National Register #76000540
Dresbach-Hunt-Boyer House
604 2nd Street
Davis
Built c.1875
The architect of this twelve-room, Stick-Italianate residence, built between 1871
and 1875 for William Dresbach, is not known
The town of Davis was once known as Davisville. The name was shortened to Davis in 1907,
and the city of Davis was incorporated in March 1917.
Mr. Dresbach, whose property holdings made him one of Davisvilles's wealthiest citizens,
was Davisville's first postmaster. According to tradition, he named the town Davisville to honor
Jerome C. Davis, a rancher.
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