Chautauqua Park Historic District

The district extends across 67 acres between 16th Street, Hickman Road, and Chautauqua Parkway, containing 118 houses and 45 garages built between 1925 and 1941.

The land served as assembly grounds from 1896 to 1900, with a 3,000-seat hall hosting lectures by prominent figures including Senators Robert La Follette and Booker T. Washington.

The residential area features Tudor Revival architecture and local Beaverdale Brick style buildings characterized by intersecting gables and solid brick construction throughout the neighborhood.

The district includes seventy-five contributing houses, twenty-four garages, and entrance posts that maintain their original architectural elements from the interwar development period.

Landscape architect L. Earl Foglesong, who designed the Iowa State Capitol grounds, created the district's layout incorporating Douglas Park's natural wooded hillside.

Location: Iowa

GPS coordinates: 41.61278,-93.63500

Latest update: March 3, 2025 10:57