The Nicholas J. Kuhnen House is a historic building located in central Davenport, Iowa, United States.
[1] Nicholas Kuhnen was born in Prussia and immigrated to the United States in the 19th century, settling in Davenport.
[3] By the 1880s he had the largest cigar factory north of St. Louis, Missouri and west of Chicago and at times employed 500 people.
[3] Unlike some of the earlier manifestations of the style in Davenport that favored the simplicity derived from the Greek Revival, the Kuhnen House features high Victorian embellishment.
It features bracketed eaves, a central pavilion that protrudes from the main façade, a porch that covers two-thirds of the front of the building, projecting bays, and triangular roof dormers.