Decker House Hotel

Decker House Hotel
Location 128 N. Main St.
Maquoketa, Iowa
Coordinates 42°04′13″N 90°40′04″W / 42.07028°N 90.66778°W / 42.07028; -90.66778Coordinates: 42°04′13″N 90°40′04″W / 42.07028°N 90.66778°W / 42.07028; -90.66778
Area less than one acre
Built 1876-1878
Architect W.W. Tucker
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP Reference # 78003451[1]
Added to NRHP December 29, 1978

The Decker House Hotel is a historic building located in Maquoketa, Iowa, United States. James Decker, an entrepreneur from Watertown, New York held numerous real estate holdings in and around Maquoketa. He built the first Decker House, a frame structure, in 1856. After Maquoketa was named the county seat in 1873, Decker decided to replace it. The three-story, brick, Italianate building was designed by Watertown architect W.W. Tucker. It's decoration is limited to the north and east elevations. Noteworthy, is its metal cornice and window hoods. It opened in May 1878, and it had two other competitors in town at that time.[2] Following his death in 1881, James Decker's son Leonard took over his holdings in New York and Iowa. He moved into the Decker House in 1885 and died there in 1900. The building has subsequently lost its entrance porch, original front doors and the pediment over the cornice. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. M.H. Bowers. "Decker House Hotel" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-15. with five photos from 1978


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