Billingsley-Hills House
Iowa City, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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The Billingsley-Hills House, located in Iowa City, Iowa, is a two-story frame house built in 1870 that exemplifies the transitional Greek Revival to Italianate style popular in the region during the years surrounding the American Civil War. Originally situated on a 38-acre estate, the property was reduced to its current size by the turn of the twentieth century. The house retains considerable architectural integrity, a rarity among similar structures in the area, most of which have been demolished or substantially altered. Its design features a low pitched gable roof, bracketed eaves, an entablature with dentils and returns, and a wrap-around front porch. Now positioned in a residential neighborhood across from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, the house was listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 1983, and was later included as a contributing property in the Melrose Historic District in 2004.
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- Built
- Type
- house
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place, National Register of Historic Places contributing property
- Place
- Iowa City, United States
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