Kattenbracker House | |
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| Location | 1125 S. 2nd St. Le Claire, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 41°36′35.8086″N90°20′42.1152″W / 41.609946833°N 90.345032000°W /41.609946833; -90.345032000 |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1860 |
| MPS | Houses of Mississippi River Men TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003701[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 13, 1979 |
TheKattenbracker House is an historic building located inLe Claire, Iowa, United States. The house has been listed on theNational Register of Historic Places since 1979.[1] The property is part of theHouses of Mississippi River Men Thematic Resource, which covers the homes of men from LeClaire who worked on theMississippi River as riverboat captains, pilots, builders and owners.[2]
The Kattenbracher family were German immigrants who established the C. Kattenbracher & Son foundry located in the original town of Parkhurst along the river. The town was later incorporated into Le Claire.[3] The foundry suppliedmetalwork and made repairs for the Le Claire Marine Railway boatyards that were run by J.W. Van Sant. The family built this house in 1860.
The Kattenbracher House is a two-story, rectangular,brick house built on a stone foundation. At one time the house was covered withstucco, but it has subsequently peeled off.[3] The mainfacade is three bays wide, and the main entrance is located in the center. The windows feature flat enframements and shallow, triangularpediments. The house is capped by a lowhipped roof with wide bracketedeaves andmodillions. There is a protruding, rectangularbay window on the southeast corner of the house. A single-story frame addition was built on the north side. It features agable roof and now contains the main entrance into the house.
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