Friends of Historic Preservation will have their 2nd Annual Parade of Historic Homes on Sunday, May 18, from 1-5 PM in Iowa City, Iowa. Admission for the tour is $5 for adults, children under 12 free. Start at any site.

Of particular note to Arts and Crafts folks will be two apartments from the 1916 Summit Apartment building, the first apartments built in Iowa City. The Summit Apartment Building is the only known work in the state of Iowa by noted Prairie School architect Parker Nobel Berry (1888-1918). Berry was chief designer for Louis Sullivan for more than eight years and is said to have possessed one of the finest talents in Prairie School architecture. However, due to his untimely death at the age of 30, his work is virtually unknown. The Summit Apartments are on the National Register of Historic Places.


(image from http://www.absolutedsm.com/)

Also on the tour is the prominent Italianate house located at 1011 Woodlawn that was built in 1888 by Amos Hiatt. This property was damaged during the tornado of 2006 and has been beautifully repaired and painted. The four square located at 225 North Lucas Street has been sympathetically updated by its current owners. And, the recently moved Motley Cow restaurant demonstrates adaptive use of historic materials.

A special feature of the program will be the recently moved Isaac A. Wetherby Cottage. The cottage will be open and there will be a Power Point presentation inside. Isaac A. Wetherby was the first to photographer of the Old Capitol in 1854. He also photographed many well-known Iowans such as Governor Samuel Kirkwood. The owner of the cottage, Marybeth Slonnegar has documented the history of Isaac A. Wetherby. She invites anyone with a Wetherby photograph in their collection to bring it along to be scanned into a database of Wetherby images. Architectural Historian, Marlin Ingalls will also be on hand to explain how he documented the structural history of the Wetherby Cottage.

Addresses:

225 North Lucas St.
1011 Woodlawn Ave.
611 North Governor St.
228 South Summit St.
160 North Linn St., Writer’s Square, Motley Cow (*2pm-5pm

For more information:

http://www.ic-fhp.org/