March 28, 1996 – The William Bostick House – located at 115 N. Gilbert Street in Iowa City – is designated on the National Register of Historic Places.
An Iowa City business man named William H. Bostick built this two-story Greek Revival home at 115 North Gilbert Street in 1851, and in July 1855, sold it to Alexander Rider and Dr. Henry Murray who wanted it used for civic purposes. Rider was an early settler in Johnson County who owned the livery stable, and records indicate that Murray and Rider wanted the Bostick House for the purpose of having it serve as Iowa City’s first City Hall before the city was incorporated in 1853.
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