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==Henry Kahl==
==Henry Kahl==
Henry Kahl was born in a small cottage on the northwest side of Davenport. <ref name=Wundrum>{{cite web|url= http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/bill-wundram/article_8cfa951f-5a47-5418-9d9b-c50f58b9655b.html|title= The mule driver who became a millionaire |publisher=Quad-City Times (December 23, 1994)|accessdate=2010-10-18|last=Wundrum|first=Bill}}</ref> By the age of 12 or 13 he was driving a mule team between Davenport and nearby [[Coal Valley, Illinois]]. At 16 he started working for Davenport contractor P.T. Walsh and rose up through the ranks of the company that built railroads across the United States. Eventually he became vice president of the company and oversaw the work on the [[New York Central Railroad]]. By the age of 45 he was a self made millionaire<ref name=Wundrum/> and with his money he invested in various companies and real estate. He bought property along Third Street in downtown Davenport. On one of the parcels he built the [[Kahl Building]]. He died in 1931 at the age of 56. <ref name=Willard >{{cite web|url= http://qctimes.com/news/article_7b31fd57-ddc9-5ad8-8dcb-eea255f02931.html|title= The Henry Kahl legacy stars in new book |publisher=Quad-City Times (December 4, 2000)|accessdate=2010-10-18|last=Willard|first=John}}</ref>
Henry Kahl was born in a small cottage on the northwest side of Davenport. <ref name=Wundrum>{{cite web|url= http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/bill-wundram/article_8cfa951f-5a47-5418-9d9b-c50f58b9655b.html|title= The mule driver who became a millionaire |publisher=Quad-City Times (December 23, 1994)|accessdate=2010-10-18|last=Wundrum|first=Bill}}</ref> By the age of 12 or 13 he was driving a mule team between Davenport and nearby [[Coal Valley, Illinois]]. At 16 he started working for Davenport contractor P.T. Walsh and rose up through the ranks of the company that built railroads across the United States. Eventually he became vice president of the company and oversaw the work on the [[New York Central Railroad]]. By the age of 45 he was a partner in the construction firm and a self made millionaire<ref name=Wundrum/> and with his money he invested in various companies and real estate. He bought property along Third Street in downtown Davenport. On one of the parcels he built the [[Kahl Building]]. He died in 1931 at the age of 56. <ref name=Willard >{{cite web|url= http://qctimes.com/news/article_7b31fd57-ddc9-5ad8-8dcb-eea255f02931.html|title= The Henry Kahl legacy stars in new book |publisher=Quad-City Times (December 4, 2000)|accessdate=2010-10-18|last=Willard|first=John}}</ref>


==Architecture==
==Architecture==
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==References==
==References==
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==See also==
*[[Donahue Building]], headquarters building for the Walsh-Kahl Construction Company.


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 14:39, 31 October 2010

Henry Kahl House
Henry Kahl House is located in Iowa
Henry Kahl House
Location1101 W. 9th Street, Davenport, Iowa
Built1920
ArchitectArthur Ebeling
Architectural styleMission/Spanish Revival
MPSDavenport MRA
NRHP reference No.83002457 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 7, 1983

The Henry Kahl House, is located on a bluff overlooking the West End of Davenport, Iowa. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Henry Kahl

Henry Kahl was born in a small cottage on the northwest side of Davenport. [2] By the age of 12 or 13 he was driving a mule team between Davenport and nearby Coal Valley, Illinois. At 16 he started working for Davenport contractor P.T. Walsh and rose up through the ranks of the company that built railroads across the United States. Eventually he became vice president of the company and oversaw the work on the New York Central Railroad. By the age of 45 he was a partner in the construction firm and a self made millionaire[2] and with his money he invested in various companies and real estate. He bought property along Third Street in downtown Davenport. On one of the parcels he built the Kahl Building. He died in 1931 at the age of 56. [3]

Architecture

The three-story house is built of cream colored brick in a combination of the Spanish revival and Mission revival styles. The house was designed by Arthur Ebeling who also designed the Regina Coeli Monastery and the Kahl Building downtown.

The Kahl family donated the house and its property to the Catholic Diocese of Davenport [4] and in the 1955 the Carmelite Sisters turned the house into a 25-bed, dormitory-style retirement home called the Kahl Home for the Aged and Infirm. [5] In 1963 they added a modern building that could house 135 residents and a chapel onto the main house. [6] In 2009 the Sisters announced that they intended to build a new facility on the north side of the city and vacate the central Davenport location.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ^ a b Wundrum, Bill. "The mule driver who became a millionaire". Quad-City Times (December 23, 1994). Retrieved 2010-10-18.
  3. ^ Willard, John. "The Henry Kahl legacy stars in new book". Quad-City Times (December 4, 2000). Retrieved 2010-10-18.
  4. ^ Brecht, Tory. "Kahl Home eyes move from central city to north Davenport". Quad-City Times (October 25, 2009). Retrieved 2010-10-18.
  5. ^ Brecht, Tory. "The Kahl legacy". Quad-City Times (October 25, 2009). Retrieved 2010-10-18.
  6. ^ Brecht, Tory. "Davenport council OKs Kahl Home rezoning". Quad-City Times (October 29, 2009). Retrieved 2010-10-18.

See also

  • Donahue Building, headquarters building for the Walsh-Kahl Construction Company.
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