Charles Berryhill House

The Charles Berryhill House (also known as Black's Gaslight Village) is a historic house located at 414 Brown Street in Iowa City, Iowa.

Charles Berryhill House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
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Location	414 Brown St., Iowa City, Iowa
Coordinates	41°40′14.6″N 91°31′46.2″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1850-1865
Part of	Brown Street Historic District (ID94001112)
NRHP reference No.	79000904[1]
Added to NRHP	May 31, 1979

Description and history

Charles Berryhill was a Pennsylvania native who moved in Iowa City in 1839. Described as a "merchant, farmer, and speculator," he was a charter member of the local Old Settlers' Association.[2] His house was built over a period of about 15 years. The two-story brick main block is the original portion of the house, built in about 1850. It features a bracketed cornice, decorative window hoods, and columned porches. There are various brick and frame additions that were built onto the back of the house in the succeeding years. There is also a small vernacular stone structure behind the house that is reminiscent of similar structures built in Iowa City in the 1840s and the early 1850s.

The house was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 31, 1979.[1] In 1994, it was included as a contributing property in the Brown Street Historic District.[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. M.H. Bowers. "Charles Berryhill House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-05-19. with photo(s)
3. Marlys A. Svendsen. "Brown Street Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-05-23.