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NorthPark Mall is a shopping mall located in Davenport, Iowa.As Davenport is part of the Quad Cities of (Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa; East Moline, Moline, and Rock Island in Illinois) the mall serves the population of these cities.
Branch stores were opened in Clinton, Iowa and Geneseo, Illinois in the 1880s. The J.H.C. Petersen's Sons' Store was built in Downtown Davenport in 1892. The structure was designed by Frederick G. Clausen, a German immigrant who moved to Davenport. It followed the latest marketing principles of the day with specialized departments under one roof.
Several hotels, including the Davenport Hotel (1907), were built in the district to serve the main train stations and Hotel Blackhawk (1914, 1920) was a convention-oriented hotel. In addition to the county courthouse, the district also includes Davenport City Hall (1895), Central Fire Station (1901), and the United States Courthouse (1933 ...
Hy-Vee plans to close three older stores at 1556 First Ave. N.E. in Cedar Rapids, 2181 Logan Ave. in Waterloo and 3019 Rockingham Road in Davenport. The stores will shut down permanently at 6 p.m ...
The store eventually expanded and moved into their flagship store, the Redstone Building at 2nd and Main Streets in Davenport. In 1916, J.H.C. Petersen's son, William D. Petersen, sold the family store to a partnership of R.H. Harned, C.J. von Maur, and Cable von Maur.
Like Kleenex, the term davenport began its life as the name of an actual furniture brand named, well, davenport. Founded in 1880, the A.H. Davenport & Company of Cambridge, Massachusetts was a ...
Des Moines-based clothing retailer Raygun, which just opened a Davenport store, is partnering with satirical news site The Onion on a product line.
The Fair, a department store that would eventually become the M.L. Parker Department Store occupied the retail space of the Newcomb house at this time. William C. Putnam bought Viele's interest in the block in 1895. Putnam was a Davenport attorney and businessman who managed the block for both LeClaire and Viele.