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The J. Monroe Parker–Ficke House is a historic building located in the College Square Historic District in Davenport, Iowa, United States. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [2] The house was individually listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 2003. [1]
2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story rowhouse from 1870; Davenport MRA. 33: Iowa Reform Building: Iowa Reform Building: November 18, 1983 : 526 W. 2nd St. Built c. 1892 to house a German-language newspaper, the Iowa Reform, which remained in print until 1943. It continues to serve as a commercial building; Davenport MRA.
The house was added to Iowa's most endangered properties list in 2013. [10] In May 2014 the city of Davenport began the process of condemning the house. It was the first time the city has attempted to save an abandoned house through condemnation. [11] In September 2014 the city purchased the house through condemnation for $34,000. [8]
Winfield offered 90 acres (36 ha) of land and $100 in labor and materials. Rockingham made an offer to build the courthouse and jail. Davenport's promoters, especially Antoine LeClaire and George Davenport, promised to build a courthouse and jail free of charge. [4] Davenport's offer of land, cash, and building materials was valued at $5,000. [6]
The Riverview Terrace Historic District is a 15.2-acre (6.2 ha) historic district in Davenport, Iowa, United States, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It was listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 1993. [ 2 ]
Jacob Wentz House: Iowa City, Iowa: 1847 Residence Ambrose Fulton Log Cabin: Davenport, Iowa 1848 Residence Dominie Henry P. Scholte House: Pella, Iowa: 1848 Residence Isaac R. and Charlotte Mauck House: Muscatine, Iowa: ca. 1848 Residence Jesse and Mary Farley House: Dubuque, Iowa: ca. 1848 Residence Jonathan Clark Conger House: Washington ...
A 1915 issue of Mississippi Valley Lumberman newsletter references the use of the Funk (sic) Lumber yard by Gordon-Van Tine, [12] and the January 18, 1919 issue of The Southern Lumberman, discussing the retirement of George W. Funck, discusses the ownership of the Funck Lumberyard by Davenport's U.N. Roberts lumber company (parent company to ...
Martzahn organized the Davenport Slaughter & Rendering Company, which was the only such business in the city and became one of the largest in Eastern Iowa. [2] The company's specialty was rendering and dealing in hides. Martzahn married Minnie Schmidt in 1884 and they raised a son. He built this house along West Third Street in 1911.