The houses in the neighborhood vary in size from large multi-story, ornamented structures to those that are more modest in scale.[2] They also reflect the styles that were popular in the city at the time it was transformed from a largely rural area to a suburban area. The street patterns vary from curvilinear, to cul-de-sac, to grid patterns and a major town and country highway. The district also includes Brookland Park. The Billingsley-Hills House (1870) and the A.W. Pratt House (1885) were individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
melrose, historic, district, iowa, city, iowa, melrose, historic, district, nationally, recognized, historic, district, located, iowa, city, iowa, united, states, listed, national, register, historic, places, 2004, time, nomination, consisted, resources, which. The Melrose Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Iowa City Iowa United States It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 1 At the time of its nomination it consisted of 134 resources which included 112 contributing buildings one contributing site 20 non contributing buildings and one non contributing structure 2 This neighborhood first developed as a sparsely populated rural area and between World War I and World War II developed into an automobile suburb It grew along with the University of Iowa when it expanded to the west side of the Iowa River and it borders the large University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics complex Among the prominent people who lived here was Howard Jones who coached the Iowa football team from 1916 to 1923 Other prominent residents included professors and local professionals and politicians Melrose Historic DistrictU S National Register of Historic PlacesU S Historic districtShow map of IowaShow map of the United StatesLocationPortions of Melrose Ave Melrose Ct Melrose Circle Brookland Park Dr Brookland Place and Myrtle Ave Iowa City IowaCoordinates41 39 16 N 91 30 59 W 41 65444 N 91 51639 W 41 65444 91 51639Area34 acres 14 ha ArchitectFrank X FreyderB A WickhamArchitectural styleItalianateColonial RevivalMPSIowa City MPSNRHP reference No 04001321 1 Added to NRHPDecember 6 2004The houses in the neighborhood vary in size from large multi story ornamented structures to those that are more modest in scale 2 They also reflect the styles that were popular in the city at the time it was transformed from a largely rural area to a suburban area The street patterns vary from curvilinear to cul de sac to grid patterns and a major town and country highway The district also includes Brookland Park The Billingsley Hills House 1870 and the A W Pratt House 1885 were individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places References edit a b National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service July 9 2010 a b Marlys A Svendsen Melrose Historic District National Park Service Retrieved June 7 2017 with photos This article about a property in Johnson County Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a building or structure in Iowa is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Melrose Historic District Iowa City Iowa amp oldid 1169252574, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
