SECOND ANNUAL PARADE OF HISTORIC HOMES
SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2008

Friends of Historic Preservation will be hosting the second annual Parade of Historic Homes on Sunday, May 18, 2008 from 1:00pm* until 5:00pm in Iowa City.

The owners of homes in Iowa City’s historic Northside, Goosetown, and Woodlawn as well as the Landmark Summit Street Apartments plus a restaurant in Writer’s Square will open their doors to talk about renovations and building projects using recycled materials from the Salvage Barn. There is a small fee for the tour. Tour proceeds will support the work of Friends of Historic Preservation.

Part of the program will be a comparison of results from rehabilitation versus a restoration of two of the Summit Street apartments. Also included is the prominent Italianate house located at 1011 Woodlawn that was built in 1888 by Amos Hiatt. This property was damaged during the tornado of 2006 and has been beautifully repaired and painted. The four square located at 225 North Lucas Street has been sympathetically updated by its current owners. And, the recently moved Motley Cow restaurant demonstrates adaptive use of historic materials.

A special feature of the program will be the recently moved Isaac A. Wetherby Cottage. The cottage will be open and there will be a Power Point presentation inside. Isaac A. Wetherby was the first to photographer of the Old Capitol in 1854. He also photographed many well-known Iowans such as Governor Samuel Kirkwood. The owner of the cottage, Marybeth Slonnegar has documented the history of Isaac A. Wetherby. She invites anyone with a Wetherby photograph in their collection to bring it along to be scanned into a database of Wetherby images. Architectural Historian, Marlin Ingalls will also be on hand to explain how he documented the structural history of the Wetherby Cottage.

Properties to be featured:

225 North Lucas, Northside, Four Square, Michael Wright & Michael Knock
1011 Woodlawn, Woodlawn, Italianate, Jeffrey & Christine Denberg
611 North Governor, Goosetown, Wetherby Cottage, Marybeth Slonneger
228 South Summit St., Summit Street Apartment Bldgs, Marty McCafferty &Shelley McCafferty
160 North Linn, Writer’s Square, Motley Cow (*2pm-5pm), David Wieseneck

For additional information, contact Friends of Historic Preservation, www.ic-fhp.org.

There will be a $5 per person entrance fee for the program. Children under 12 will be free.