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Section 1

Introduction

3D Tour

Preface

History

Allen Era

Construction

Hubbell Era

Iowa Governor's Residence

Iowa's Historical Timeline

Governors

Checkpoint: Interactive

Exterior

North

East

South

West

Interior

Drawing Room

Reception Room

Music Room

Dining Room

Main Hall

East Hall

Sitting Room

Library

Grand Staircase

NW Bedroom

NE Bedroom

SW Bedroom

SE Bedroom

Third Floor Residence

Grounds

Pool

Carriage House

Gardens

Checkpoint: Interactive

Future

Historical Context

3D Virtual Tour

Schedule a Visit

Summary: Interactive

Section 2

Conclusion

History: Terrace Hill - preview

Section 1: Construction Page 6

The Construction of Terrace Hill

1866-1869

Local newspapers lauded	"Fairy-land castle with towers and turrets."
	“Prairie Palace of the West.”

▲NE Exterior, 1899

Characteristics of Terrace Hill

Built on the highest hill in Des Moines	Cost of ~$250,000 (~$4,250,000 in today's dollars)	Iowa's most prized home	Designed by Chicago architect William W. Boyington*	Landscaped by Job T. Elletson
Exterior trimmed in artificial stone, dressed limestone, and ornamental wood millwork	Furnished with the best that money could buy; like hot & cold running water, gas lights, lift, indoor restrooms		Site plan included a carriage house, ice house and self-regulating windmill	Decorative wood-carved rope molding surrounds the doors and windows

Floor 3

Housed live-in staff

Floor 2

Decorated in current styles, with carpets, curtains, and custom-designed furniture (New York)

Four marble mantels (Sherman Cole and Company of Chicago)

Grand staircase (Foster Brothers of Des Moines)

Floor 1

Basement

Kitchen

Laundry

Drying Rooms

Storerooms

Servants' Dining

Vault

*Boyington trained first as a carpenter, then as an architect and an engineer. Boyington varied his designs from modest cottages to elaborate office and commercial buildings. He was one of the few prominent architects in Chicago before the disastrous Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Terrace Hill is one of the three important residential Second Empire designs that Boyington created outside of Chicago during this period. The others are the General Dodge House in Council Bluffs, Iowa (1869) and the Hegeler-Carus Mansion in La Salle, Illinois (1874). Boyington also designed other notable Des Moines buildings, like the current World Food Prize Hall of Laureates and the current Des Moines Social Club.