City of Lincoln Planning Noble-Dawes House

Noble-Dawes House
Boundary/Address: 1301 H Street Designation: Local Landmark Year Built: 1885
Built around 1885 for photographer Henry E. Noble, this Queen Anne style duplex was the home of Charles G. Dawes from 1891-1895. Born in Ohio in 1865, Dawes was a fresh graduate from Cincinnati Law School when he was admitted to the Nebraska Bar in 1886. He practiced law in Lincoln for a decade and during that time was part of the circle of brilliant young men including William Jennings Bryan and John J. Pershing who went on to careers of national and international impact. Dawes relocated to Chicago in the mid-1890s, was US Comptroller of the Currency 1897-1901, a very successful financier, a US Army officer 1917-19 (rising to Brig. General), first US Budget Director in 1921, winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 1924 (for reconstruction efforts in Europe after WWI), US Vice President in 1925-29, and US Ambassador to Great Britain 1929-32.
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