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The Davenport Hotel was a historic building located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [ 1 ] In 2020 it was included as a contributing property in the Davenport Downtown Commercial Historic District . [ 2 ]
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 ...
The Hotel Blackhawk is an eleven-story brick and terra cotta building located in Downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It is a Marriott Autograph Collection property. The hotel is connected to the north building of the RiverCenter , Davenport's convention center, and across the street from the RiverCenter south building.
The renovation project is the largest investment in the 1914 property since the $40 million renovation of the hotel was completed in 2002, Davenport spokesperson Danielle Beaudine said in a news ...
The original building connected the Adler Theatre on the west and the Blackhawk Hotel on the east. Together they formed a convention and entertainment complex for the Quad City area. The facility offered 20,500 square feet (1,900 m 2 ) of space in a large hall and six breakout rooms.
Designed by Davenport architect Rudolph J. Clausen in 1923 for the Davenport Democrat. It also housed The Catholic Messenger for a time before becoming commercial space. The building is considered significant because of its association with newspapers in Davenport, and as an example of the local influence of Louis Sullivan, whose work figures ...
Louie Davenport retired in 1945 at the age of 77 and sold the Davenport. The hotel changed owners a few times more and fell into disarray before shutting its doors and facing demolition in the ’80s.
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