jar Welded Cdraem 1954; New rant Stake Flr"11-Welded Ra vad Bridge, 1953. h(eanwhale, other jarlmis Wan mpusang Area in the 1950's such ae the Pennglvanie Reiimad in 1955, Swbaked in 1932, The French Sdnc Bridge in Pais in 1953, and elsewhere. At this time Adrian turned his a teadou Wally to welded Od sameworly for Arming the cam of high - fin aommeacial buiWbgM publishing an arick on the proper sae of to suppom to avoid stressing the wdde. Be did not prlsue this theme because he had cramps to design flue Muchmm (Ashmo, Are - Welded Boom and Crhsma Fronatng Sapimyar, 1949). weaawhk the Clp' of Budhigtm4 lows employed him to seedy a nr,mtier of thdr mnarce, iackdiag do MacArthur Bridge acmes the Miadu4*L As dmraIIud In his pea kadoms is The bMM CdW 7W Bridge is Beaer Than Newt Nov=dM 1954 and in more detml in the Weldiwe l6nmal The Recanarmetaa oftae Mamirtbor Bridge, APB 1954, the stcupma had boa erls;ted in 1916 by a private comp my at O it paid far iteeifin 1923 wfien it reverted to the Ch arBuditigtao. Miami worse: The consovction of dir bridge cmid well nerve as a goad cnedse far tee enabieer. Its Z460-foot span camas beam Spann six varieties afgirdar spmry and lure lengrlas of deolMw qw% in aMdan to l,tt00feet ofaaiu aordilever 4M= (American City. 1954 fl") AMon admamed that the meet eoe<-C&CM approach was teocna mcdon which finally coat $906,2M comp oad wBh the price of a new bridge in salsas of S3,S00,000. Boca = the delaita of the week wen published it is enough to say hem that the bridge, condemned Sur heavy tni is and duddlig under Lighter taaiSic was recand Sr in exem er ik Origin! SpepflaHeeta and was Sinn another thirty years of oeflal Hk owaw+•+as steams mseay.teeem. aw __ United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Add= Reaidenw Section number a Page — lohnsonootmty,Iowa cw.rs►+++ Asluea's wok m male and radar antenne towers apparently began is 1951 when be designed a SO -fix* radar amens on top of *e Naval Research Labosalm in WmWaglae. D.C. R needed to rotate se Ashton's solotiaa need a earplas naval Sane mono[ which be redesigned a tie most cat "solmiom a" it ba wodmd very well cunt dnee. The admink were delighted with the mu" sotatim The Drecior of the Naval Research LW=N rg, Dr. joke p. Hope, man abed Asian if he would be kderead in waking an a tmmmh lager lmojea. and the molt was that be began wodc on a NO" wide dish and mount far a radio telescope, mOeivfog a iwo'Year have of absence Snap the umverdw of Iowa begi rming in 1955. This p *jj, like all others dodos his employment at the University, was deemed in Aebtea't ground -floor woAahop in his home in Iowa (sty. The fifth dedge was acapt� led clamed' bat be wee greatiy'dNePPoioted whim the mompledon of the pr*d wee take ont err his hands and given m a tntdiMd ddeme Oonriactor, Rndtwefl. According to later newspaper dppiogs, A&IM >»ly eamodned that Rockwell wnaed SIS,OW.000 in imj%-W plered omgrucdon at Sugar Grove, West Viirsh1% on an abtemadve deep which could not be built became of flaws pats command by Asbfon in Mp dither, ggdba apdtt. Smdt, November,1964, Seedoa9a At the same time Ashton wa admd to deep dte 1404bot raao telescope far the Nadoneb GbsavatM at Gran Be* West Vupma• Amocoad Uaiversi IM a 20"NOM 000saN M of umversttia oeouacted with the NWO54 Science Foundation W operate mgior bolhi s wbdch inrdoded the National Ruda Tdacope Observatory at Green Bank They also ap m to the Bmdrhaven NaU msl laboramoA' at Upten, Lopg lalam Assedamd Unfvaertm represented mgjw NOrdmWn h7I eague unhwma - COlumbm; Corad(, 1Lrvar4 johns liepktm, hlasechusette hahm of Tacbnoba POMWIVIM19. PriAMOmt, ROcheeer. andyde. They oonhacted for Aahtee's setvfaa on a conaffinsb ads lbr em N Wal plena and far every state of Wmtrnetion through ODmplarer4 Tors &nwgmnM was made to avoid RodMWI darter with the 600-foot ash for the Air FOML hdanwb k be dadped a 3W-toot ado telaseops far the Navy. UnfthmM b'. tt was never built . DMEVEMM COHSE LTING FRACTEM 19554973: Aehten emodonally left the gngippQieg College in the Old-1950'8 with hia leave of aiam= flews 1955- 57 W work an the 6004eot taleecape. I& dsggW. joye, ba odd be des took the leave tO 0me&m that, indeed. le ooald suppoet himself solely by co7ait[ng. ... . The ground floor wodo man was crowded with as many a twelve 4ndomm woafdng Out deta0a on the 1404M tekacuW and m MIKOW other' prgj ft In bis interview regraded In the At..u.n�lle.liewR�view (1953, MK pp.13,14) the flurry Ofac"W wa descdbmdasfollows: h w0Y,�7b100M 04aMPa+Me/M ON United States Department of the Interior National park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number s Page 17 Jobnaoncaumy,loaa crwarw+„e 7he,lne! OMPor J had of Ned Aaldat, hr ,wrr awt'mn(y in his eleasan. He stood In dkt preasrtm of aawral Men In afgrtlleeNO; di afA M wvwsd a table on wMeft www'read omW "w tip of am of Nadi prwmd pw/ v& Hardrtg am a daub of banbrowd amewids hs had pewBard Me, he rwtwrned m canohde ids confffem a in dw nest roan after ONOW gg,m kpq warily & the raw ofMra Ashton. At pwaart, Aahmn is cams ng oWnaw on eklrry-Ihree prglsctr fim brtdja and rada aefssoapwr to rodo Iowa r mid exhmdng pool Thme prod,', are described in the Ashton Papms (Section 26) wwd this dim U limited m f m of the beat w=%ifin ofMo pns'mal ee& Miwg aodvlty. The first trample k the On Road ahnniaam bridge in Dew Molar whisk , has bees dmolished. The myardomnd dull iiweariwa pdrlided his attide (O'aber, 1958, vol. p. 761, pp• 79,80). The title, pleat Welded Ahmmu n Order Bd4p Siemer Irrt MWV HlgJhray in A wq is eap mdod in the epeaiwg ,wleo„ to cmtedly MIND ghat it 1s thae4woarld�',cfitp vcl&d ate mir m &ftice inghwa7 'bap Mmv "."the' thtx WP Asi��irar_thw°dbrmqr or sqmvmd every ofcmwzecden 7U m4jsr eavaetsge in aft magamlom ah,mimm AM is that thq will hm a 1!>Aeime without 11111IMM e or printing and do not rmt or Mwile a !Frets' mesa do. Ashton do 0460dad that thm,plioya are a prong a Od but moth metro to buxb sod he ptedi"d that ahmsi11110n woaM be chestier ON pal if mass produced. The CBve Road Bridge am Des Hestia n dmat'bed in other adda and 1br dMW on Joan Mes a WddrdAhadow n JMSK jaggso a Nswa- Rr rQ Fdmufy 206 1958 and locally 7be I O'oba, 19S8, vd. 36. tie. 4, Dedlcaar Welded Ahown m Glider Jktdge (R 14) and FapaiMerual Shwaswd Behavior of loam's Ahadmm AMP (p. 15) by B. G. R=MK Projau Begbsnerfor as: Sw Nighway CessmlaIlm The eecarsd major pmje' was the gtmt 1404bot teda,ope at the Nnbmd Ob, nuM at Grew Bank, W4K VIf84d , Dudog the hue 1950's and o * 196W's Addw made rgzAWvtdta to iron oat problems which more op dmrog oosm0ctioa. ik and GIedyt dwp rime, to Wert vngiobt berme he was nnaq io airplswa 10 dmori ft the prdslem of deAp Aduon was faced with oemplex pray cdadadam kwak'Mdpufth a d�a=d= of dds p eaM ��s vmy�oo�mpaiatc ardc ago photogmppb MMM tth, S ofontrw don andpmvidlag same teohi" fteLL This mdde is 7fuNew l4&FoatRado 7Weww by M=WQ AL Smell. Mond Rwd o Aptmwaq OWwvamW. MW Ed November.1965, v& 30, na S, pp. 267-274. • Mde jamsd In poblMW Ibr dw led= ematear and usul seoeat(y was a pubM urvkc M NMMvvud Cdkge dim Mae 11 is row indep MIML To provide the WgIneeftdedpVdda .MsawenSmellwM UN am MaMart of bratia of dK hWhone t about dK prior ads word!' in a (grmj ,oath hmdrsg of 97,800pawed,In35-M►IOTaKiaaw> mid J2A900pasndrin80 perhovwiMk(iKp.274) OW,yPOWNa IM MO INN United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet AdLM Academe Section number $ Page is Johnson Consir,Iowa The deem dign operation in winds up to 15 mihls per hoar. Then ate UW radio tessropas hie these ere thoed, aeon typ oL Adbtan's 1404bot design was the bred agaatmially motmted, movmlde radio ble+CCpe in the world at the time it was dedped and has proven to be a vay uadol teuach instsomeI. his accurate and omsidned to be unequaled in its type. Dedlated in Hebnne I%s it woe opeomad by Asdaastad Unvasities as ymviaody discussed. In moro so" at research n Vcsinned IAW Array sets for arc Ai nod an rapisea &ogle lords and tLns the earlier emphads in the 1950's iMrsmatls with a exnabined pmter thedretial din ----dart on insteamcata each as Ashton do aped has Mbgsd NevadWM it was a dd&ug aahievem en in stiacmml mgis small. Aston said in the 1958 Aimed Review adds tbat one Of tM miler Concerns was the since Of movtinmb an the bup yoke end polo abaft ad the iastnmuot was dbgled 5om one position 0 anolha. Bvety ahenge in direction Met up a new sb00 DOMPIO , reeding to pull it spell Adhtm ptovd bee that sae nA= on daemnos if the shames are plotted carteotly. The third n4or project whkh wan wide weepidon deft his yam in p&M pnmgm wen fee taxmved 8om the two tone drfa w bredWuvugbs in Mtroaaal enginsamg regiraentd by his ihmoos shrmimm bridge and ghtm raft telaoepe, It was eqm* typical of his work bowmen, be case it empLadud nee cosoept of cost W%dtronsed. The project ooneaaed the dexaiassling Concrete We" bridges to Cade Rapids which bed teedehed the state of ban sonde nwd for ixavy ttaflia because or the aomblmg commute which Lad not been ardaft snpetvired daring the inW poem The spans wan hollow sad MWwM ai" upoe whisk the roadway was laid. it wad a eondaaebm twbnkne ddng back te the timw when bd& roads wens Isid on surd oval day. No aodydd &owed that the apeedtel Want cooW be savad through reconstruction end the pnNie aPCOMe would be far Ica On teasing down the odd bridges Ed building compidsdy am am in their psa. This entire prWO - rebuilding the downtown badges - was accasepadmil rapidly and effi*ntlr. At the end the old bridges was far stronger Om the aigind dedps. 7hs wad accompt9sbedby removing the CLY 8R audbedit open duppats bad to an imegcad rdntaaed exam age dodo. TLd load on the wen was onnadwAY h9btmed end the roadway dim* wielanedto the issapal dross oftbe odmr braces and calms indad oreaudy racing Van them as was the w4ftl deago. The project was hinard on the corer of CKER111MR1119 Ansub m Sodetr of Civil HaghMM Novembw,196% Vol. 38, No. 11, with Addon's adds New 8►t4ga Fnweded on Old on pages 44 48 Mm Minded d"k we dideamed in the article end it is onlynoted hoso " Adman estimated ho bed attended the 111b arthe bridges another 40 or 50 yeas, provided 17lam ortraffic what only 12 had existd bc&M end adesnobaly improved the river dwar el a ■ goodway. Nat only were Om bridges Insmesdag m vow, but in saving them Adman edmamd that he saved the City 82,000,000 ow d e cod &new bridpa. The Ciw7 MWdW article eoncladcdwith aboxed editorial rwungY71isPW=t Medved on ha wnvbk arwretoo is ate U.S ConsaUing EhWWsrs C 0WI'a coisp adan fa' the I9M Awmd Jbr &tgimvd' g ice. The Cade Rapids b WV re conobttdast led otba dtiee to reconsider rd mlding other thm dmplr Waft down end rep u ft tbdr pwodV= cone se spandrel bndgea One atample is the manstmcdon of the spaodml bridge on lows Avenne and Budisgmn suw in Iowa City, carried at in do I='s by an associate of Adman xMiated with the odginsl Ceder Rapids pwjea, Reload Lenther. e «AM,aam.. ew�rvarae aawmr United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Addon Roldimce Section number S Page 19 hdmmoncaunry,lam ar►srw no And ptojaat which repraenu Ad mn's appmech to such[ al w*no dog Is the =deign of the Cmtlmp SUM tnft in Iowa ChY. TWs replaced a lastwell4hagoed, =Row iWdae of the Into 1920's whichwas=mendbypowgmftcomdcfsumoemmnpours. Bythetarel%%thehdfewasclonedm traffic. Ad on had psevioudy impeeted tie Wft in 190 awl r000mmeoded mo mtrmdon or NbWWloi and fiw yore borer, in SM be won the WaIrm far drip. This tad lc on eohmoolom poblk d*W in the Iowa aW BMLCtlrsa (Aupwt 21, 1970) with the xmM EkWor gueWomo is Bridge StYrd}S with complaints by the bier= of Sbive-ilottay become they had expected to be awarded tie commot ee a matte of Goer. The arm did mR appreciate A"We pWMW comment do it ram rot wwrh Jlgbtlrg owes tech o frak job done be had both won the enntrtt and made Shift -fancy look small at the mme tome. Adman's eomcepnml dmdp pobliehed in the Iowa City EMff&kkM Mocember 8, 1970. µ SA) mod the old Ointments at both mods gmom d by a tomato fist arch rcrmbiiog hilt lace 19ft deep of do iisochoeft oftk1go, it =mmvmd the cemhd auppmta of the old Wk%r, opening up the arc below m d radudog 9omdester bedmP limn the adjsoen Rd" Ceek He art eW the cent at a* SM.000 red his rephoement bad wWmed the traffic lams filar &et, provided puling on hmth sift to Am for room ftdit im More, aid etimimtod the mnr-hot crown in de bridge center, wWlo having a higher doxemoe blow Seen today. the Ulm Suess &WW =vimitmd the no below it lm aoagaocdor with PNJM Grows MM MW Fl nSn a civic piece. There we= Admen deeigm in We later years, among them the B*wmd Brides of 1968 in Coder Rapids which wan a nadood awed. Thb im uste h 4*%W bridge oroot the Cedar Rive. The Bather bOddift Of 190 sum the ZlmvudW of low compere doold bavm won an awed and did mG It is a v*W dew During the 1960's Ashton mcolved netiamaI m opitiom for his dedpa In 1964 he was the meddiin for his omtrlmdons W industrid weldiog from the lama F. Lmooln Arc Weldlmg Facmd,alm Tine ngo year IN ram Lomond at de fed don of de 140 mot telemope at the Nadord Obwvatmy in G=mn Berk Wet Vu*k a the pr*d's ooaeptml mopoeer (tee the DeBcation Fmgmm, 1963). In 1%8 he madvod bump" mention in the Award for Exodkoee mom the U.S. Comuhing > Council for his Coder Rapid= vm&d bridge recrostr cden, In 19701e worm the Ammbma hwftft of Ste award, category madhmt span high demome, for We Edpewood Road Bridge in Cedar Rapids In the pose (try (Thanday, J* 30, 1970, p. 12A) he wee grated as tying that he had dedpW well over 100brifttinadditiontoWsotherl j vm RETRUBMW 1973490: Ned Admen dwc2uded legal advise to Incorporate his !mmmw. Remain g his own bodm ; witimm ROW pnmm or aasuciata gave the cmnk ng Iaaaiee a =quote ofemployces over the yens. AM= vmdd not have wmdoed me such a bodums in his younpr yeah. One eommquence was rout the eamotima fioaelY a MPOIld a dvd Sans expanded with putowd ips while his own censolmm ow erads dwindled u be named his aevowleo. White In his late sixth he bgpn to wind up hie awbo fag bourom and redwal his staff Gladys had days served as secretary and brunt ill and t her huM began to fait a put -two sncrotery was employed. There was no sudden towk but rather a toperiag ofafaetiftbraperiodafeavemlyeers. OW Amporw. sssrro+s tnr�tsaro. a" United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet AahbmRaideaoe Section number s Page to IabessO° Coaay' Iaas +++. The lack of mccrp ridm dd have: one has swing looa-mrm Oboe • the Wdum repots and coatrsa repots vwaa kept imad lassoed of SaoB with 60 firm or sold and ties mode it pomble agar Ashton's dedb for his hdm to classic fbem to foe Iowa Stable Mtmicd Soul' - For mot of his H& Ned Asbron bad bast Svsred wick rcmatlably robust brekh. be eke 1960s, about 1963, he soffmmd his Sri UWW hems snack and the family tbougkt it was brarahs an by the press of bodaaa and diappdmmma over the hire of his 6W4W tddaoape which was got being boUL Same tm am viably bwlrcd b9 aftber ome. A~cemegftit, he mi inmate a high [eve of physical me &* Ihr a min of his sae. omdog timber on the Ashmn Tract and at his abis, digging and doing Ymd wOdc In 19S3, at the sae of d", he WM the summer complet* mrod ft his hroas - a prtyeat nqPCW fir soma yearn a evkkabrd by the detenoradon of I I plaster an the puboc er wails. This job wn aadaeralam a mo ins . at a rime, tdit off skiogba and tv papa' dawn to do wood shmahiog pinatas, mpbdng rotren boards as he fbtmd tbmt. Ties same summer be also raplacod the roof athis cabin. IJte intbowwworl953beovasuemdhhmewvmdy. WbtfeSddoginthnMtukdppiRbwbejampcd bmo the rive to try end muangla and naive®: Ids tiara He was abos, in chest dap water and, as be IaW told the afosy, WmmK be was sorpsiaed to find that he cea d as mace his way back over the pnwde of Us boat. fib was tar out in the sbaiow, meedbolmmed flood pod and acid he waded two miler, pailisg his bon behind him, to eat back to big mooring. The non dy, deddisg so lay cap his bat for ties tali, he tnilasd it fhmm tiro Amy f spa car fto ars landma to big geraae at the cabin. It was that tot he Mad the hatter tamer to wbod the boat bedde-whan ft was hmvy wide bad wader nut oomphetaly dmim& The newham strain brmgkt on Ids third heart snack ate secaeadd arthidetll+ to get to the cabin wbtsa he aped the night andit nod aeon bg draw to laws Cby to wnasb with his dada and wn immddlatdy hogztdved With his permeadaa a cases, finished the bas roof acalm over tho knoben and bee was no sooner od of the basphal ffiaa be climbed dro two-story Iadtbr to check 1to9 OR the mesE po vexing this bars Mack he eaatboad his phydcai atti ft, mgmuln8 the yards at the home and cabin, veto to KbMk k Readout, ad doing china, but cerdit pacing bimxJL Iie also tondaned RAW Som Wee boat an the Uhdadppi River. The day be died, December 1, IM, a hmvy aoow had Steven. He domed his 3004M ddvmV ebb his eater am bows read tbm it up a ladder and trimmed gam uwwAmkm dad brencbea ao the drivaaay whh his chain saw. He then dedtbd to drive out to Sv big carwftb gaamine. At tyro inbmod= of Rocky Sham Drive and Mgmay 6, about one-baff nib ftom his Wene he rah red he was having a maim heart anadc He stopped tot car is the middle of the imaaadesi, tmsod Off tom Wdfioo, and, atiauba troy wn !bond in a cuts by ties polim. He died gAdly at the Unfvasity Of owe liaphfal sea hoar finer when eft — to sadva him failed Ned Aahtm a+aimaiaed bit immeat in aboctord wesmoming 1lsau9h his bet yam of setfnmmt. Ho often had unoamphassomy remtto< shone modem pm*M based won what he fait wom design Sawa and lads arhmowledae about anoctaal detava The dodp of tha new carver ilswkeyd Arena came in far Par- fisseekeer a becamm he eonddamd fha exposed mar tmta to be far mom expendvm and heavy flea ware m oeeary: Idoreova, the eapobd use sa became a mdidm, redadag hem Sam the arena dsdsg the wnaer and abmrhiog bed donna the asmmer 111211910110 iotlmng di MY code. He also er nch d the ranrilaw dalaa of At met', hard ft that wiener 001111MIctiOn and summer axpandon would aim break down the enlst the mug' wa1L, providing a member ofatamplaarthee UP" loacfcgxsodbridee we Perm rs.m. ow rw awns ctasowa *04 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Ashton Readence Section number g Page 21 Johnson Counw• Ions cr"4104ns beams on the MissisdW River which caused temgaary Wig, non readily an on swing bridges. The Rods Bum swing bridge would sot dose properly if me side was is the am and the caber in shade and it had to be in for am expansion octane closing upon oc casim He also Aadied the =Uqm of the Kama Chy hotel dWwaik Lom techund rapes and was shodcad to learn ithad been sapposted by bogs and washers too Ught in "M m arrythe wdght. Hie last cauwhing job, an h*wmd ons given to him by a farm student ha pnodoo In Cedar Rapids concerned whether the new Kiooick Stadium sooseboaa I could Mot additional weight fit advalising. Wa sbdy of tha pines convinced him that the scomboard was improperly sated an the lbmdadonc and was a pounds' duW even wli = addhioned roan. Thin has plan review was in 190. Amos outer staria he told is his low pars were several rdatd to over• aodon when it was not needed. In prim yarn he had stadkd the sted bunt suacture over the Unhord y of loan Fiddbome and fblt the dosing it for replacement bad been au ecomy as it was repairable. Sldiarly. the dosing bf the MississIM River hddge aaeh dMcGregor, Iowa in the arty 199ft because ofa cracked plan bad beam an conceded precnmim, stadag that such a flaw was repdmbbe and the bridge WIN wong enough for one-way tra S doing repairs. Other stasis could be mmt;omad, ben a lbw ban boom provided to ptovlde the context fir a final disappointmnet. Abuse IM Adnan's prohnsional carlflca m as a prolkad®al registered engoerr m Iowa was removed because he had not +aloe continuing education oomaes at the Uaivau ty at lows. He raaiued his Mrvari =m5psmu, but protested the Iowa deeiaom in vda. ASHT W BDUSE CONEWCTIOP, A FAMILY SAGA Ned Ashon 5mlhed his lame 00=d pica fs the spring of 1945 and fupy Weeded ro do mmdt of the wask himedf while he and h4 Am* Had In a read home now dowaoown loan Ohy! However. aremmanca soon requiteda mttcin mine bmdesomo hudly mvol ==L Immedkiely after the war new timber was httposdble to bay. Oan of Neft ftitade bad sawaddlybid on hau eds of thomneds of aw ofxhzgable hrmbcr arced by the govermum, but it was in the farm ofboilt up ones designed for shipping Amry tads ovasnes. Ilaag data soatee Nd bomgia �m ngmW fttmr oeds offit bend asks, lad itddivetd m m Iowa City atdlmg; adthom ended to hin house c oumw m ate. One era was rebofit a his lempomy tool shed Ain two older ueoape daughters were fiom pin to wodr pM ftnain 10 male mwAb hmrber. ROOft +sails was lased in one bmal, bnet axis Out could be sbddecoed west into a woad need junk mile ended in a d&& M& roses ct hmbew war modfirergthecomaekfirmafedsdugmomdyrainedmtbetimberwmanodimoftbenetsn wwallsmd roof Evenflu tool abed ova tocycled. In the attic today soma of the boards still have tees of comcnete ficatheirpeviousmeiafiama odor lmbswmsubsetptendyboo&annaoded. The Brat amade was rady mix ddiwed and paned ban his !boring form: ]iovtever, the deivas taoppd delivery became Adman was mot hiring neon inba. In . he ask a dagaw sad pomt wdl wifi e had l I bought a hand oanaete mhay and bulk o dad ad, pavd, and bags of concrete. His wa Gladys sat dded daughter Joys mixod eoncam a mall load at a limo, which Nod moved to each poor in a wheelbarrow. He roe added a tmotarto fie robed using tampaary dasrlcal smvloe. Thu amsQ pours m stlllavidettodry. When We base was aarplad, Ned tallied his mxipts and esdmmd bin tote eta at S17.ow the imcludd thew4PAp=Mwoftheco dad Paidforalongtheway, thehou ahuenomortgage. CMANW"M us"M M "W fyss4 0110 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet AshtouReddeoa Section number 9 Page 22 Mmmncounty, Iowa mm pMtAFW. TBE ASKM PAPERS A Convenient do Dar me know is the inso ipdm ASI'fl AN IM7. Muth was bwmmd with zoM drmgme porting tithe massive Wo tad colaae IMMboanaboathopusponthOOMMIM11i0a The primay, and mad impasta n sours on the Ashtno House consists dunpAdishad plans nod tit who by Died Adam Thee vaere ass m*W and phatocopicd at WSW sat by is C 11ftWK*kntaftgoil past lit in the fdl or 19K The ibiia. Oda uWablishad docomenaany matmi d is the very momphu photographic fit taken d na coudrrelino (Aduon Howse ph X01111 hs and MOM 1946-1955). Wo Into p vhsumd au®MMM p p*ctg docanaamcd each sat of romancing bass and indivldod concrete pours to dmpooatcoe that contmcdoi apecif anous wren foltwed Tbk pmeedro was followed because in ba pmaeeilood life be bad fie*=* encountered W&M constorMM becase d insdegmte prgjecr Ms nod do Posed tr 7r yin emg =M" :rcotdc (Arlon Papers, Iowa State iAModal Sabady) Bolkang Addon Home kitoai4 he saw no need ibr a auminnous photurmbic recork dhongp his Not of annomw phms Dates an comtnrction &vogdons Mom den waskM dressings. The remit was mat the home w=mwdm phoWwapM an mudy mopshots am Cfien of pm qw tY. a is hoped that seklitiapsl pboeopWM=U be found when the Ashtm Papua am mpoizadby the Hidmial SWW. hr ammary d ocs, p god"dowdpdm and P> PM by dwoodves an imdeqateti bat there h a vary compiaa and uogm unpublished record including cW=MM, raadpts' horn phms, annotated dump des aps, scat construction.motes, an pmvidmg a wealth ofdawl. Not eonddesed bare me the Sat* anecdotes ofthis opc house conshmaion. primacy mom our Asbtan's aigineaing corral ing p mcwe :sedated with eke hares an a workshop are tho AftLEM wbkh am his p efesdand engumning files on maim and mum Woje it. As mentioned pcovlopdy, den papaw en at tha Iowa State Hidnical SOcWW. The h�dee m the Ashcen BM d m fiom the 1960s and was a workin Sods s used in the open for int'aamation ennead, bo k does not imclode the bate projeda in the Sine. The ]aft is a -seas' document dtheagb now obsolao because the pWms themselves base born norpamed but art yet caalo®sed Sorrow en l uSvietst ,,*Cts vary. Sonar warn pruuuhed in preaedna coghseaiag jmtmds, other as prmphlds, and a lbw Dawepapa diPPiap provide: awn iadg a. Much of what Adhn ddgood dying Ws 0* Your as a proantood (1926.1943) tins not asvived in any, rddo We ibrm. A thw bridge sWdy plans are in the AsMon popem awn his yearn with the lkuaington eL aL Dinginalog pompeny. but no Complain 99 Of projects which he dedped or supervised is known W aasvive, nor Is k known if the company is WE m enddenco. unach lase that thbsy w+oeld attain tluaa Shx. Mast emgiaeaing e:ompapins d not kebep ereteariw ma fen hmgdry ponods of throe because of dossga ends. Sind rly. nothing is known of the Amain Company wbiah auployed Aabaon a drip eoggnxa W build the htrp Douglas aieaaR MOM in Oldaboma City. A short, pub ishad am is the only record reported for the p vjacL His walk with Heola and A==W in SL Laois wns W supwAn the p n*a and, with the dostk of Hooks, Ashlon kept all of the plant which am avakttaMs. They w oM in slut. aced fen meny yeses in the Ad on house attic. Thee: piam show that Addon was pot the ddpm of the subway. ills work with the U.S. Department of the httdim. Baran ofRodamdion is probably on fit annywhon in the thylnth time &lord archives. oft oa a.n.wm&WAH u lJrlttid 8tsiee De�larhraertt slow hamml NntiarW Park Sorvi" National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number— 0. P*p� AdamAedidence bMueai bee As Adair hiM IN" a OMWAWSego peedsad • aumbc dpaatga him a w 1970t the two bees aWMW :,moos w Ad *m*s anxr are hit owe LM And die. aabegooM tathAb A1va0prt Ate !kt AWtire � the 191B' r/hit9a o;eey dtaeu apoo tlis vhs.Aawmascaede sdmedrF, a►eri taaAnrphoitmr. Thrte it a TAMM erupts" aed uewdhlea bm* m bw LbIg tMsebn, k wbk yeoetio� deprroamd i9 dam edd-l9f0a 71dm tw =,IMI Pte6o�p.. b 1DPe�. thmos � � ba�eoued idol ed i P *4.dMWmw.ftd a fo P!rn$6 a tiller dotlri bm b wmralesd bme AftanweacmdsapeefadordaivAg(1943-5islmtdtbaUnW6rilydlgwpmotdver.. it b �h io be dlWrb wd1M h1 na0dyh4 aoa9eptusl lNlak ao a dalgtm: The Adaba p+pmt rret wkh % aiadtiad ca p *I* dEft am IMMW m Pot -mar proud whme One. was mw-y for both. a .ad rniagy pat�ecb. One emy sappoee that am m a jmcjer fed omdpsA, Aduea wrens ht P"a l 1111 Of 00 U & NOY, OAhae d NwW lbmawh, the U,& Abt traa4 WA pubq :-do U.B. Ashy. '4bm+e b alas Atwdod Udvmift hee. sad the Nadu d Sdaam Fmededw ibmmw, am Pe4leas aae�a6y sourced bdesAshlentbperstbeaatelyas. 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With naked aim Andbe h b mado r a e whm fe Apae SO be cried Aar a Ilt, s, and mnem a, 1%. ttid Ides b SVAW is and It ABM the P *OK bee # ww piaaard nw* ti mkbW aalbamoe alebg do GINNIft paah>m, PAMN Oft riq* own the imbi heat at rearperes sm Oboy ty3w, dW b" b6m VWJPId bY 062K wbkhmW be ormdftm in dmkft dwm*tlafft POWA/ditleaslaMdesmapbsbwd�oeKtlreparpmaadeUrgaasiuseswhedaRiaAshimlrleaar Sam. mY baase d** wed Gael them wasabo daplimioe dattledets ac Le faded ao etas b come as a tmpw to OMM that Pea a<pd* a Osadat wader brae comm-hod aa. weenie sd diet *W fib to ym put bwom grebe ibaa m Ira PwVOW Ptason, All hoped dot the Adam Papom wM p utda a hdbW IeV&A Wend fhb aaoMm Pde Prtigenm orblAWatshe3 McAaidvwh►Daalydomm, owAawa+Na M4W# srarm.mmlea - 040 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Ashton Residence Section number 9 Page 24 . unneCoomy,loaa ew►n►+++. .rt.J. ailc i t'i-i- r is ASSOCIATE D UNIV&RS M: Nabmd Sdmce Fondmbon. D=P nd cmWoaim supervision d 140 8tat radio Weneape. Naliaoel Obsava�. Gtasa Back Wen VUSWk (1955-M BURLWGTON, IOWA, CITY OF: New bbmimance batldi4g (19-, Bdteeom Gamge (1955), BadinOw Swimming Pool (1955), Cascade Bridge RmmgnXd n (1955). MacArthur Bridge Raderiga and Rsoamh'naden (19. 34), Main Strap Stdrway Frolmsimry Deep (1967). Sixth' and Savaoth Avsm s Madmt, Preliminary Design (1967). Central MadsG (1967-1969). CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, CrrY OF: A Aveme Viadaet (1954). F Avow Bridge Isspemoa (1962), Mqe bland pwkede Paddog Ramp and Memorial Coliseum (1963), Phe Avenue Bridge Rww scrum (1961-1966). Swood Aveme Bridge Roaoaanncdm (1961-1%Q6 Third Avanse Bridge Reoonmomm (1963-IMSX Fift Aveme Bridge Spati9mtkm (nA), a" Island Renioing Walls (1965). Aaw Narawa m Bell Manhole. Third Aveme and Second Street (196A F Avmae Dom audFrcnW, Flood Control (1967), ElBlahAvame Dam Eetham (1967). CIECAGO BRIDGE AND lRCN: inixteadon mwave tank design, dWom WI (0968). CLW-CN(IOWA)COUNTY:Lyans4%g nifoBridge,SmdWandDonmded(1955)- CMIM RADA CEDAR RAPIDS. IOWA. proposed FmndedM Collins Raft Anteaos (nA). Steemble Bum Antenna (a.d). XO aj Radar Telescope (195M. 204bot bi conical horn (1955). CRANDIC RAXIAOAD (wanym: CEDAR RAPIDS AND IOWA M*Y): Consulting engineer OR Bridge Rq= and Design. Bridge st Iowa River Oo[alviile Rararvdr (1955.1%6). Prairie Creek Bridge (1957), Iowa Rives at Iowa City Bridge and Overpaam= Report SpecffinoiO e; (1957 -1934 Chicago and Northwestern Ova<pon (1964). Rocky shore Drive Ovarpss (1964-1%51 Rdon Crank Bridge (1966). Iateraate 518 (1968% North Riverside Dive. loan City (1968). CULLEN AM SB11LI= IOWA. T ridding Filter Cover, Dymvft Iowa (1966). . F.S. FEED SERVICES Mill, IOWA CITY, IOWA: Report on Bin Failme,(1964)- MG MAY CO)t B61S M. STATE OF IOWA, AWES: Reconstruction of Blue Earth Crack Bridge, Wimebap County (1954). Cbatin mss Girder Bridge, Soots Comay (1950, Almoim n Bridge. Clive Rod Ovmpw an lawratate $0, Da Mdaes (195 r), Delmar Emetics, CM St Pawl and pacific R.R. over U.S. 61(1958), Loveland Bridge, I I I, Coat over Interstate 80 (1959), EdpwocdRead lawa teoverCedetRiver, Cedar Rapids(1968). IOWA CITY. IOWA. CrrY OF: Mmocipd Swimming pool. City Falk (1944-48), Benton Street Welded Bridge, Spea(1948) and Pbo (1949), Wolf Avmm Bridge Speeidc9d0oar (19381 Rslstea Csaknridges locktdioB Sm* Dodge. Glenddc Rao Slwidan Rod, Third Aveam, and Comer Strati (1953-1959), New Pads Rod Bridge (1959) (contract not awarded to Ashton). College Strut Viaduct Ir Wwdm (1965) ad RebaR tg (1970). awhwe.Wnr. rmwan United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Adbmn Raddeace Section number 9 Page 25 Johman cownw. mwa arre.,f,e MCWTON, CM (OHIO STATE HIGHWAY COIMSSIMM Recandracdon of hmm BrIdp, li4"w 52 (p.d.). JM1NSUN COUNTY, IOWA. Kent Park Dam (19ft xxv(WK RCMr Repie weld m Tdater time (196s). KAML ENGR4FJ3 M& MUnSer Cmvayer Straca%Kadm* Iowa (ad.) r"FF.RS COIMANY: Repart andReoommeadadM Urea Balk Storase Building. Fort Ned, Jaws (196n OTTUMWA, IOWA. CLTY Or Visa Sheet Bridge Japecdon (19M. Whdat Street Bridge Impd[m (19s-IM FR>MM BMUSTMES, MM CITY. IOWA. Designs ibt Di®adTms Towaa, Alomnom Gmbap Track; Load King YMilera (a.d.) U.S, AIRFORCE: 30D foot Radio Tekacop (1954). Air Fame Towars (ad.). UL ARMY: SO-Smt am no% Naval Raaaemh lAommry. Waddnp n. D.C. (1949), Erected (19s1). R=mnft Caicddias (19594M.600-foot Radio Tdmwp (195&19M. U4IVBRSITY OF IOWA, IOWA CITY, IOWPL W-hd Kmady Diak, Pkil a Deparaem, MxBdde Fidd Camp® (n.d.). Hancbw Fine AM Center Iowa River Footbridse (1968), K®iek Stadium RMM (19M• The ftWft Hat of clients is waWdeed H'm the hrdea m the Files beaux the Repmta themselm we lampamrily amvdhdda Srt re&imoe. (o.d.) mans that the awry is not dated in the source Index. There Mwdmativm1944loIMaidWar and represemAddeo'speriod asaanexald enomear. Wok blom hht artier pralhmiooal erase fe mote tepaened The St. Lars Railroad Subway (1929-1933) is asptained in the = (pges SZ44). Indmmd Flans Sam Ws Isss 19309 dwaueb the arly 1940s are radar bridges: Geem<41Je, bOWNW.; Melon, M uMpok and Ca teed Bddgk Rock Island, nMxds. BRI Addm believes there are albs bddp phcs, n well, Loan his caomacal dedplag pedal Thera b scther soap of plans of nukeed bridges: halw Am JAR Bddge, and two Mdwmlme 8awvh bourses, sae at Sash Firm Street sad do other d Jmso. There are pesamed to be BmSagmn Railroad bddga whim: Ned Adrian's alder brother, Geese, war chid winter, but it is mltl* that Nod Adhten designed them, a though he may have been candied bhrzWW about them. A man compute list ofthe Adam papee $nm the Stem Jiietmical Sedag+is yet as fta& 10. awsam+seos. Ma United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet AdOn Raddeoce Section number 9 Page 26 JdMMCoarty,Iowa ow�.,,e ANNOPATEDBUILOWARY Adam NedL. 1944 17#e Dedpr a•a 1.540* 4 7M w Span CmMn w 7ledAr * 76M The DMIL Unfvasity Of Iowa College of Engi aft vo148, NO.7, wm andpp 3d1,14-17. and 22. VWIM carom table, a phatopayK 3 dmwhypL Also available as Univaally of Iowa OoRage at MWnwiaggeprJnIW ioatodwAbrwuulY. Teelmialnevlewafaonoep AddeaigaofJulim Ddogee Bridge with wmpa=w toad w AshtonWdrs sadthe &dxas of otbaL 1949 PnowdiMImmmWwwfhOfSnelT494MinUniVwwfyOPOWTOM Americo Sodety Of CWn Bnginws, VOL. IA pp 42.43. MAMh 1949 WchbdDsek0rdrlBg6rm,Bddlm MhuftafIM Rgwkm in Engbwerbg, Na 8% pp 1-9. Tbmo tables, 23 conowdon phouWapha But jod is Beam Street BMIM Iota Cdy, Iowa 1949Am-wd&dBeaa old Cdum PhaNgg , pp 8689, 11 dmwkgA 2 table, 1 photogmph. Baliffi with no vol, of M glum 1950 AModern 3wd Doi* G r&r flti rw Aw9be Na 13C2, phde 119. pp 1-4 7 phompaph% 7 dmwiuga, 1 mhh:. Sohjeet is Bmmn Strut Bridge, hrwa (3ty, Iowa. 112LTMOSKIII01,cre poached for additlw to a rlmg binder. They aae sect tO wntmea" wamtmm afLinwin Bleetde. Each of tbeae mprinm wa tm meda plate m wftAu ft terminology. Ned Ashmn. Vita 1955, elate that be wrote 45 of these swdies and coma 14 by title Tlrxe tvem sohaegoen8y iacarporated in t Six. phi (ex Addm and od9 we rpedmen wW is wlrh lde: rOprmis 1954 V. Reaaoawdoe ojdw AM=&dw jw4p. The Wdfna &mwL ApA I954, pp 1-12. 9 photos, 2 dmwiaes, 2 tabjcL Bi;UdOlwith no voL arm and proiwbty Pegimded dMkaatb,. 1954 7bia8d* is Bafkr fkmr New AMKWW City_ Noeamba,1954, 1 page, 1 phDWWWL . m zudwr, novel, ar pW S*jec MwArtbw Bridge and attrlaned to Ashton. 1954 Reinf'waed Cak nets Bpi*c Edo mmy vo 25, nL 7, May, p 804, 1 table. S� Rahaon Credo Bridge, Iotm City. wmpaetng ooda with mesa expeadve pt 4w=d concrete. Published in 1Almm Lmn Readac 804i9t• 1958 Flyd WddedAlwdmm GirdrBrfmke Spmwlntrdds MDMm'tnIona Mafia American Secimy of Ch41 Engines, v& p 7152 pp 7840, 5 phMpaphs, I lable,1 dmwing. t3a�6 Ste: Clive RmdBddp. eq roe. reeoo. 040 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet I aim AN MWNa werame AdAmPhokknm Section number 9 Page 27 JOh°806� hnra cM.u4„w 1959lows 7Wes a WaIWAhmnsve Bridge: Design opirst Sbuctm of71ds 7)eRgwred Spedal CbftdderQ fww Sbde Carddoa the Project as Rewarck Febmuy 20. 2 pegs, McGmw-FMPahtiehing. RMJdMwith novoL or pR 8fm 1955 Cars IFtll Soon OvwNewAAwxdxz a Bridge, XdftftlJMM Angus, 1 pspp, 9 photogmpb& B=jptwithDDvd.orpA9wo. AtV6tud1oAsW= 1969 New BrdrlgesFWw*don Old 00 Enanwsing Ammmn Soddy of CIQ FAghw s, vaL 33. no, 11, pp. 4"k 6 photovvha, 2 diagtaim, over photo flmtme. Sa*m Cadar 1l*& Wft nso 4 } United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 10 Page 28 Minna CGROW'10041 Pan of T-79N, R- W, Sec. 4 (SJL 114 or S.W. 1t4): Beginning 230' wal of S.H corner of s.w. owter of SeWon 4, theme N.12'261071.6', thmoe N7219' W.223' to the east book ofthe lam River, gemrally nand mot dog the same to the point vehew the bank intemeete wilt 029 weal lice which ron 500' nonb afand p oW to tfre crated sooth boandety Hera of Section 4, the= I60' due out. thence 155' due wuth, theox 151.5, dim mat, thence 345, doe aooth to a point 100' east of the point of bepmmn& theme Iff vat to the same pained. BOUNDARY IUSTIMCATEN. The odSW Addon pwperty was about 3 acres with 330 fea of f tong one the Iowa River. During the 195os the properly was nearly dmgftd call It was aobdivided in the lam 1900L Withan going into detail ire care arm has remained !enact. It is 2.22 acres without other hovow and a sHgbUy eolaird river fiant4p of 332 feat. Over halt'af the river fiM has been set aside as a DeApated Natural Arm defined by ibe Iowa City Coda. This propose fin this is to peemit refhrmta ion fbtlo'wlag Mq* tree Ions in the 1993 flood and the 1995-% wind Notms. h'. MMF�Vwwoq . CWAM~X& M04M P414 United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Shoot ADDL DOC 29 Section number - Page Ad11=Rakb= John= CMM, IMM 4f At 40 J 104 feet North ? 37 feet PARK ROAD Ashton-Mdtwick property June 2000 after subdivision of 4aeft WO. Sketch mxkwW and simplified survey pia of Much 1989 by &W Cmumants fitc., fovea City. Pwt=otAAt=ffwn and driveway taken fiwn earlier Lambert -Ashton plan.. ILF40041" .. United. stow Departntnot of the Iniwior Nathmal Park Servka National. Register of Histoft Plat Continuation Shest AWLWC 30 QuiFww.�e��wd�a► OEM& erMN"O^maim Ad*= Mesa IromdMIAn fhVu 9@&W d 6= WSW a[Jnun IO* 10 m"aeaeta &D twoNoe 1 caneaete mm has mm i mmft,d74ape. 7hs hesa� is a pLte 6� m4m W* mmd cfvwlWv width, 2 shd $ hwhas to S feet. Mw pVte is dreaefhoaed with dke nmmwy pla txm 16 Inches wide. Moot of the pidba is mWased an the Wow interior wtdls efthe $wood floor. Bocww of thi zud%w dvM the nw&" ftm& w is deepert4 =tmd below the had hm �osmlauoa or.rorr�.r+d �. uUniited� W Uw fats w National Register of Historic Places Gontinuatlon.Sheet �,uw. txx• � � SeMon number Page Noah 40, Av �� ♦ I 1; 111 i • 1 i �1 �• = L�., :'. 7sV•ram" •i'4i �,� . —. . _ - ; Cyr`•,. h rf'�` .�Xy: �:% �. • -,��. v L ti, rl 1;�`•; ! r y r 1 i �. J, i. •. ....... '•'r f J)�,6 r n •w.�. > fir`to 1 • p. •( 'err �� Ay V � rJ i r. A"* ,Heave C�erehe.f►reemiw` rp�n fa' Firm now. 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La m' 19#$ tha AeLtoap lots Ne�keea m tires nwgd house sodmokfd http tbeGr ttaw hoaee hKta�aiCavaeSdy."wbNeemopedaefaaNeentabt4aw,eeeSoshwaS�b.xasNeaeptoa�tffiy+LegoroeSx 1heoaiat6�P.i'hotadaisfeOd'batmuohntobadate copy otpid�alGd�atodia Ned Ad*m 8bM=*Saptamba 19#&. 12.Nadi..Aebtmawokathis dmkbythepkpoeeafiWDwinhkBamdfimcosk ftoffimCagyd pdm attdMW fo Fmd Sant Nd1107. K wm pub MM in a copped � m Brlr�rr a s !1!s BaStaaaR louwAhwwdMWvws M pAV 11 f .1 r r• i � Li lei T' 'P ::t f.1 ";^s_ `� n 1 �yF _ .' t lea. � � � �Z.IT. J � r � � le' � � _ i �• _ } � r• r �\ ' - ' • ti � � fir" �.♦� r" w` � , f - �:.:.. .r�� m �! I ' 1 v.�� . � + �� � � � ��. r' "� 1 0� � . F �• `F- -�r � �i��;i-•�--�c_ ,ts a `:_�. lit W bi+ • 7 �i ��'- I� of t.v,iy_4iV� yllll �� •`.�[ `* V�inl+liiiii ;*\fi r Anic.J , .�A ► w • •��r�y��� � it w •C .n �.0 aS'N �_�\1 �+�II Vie} � �1^=yA^'yy'�d ��•� :1rs�...Z:.. .: �.:rs �-� «.i �. . i �i . .�.-s.�. s `+w s�-...�..� � 1 - _ f .— . - �K: �- �. �_ �- �. _ y � n • � �T � •� 7µ �� P" i 1 _ --Oda jy Y •,' r; '• �4fA •� ;' a WL b zer. ' � ♦ �� '. r �.`h.p CITY OF IOWA CITY % � MEMORANDUM Date: March 6, 2019 To: Historic Preservation Commission From: Jessica Bristow, Historic Preservation Planner Re: Old Settler's Association of Johnson County Cabins, off 100 Park Road in City Park City Staff has requested that the Old Settler's Association of Johnson County Cabins, in City Park, be designated as an Iowa City Historic Landmark Designation of the property as an Iowa City Historic Landmark will require Commission approval of any significant changes to the exterior of the building. While the benefits for a city -owned, public property are not as evident, it could be noted that generally landmark status will also make the property eligible for special exceptions that would allow the Board of Adjustment to waive or modify certain zoning requirements and for State Tax Credit funding of rehabilitation work for a non -governmental owner, neither of which would be the case here. The cabins, locally known as the City Park Cabins, were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in September 2013. The property consists of two log structures. The Double Log Cabin, or dogtrot cabin, was built in this location in 1913 by the Old Settler's Association of Johnson County as a replica of early Johnson County trader John Gilbert's trading post. In 1918, the Single Log Cabin, built in 1889 at the Johnson County Fairgrounds, was moved to the site. The attached National Register of Historic Places Registration Form discusses the history of the cabins and provides a statement of eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The commemorative log cabins were found to be individually eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic places under Criterion A, Significant Events and C, Design/Construction, and are locally significant. As part of a multi -year project, the City Park Cabins has undergone a complete rehabilitation with much community support and including a Historic Resource Development Program Grant to reroof the cabins with cedar shingles. The City will soon celebrate the long-awaited reopening of the City Park Cabins along with the 70'h anniversary of City Park Pool. The Commission should determine if the property meets criterion a. and b. and at least one of the criteria c., d., e., or f. for local designation listed below: a. Significant to American and/or Iowa City history, architecture, archaeology and culture; b. Possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship; c. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; d. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction; or represents the work of a master; or possesses high artistic values; or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; f. Has yielded or may likely yield information important in prehistory or history. March 6, 2019 Page 2 The recent rehabilitation project for the City Park Cabins included a reconstruction of many of the original components using tradition methods, techniques and materials. Prior to this project the Cabins had almost reached the point where they were deteriorated beyond repair. Because of the grant for the roof portion of the project, the rehabilitation was reviewed by the State Historic Preservation Office and the Iowa City Historic Preservation Planner. Based on the information provided in the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form and the rehabilitation project review, staff finds that the property meets criteria a, b, c and a and therefore qualifies as an Iowa City Historic Landmark. Recommended Motion: Move to approve the designation of Old Settler's Association of Johnson County Cabins, off 100 Park Road in City Park, as an Iowa City Historic Landmark based on the following criteria for local designation: criteria a, b, c, and e. NPS Forth 10-900 OCAS No. 1024-WIS (Expires 8131=12) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form Is for use In nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions In National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the Naf anal Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any Item does not apply to the property being documented, enter 'N/A' for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materiels, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the Instructions. Place additional certification comments, entries, and narrative Items on continuation sheets if needed (IMPS Form 10-900a). 1. Name of Property historic name Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County Cabins other namestsite number City Park Cabins street & number Upper City Park Road. off 100 block Park Road city or town state Iowa code K co- 3. State/Federal Agency Certification not for publication ""' (vicinity code 103 zip code 52246 As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination_ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property X meets does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: _ national _ statewide X local Signature of certifying oificiaUride Date State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property _ meets _ does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official Date Title State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government 1 hereby certify that this property Is: entered in the National Register _ determined not eligible for the National Register — other (explain:) _ determined eligible for the National Register _ removed from the National Register United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS I =1GQW OMB No. 1024-0018 Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Name of Property 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) (Check only one box.) private N building(s) X public - Local district public - State site public - Federal structure object Name of related multiple property listing (Enter' WA' If property is not part of a multiple property listing) Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) RECREATION & CULTURE: commemorative monument RECREATION & CULTURE: park RECREATION & CULTURE: monument/marker 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) OTHER: Double Pen Cabin OTHER: Single -Room Cabin (Expinre SOM2012) Johnson Co.. Iowa County and State Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Contributing Noncontributin 2 buildings sites structures objects Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register Current Functions (Enter categories from Instructions.) RECREATION & CULTURE: commemorative monument RECREATION & CULTURE: park RECREATION & CULTURE: monument/marker Materials (Enter categories from Instructions.) foundation: STONE: Limestone walls: WOOD: Log roof: WOOD: Shake other: ASPHALT United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-WO Due No. 10240018 (E)ires W1/2812) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Properly County and State Narrative Description Summary Paragraph The Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins are located in Upper City Park along the north edge of the 100 block of Park Road in Iowa City. The nominated property includes two log structures — the Double Log Cabin or dogtrot log house (contributing) built in 1913 in situ and the second, a Single -Room Log Cabin (contributing) built In 1889 and moved to the park five years later in 1918. The Double Log Cabin was bulk of hewn oak logs donated by Old Settler members in a design intended to serve as a replica of an early trading post in the area. The Single -Room Log Cabin was originally built by the Old Settlers' Association as an exhibit for Johnson County's Semi -Centennial. It stood on two successive Johnson County Fairgrounds sites until Its whole -building move to City Park took place In 1918. A third resource included in the nomination is a bronze plaque affixed to a granite boulder (contributing) located southwest of the two cabins. It was installed in 1929 to mark a "Grand Army Tree" planted nearby (survival unknown). No archeological surveys were conducted for the cabin site. Because of its bluff top location that overlooks the Iowa River valley there may be a greater potential for identification of archaeological . As a result, no significance is claimed under Criterion D. though future survey work may find this. Narrative Description Site: The nominated cabin site is roughly 0.6 acres in size and has a pentagon shape measuring approximately 168 feet north and south by 174 feet east and west with an angled notch at the northeast comer measuring 80 feet that follows the hillside's shape. It is located at the northeast comer of a U-shaped park service road within the higher ground of City Park known as "Upper City Park." The one-way service road is accessed from the municipal street designated as "Park Road" that extends along the south edge of the park. Together the upper and lower levels of the park contain 107.3 acres in 2012. City Park was established in 1906 on land located on the north edge of the community at the time and the curving southwestern edge of the Iowa River. The cabins are set back from the park service road within a grove of mature white oak, American linden, white pine, walnut, and green ash trees. A tree survey completed by Iowa City Park and Recreation Department tree specialists in July 2012 identified 19 trees on the site with ages confirmed to range from 20 to 150 years. They have heights of 20 to 80 feet and canopies averaging 50 to 60 feet in width. Immediately south of the cabin site is a picnic shelter built In the 1970s with scattered picnic tables staged nearby. The cabin site is elevated several feet above the service road and 25 to 30 feet above Lower City Park, which is located immediately to the east and north. Pedestrian access from the cabin site to Lower City Park is via a long set of concrete steps outside the nominated property that are set along a wooded hillside northwest of the cabins themselves. According to a historic photo taken after the Double Log Cabin was completed in 1913 and before the 1889 Single -Room Log Cabin was moved to the site in 1918, the cabin site had a more open view shed to the north and east, looking out over the Iowa River valley. Since then, the area comprising the wooded hillside and northeast edge of the cabin site has seen a maturing stand of native deciduous trees and plants partially obscure the view of the river valley during the summer months though the view remains open in winter. The cabin location is atop a tall bluff adjacent to the Iowa River flood plain. According to Marlin Ingalls, staff archaeologist with the Office of the State Archaeologist at the University of Iowa, while there are known prehistoric sites within a short distance of the cabins, no evidence of prehistoric materials have been recorded at this location. Expected archaeological elements that would date from the period of the establishment of the cabins at this site or subsequent use, have not been observed during Ingalls' surface surveys of the site. He notes that the surface in the vicinity of the cabins has eroded enough to have exposed and cleaned any artifact thus making them highly visible if present (email interview, 3/22/2013). Double Log Cabin: The first log structure to be established in City Park, locally referred to as the Double Log Cabin, is a variation of a one- story dogtrot form log house built on -site during the summer of 1913. The structure contains two single -pens or rooms, each with outside dimensions of 20 feet 4 inches by 16 feet 4 inches and a 10 foot open space set between them forming the "dogtrot" The two pens are set at slightly different heights due to the slope of the site making the ceiling height of the south pen slightly taller than the north pen. A single side -gable roof extends over the two pens and dogtrot for a combined length of 50 feet 8 inches. These measurements are consistent with those contained in the Old Settlers' Association of John County, Iowa proceedings that described the planning for the project in 1912 and detailing its construction in 1913. it was described as follows: "to be so constructed as to be as nearly as practicable a replica of the old trading post formerly standing at Napoleon, the old county seat of Johnson County." (Old Seff/ers'Association of Johnson County, 1911-1921, United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NP8 FCTM 104M OMB No. 1024*018 (F�Irea 6131/2012) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State pp. 4-6). Other historic accounts suggest that the trading post that was Intended to serve as a model had been built in 1837 by pioneer Johnson County settler, John Gilbert, and was actually located southeast of Napoleon a distance of about four miles south of Old Capitol in Iowa City. This nonextant trading post was described in various historic sources as originally containing a larger building consisting of two 20 by 20 foot cabins and a similar sized dogtrot between, all under a single roof. Construction of the Double Log Cabin took place in 1913 with chinking completed the following year. More than 85 donated logs from Old Settlers' Association members measured from 16 to 21 feet In length and were hewn or weathered prior to their contribution to the cabin building project. Other logs for the project were purchased. All of the logs were left in roughly round shapes before assembly with simple saddle notching done by the axmen at the ends for even stacking and to give the walls rigidity when assembled. Limestone pedestals were placed at the outer corners and large rocks were placed beneath the sill logs that were set along the 20 foot -sides of each single -pen or room. This original arrangement is retained on the all but the southwest side of the north pen where a poured concrete foundation (undated) is now in place. The upper walls are composed of various sized logs likely reflecting the fact that logs were donated from various sources rather than selected by a builder for a single project. The original floor joist construction was evident for each pen from the exterior. A series of small notches were cut along the top edges of each of the sill logs to receive planned floor joists. This joist Installation continues to be visible along all but the southwest side of the north pen. Here the floor joists are anchored in the newer poured concrete base. The dogtrot section originally had a dirt floor in photos and now has a poured concrete floor (undated). Limestone pieces were used to build the substantial fireplace and exposed chimney at the northwest gable end of the structure. A second non -original stone chimney was added to the south pen's roof ridge sometime between 1950 and the 1970s. It does not serve a fireplace or wood stove, nor does it appear in any of the early photos of the buildings. Chinking for the Double Log Cabin has been completed at various times with the original lime mortar installed by members of the Old Settlers' Association in August 1913 and completed during 1914. It appears likely that the most systematic concrete chinking repair work that was completed since then occurred during the mid-1970s and subsequently by Park and Recreation Department employees. The finished pens and dogtrot area were topped by a side -gable roof with a 10:12 pitch. Historic photos show the original side gable roof was clad in rolled asphalt installed in vertical strips. Later roof coverings included asphalt shingles, portions extant, and the current wood shake shingles most likely installed in the mid- 1970s. The use of wood shakes appears to be an attempt to install an "old looking roof" and was not based historical documentation. Access to the Interiors of the single -pens is via facing entrance doors that open Into the dogtrot section at the north and south ends of opposite pens. These doors have five horizontal panels and may be original elements; their design is more typical of home construction from the early decades of the 201" century than log house building a hall -century earlier. Sometime in the late 20"' century presumably when pioneer furnishings were placed in the rooms during education programs held there from 1977 to 1987 and later, the dogtrot section was partially enclosed with half walls, screen panels, and a wood plank door on the southwest side. The western pen has two 6/6 double- hung windows on both the north and south sides, while the eastern pen has three adjoining 6-light fixed sash arranged in a horizontal configuration on the north and southsides. The age of the current windows suggests that all or some were replaced during the mid-1970s repairs completed for the building. Their molding profiles and configurations appear to match historic views. All of the window openings remain extant with the sash currently boarded on the exterior for security purposes. Single -Room Log Cabin: The second log structure is a one-story single -room log cabin moved to the site five years after the Old Settlers' Association completed the new dogtrot log house. The moved building was one of two log buildings originally built in 1889 on the Johnson County Fairgrounds located on the east side of Iowa City near the present campus of City High School in the 1900 block of Momingside Drive. This was the second location for the cabin that was originally built at the fairgrounds when it was located in southeast Iowa City (Sycamore St. and U.S. Highway 6); in 1896 all of the fair buildings were moved to the new fairgrounds on Momingside Drive. It was from here that the cabin's whole -building move to City Park took placein 1918. Both log structures were built under the sponsorship of the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County and served as a semi -centennial exhibition to commemorate the organization of the county in 1839 and tell the story of pioneer life five decades earlier to fair visitors. By 1912, both log structures were reported in poor condition. Consideration was initially given by the Old Settlers' Association to moving both buildings to the new site offered by the Iowa City Park Commission in City Park but the option of building a new dogtrot form log house was chosen instead. Construction of the Double Log Cabin was completed in 1913. Five years later in 1918, the condition of one of the 1889 log buildings still left standing at the fairgrounds was deemed sufficiently sound to attempt a move. A local house mover, United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 104DO OW No. 1024-ODIS (Expires 01=12) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State W.C. Mott, was retained to move the 1889 cabin from the fairgrounds to the current site, which is about 30 feet southwest of the 1913 Double Log Cabin. His $102 fee included a minimal amount of repair and log replacement according to historic accounts. The one-story Single -Room Log Cabin is also constructed of oak logs but in this case, they were hewn and squared before assembly with V-notching at the ends. The logs are generally of a larger size (12 to 144nches) than those donated for the 1913 Double Log Cabin project. The rectangular plan has outside dimensions of 20 feet 4 inches by 16 feet 4 inches with an extended roof slope forming an overhang along the northeast edge of the side -gable roof. The roof has a pitch of 10:12 on the southwest slope and 5.5:12 on the northeast slope. The overhang rests on horizontal log supports that extend past the comer of the end wall; at a later unknown date knee -brace logs were installed as supplemental supports. Historic photos show that the gable peaks were clad in vertical boards before and after the cabin was relocated to City Park. The present day wood shakes were Installed at an unknown date in the late 21P century. The gable peaks originally were devoid of openings but later had a row of three fixed sash, each with four lights, installed. These openings were modified overtime to contain louvered wood vents in the center opening in each gable end. Some lights in the surviving sash of the south end remain intact but the balance of the openings in the north end are infilled with wood panels in 2012. The single entrance is centered on the northeast side of the structure beneath the overhang and facing the dogtrot log house. The opening has no door. No other windows or entrances were present in the original or current building. Some of the logs and chinking on the southwest comer of the cabin has have begun to deteriorate and fail. Patching and additional bracing has have been added to this comer. As with the dogtrot log house, It appears likely that most chinking repair work occurred during the mid-1970s or was done subsequently by Park and Recreation Department staff. Cabin Interiors: Both of the log cabins have crude interiors with a mix of finishes dating from their original construction through the mid- 1970s. Exposed log walls are retained throughout with original white lime mortar chinking evidenced in most areas. The logs have obtained a dark brown patina befitting their 100 to 130 year age. Deteriorated wall sections and roof boards are most evident in the Single -Room Log Cabin causing exposure to multiple rain leaks. The floor; are unfinished fir or cedar boards measuring 4 inches in width. The floors most likely date from the 1918 move for the Single -Room Log Cabin and were part of the original construction of the Double Log Cabin. In both cases, the floor boards are laid In a north and south alignment. The most significant interior feature in the cabins is the rock fireplace in the north pen of the Double Log Cabin. Centered on the northwest gable end wall, the exposed portion of the fireplace includes narrow vertical columns of limestone that end at the metal top piece. The balance of the fireplace chimney is set behind the log wall in the manner adapted for early log structures where Tires were a concern. The fireplace has a deep fire box. The original multi -light windows are visible from the interiors of both the north and south pens. Shelving and peg wall hangers were likely added after the mid-1970s for the display of artifacts when the buildings were used for day camps and camping. The Single -Room Log Cabin also features a nonodginal fireplace built by volunteers in 1976 at the south gable end of the cabin. It was intended to serve as part of a 'Pioneer Life In Iowa" exhibit for the Children's Museum program that operated in the cabins from 1977 to 1987. The chimney does not have an exposed side and there is no external chimney stack currently present. In the only view of the cabin in its original location at the fairgrounds in ca. 1900, no chimney is shown. The fireplace is constructed of fieldstone with a wide hearth, a shallow wood mantle, and a wide but shallow firebox. Its design suggests it was a stylized fireplace used as a teaching aid during the decade 1977-1987. The Single -Room Log Cabin has no other major interior features Grand Army of the Republic Tree Boulder: The Grand Army of the Republic Tree Boulder is located west southwest of the two cabins. It consists of a lichen -covered red granite boulder, and its slightly irregular shape measures roughly 2 feet by 4 feet by 2 feet. A bronze plaque is affixed to the west -facing, lichen covered surface. The plaque contains a Civil War medal in relief with a dedication, sponsor name and date. The boulder was installed in 1929 as part of a tree planting to commemorate completion of the section of the "Grand Army of the Republic Highway between Chicago and Omaha that year. The route followed U.S. Highway 6 as it passed through Iowa City. The route of the highway at that time is believed to have gone along North Dubuque Street approximately a quarter mile east of Upper City Park and easily accessible to the municipal park via Park Road. In 2013 the commemorative tree is no longer growing but the plaque and boulder remain in their original location. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5I312012) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State S. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (Mark "e In one or more bores for the criteria qualifying the properly (Enter ceteprles from Instructions.) for National Register lisang.) SOCIAL HISTORY ❑A Property is associated with events that have made a X significant contdbution to the broad patterns of our history. ❑ B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. ❑C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics X of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations (Mark Y In all the boxes that apply.) Property is: A Owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. 8 removed from Its original location. C a birthplace or grave. D a cemetery. E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. F a Commemorative property. G less than 50 years old or achieving significance within the past 50 years. Period of Significance Qustification) ARCHITECTURE Period of Significance 1913 -ca. 1939 Significant Dates 1929 Significant Person (Complete only If Criterion B is marked above.) Cultural Affiliation Architect/Builder Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County The period of significance spans the years from the Construction of the Double Log Cabin in 1913 and the moving of the Single -Room Log Cabin inl918 through the period that the cabins served as a meeting place for the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County annual meetings and picnics until 1939. In subsequent years, the cabins continued to serve as focal points for local history commemoration, camping programs, and local history education. They were built as a memorial to early settlers in Johnson County and continued their role as a commemorative park feature acknowledging the way of life of Johnson County pioneers from 1913 through ca. 1939 when the Old Settlers' Association informally disbanded and quite holding annual picnics in the park. The Grand Army Tree Boulder was installed in 1929 during the penod of significance for the cabins. The cabins and the boulder served their commemorative roles in the modem City Park until present day but these years fall outside of the period of significance associated with the Old Settlers Association. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10400 ORO No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/312012) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Criteria Considerations (explanation, if necessary) The Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins are nominated under Criteria Considerations B and F. Under Criterion Consideration B, the Single -Room Log Cabin was relocated from its original site in 1918 to the current location. Details of this move are described in elsewhere in Sections 7 and 8. According to historic photos, the Single -Room Log Cabin substantially retains its physical integrity and the space occupied in Upper City Park provides a similar setting to the fairgrounds site it occupied from 1889-1917, Once moved to Upper City Park, the 1889 Single -Room Log Cabin joined the Double -Log Cabin erected in situ in the park In 1913. Together the two cabins are nominated under Criteria Consideration F as a commemorative property. Once assembled in the Upper City Park site between 1913 and 1918, the cabins became a meeting place for Old Settlers' Association picnics and annual meetings drawing hundreds of members and special guests until the organization disbanded in ca. 1939. During that time and in subsequent years, the log cabins served as a visual reminder and commemorative monument for early pioneer settlers in Johnson County. The cabins prompted tours, speeches and celebrations by members of the Old Settlers' Association and the larger community. Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph (Provide a summary paragraph that includes level of significance and applicable criteria.) The Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins are significant under Criteria A and C at the local level. Under Criterion A, the cabins are examples of an early 20m century commemorative effort by a social organization that sought to celebrate and reflect on their common pioneer heritage. The commemoration involved the construction and relocation of replica log buildings in City Parkin Iowa City in 1913 and 1918. Until the end of the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County in 1939, these cabins were the centerpiece for annual patriotic celebrations and summer picnics for the group. Under Criterion C, the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins are examples of two distinct log house forms typical of the Midwest — the Double Log Cabin or dogtrot log house, which was erected in situ in 1913 in Upper City Park and the Single -Room Log Cabin odginally erected in 1889 and moved to Upper City Park in 1918. Together, the two buildings provide examples of log building forms and sizes that were commonly used in Johnson County and Iowa City prior to Iowa statehood but are rare in 2012. The particulars of log building construction including log hewing techniques, notching styles, chinking work, stone chimney building, an expansion technique for log structures known as a dog trot, and other aspects of log building architecture are evidenced in the two building examples nominated. Narrative Statement of Significance (Provide at least one paragraph for each area of significance.) Informally organized in 1840 and formally established in 1866, the Old Setters' Association of Johnson County was likely the oldest such pioneer group in Iowa. The Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County celebrated their pioneer past in 1889 with the construction of a pair of log cabins at the county fairgrounds, 50 years after Johnson County was organized in 1839. When the buildings fell into disrepair by 1912, a replica Double Log Cabin was erected in City Park and five years later the surviving 1889 Single -Room Log Cabin was relocated to the park. Together their construction and relocation continued a local tradition that celebrated pioneer immigration and fraternity within the larger community. The group's continuing efforts preserve log building traditions, were acknowledged by other historical groups in the state as early models for local commemoration activities. These associations demonstrate significance under Criterion A. Under Criterion C, the cabins are significant as replica examples of the first generation of domestic log structures in Iowa City and Johnson County built during the 1830s and 1840s. Though built as replicas of vernacular architectural forms, the buildings employed the log building skills of the Old Settlers' Association members who completed their construction 50 to 60 years after such pioneer forms were used. The fact that the log buildings continue in place in 2012, nearly a century later, is testimony to their builders' skill. Together, these aspects of historic and architectural significance make the Old Settler's Association Cabin significant at the local level. United Slates Department of the Interior National Park Service I Nalronal Register of Historic Places RegistraWn Form NPS Fo10500 OMB No. 102"018 {Erplres 5131/2012) rm Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Developmental historyladditional historic context information (if appropriate) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County Organizational and Cabin Building History: The first European -Americans came to the vicinity of Iowa City and Johnson County in the mid-1830s. Johnson County was formally organized within Iowa Territory in 1839, and a group of early settlers of Johnson County first met the following year in 1840. The informal gathering occurred on the grounds of Capitol Square in Iowa City —the future site of the Iowa Territorial Capitol or Old Capitol (NHL) during the laying of the cornerstone for Old Capitol. Regular old settler gatherings occurred in subsequent years in various locations. The get-togethers were of both a social and patriotic nature for early settlers who shared a common immigrant experience and pioneer life style as well as shared social relationships and personal friendships. At the end of the Civil War in February 22, 1866 the organization was officially formed as the "Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County" and incorporated. At that time, membership was limited to those who had lived in Johnson County prior to May 1, 1W. In succeeding years, membership was extended to anyone who had lived in the county for at least 20 years. By 1886, the Old Settlers numbered more than 1,000 attendees at their 200 anniversary, which also marked the 50"' anniversary for pioneer settlement in Johnson County. Speaker C.W. Irish was able to identify individuals that day in the crowd who had surveyed the first land in the county, erected the first log buildings, made the first brick and served as the county's first officials. Irish's patriotic statements and historic observations were recorded in newspaper accounts of the day ("Pioneers Themselves Attended Semi -Centennials of 1886, '89," Iowa City Press -Citizen, July 1, 1939) Three years later in 1889 as part of the anniversary of Johnson County's formation 50 years earlier, the Old Settlers' Association led efforts for the Semi -Centennial celebration's parades, speeches and exhibitions. On September 28, 1889 in advance of the Agricultural Society's county fair the following month, more than 300 Old Settlers attended a picnic and cabin raising at the fairgrounds. The cabin plans had been approved the previous year. The Old Settlers erected two log buildings — one was a replica of pioneer trader John Gilbert's double log cabin. The second was a single room log cabin intended to demonstrate the small scale of atypical cabin built for family occupancy. The second cabin was described at the time as "the log cabin of advanced civilization" (Old Settlers' Association Proceedings, 1899, p. 75) because of its hewn rather than natural logs. Their construction involved members of the Old Settlers, and together the log buildings became an exhibition of pioneer life for all who attended the county fair during the Semi -Centennial year and in succeeding years. According to Old Settlers' published accounts, construction of both log buildings was completed in 1889 but chinking and plastering were not finished until the following year at the Old Settlers' reunion. Over the next several decades, Old Settlers' annual reunions continued to pay tribute to the lives of early settlers at the cabin site at the fairgrounds. Original poetry, songs, and patriotic speeches were delivered by prominent members of the community and elected officials. At each picnic "fraternal feelings" were shared by the old settlers on hand. Each reunion recorded the earliest settlers present and their contributions to the pioneer community. (Old Settlers'Association Proceedings, 1899, August 18, 1892, p. 99) On August 24, 1893 a special oration discussed the role played by pioneer women in Johnson County and included a list of women by township and the years they settled in the county. The following year an account of Johnson Countys early legal system and its judges was provided. All of these celebrations were given on the grounds surrounding the cabins built by the Old Settlers' Association. In 1895, the Old Settlers' annual necrological report noted that 46 members had passed away. By 1901, more than 100 members had died in the previous year. Despite the shrinking numbers of the county's earliest settlers, the Old Settlers group continued to attract new members and to hold reunions at the fairgrounds site of the cabins until 1912. At that time, plans for the sale of the fairgrounds were discussed by the group and consideration was given to the idea of moving one or both of the log buildings. The Iowa City Park Commission made tl known to the Old Settlers' Association that land in City Park would be available for the relocation of the log cabins and the future site of Old Settlers' meetings. At their annual meeting in 1912, the members voted to move the cabins to City Park by an affirmative margin of 108 to 18. However, as the time for relocation drew near, the Association's proceedings show that opposition developed from the "old settlers who had taken part in the erection of the log cabins " (Old Settlers Association of Johnson County, Reunion Proceedings, 1911- 1921, p. 4). In a follow-up meeting, the Old Settlers' Secretary stated that "investigation showed that the log cabins at the fairgrounds were decayed to such an extent as to necessitate the substitution of many new logs in case of removal" (Old Settlers Association of Johnson County, Reunion Proceedings, 1911-1921, p. 5). The group changed their earlier decision, declaring it was impractical to move the old cabins, and "more satisfactory' to build new cabins. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / Nal oral Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 10240018 (Fxpime 011 012) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Properly County and State On May 31, 1913, the Old Settlers began construction of the first log building in Upper City Park. The first structure was to include two one-story cabins "20 x16 feet with a 10 foot space between and all under one roof," (Old Settlers Association of Johnson County, Reunion Proceedings, 1911-1921, p. 5). This building is referred to in this nomination as the Double Log Cabin or Dogtrot Log House. The first log building was to be constructed "to be as nearly as practicable a replica of the old trading house formerly standing at Napoleon, the old county seat" (Old Sef iers Association of Johnson County, Reunion Proceedings, 1911-1921, p. 5). A June 1913 article in the Iowa City Daily Press claimed that the cabin was a "monument' to the pioneers, and that even the "anti -removals' were now pleased with the change from the fairgrounds to the new site. Many Old Settlers donated logs to the cause, and were given the option to have bronze letters placed on the Interior side of the log, to show in whose memory it was laid (Iowa City Daily Press, June 2, 1913). They were hauled to the site in January 1913 by Christian Galaucher. According to local historian Irving Weber, the construction of the cabin began with a "notching contest" between two noted axe men, Peter Rohret and Emory Westcott (Weber, "Log Cabins — How's Your history IO?," Iowa City Press -Citizen, February 23, 1976), though there is no formal documentation of this in the Old Settlers' Association proceedings. The involvement of early Johnson County residents in the log buildings through participation in the cabin raising and donation of materials marked the commemorative quality of the buildings. Construction was completed on the Double Log Cabin on August 30, 1913 with the dedication completed the following year during the Old Settlers' Association annual reunion. At that time Elizabeth Irish gave the dedication speech. She began by noting that "Another year... has come and gone since we... met on the banks of this beautiful Iowa [River], to dedicate these cabins ... in this lovely natural park beneath the shade of its beautiful trees and beside the stream..." She was clear about the purpose of the replica double-cabin's construction being "...to commemorate their [early settlers of Johnson County ] virtues, their high ideals, and their pioneer struggles, we have, their descendents builded (sic) these cabins which we today hold ornamenting the landscape before us, and forming a link in the chain of our development which has gone steadily forward..." ("Brave Empire Builders Now in Great Park; Iowa City Daily Press, September 4, 1914). More than 135 Old Settlers had passed since the previous reunion giving rise to a proposal by Irish that a commemorative tablet be prepared identifying the early settlers and placed in the park. This was never done. Five years after the new Double Log Cabin was completed in 1918, the 1889 Single -Room Log Cabin still remained standing on the old fairgrounds site. After the building was given further inspection, the Old Settlers' Association decided that the single -room cabin was in sufficiently sound condition to be moved to Upper City Park where it was placed next to the 1913 Double Log Cabin. As noted previously, Iowa City house mover, W.C. Mott, handled the moving of the Single Room Cabin as a single, intact unit while also completing minor log repairs. The following year in August 1919, the cabin site played host again to the Old Settlers' reunion picnic. This time special invited guests were wounded veterans of World War I from the State University of Iowa Hospital. The Iowa City Daily Citizen reported on August 18, 1919 that there were 'plans to royally entertain Uncle Sam's returned heroes" with a splendid patriotic program and "good eats." From the 1930s to the 1960s, the log cabins were given pioneer furnishings and used for class field trips. Students from Henry Sabin School were typical of the hundreds of elementary students who visited the cabins to hear accounts of pioneer life and Iowa City founders ('Third Graders of Henry Sabin School Visit Park Cabins," Iowa City Press -Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa, November 2, 1938) during the 1930s. The Old Settlers continued to hold their reunions at the City Park cabins through 1939 according to newspaper reports and oral accounts. By the 1940s Girl Scout camps and cookouts were being held at the cabin site ("Scout Council Holds Cookout Monday at City Park Cabins" and "Scouts Will Give Program Tonight," Iowa Cfty Press -Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa, April 20 and June 13, 1946). Articles in the Press Citizen in the 1940s referred to them as the "scout cabins" and historian Irving Weber says that the Girl Scouts used the cabins from the early 40s through the mid-60s (Weber, 'Log Cabins — Holds Your History IO?, Iowa City Press Citizen, February 23, 1976). In the mid-1970s as planning for the Bicentennial began In eamest, the Iowa City Park and Recreation Commission undertook plans to stabilize and restore the cabins. The buildings had been vacant and unused for about a decade at the time and were suffering from benign neglect. At the same time, the newly formed Friends of the Children's Museum non- profit approached the Park and Recreation Commission about locating a children's museum in City Park. A plan was eventually negotiated that had the Park and Recreation Commission complete minimal repairs to the cabins and lease them to the Friends of the Children's Museum in 1977 for a period of ten years ("Restored Log Cabin is Door to 1839s Iowa Wilderness," Des Moines Register, June 3, 1977). Friends used the log cabins for a summer -long project called "Pioneer Life in Iowa." The program opened on May 1, 1977 (Iowa City Park and Recreation Commission Minutes, May 12, 1976). Children could see how pioneer families survived with limited resources and be able to "spin the spinning wheel, mash make-believe potatoes with a pair of hand -carved wooden potato mashers, dress up in pioneer clothing, sit on stools constructed of logs split in half and see what it is like to lie on a bed with a mattress stuffed with straw.'('Friends of the United States Department of the Interior Nadmi Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (E-Ores 5/31/2012) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Children's Museum, Special Project: Pioneer Life in Iowa," ca. 1975-1977). Visitorship grew from 2,500 the first year to 7,500 the second year. The program continued through the Children's Museum until ca. 1984. The Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department, according to their internal records, ran their own summer folk arts and nature programming at the cabins from 1985 -1987. The cabins were not opened for the summer season of 1988, due to budget constraints, but were reopened in 1989, at which point their contents were inventoried and purchased by a local antique dealer (Parks and Recreation Department records). Later, the cabins hosted Girl Scout and recreation special events, and the Johnson County Historical Society's Time Machine Summer Camps (Parks and Recreation Department records) during the 1990s. In June of 2000, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reported that the City was making plans to renovate the cabins the following year. Various reuse options were under consideration for use of the cabins in conjunction with Park and Recreation Department programming. However, these renovations never took place and elements of the two cabins remain in moderate to poor condition in 2012. Nomination of the buildings to the National Register of Historic Places is considered the first step in a preservation process for the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County Log Cabins. Work towards that end is being coordinated by the Iowa City Park and Recreation Department. Commemorative Property Movement Nationally and in Iowa The national movement to commemorate and preserve historic structures began in the 1850s with the efforts of the women of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association to buy, restore, maintain and Interpret Mount Vernon, the Virginia home of George and Martha Washington located along the Potomac River. A national campaign to save the threatened mansion and outbuildings was undertaken in 1858 and included the involvement of women from all 30 states to raise money and direct efforts to preserve the building. The organization was successful in raising more than $200,000 to acquire the property through a national campaign ,and the Ladies in took possession of the 200-acre property on February 22, 1860 on the eve of the Civil War, Just six years later in January 1866, the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County was formally organized. The organization considered it their patriotic mission to preserve an historic record of the pioneers who made Johnson County their home and educate successive generations about their early hardships and way of life. In succeeding decades, commemorative activities of organizations in Iowa Including those of the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County paralleled projects undertaken at the national level. After President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865 there was an outpouring of grief and eventually interest in Lincoln's log cabin birthplace. By 1894 just five years after the Old Settlers of Johnson County had completed construction of their Semi -Centennial Cabins at the Johnson County Fairgrounds, an effort was underway to establish a memorial to President Lincoln, By 19D5 his birthplace log cabin was acquired at public auction and several years later the Lincoln Farm Association was formed to preserve it A memorial building was erected to house the disassembled building and in 1911 the memorial was opened to the public on a portion of the Lincoln family farm outside of Hodgenville, Kentucky. In 1916 the farm property and memorial building became a National Historic Site operated by the National Park Service. Other commemorative log buildings either built or moved on the national level included six historic log structures in an "Old Plantation" display in 1901 at the Buffalo Exposition. Three years later in 1904 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis four historic log buildings were brought to the expositions grounds including President Granfs birthplace, an 1803log cabin removed from Patrick Henrys farm, and a log house lived in by President Lincoln as a child. The commemorative movement that began with interest in the Lincoln log cabin and building associated with other nationally significant historic figures was taking root elsewhere in the country as well before and after 1900. Ina number of locations, the efforts were frequently linked to anniversary dates and celebrated events. In the Midwest, that meant that by the 1880s and 1890s as communities began to celebrate semi -centennials, replica or relocated log cabins were identified for featured exhibits and commemorative tributes. This time period also coincided with efforts through the Grand Army of the Republic to commemorate 25 and 30-year anniversaries for the end of the Civil War. In Davenport, Iowa where five campgrounds were established during the war and where post-war interest was high, the Civil War Soldiers' Monument (NRHP-listed) was among the first commemorative monuments to be erected in the state in 1880. Planting of the a tree by the local chapter of the Veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic, Samuel J. Kirkwood Post No. 8 and installation of a memorial plaque on a large rock near the log cabins in 1929 was in keeping with the commemorative tradition of the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County log structures in City Park. The cabins built by the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County at the Johnson County Fairgrounds were among the first log structures used to commemorate the first wave of pioneer settlement in the state 50 years after Johnson County was formally organized. Their construction in 1889 came 23 years after the organization itself formed with a stated United States Department of the Interior National Pads Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Farm 1"00 OKS No. 10240018 (E)*m 601=12) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Properly County and State mission in the preamble to the organization's constitutions as follows —'Whereas: The old settlers are rapidly passing away, we feel it to be our duty to gather and preserve the memories of a settlement that has resulted in a growth and development so great, and feeling that the recollections of the past and the hope of the future link us together as a brotherhood, we do now ordain and establish this Constitution! (Old Settler's Proceedings,1899, February 22, 1866) Other commemorative activttles in Iowa during the late 1 e and early 20th centuries included organization of dozens of old settlers and old soldiers associations. They celebrated with reunions, picnics, orations and parades, always reminding current and younger generation of their past Examples included the Old Settlers' Association of Linn County first organized in 1891 celebrating annually in communities around the county for at least a decade. The Old Soldiers' and Old Settlers' picnic in Pella in 1903 merged the gathering of the two groups. Similar gatherings included the Old Settlers and American Legion Men of Lenox in 1922, the Old Settlers and Old Soldiers meeting in Glenwood in 1901, and the Black Hawk County Veterans and Old Settlers in 1910 in Waterloo. The most common gathering remained that of old settlers, however, including the Burlington Old Settlers in 1896, the Carroll County Old Settlers In 1901, the Old Settlers picnic in Chester in 1916, the Titonka Old Settlers picnic in 1926, and the Roland Old Settlers gathering in 1938, A handful of other old settlers groups in Iowa like the Johnson County group sought to establish a physical representation or visual link with the past to remind their contemporaries of the hardships and self-sacrifice of earlier generations. One example was the Old Settlers' Association Park and Rhodham Bonnifield House (NRHP listed) established by the Jefferson County Old Settlers' Association on an I I% acre park in 1907 in Fairfield. The NRHP nomination for the property notes that the goal was to provide a "preserve for natural grasses, plants, and fauna." The park also served as the setting for the relocated Bonnifield House, a log building constructed in 1838 in Section 4 of Round Prairie Township. The property was approved for listing on the NRHP based on Criterion A. Another NRHP-listed log cabin in Iowa was constructed as a private undertaking as part of the building of a wayside park near Gladbrook in Tama County. The Conant's Cabin and Park (NRHP listed) are located along Iowa Highway 96 and were established in 1920. The cabin and outbuildings as well as the park itself were listed on the NRHP in 2000 for their importance under Criteria A and C in the history of parks and the erection of log structures in parks, in this case a wayside park. Other log structures in Iowa that were handled as commemorative properties after the turn of the 20o' century included reconstructions or replicas such as the Livermore Log Cabin in Fort Madison and the Morris Memorial Log Cabin at Birmingham. Still others were moved from their original sites to locations where they could more easily be protected or serve a public education purpose. These included the Alexander Young Lag House (NRHP-listed, 1973; moved in 1912 to Washington from rural Washington County) and the Ronze-Morgan Log House (moved in 1929 to Oskaloosa from rural Marion County and later to the Nelson Pioneer Farm. At least one other log cabin considered a noncontributing resource is part of a listed NRHP resource — the Walker Park and Memorial Building in River Junction Iowa. The replica cabin built in 1915 burned in 1959 and was rebuilt as the present noncontributing cabin in the park. By mid-200' century log building relocations also included one in Selma, Van Buren County and one in Corydon, Wayne County. Research completed by Iowa historians Jim Jacobsen and Will Page in the 1980s indicates that on -site preservation of log buildings is rarer in Iowa than the reconstructions and relocations of buildings noted above. Examples include the Mars Hill Church (built in ca.1857In rural Wspello County), which was listed in the NRHP in 1974. it was severely damaged by arson fire in 2006 but two years later the building was restored . Other log structures suffered major deterioration such as the Michael Hildebrand House in Jefferson County or were completely engulfed by later construction such as the Elmer Sheppard House in Van Buren County thus having lost their integrity as a log structure (Old Settlers' Association Park and Rhodham Bonnifield House NRHP nomination, July 14, 1986). World War II marked the discontinuation of many old settler gatherings, picnics, reunions and picnics around the state as the nation refocused its attention on war news and important international events. The activity of the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County was such an example. The last reunion formally held by the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County was its 73 d annual picnic held on September 15, 1939 at the cabin site In City Park. The following year members of the group joined the 100a' anniversary celebration of the laying of the cornerstone for Old Capitol. After World War II, in Iowa City and other Iowa communities, historic celebrations were more often associated with centennials of a county's or town's founding such as that held In Iowa City during the summer of 1939. Iowa's settlement pattern saw dozens of towns reach this anniversary annually in the 1940s and 1950s. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-M OMB No. 1024-0018 ( ate ` 12072) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State The next major wave of commemorative celebrations related to log structures in the United States and in Iowa occurred during the Bicentennial Era. "Plans for log cabin reconstruction and restoration occurred throughout the state with efforts to restore and reuse the Old Settlers' cabins in City Park included in local plans. Local historian Irving Weber recounted the cabins' history in a lengthy newspaper article in February 1976 along with the story of the Old Settlers' Association itself. Later that year, the cabins were "restored' to make way for a new children's museum activity program headquartered in them. They remained in use for more than a decade as a result of this reawakening of local history sponsored by the Children's Museum and the Johnson County Historical Society. The integration of local history into museum programming was typical of history programming around the country during the 1970s and 1980s. A total of approximately 200 log building resources are listed in the Iowa Inventory of historic resources in 2012. They include log cabins, churches, bams and outbuildings, park shelters and schools. One of a kind structure included a log jail in Laurel, Marshall County and another was a log ticket booth at the Iowa State Fair and Exposition Grounds in Des Moines. Log structures date from the 1830s through the 1970s with a large number constructed during the 1930s as a part of local and state park development Many have been removed from their original locations and the level of integrity varies considerably. Of the 200 documented log buildings and structures, a total of 18 resources are listed on the NRHP individually or as resources within a historic district (see Figure 13: Log Building National Register Listings in Iowa — August 2012, page 28). Grand Army Tree Boulder The third contributing resource within this nomination, the Grand Army Tree Boulder, has commemorative significance unrelated to the log cabins. Its installation, however, was a part of the same commemorative movement that swept the country prior to World War II. In 1929, members of the local Grand Army of the Republic Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood Post No. 8 of Iowa City sponsored the planting of a memorial tree in Upper City Park. Some sources credit the Women's Relief Corps as being responsible for installation of the monument itself but this has not been confirmed. The tree planting location appears to have been chosen for two reasons. First, the cabin site was already well identified with commemorative historic activities sponsored by the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County. Second, the location was close to the route of the national Grand Army of the Republic Highway that had the section of the highway completed between Chicago and Omaha in 1929. To identify the tree and commemorate its planting, a bronze plaque was attached to a granite boulder and placed near the tree. Its dedication stated the following: GRAND ARMY TREE DEDICATED IN MEMORY, AND IN HONOR, OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, AND ALL CIVIL WAR VETERANS. BY SAMUEL J. KIRKWOOD POST NO.8 1929 The Grand Army Tree Boulder was one of several commemorative monuments installed in Iowa City beginning in the 1890s. Though not technically erected as a Civil War monument, the massive Governor Kirkwood Tombstone installed after the death of Iowa's Civil War governor, Samuel J. Kirkwood (1813-1894), acknowledges the Govemor's association with the war it is located in Oakdale Cemetery and was installed after his death in 1894. The cemetery is located in northeast Iowa City and the burial site and tombstone have a prominent location near the Brown Street entrance. The gray granite monument features a large polished sphere as well as a copy of the seal of the State of Iowa and a relief Image of Governor Kirkwood. Two years after Governor Kirkwood's death, another monument was erected in Oakdale Cemetery connected to the war. The Living Tree Monument, a limestone sculpture that replicated a tree forth was installed in 1896 in the GAR Section of the cemetery. The monument is to the right of the entrance and its inscription suggests a connection with a Memorial Day installation on May 30, 1896. Grand Army of the Republic Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood Corps No.78 of Iowa City sponsored the monuments installation. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-M OMB No. 1024-M8 (Expires 60112012) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State There are two similar undated Civil War related monuments flanking the steps of the Johnson County Courthouse (NRHP -41sted) on South Clinton Street. Both monuments, the Memorial Day Order Monument and the Gettysburg Address Monument, contain over-si2sd bronze plaques mounted on large multi -stone bases; it is not known if these bases are original or subsequent rebuilt structures. The one to the left of the steps has General John Logan's Memorial Day Order of 1868 and the one on the right has a relief bust of President Abraham Lincoln with the full text of his Gettysburg Address. The courthouse, the second on this site, is located just south of the business district at the comer of Clinton and Court streets. It is not known if the monuments pre or post-date the current building erected between 1899 and 1901. The Camp Pope Boulder and Plaque were installed on the campus of Longfellow School (NRHP-listed) at 1130 Seymour Avenue in the central part of Iowa City. The school site was the former location of Camp Pope, a Civil War training camp that operated from 1861 to 1865. Like the Grand Army Tree Boulder at the cabin site, this monument includes a granite boulder with a bronze plaque briefly describing the historic events of the site. It was sponsored by Samuel J. Kirkwood Camp No. 155 and their Auxiliary No. 9 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. It was installed in 1926. The last "monument" in Iowa City associated with the Civil War, technically has highway bridge rather than a monument associated with it. As noted previously, the coast-to-oosst route of U.S. Highway 6 was named the Grand Army of the Republic Highway during the 1920s. Since then, the Sons of Union Veterans of the CMI War as the successor organization to the GAR in Iowa has named 11 bridges on the highway after Iowa Civil War generals. The Corse Bridge that crosses the Iowa River on the south edge of Iowa City has been named after General John Corse, a Burlington , Iowa native. A street sign identifies the bridge name but there is no memorial on or near the bridge. (research for Civil War monuments compiled using the Iowa Civil War Monuments website of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War available at: http://www.iowaciviMrennonuments.comAndex.html ) Integrity.. The Old SetOers' Association of Johnson County Cabins retain sufficient integrity from the period of significance identified, 1913 - ca. 1939, to qualify for National Register listing. A summary of the seven aspects or qualities of integrity appears below: • Location: The location for the Double Log Cabin and the Single -Room Log Cabin in City Park included in this nomination remains the same as the dates of significance when the two buildings were built and moved in 1913 and 1918 respectively. The cabin site continues to be within Upper City Park with scattered, mature deciduous trees and lawn surrounding the buildings. Views to and from the buildings are similar to those of the period of significance (1913 —ca. 1939). Details of the site are further discussed in Section 7 and under'Setting' below. Design: Both the Double Log Cabin and the Single -Room Log Cabin retain elements of design from their period of significance. Their designs were conceived and executed by members of the Old Settlers' Association who were experienced with log building construction based on their early immigration to Johnson County. The dogtrot design for the Double Log Cabin was discussed in 1912 meetings of the Old Settlers' Association and was carried out in 1913 as discussed. The only change to this design came in the 1940s to 1970s when a frame half wall, screening above, and a wood plank passage door were added to the northeast and south west sides of the dogtrot section so that the cabin could be used for camping. Screen panels for windows were used during this time period as well but are no longer present. Setting: The setting for the Double Log Cabin and the Single -Room Log Cabin remains substantially the same as 1913 and 1918. In the case of the Double Log Cabin, historic photographs confirm that the area surrounding the cabins held mature deciduous trees with bushes and other smaller native trees along of hillside overlooking the river valley. For the Single -Room Log Cabin, both Its 1889 original site at the fairgrounds (historic photograph) and post -move 1918 setting in Upper City Park (historic photograph of Double Log Cabin) were similar to the park setting in 2012. In both instances, the grass covered site is surrounded by deciduous trees. The third resource is the Grand Army Tree boulder, and it remains positioned in the some location southwest of the cabins themselves. It appears that the tree planted in 1929, however, has been removed most likely through natural causes. Materials: The principal materials originally used for construction of both buildings — hewn oak logs varying in length from 16 to 21 feet — continue in use in 2012 with a few exceptions. Members of the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County in 1913 and 1889 contributed the Individual logs when the cabins were erected. Records describe several unspecified logs in the 1889 Single -Room Log Cabin in deteriorated condition and United Stares Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Farm 104100 065 No. 1024-001a (EWres W1/2012) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and Stare having been replaced at the time of the 1918 move. Members of the Association also participated in construction of both cabins including completion of notching, building, roofing, window installation, door hanging, flooring, and chinking of the logs. Although both buildings have subsequently been repaired and modified, evidence of the original craftsmanship of the Old Settler craftsmen remains visible. Alteration of the original materials has taken place through the years including undated roof replacements (asphalt shingles and wood shake shingles, ca. mid- 1970s), Portland cement chinking, screening for the dogtrot section's formerly open walls, Installation of a concrete floor for the dogtrot section, and the addition of a poured concrete foundation for a section of one of the Double Log Cabin's pens. Feeling: The Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County Cabins retain their sense of place largely due to the presence of the Iowa River and the tree -covered site that has been occupied by the cabins since their location in Upper City Park in 1913 and 1918. The cabins have been visited by thousands of park users through the years while picnicking, listening to patriotic speeches, attending school tours, participating in summer camping, and re- enacting 19' cerdury life-style experiences. The preservation of open spaces surrounding the cabins has continued to provide the sense of place and respect originally considered by the managers of City Park and sought by the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County before they were placed here. Preservation Plan The Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County Cabins have been identified by the City of Iowa City as valuable historic resources in their community and worthy of historic preservation for future generations. Beginning in the 1970s, their retention has been supported for educational purposes and short-term repairs were made. The advice of experts in the field of log buildings has been sought and the City obtained preliminary assistance in the form of a TAN grant from the State Historic Historical Department of Iowa. One of the recommendations received was to secure National Register listing for the buildings so that State grants might be able to besought for their restoration. In 2010 the Cityof Iowa City's historic preservation planner, Christina Kuecker, completed preliminary documentary for the building. In 2012 the Iowa City Park and Recreation Department authorized preparation of a National Register nomination for the property as a first step toward preserving the buildings and heightening awareness in their history Summary In summary, the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County Cabins, one constructed in 1913 and one bulk in 1889 and moved in 1918 to City Park serve to commemorate the lives of the first European -American settlers in Johnson County. As spoken by Elizabeth Irish in her address to the Old Settlers in 1914, the cabins commemorate our early settlers' "brave and noble deeds... their virtues, their high ideals, and their pioneer struggles," and form "a link in the chain of our development" ("Brave Empire Builders," Iowa City Daily Press, September 4, 1914). These cabins are also a visible link to the Johnson County Old Settlers organization, which played an important role in preserving and relating the community's history for nearly 100 years. During these years, many other groups used the cabins to rediscover the Iowa City and Johnson County's pioneer heritage and to retain a tangible link to their collective past For a list of other log cabins listed on the NRHP in Iowa, see Figure 13, page 28. 9 Major Bibliographical References Bibliography (Cde the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form.) Bennett, Berry. Compilation of Iowa Site Inventory Forms for Log Cabins in Iowa with NRHP listing noted, provided to M. Svendsen via email, July 17, 2012. "Brave Empire Builders Now in Great Park," Iowa City Daily Press, Iowa City, Iowa, September 4, 1914. Civil War monument research compiled using the database for Johnson County at the Iowa Civil War Monuments website of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War available at: httloWwww.lowacivil wannonuments.com/index.html; accessed March 23, /2013. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-e00 OMB No. 1024-0016 (Expires 5131/2012) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State "Girl Scout Day Camp Held at the Cabins in the City Park," Iowa City Press -Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa, June 13, 1946. "Good Pioneers are Assembled in Park Today," Iowa City Press -Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa, September 1, 1921. "Historic Cabins in I.C. to Undergo Restoration," Cedar Rapids Gazette, June 20, 2000 Historic photograph of "Log Cabin City Park," April 9, 1916, PA 118, No. 24; Patterson Collection, State Historical Society of Iowa Library, Iowa City, Iowa. 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"Noble Men and Women Who Helped Make Iowa Great and Strong are Holding Annual Reunion This Afternoon / In Their Log Cabins / Johnson County Old Settlers Meet in and Near Structures of Ancient Type, at City Park," Iowa City Press Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa, September 1, 1921. Old Settlers Association of Johnson County, Reunion Proceedings, 1889, and 1911-1921, State Historical Society of Iowa Library, Iowa City, Iowa. "Old Settlers' Pic-Nic [sic]," The Iowa State Press, Iowa City, Iowa, August 20, 1890, Patterson Collection, State Historical Society of Iowa Library, Iowa City, Iowa. "Old Settlers Thursday, the Annual Reunion Here," Iowa City Press Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa, August 16, 1909. "Pioneers Themselves Attended Semi -Centennials of 1886'89," Iowa City Press -Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa, July 1, 1939 Reports of the Annual Reunions of the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County, Iowa (Annual Proceedings through 1917 amended). Iowa City, Iowa: Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County, Iowa, 1899. [note: also titled Proceedings of the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County, Iowa, 1866-1899, 1900-1917, Harvard Library copy has publication date changed to 1897 from 1899]; available online at Google Books available at: hfD://books.a000le.com/bnnks?id=FRFIIAAAAYAA.lPnrintco=fmr,f.� .orua-..la�eer.le.e accessed 7110/2012. "Restored Log Cabin is Door to 1839s Iowa Wilderness," Des Moines Register, June 3, 1977 United States Department of the Interior National Park Samoa / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Farm 104f00 OMB No. 10244 018 Ism 681R012) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State "Scout Council Holds Cookout Monday at City Park Cabins," Iowa City Press -Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa, April 20, 1946. "Scouts Will Give Program Tonight," Iowa City Press -Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa, June 13, 1946. "Third Graders of Henry Sabin School Visit Park Cabins," Iowa City Press -Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa, November 2, 1938. Weber, Irving B. "Item 14. Fairgrounds," Iowa City Press Citizen, February 28, 1967, p. 8C. Weber, Irving B. "Log Cabins — How's Your History IQ?," Iowa City Press Citizen, February 23. 1976. "Friends of the Children's Museum, Special Project: Pioneer Life in Iowa," Friends of the Children's Museum, ca. 1975-1977. Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 07 has been X State Historic Preservation Office requested) _Ocher State agency _ p ewously listed In the National Register Federal agency _ previousy determined eligible by the National Register _Local government _designated a National Historic Landmark University recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # X Other Slate Historical Society of Iowa Library, _recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Name of repository: Iowa City, IA recorded by Historic American Landscape Survey # Historic Resources Survey Number (if assigned): Not applicable 10 Geographical Data Acreage of Property 0.6 acre (Do not Include previously listed resource acreage.) UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) 1 15 621800 4614320 Zone Easting Northing 2 Zone Easting Northing 3 Zone Easting Northing 4 Zone Easting Northing Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property.) Commencing at the Northeast corner of the log cabin known as the'Double Log Cabin', in the park known as'City Park', in the City of Iowa City, County of Johnson, State of Iowa; thence Easterly 50 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence Northerly 4 feet, thence North 35 degrees West, 80 feet; thence Westerly 128 feet; thence Southerly 157.5 feet; thence Easterly 173.9 feet; thence Northerly 87.9 feet to the Point of Beginning. See Figures 1 and 2• Nominated Site Boundary, pp. 20- 21. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 104100 OMB No. 102"018 (Expires Sr3112012) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected.) The irregular boundary includes a gently sloping to flat parcel of ground in Upper City Park occupied by the two log cabins comprising the site in 1918 after one was built in situ and the other was moved to the property. The site includes a wide buffer of green space surrounding the cabins that is occupied by mature white oak and American linden trees, some of which occupied the site in 1918,. The northeast boundary extends along the tree covered ridge that overlooks Lower City Park and the Iowa River. This ridge edge was part of the view shed present when the cabins were originally sited in 1913 and 1918. The northwestern boundary extends to the edge of a dense tree covered area and drops off sharply towards Lower City Park. A section of the service road for Upper City Park marks the southwest boundary while a line midway between the cabins and a modem park shelter forms the south southeasterly boundary. Alterations to the balance of City Park from its establishment until present day preclude considering the entire park for listing on the National Register in 2012. 11. Form Prepared By name/title Marlys A. Svendsen, Svendsen Tyler Inc. organization for City of Iowa City Park and Recreation Department date 7/31/2012 street & number N3834 Deep Lake Road telephone 715/469-3300 cityor town Sarona state WI zip code 54870 e-mail svendsentvleMcenturvtel.net Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: • Maps: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Key all photographs to this map. • Continuation Sheets • Additional items: (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items.) Nnotograptts: Submit dear and descriptive photographs. The size of each Image must be 16000200 pixels at 300 ppi (pixels per inch) or larger. Key all photographs to the sketch map. Name of Property. Old Settlers' Association Cabins City or Vicinity: Iowa City County., Johnson State: Iowa Photographer. Marlys A. Svendsen, Svendsen Tyler, Inc. for City of Iowa City, Park and Recreation Department Date Photographed: May 2012 Description of Photograph(s) and number. See Photographs through 20 & Photograph Map Key, pages 29-30. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form MPS Form 10-9D0 OMB No. 102"018 (Expires 5M V1a12) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Property Owner' Complete this item at the request of the SHPO a FPO.) name City of Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department attn• Joyce Carroll Program Supervisor street & number 220 South Gilbert Street telephone 319-356-5100 city or town Iowa City state IA zip code 52240 Paperwork Reduction Ad Statement: This Information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listng or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.400 at seq.). Esdmated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18 hours per response including time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining date, and complet ig and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this fore to the Office of Planning and Performance Management U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1849 C. Street, NW, Washington, DC NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. &=02) OMB No. 1024-0019 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Additional Information (Expires 5.31-2012) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Neme of Property Johnson County, Iowa County and State Name of multiple listing ('d applicable) Page 19 Figure 1: Map of the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins — Nominated Site Boundary and measurements (map provided by the City of Iowa City Engineering Department, July 2012) PARK plrwnr GRAND ARMY 'TREE ROCK I I Fl— SHELTER 4 1 UPPER CITY PARK I ACCESSROAO i i f i , CITY f, PARK j CABINS I. DOUBLE LOG CABIN } , 2. SINGLE ROOM LOG CABIN PARK ROAD -------------- —. — — C�R� NPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8I2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet (Expim 5-31-2012) ON Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Name of Property — — Johnson County, Iowa •_•• _-•-�-----__._._._ County and State Neme of mult(pie Ilsting (if epplicable)� �— Section number Additional Information Page 20 Figure 2: Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins — Aerial Photograph of Nominated Site Boundary (map provided by the City of Iowa City Engineering Department, July 2012) NPS Form 10.900-a (Rev. 812002) OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet (Expires 5-31-2012) Old Settlers' Assodation of Johnson Co. Cabins - - - — --- ----- ---- Name of Property Y--�—• Johnson County, Iowa County and State Name of multiple listing (ff applicable) Section number Additional Information Page 21 Figure 3: Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins - Tree Survey of Nominated Site (map provided by the City of Iowa City Engineering Department, July 2012) t ro+.r nw CITY i PARK Park Mid LOCATION MAP TREELEGENG f G- A- 32' White Oak E N a - 24' White Oak a C-30'White Oak D C j D-16" Whfte Oak E -16` White Oak A 1 K F-10"WhllePine '� J G -18" Arnerkan Linden s 2 N -28" American Linden I - 36" American Linden R L N J-16'Whka Oak O M K-22" White Oak L-32"WhheOak O 'P O M -14' White Oak N-30' White Oak 0-10" While PMe P -10- Walnut 0-9" Green Ash R -5" Red Oak S-18" WNte Oak CABINS 1, DOUBLE LOG CABIN 2. SINGLE ROOM LOG CABIN NPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024.0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Additional Information (Expires 5.31-2012) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Name of Property Johnson County, Iowa ............. County and State Name of mul8plelisting (if applicable) Page 22 Figure 4: City Park with numbered shelters and other facilities (map provided by the City of Iowa City, Park and Recreation Department, May 2012) fTERRELL � MILL PARK ° 0 to lmu t•W�r D,+. •n Nc:v:� NM • � Off O Q Ul G N:w M:ImnA• �g) It losl:w.m Q dV Q �ri_�"J ■ rYNkIbA " _•�� ir0 CZ7 00 �' c Lne.iN CITY PARK Ss ®1 &hLl�xlyryFlr[N N'.`Y.1iN ' , •■ �{ `.3 rNclo:ro:eraTEn Y lt. Jr" VW I}Tbq N.} I{II4:t5M9EpGt.IT , t Iv+.wc'ti:0.uaTq!. 1 (-V I ('l.' W:a+YMld: `ITUR• V:.e r;:wr3 Cabin Location NPS Fo,m 10.900a (Rev. 8=02) OMB No. 10240018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Additional Information (Free 5-31-2012) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Name of Property Johnson County, Iowa County and State Name ofmultiple listlng if appIMable) Page 23 Figure 5: Location map for City Park in northwest Iowa City (map provided by the City of Iowa City, Park and Recreation Department, May 2012) i A�roxlmma Chin I NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Additional Information (Fires 5-31.2012) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins —. ._...... ... Name of Property --.__...---------- County and State Name of mulgpie Ilsting (If applicable) Page 24 Figure 6: Sketch Floor Plans (not to scale) for Double Log Cabin or Dogtrot Log Cabin (above) and Single Room Log Cabin (below) - plans prepared by Svendsen Tyler, Inc. based on building diagrams in the Iowa Site Inventory Form plan completed by Christina Kuscker, November 2010. - Room Dimensions — Double Log Cabin Room Dimensions — Single -Room Log Cabin - Entrance opening without door 19 feet ve 16 feet NPS Form 10.900-a (Rev. 8=02) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31.2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Old settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins ._...___..__.._...._...--.._--.----_.._-- ---- _.--_ Name of Property Johnson County, Iowa County and State Name of mul0ple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Information Page 25 Figures 7 and 8: Historic photographs of "Lag Cabin City Park; April 9, 1916, and close-up, same photo, looking northeast (Patterson Collection, State Historical Society of Iowa Library, Iowa City, Iowa) NPS Form 10.800-a (Rev. 812002) OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet (Exptres 5-31.2012) old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Name of Properly Johnson County, Iowa County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicablej..Y Section number Additional Information Page 26 Figures 9 and 10: Historic photographs of `Replica of Iowa City Trading Post in City Park," (top) prior to relocation of Single -Room Log Cabin in 1918, looking northeast (State Historical Society of Iowa Library, Iowa City, Iowa) and "Replica of Iowa City Trading Post in City Park," (bottom) April 1950, looking east (Weber Collection, State Historical Society of Iowa Library, Iowa City, Iowa). w NPS Form 10-900•a (Rev. 812002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Name of Properly Johnson County, Iowa County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Information Page 27 Figures 11 and 12: Historic photograph of "Oki Seftlers' Cabins on the fairgrounds' (top), ca. 1890s, 1889 Single -Room Log Cabin on left, direction unknown; cabin on right, nonextent (Patterson Collection, State Historical Society of Iowa Library) and (below) Iowa City local historian, Irving Weber in front of Double Log Cabin, looking south, June 5, 1991 (courtesy of Douglas S. Russell, photographer). NPS Form 10-900-e (Rev. 8I2002) OMB No. 1024.0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet (Expires 8.31-2012) Old Settlers' Assocktlon of Johnson Co. Cabins Johnson County, Iowa County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Information Page 28 Figure 13: Log Building National Register Listings in Iowa —August 2012 Resource Date Built Location County NRHP Listed Abbe Gardner Sharp ce.1856 74 Monument Dr., Dickinson County 1973 Cabin Amolds Park Philip & Anna Kirchner 1867 Peterson Twp. Clay County 1993 Log House Picnic Shelters two Undated Richland Twp. Delaware County 1991 Park Shelters, 1934 South Fork Twp. Jackson County 1991 Maquoketa Caves State Park three Old Settlers' Association 1838 B St., Fairfield Jefferson County 1986 Park & Rhodham Bonnifield House Henek and Mary 1857 Franklin Twp. Linn County 2000 Horecky Log Cabin Iowa State Fair & 1974 E. 30 St., Des Polk County 1987 Exposition Grounds: Moines Ticket Booth Iowa State Fair & 1973 E. 30P St., Des Polk County 1987 Exposition Grounds: Moines Iowa State Fair & 1967 E. 30 St., Des Polk County 1987 Exposition Grounds: Moines Church Park Shelters, Black 1934 3 Street, Lake Sac County 1990 Hawk State Park(three)View Mars Hill Church 1857 Keokuk T . Wa Ilo County 1974 Conant's Cabins 1920 Spring Creek Twp. Tama County 2000 Alexander Young Cabin 1840 W. Madison St., Washington County 1973 Washin ton Theophile Bruguier Undated Riverside Blvd., Woodbury County 2000 Cabin Sioux City NIPS Form 10-900� (Rev. 812002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31.2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Name of Property Johnson County, Iowa County and State N -----e-meof--------_--muki--p-----lelisting---------(if-----------) ------- applicable- - Section number Additional Information Page 29 Photograph List: Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Marlys Svendsen, Svendsen Tyler, Inc., photographer Dates taken: May 3, 2012 1. Double Log Cabin (left) and Single Room Log Cabin (right) looking southeast 2. Double Log Cabin, looking east 3. Double Log Cabin, gable -end exposed stone chimney, looking south 4. Double Log Cabin, looking south 5. Double Log Cabin, looking west 6. Double Log Cabin, looking north 7. Double Log Cabin, interior, west pen, fireplace, looking northwest 8. Double Log Cabin, interior, west pen, 6-light windows and plank floor detail, looking west 9. Double Log Cabin, interior, west pen, entrance wall and paneled door, looking southeast 10. Double Log Cabin, interior, east pen, opposite entrance wall, looking southeast 11. Double Log Cabin, interior, east pen, 6/6 windows and entrance wall, looking west 12. Double Log Cabin, interior, east pen, entrance wall and panel door, looking northwest 13. Single Room Log Cabin, looking west 14. Single Room Log Cabin, looking north 15. Single Room Log Cabin, looking east 16. Single Room Log Cabin, looking south 17. Single Room Log Cabin, interior, non -original 1976 fireplace, looking southeast 18. Single Room Log Cabin, interior, deteriorated wall with missing logs, looking north 19. Left to right: Double Log Cabin, Single Room Log Cabin, and Grand Army Tree Rock, from service road, looking east 20. Grand Army Tree Plaque on boulder, looking east NPS Form 10.900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Additional Information SIN (Expires 8-31-2012) Old Settlers' Assodation of Johnson Co. Cabins Name of Property Johnson County, Iowa County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicablej- Page 30 Photograph Key Map: Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins N 4 . n 1 JVI DOUBLE LOG CABIN GLE ROOM LOG CABIN - 2 "0- 8 912 l 1 10 ash 8 tt ♦1 BOUNDARY 9-► 20-11� 14 --\, GRAND ARMY SHELTER TREE ROCK t7 i NPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 812002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5.31-2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins __.—__._.._...__..__..._._.----- Name of Property Johnson County, Iowa County and State Neme of muRiple Ifsting (rf applicable) - -• — Section number Additional Information Page 31 Photograph 1: Double Log Cabin (left) and Single Room Log Cabin (right) looking southeast Photograph 2: Double Lei) Cabin, looking east NPS Form 10.900,a (Rev. 8I2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Additional Information (ExpIms 6-31-2012) old Settlers' Assodation of Johnson Co. Cabins Name of Property Johnson County, Iowa County and Slate Name of multiple listing ('d applicable) — Page 32 Photograph 3: Double Log Cabin, gable end exposed chimney, looking south +iy '� l Photograph 4: Double Log Cabin, looking south NPS Form 10.9ODa (Rev. 8/2002) ONE No. 1024-0018 (Expires r-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OW Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Name of Property Johnson County, Iowa _ ount_--__..._ ----. ......... and Siate Name of mul8ple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Information Page 33 Photograph 5: Double Log Cabin, looking west Photograph 6: Double Log Cabin, looking nOfth NPS Form 10-900 a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024.0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet (Expires 5.31-2012) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Name of Property _...___..._----•-•---•__-- Johnson County, Iowa County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable)_ Section number Additional Information Page 34 Photograph 7: Double Log Cabin, interior, west pen. fireplace, looking northwest Photograph B: Rouble Log Cabin, interior, west pen, 6-light windows and plank floor detail, soaking west NPS Form 10.800-a (Rev. 8/M) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires r.31-2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Name of Property Johnson County. Iowa County -----_..__...____.------- and State Name of multiple fisting (If applicable) Section number Additional Information Page 35 Photograph 9: Double Log Cabin, interior, west pen, entrance wall and paneled door, looking southeast Photograph 1O7 Double Log Cabin. Interior, east pen, apposite entrance wall, looking southeast NIPS Form 19-900-8 (Rev. 8=02) OMB No. 1024.0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet (Expires 5-31-2012) Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins — - — _— .... --•------ — --_ - --- Name of Property Johnson County, Iowa •_ •-�_•__---__-„__ County and State 'Name of mu@iple fisting (if applicable)" — Section number Additional Information Page 36 Photograph 11: Double Log Cabin, interior, east pen, 6/6 windows and entrance wall, looking west Photog iorthwest NPS Form 10a)o-s (Rev. 812002) OMB No. 1024.0018 (Expires 5.31-2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Old Settlers' Assodadon of Johnson Co. Cabins -----....._...-._....._.._...---- —--- ---- - - Name of Property Johnson County, Iowa County and State '--"--- Name of multiple listing (ff applicable) Section number Additional Information Page 37 Photograph 13: Single Room Log Cabin, looking west Phonograph 14: Single Room Log Cabin, looking north NPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet (Fxpims 5.31.2012) OW Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Name of Property ------ —._- --- _...----'-- - Johnson County, Iowa County and State Name of multlple listing (if applicable) _ � �� Section number Additional Information Page 38 Photograph 15: Single Room Log Cabin, looking east Photograph 16: Single Room Log Cabin, looking south NPS Form 10-800-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 531-2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Old Settlers' Assodation of Johnson Co. Cabins Name of Property Johnson County, Iowa County and State __._.._._..___.-------------.___..._......._ Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Information Page 39 Photograph 17: Single Room Log Cabin, interior, non -original 1976 fireplace, looking southeast NPS Form 10.900a (Rev. 8=02) OMB No. 1024.0018 (E.xpims 5.31-2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins Johnson County, Iowa — ._.._.___...._..__..� - ----.___.....---- County and State Name of multiple I'�sting (if applicable) ��� - Section number Additional Information Page 40 NPS Form 10.900•a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Old Settlers' Association of Johnson Co. Cabins _.. ..�_._....-.. —- — - Name of Property ----- - ---- -••- Johnson County, Iowa County and State .___._.___..-._—.._.__-_ �.—____.....__ Name of multiple listing (H applicable) Section number Additional Information Page 41 Photographs 19 and 20: left to right, Double Log Cabin, Single Room Log Cabin, and Grand Army Tree Rock, from service road, looking east (top) and GAR plaque Cabin photos November 2018 Small cabin- Southwest corner North elevation of east portion of dogtrot cabin South elevation of dogtrot cabin South elevation of small cabin