Dubuque · West Eleventh Street
The Hancock House
Wholesale grocer Charles T. Hancock's Queen Anne mansion by Frank D. Hyde on the Grove Terrace bluff; the inn shows antiques it says were his.
- Built
- c. 1890Tax records cited in the nomination show construction finished in 1890 (planning under way in 1887); the inn says 1891. Hancock family additions 1907–09.
- Style
- Queen Anne
- Architect
- Frank D. Hyde
- Type
- B&B
- Area
- West Eleventh Street
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
Charles T. Hancock, who succeeded his father as head of the wholesale grocer John T. Hancock & Sons, built the house on the bluff at Grove Terrace. The nomination calls it one of Dubuque’s finest Queen Anne houses, notable for its prominent setting and massive scale, and credits architect Frank D. Hyde. Hancock was elected chairman of the Iowa Republican Central Committee in 1898. Owners after 1913 made no major alterations, and the inn displays antiques that belonged to Hancock.
Good to know
- Address: 1105 Grove Terrace, Dubuque, IA 52001
Sources (2)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.