Workingmen's Houses, William P. Hipman House I, 804 Dodge Street, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA

Significance: Built in 1898, the William P. Hipman House is the last of the workingmen's residences built along lower Dodge Street in the late 19th century. Although its scale, configuration, fenestration and use of materials are similar to other structures on the street built over twenty-five years earlier, this house illustrates the subtle effects of stylistic changes on this relatively modest house type. The slightly increased height to create an additional half story, the cross gables on the sides and the use of diamond-pattern shingles and decorative bracket (now removed) in the front gable distinguish this house as a more architecturally self-conscious example of the simple gable-ended box - the prevalent house type in this neighborhood.
Survey number: HABS IA-159-BA
Building/structure dates: 1898 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1974 Subsequent Work