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[[Image:Ryan.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Corner posts have been said to resemble Union general and later President U.S. Grant.]] RYAN HOUSE. This elegant Italian Villa style house was built by William Andrew and later finished by [[THOMPSON, John|John THOMPSON]], mayor of Dubuque and leather merchant. The architect was Van Osdel, the famous designer of the Palmer House in Chicago. [[RYAN, William A.|William A. RYAN]] purchased the home for his second wife, Catherine, and their six children. He often used the home for entertaining. The posts for the fence are said to contain the likeness of U.S. Grant, leader of Union forces during the [[CIVIL WAR]], who may have purchased pork from his Dubuque friend who had the nickname, "Hog" Ryan. | [[Image:Ryan.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Corner posts have been said to resemble Union general and later President U.S. Grant.]] RYAN HOUSE. This elegant Italian Villa style house was built by William Andrew and later finished by [[THOMPSON, John|John THOMPSON]], mayor of Dubuque and leather merchant. The architect was Van Osdel, the famous designer of the Palmer House in Chicago. | ||
[[RYAN, William A.|William A. RYAN]] purchased the home for his second wife, Catherine, and their six children. He often used the home for entertaining. The posts for the fence are said to contain the likeness of U.S. Grant, leader of Union forces during the [[CIVIL WAR]], who may have purchased pork from his Dubuque friend who had the nickname, "Hog" Ryan. | |||
Revision as of 23:16, 13 May 2009
RYAN HOUSE. This elegant Italian Villa style house was built by William Andrew and later finished by John THOMPSON, mayor of Dubuque and leather merchant. The architect was Van Osdel, the famous designer of the Palmer House in Chicago.
William A. RYAN purchased the home for his second wife, Catherine, and their six children. He often used the home for entertaining. The posts for the fence are said to contain the likeness of U.S. Grant, leader of Union forces during the CIVIL WAR, who may have purchased pork from his Dubuque friend who had the nickname, "Hog" Ryan.
To separate his second family from his first, Ryan erected a wooden fence between this home and his original home of the corner of Locust and Loras. This failed to accomplish its task. He then had the three storied home containing thirty rooms moved thirteen feet south to separate his second family from the children of his first family. Evidence of this relocation can be found in the basement. The newer foundation can be seen along with stone from the original foundation attached to the home and rocks used for filling the gaps located between. For many years, the home was known as one of the finest restaurants in Dubuque. It has become a property of the DUBUQUE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Address: 1375 Locust