Encyclopedia Dubuque
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LOETSCHER-TRAUSCH HOME
LOETSCHER-TRAUSCH HOME. Plain Roman columns of this GEORGIAN REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE support three porticos which overlook the city and river from the bluff area. In 1900 Andrew A. LOETSCHER built the 6,000 square foot, three-story mansion using fine woods sold by his lumber company, FARLEY AND LOETSCHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY. The trademark of the company, a craftsman's square, is found throughout the house on doors and woodwork. Loetscher used quarter-sawn oak for the foyer's paneled walls, the staircase, main living room, and the double set of pocket doors. Cherry, maple, birch, mahogany, and walnut were also used in the home.
After the Loetschers, the house was known as the Trausch home in the 1920s and 1930s. It served as the residence of the Archdiocese of Dubuque's auxiliary bishop Edward Aloysius FITZGERALD in the 1940s and was home to the Rhombergs in the 1950s and 1960s.
Location: 1595 Montrose Terrace
