Encyclopedia Dubuque
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ST. FRANCIS HOME
ST. FRANCIS HOME. Although once a name given to the former JESSE P. FARLEY MANSION, the St. Francis Home name was again applied to a building in Dubuque on March 31, 1905. Father Theodore Warning, Chaplain of the Franciscan Sisters, dedicated St. Francis Home, Davis and Windsor Avenues, for the elderly and retired.
The 1939 through 1945 Dubuque City Directory listed 703 Davis.
The 1948 Dubuque Classified Business Directory listed 902 Davis.
The 1962 through 1977 Dubuque City Directory listed 901 Davis.