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This is a list of the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in Davenport, Iowa, United States. The historic preservation movement began in the city of Davenport in the mid-1970s with the renovation of several historic structures. A comprehensive study of the city's neighborhoods, districts and architecture was begun in 1978. [1]
Designated DRHP. May 15, 1996. The Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home, also known at the Annie Wittenmyer Home or the Annie Wittenmyer Center, located in Davenport, Iowa, United States is a former orphanage for children. It is listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties and as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.
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] The neighborhood was originally named Burrow's Bluff and Lookout Park and contains a ...
In November 1865, the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home was opened in Davenport to take in children left orphaned by the Civil War. In 1895, the city hall was built, and in 1897, the first chiropractic school in the world, Palmer Chiropractic College was opened. Davenport experienced an economic and building boom in the 1920s and early 1930s.
The Royal Neighbors of America National Home, also known as Grandview Terrace, is a nationally recognized historic district located on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the west end of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. At the time of its nomination, it consisted of ...
83002418 [1] Added to NRHP. January 19, 1983. The Davenport Crematorium is located in Fairmount Cemetery in the West End of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was the first crematorium established in the state of Iowa and one of the oldest in the United States. The facility was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
April 5, 1984. St. Katherine's Historic District is located on the east side Davenport, Iowa, United States and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the location of two mansions built by two lumber barons until it became the campus of an Episcopal girls' school named St. Katharine's Hall and later as St. Katharine's School.
The city of Davenport is the location of 254 of these properties and districts; they are listed in the three lists linked in the section below, while the remaining 32 properties and districts, including the National Historic Landmark, are listed separately. One district, the Vander Veer Park Historic District, is split between east and west ...