Muscatine Avenue Moffitt Cottage Historic District

1322--1330 Muscatine Ave., Iowa City, Iowa. County/parish: Johnson.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 04, 1993. NRIS 93000327.

5 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • Moffitt Cottages

From Wikipedia:

Muscatine Avenue Moffitt Cottage Historic District

The Muscatine Avenue Moffitt Cottage Historic District is a National Register of Historic Places district that includes five stone cottages in Iowa City epitomizing the eccentric vernacular architectural style of Howard Moffitt. Moffitt constructed more than 100 houses in Iowa City and Coralville, Iowa, and a few in Citrus City, Texas. These small houses represent one of the regional 20th-century vernacular architectural styles in the United States. Howard Moffitt was a prolific builder.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75336794

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