Built 1865 Opened 1865 | NRHP Reference # 79003710 Added to NRHP 13 April 1979 | |
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Location 127 Jones St.
Le Claire, Iowa MPS Houses of Mississippi River Men TR Similar John Smith House, Old Mill House, James Brown House, East Hill House and Carriage, Nebergall "Knoll Crest" Ro | ||
The George Tromley Jr. House is located in Le Claire, Iowa. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1979. 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.
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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. 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. This makes it among the more picturesque houses found in Le Claire. 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.