East Hill House and Carriage House
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| Location | 5004 State St. Riverdale, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 41°32′36″N 90°28′1″W / 41.54333°N 90.46694°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1926 |
| Architect | Howard Van Doren Shaw Arthur H. Ebeling |
| Architectural style | Georgian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 99001384[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 22, 1999 |
The East Hill House and Carriage House, also known as the Decker French Mansion, is a historic property located in Riverdale, Iowa, United States. The Georgian Revival style residence and its carriage house have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1999.[1] The historic listing includes two contributing buildings, one structure and one site.
The estate was built for the George W. "Decker" French family, who were part of the Iowana dairy farms that raised prize Holstein cattle.[2] The family named the house "East Hill House" to differentiate it from the larger home built for them on a hill to the west of this property in 1909 that became known as "West Hill House". The family also used these names on their stationery. East Hill House was designed by noted Chicago architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. About the same time, the family donated French Hall for nurses at St. Lukes Hospital in Davenport, no longer extant, and hired Shaw to design that building as well.[2] Davenport architect Arthur Ebeling was the supervising architect during the construction phase of the project. He is noted locally as the architect for the Joseph Bettendorf House (1915), Regina Coeli Monastery (1916), and the Henry Kahl House (1920).
