Mathias Ham House

This three-story, 22-room Italianate mansion was designed in high Victorian style for Mathias Ham, who made his first fortune in Dubuque from mining the lead that was hidden in the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi.

The home is topped with an octagonal-shaped cupola, which provided an ideal vantage point for Ham to oversee his ferryboat operation below. Built high on the bluffs of which he made his fortune, this 1856 villa became an enduring symbol of Ham's abundant life on the Mississippi.

Resources
Mississippi River Museum
The Mississippi River Museum, located in Dubuque, Iowa, is dedicated to collecting, interpreting and sharing the rich and important history of the Mississippi River, America's river systems, and local and regional heritage.
Mississippi River Museum
URL: www.mississippirivermuseum.com

Mathias Ham House
The 1856 Italianate villa has 23 rooms restored to reflect the splendor of antebellum Dubuque.
Mathias Ham House
URL: www.mississippirivermuseum.com/hamhouse.htm
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Special Presentation : Episode HHM-S
•	Mississippi River's Oak Alley Plantation
•	Historic Homes: Wisconsin's Villa Louis Hilltop Mansion
•	Mathias Ham House
•	Mark Twain's Mississippi Boyhood Home
•	Pierre Menard Home
•	Rosalie
•	San Francisco Plantation