George Tromley Jr. House

The George Tromley, Jr. House is a historic building located in Le Claire, Iowa, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1979.[1] The property is part of the Houses of Mississippi River Men Thematic Resource, which covers the homes of men from LeClaire who worked on the Mississippi River as riverboat captains, pilots, builders and owners.[2]

George Tromley, Jr. House
Location127 Jones St.
Le Claire, Iowa
Coordinates41°35′56.0796″N 90°20′41.0742″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1865
MPSHouses of Mississippi River Men TR
NRHP reference No.79003710[1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1979

George Tromley Jr.

Tromley was born in 1857 at LeClaire to George and Katherine (McCaffrey) Tromely. Like his father, he worked as a river pilot on the Mississippi River. He married Alice LaCock and they had an adopted daughter.[3] His parent's home, the George Tromley, Sr. House, is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Architecture

The George Tromley, Jr. House is a 1½-story frame structure that was built in 1865. The house is noteworthy because of its use of the jerkinhead gable roof with a large jerkinhead dormer centered on the main facade.[2] This makes it among the more picturesque houses found in Le Claire.[4] The exterior is faced with narrow clapboards. There is a one-story porch that curves around the southeast corner of the house and it connects with a one-story, gable-roofed section on the northeast corner. This section may have been used as a summer kitchen. The house is located on a raised lot that is surrounded by a stone retaining wall.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Houses of Mississippi River Men Thematic Resource". United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  3. Downer, Harry E. "History of Davenport and Scott County, Iowa". The Internet Archive. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
  4. "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: George Tromley, Jr. House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-04-10. with photo
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