Vogt House (Iowa City, Iowa)

Vogt House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
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Location	800 N. Van Buren St. Iowa City, Iowa
Coordinates	41°40′15.5″N 91°31′42.8″W
Area	approximately 6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built	1890
Built by	Jake Hotz
Architectural style	Queen Anne
Part of	Brown Street Historic District (ID94001112)
NRHP reference No.	78001231[1]
Added to NRHP	July 24, 1978

The Vogt House, also known as the Vogt-Unash House and the Kurt Vonnegut House, is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The two-story, brick structure is a fine example of vernacular Queen Anne architecture.[2] It follows an asymmetrical plan and features a high-pitched hipped roof, a gabled and a round dormer on the south elevation, a two-story gabled-roof pavilion on the east, a two-story polygonal bay with a hipped roof on the west, and a single-story addition on the back. Of particular merit is the wrap-around, latticework porch that has a round pavilion with a conical roof and finial on its southwest corner.[2] There are also two outbuildings: a two-story frame carriage house to the west of the house, and a woodshed to the north of the main house.

Author Kurt Vonnegut lived in the house from 1965 to 1967.[3] The house was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] In 1994 it was included as a contributing property in the Brown Street Historic District.[4]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Jack DeWitt. "Vogt House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-05-23. with photo(s)
3. "Time Machine: How did renowned novelist Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Wind up in Iowa City?".
4. Marlys A. Svendsen. "Brown Street Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-05-23.