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 EARLIEST -- Female practicing physician in Mount Vernon, Iowa Posted by:  iconions
N 41° 55.438 W 091° 25.224
15T E 630976 N 4642541
This two-and-a-half story Second Empire building is located at 400 1st Street West in Mount Vernon, Iowa. Dr. Kate Mason Hogel used this building as a home and clinic.
Waymark Code: WM12K0J
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2020
Views: 1
Architect/Builder - Thomas Clark
Date(S) - 1867-87?
DESCRIPTION:
Irregular plan, 3 story, mansard roof (flat), brick walls, brackets, raised brick hoods over windows. Two story bay (6 sides) on east facing wood brackets and pent roof-8 dormer windows in mansard. Original porches removed, replaced with pseudo-Colonial Revival elements. Chimney above polygonal bay (east side) removed. Brick has been painted dark red.
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:
Home, office and clinic of Dr. Kate Mason Hogel and husband Dr. George Hogel. She graduated from Cornell in 1882 and is earliest woman physician in the area.
Despite loss of some detail (most notably the richly-ornamented front porch), this house remains a well-kept example of Second Empire residential architecture.
-National Registry Entry
Type of documentation of superlative status: website
Location of coordinates: Front of building
Web Site: [Web Link]
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