Area less than one acre MPS Maquoketa MPS Opened 1882 | Built 1882 NRHP Reference # 95000385 Added to NRHP 20 April 1995 | |
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Location 418 W. Pleasant St.
Maquoketa, Iowa Part of West Pleasant Street Historic District (#91000970) Architectural styles Queen Anne style architecture, Stick style People also search for Alexander Organ House | ||
The J.E. Squiers House, also known as the Squiers House Bed and Breakfast, is a historic building located in Maquoketa, Iowa, United States. The architectural and historic significance of this house is attributed to its being "a well-preserved example of late nineteenth century domestic architecture in Maquoketa's most prominent residential neighborhood and for its association with the life and career of James Emery Squiers, a prominent local businessman." Built in 1882, the 2½-story brick house features elements consistent with the Queen Anne and Stick styles. It follows a central hall floor plan with two rectangular projecting bays, a three-sided bay window, a kitchen addition on the back, and a hipped roof with intersecting gable sections.
Squiers ran a dry goods business downtown, which he sold in 1885. He was elected president of the First National Bank of Maquoketa, a position he held until two months before his death in 1911. There was no mortgage to pay for the construction of this house, which attests to the Squiers' wealth. The house was included as a contributing property in the West Pleasant Street Historic District in 1991, and it was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.