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Davenport, Iowa
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Davenport was founded on May 14,1836 by Antoine Le Claire and was named for his friend, George Davenport, a colonel during the Black Hawk War stationed at nearby Fort Armstrong. According to the 2010 census, the city had a population of 99,685, located approximately halfway between Chicago and Des Moines, Davenport is on the border of Iowa and Illinois. The city is prone to frequent flooding due to its location on the Mississippi River, there are two main universities, Saint Ambrose University and Palmer College of Chiropractic, which is where the first chiropractic adjustment took place. Several annual music festivals take place in Davenport, including the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, The Mississippi Valley Fair, an internationally known 7-mile foot race called the Bix 7 is run during the festival. The city has a Class A minor league team, the Quad Cities River Bandits. Davenport has 50 plus parks and facilities, as well as over 20 miles of paths for biking or walking. Four interstates and two major United States Highways serve the city, Davenport has seen steady population growth since its incorporation, with an exception being the 1980s, when the population decreased due to job loss. The Quad Cities was ranked as the most affordable metropolitan area in 2010 by Forbes, in 2007, Davenport, along with neighboring Rock Island, won the City Livability Award in the small-city category from the U. S. In 2012, Davenport as well as the Quad Cities Metropolitan Area was ranked among the areas in the nation in the growth of high-tech jobs. The current mayor of Davenport is Frank Klipsch, the land was originally owned by the Sauk people, Meskwaki, and Ho-Chunk – indigenous peoples of the Americas. In 1803 France sold it to the United States under the Louisiana Purchase, lieutenant Zebulon Pike was the first United States representative to officially visit the Upper Mississippi River area. On August 27,1805, Pike camped on the present day site of Davenport, in 1832, a group of Sauk, Meskwaki, and Kickapoo people were defeated by the United States in the Black Hawk War. The United States government then concluded the Black Hawk Purchase, sometimes called the Forty-Mile Strip or Scotts Purchase, the purchase was made for $640,000 on September 21,1832 and contained an area of some 6 million acres, at a price equivalent to 11 cents/acre. Although named after the defeated chief Black Hawk, he was being held prisoner at the time, the purchase was therefore agreed to by Sauk chief Keokuk, who had remained neutral in the war. It was made on the site of present-day Davenport, army General Winfield Scott and Governor of Illinois, John Reynolds, acted on behalf of the United States, with the future Davenport founder, half-Native, Antoine Le Claire serving as translator. Chief Keokuk gave a portion of land to Antoine Le Claires wife, Marguerite. Antoine built their home on the spot where the agreement was signed. Antoine did so, finishing the Treaty House in the spring of 1833, Davenport was established on May 14,1836 by Le Claire, and named after his friend Colonel George Davenport, who was stationed at Fort Armstrong during the war
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State school
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State schools generally refer to primary or secondary schools mandated for or offered to all children without charge, funded in whole or in part by taxation. The term may refer to public institutions of post-secondary education. State education is inclusive, both in its treatment of students and in that enfranchisement for the government of public education is as broad as for government generally and it is often organized and operated to be a deliberate model of the civil community in which it functions. Although typically provided to groups of students in classrooms in a school, it may be provided in-home, employing visiting teachers. It can also be provided in non-school, non-home settings, such as shopping mall space, State education is generally available to all. In most countries, it is compulsory for children to school up to a certain age. In the case of private schooling, schools operate independently of the state, the funding for state schools, on the other hand, is provided by tax revenues, so that even individuals who do not attend school help to ensure that society is educated. In poverty stricken societies, authorities are often lax on compulsory school attendance because child labour is exploited and it is these same children whose income-securing labor cannot be forfeited to allow for school attendance. The term public education when applied to schools is not synonymous with the term publicly funded education. Government may make a policy decision that it wants to have some financial resources distributed in support of, and it may want to have some control over. Grants-in-aid of private schools and vouchers systems provide examples of publicly funded private education, conversely, a state school may rely heavily on private funding such as high fees or private donations and still be considered state by virtue of governmental ownership and control. In some countries, private associations or churches can operate schools according to their own principles, when these specific requirements are met, especially in the area of the school curriculum, the schools will qualify to receive state funding. Proponents of state education assert it to be necessary because of the need in society for people who are capable of reading, writing. In most industrialized countries, these views are distinctly in the minority, Government schools are free to attend for Australian citizens and permanent residents, whereas independent schools usually charge attendance fees. They can be divided into two categories, open and selective schools, the open schools accept all students from their government-defined catchment areas. Government schools educate approximately 65% of Australian students, with approximately 34% in Catholic, regardless of whether a school is part of the Government or independent systems, they are required to adhere to the same curriculum frameworks of their state or territory. The curriculum framework however provides for flexibility in the syllabus. Public or Government funded schools are found throughout Bangladesh and these schools mostly teach students from Year 1 to 10, with examinations for students in years 5,8, and 10
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Scott County, Iowa
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Scott County is a county located in the U. S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 165,224, Scott County is included in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The first American settlement in the now known as Scott County was Clarks Ferry or Clarks Landing in 1833. Other early towns included Davenport and the town of Rockingham, the area was fully surveyed in 1837, and the county was established by the Wisconsin territorial legislature in that same year. Scott County is named for General Winfield Scott, who was the officer at the signing of the peace treaty ending the Black Hawk War. By 1900 the population of the county was 51,500, Scott County now comprises part of the Quad City region, which includes the cities of Davenport and Bettendorf and Rock Island, Moline and East Moline. The present Scott County Courthouse was completed in 1955 and expanded along with the jail in 2007, the old section of the Scott County Jail was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 468 square miles. The 2010 census recorded a population of 165,224 in the county, there were 71,835 housing units, of which 66,765 were occupied. As of the census of 2000, there were 158,668 people,62,334 households, the population density was 346 people per square mile. There were 65,649 housing units at a density of 143 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 88. 54% White,6. 11% Black or African American,0. 32% Native American,1. 58% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,1. 64% from other races, and 1. 80% from two or more races. 4. 06% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,26. 90% of all households were made up of individuals and 9. 00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the family size was 3.04. Age spread,26. 50% under the age of 18,9. 30% from 18 to 24,29. 40% from 25 to 44,23. 00% from 45 to 64, the median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 95.80 males, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.50 males. The median income for a household in the county was $42,701, males had a median income of $38,985 versus $25,456 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,310, about 7. 70% of families and 10. 50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13. 70% of those under age 18 and 5. 80% of those age 65 or over
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Blue Grass, Iowa
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Blue Grass is a city in Muscatine and Scott counties in the US state of Iowa. The population was 1,541 as of 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.89 square miles, all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,452 people,561 households, the population density was 502.4 inhabitants per square mile. There were 597 housing units at a density of 206.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 97. 0% White,1. 2% African American,0. 4% Native American,0. 2% Asian,0. 1% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 8% of the population. 20. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 7. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 2.93. The median age in the city was 39.4 years. 24. 7% of residents were under the age of 18,6. 7% were between the ages of 18 and 24,26. 3% were from 25 to 44, 28% were from 45 to 64, and 14% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 51. 9% male and 48. 1% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 1,169 people,443 households, and 348 families residing in the city. The population density was 434.0 people per square mile, there were 459 housing units at an average density of 170.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 97. 43% White,0. 26% African American,0. 26% Native American,0. 26% Asian,0. 94% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 80% of the population. 16. 9% of all households were made up of individuals and 6. 1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 2.95. Age spread,25. 1% under the age of 18,8. 0% from 18 to 24,29. 9% from 25 to 44,27. 4% from 45 to 64, the median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.5 males. The median income for a household in the city was $51,923, males had a median income of $37,135 versus $22,350 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,811, about 3. 8% of families and 4. 9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5. 7% of those under age 18 and 4. 3% of those age 65 or over
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Buffalo, Iowa
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Buffalo is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,270 at the 2010 census, Buffalo is located on the Mississippi River. The city is a part of the Quad Cities Metropolitan Area, buffalos longitude and latitude coordinates in decimal form are 41.459231, -90.721244. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 6.49 square miles. Only place where the Mississippi River runs most in the direction of east to west instead of south or southwesterly, as of the census of 2010, there were 1,270 people,499 households, and 336 families residing in the city. The population density was 196.9 inhabitants per square mile, there were 527 housing units at an average density of 81.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 97. 2% White,0. 5% African American,0. 1% Native American,0. 2% Asian,0. 3% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 5% of the population. 26. 3% of all households were made up of individuals and 12. 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.09. The median age in the city was 37.9 years. 25. 5% of residents were under the age of 18,7. 2% were between the ages of 18 and 24,28. 4% were from 25 to 44,25. 7% were from 45 to 64, and 13. 1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50. 9% male and 49. 1% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 1,321 people,489 households, and 356 families residing in the city. The population density was 219.5 people per square mile, there were 516 housing units at an average density of 85.8 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 95. 91% White,1. 29% African American,0. 53% Native American,0. 15% Asian,0. 91% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 86% of the population. 23. 5% of all households were made up of individuals and 11. 0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.16. 27. 3% were under the age of 18,8. 0% from 18 to 24,29. 5% from 25 to 44,22. 6% from 45 to 64, the median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 103.9 males, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.7 males. The median income for a household in the city was $44,250, males had a median income of $37,100 versus $21,188 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,957, about 4. 4% of families and 5. 9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3. 8% of those under age 18 and 8. 6% of those age 65 or over
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Walcott, Iowa
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Walcott is a city in Muscatine and Scott counties in the U. S. state of Iowa. The population was 1,629 at the 2010 census, walcotts interchange on Interstate 80 is home to an enormous complex of restaurants, motels and truck stops, including the Iowa 80 truck stop which is the worlds largest. Walcott was incorporated on July 10,1894, the City of Walcott was originally platted in 1854. The first passenger train route west of the Mississippi River started in 1855, long before Walcott was even a vision to William Walcott, it was a great expanse of open prairie inhabited by the Kaskaskia Indians. The Kaskaskias were later driven out of the Quad Cities area by the renegade Mesquaki tribe and this tribe, a splinter of the Canadian Iorquois, was Americas largest Indian nation. In 1857, much of the Walcott land was sold for as low as 75 cents an acre, enabling many German, many of the Scotch-Irish worked for the railroad builders and settled on the farmland south and west of the town. While they contributed much to the development of Walcott, around 1871 they began to move farther west. Most of the German settlers were from Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, by 1910, nearly 90 percent of the farmland in Scott County was owned by German immigrants or their descendents. A petition for incorporation was signed and presented to Judge C. M, waterman of the District Court at Davenport on June 5,1894. At that time, the population was 354. The election was held on July 7,1894, and of the 81 votes cast,54 were in favor of the incorporation, the result of the election was approved and filed by the District Court on July 14,1894. Long before most small towns thought of supplying their citizens with water, Walcott had plans for an efficient, Walcott was the first rural Scott County community to build a water system and water tower. The installation was completed in 1897, and provided the citizens of Walcott with inexpensive water service, good drinking water, in 1914, the first sewage disposal system was built. Lagoons for the system were installed in the late 1960s. As early as 1897, the people of Walcott banded together to provide a way of fighting the terror. In those early days, the department consisted of a number of volunteer firemen. In 1931, the built an fire station and city hall. Today, that building houses the Fire Department and City Hall
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J. A. M. Pelamourgues
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Jean-Antoine-Marie Pelamourgues was a French missionary who was one of the first Roman Catholic priests to serve in the Diocese of Dubuque in the state of Iowa. He served as the first pastor of St. Anthonys Church in Davenport, Pelamourgues was born in the city of Rodez, in the Department of Aveyron, France. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Rodez, after Bishop Mathias Loras was consecrated as the first bishop of Dubuque in Mobile, Alabama in 1837 he set sail for Europe to recruit priests for his new diocese. While in France he recruited two priests, Joseph Crétin and Pelamourgues, as well as four seminarians, Augustin Ravoux, Lucien Galtier, James Causse and they made a difficult voyage of 54 days across the Atlantic Ocean in the Autumn of 1838. They attributed their safe passage to the intercession of St. Cessianus, the priests had celebrated Mass at an altar constructed over the relics. The saints relics are now under the altar in St. Raphaels Cathedral in Dubuque. After they landed in New York, Pelamourgues and the seminarians went to St. Marys Seminary at Baltimore to learn English, while Loras and Crétin proceeded to St. Louis to wait out the winter. In the spring the Rev. Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli, OP, the only priest serving the Dubuque Diocese, traveled to St. Louis and escorted Loras and the others to Dubuque. Bishop Loras went to Davenport, Iowa to make a pastoral visit, while he was there the parishioners pleaded with the bishop for a parish priest. In July of the year the bishop made a pastoral visit to the area around Fort Snelling in present-day St. Paul. Father Pelamourgues accompanied him on the journey, on the way back to Dubuque they visited the villages of the Sioux tribes along the way. Pelamourgues stayed in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin for a month befored he was recalled, in September 1839 Father Pelamourgues was assigned the first pastor of St. Anthonys Church in Davenport. Until 1846 he also regularly visited Muscatine, Burlington, Iowa City, Columbus Junction, DeWitt and Lyons and he also took pastoral responsibility for the people in Stephenson, Illinois, which was across the Mississippi River from Davenport. The town is now the city of Rock Island, Bishop Loras desired the conversion of the Native American peoples of his diocese to Christianity. He gave various priests the pastoral responsibility for a particular tribe, Father Pelamourgues was given the care of the Sac and Fox tribes. Father Pelamourgues was not successful in part of his mission. However, there is one story that illustrates that his failure was not from want of trying, when he was visiting Burlington, he was told of a Native American in Agency City. He immediately set out to attend the man but was stopped by a guard who informed him that if he entered the tribes reservation he would be imprisoned
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Village of East Davenport
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The Village of East Davenport, also known simply as The Village is located along the Mississippi River on the southeast side of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as the Davenport Village and it is roughly defined as the area between the Mississippi River, Spring, Judson, and 13th Streets, Kirkwood Boulevard and Jersey Ridge Road. The historic district was started as an independent community and became a part of the city of Davenport within five years, today it is a shopping and entertainment area. In 1851 William H. Hildreth and Dr. G. W, witherwax laid out a town they called Upper Davenport, which would later be called East Davenport. The area was a ravine along a bend of the Mississippi at the foot of the Rock Island Rapids. The area was known to rivermen as Stubbs Eddy for a hermit who lived in a cave in the area whose name was James R. Stubbs, the small town was ten blocks in size. By 1856 it had incorporated into the city of Davenport. The first industry in the town was a saw mill which was established by Robert Christie in 1851. In the 1860s it became Lindsay & Phelps, in 1854 the Renwick & Sons mill opened. Logs were rafted down the river from the forests in the north and were processed at the mills, in 1856 the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi River was built just south of The Village. The railroad was important in moving the lumber from the mills to the frontier out west. In 1874 the Davenport and Northwestern Railroad, which part of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. Davenport became the home to five army camps during the Civil War, camp McClellan, the largest of the camps, was established in 1861. As the war escalated the camp served as a hospital and it was also the location of a prison for 300 members of a Sioux tribe who were involved in raids in Minnesota. They were released when President Abraham Lincoln commuted their sentences and sent them to reservations in the West, on July 24,1901, one of the worst fires in Davenport history occurred in The Village. A shanty town had grown up around the Weyerhaeuser Mill, Lindsay & Phelps Mill, the Roberts wood yard, the area was a square mile of shingles, kindling, sawdust and 60-foot high piles of lumber. The fire began at the Rock Island Fuel Company and spread quickly, the fire was so hot it warped the rails of the railroad bed and buckled the pavement, and the smoke was so thick it made the area as dark as midnight. Flames leapt 300 feet into the air and the heat created an updraft that sucked lumber into it and sent them into the air
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African Americans
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African Americans are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. The term may also be used to only those individuals who are descended from enslaved Africans. As a compound adjective the term is usually hyphenated as African-American, Black and African Americans constitute the third largest racial and ethnic group in the United States. Most African Americans are of West and Central African descent and are descendants of enslaved peoples within the boundaries of the present United States. On average, African Americans are of 73. 2–80. 9% West African, 18–24% European, according to US Census Bureau data, African immigrants generally do not self-identify as African American. The overwhelming majority of African immigrants identify instead with their own respective ethnicities, immigrants from some Caribbean, Central American and South American nations and their descendants may or may not also self-identify with the term. After the founding of the United States, black people continued to be enslaved, believed to be inferior to white people, they were treated as second-class citizens. The Naturalization Act of 1790 limited U. S. citizenship to whites only, in 2008, Barack Obama became the first African American to be elected President of the United States. The first African slaves arrived via Santo Domingo to the San Miguel de Gualdape colony, the ill-fated colony was almost immediately disrupted by a fight over leadership, during which the slaves revolted and fled the colony to seek refuge among local Native Americans. De Ayllón and many of the colonists died shortly afterwards of an epidemic, the settlers and the slaves who had not escaped returned to Haiti, whence they had come. The first recorded Africans in British North America were 20 and odd negroes who came to Jamestown, as English settlers died from harsh conditions, more and more Africans were brought to work as laborers. Typically, young men or women would sign a contract of indenture in exchange for transportation to the New World, the landowner received 50 acres of land from the state for each servant purchased from a ships captain. An indentured servant would work for years without wages. The status of indentured servants in early Virginia and Maryland was similar to slavery, servants could be bought, sold, or leased and they could be physically beaten for disobedience or running away. Africans could legally raise crops and cattle to purchase their freedom and they raised families, married other Africans and sometimes intermarried with Native Americans or English settlers. By the 1640s and 1650s, several African families owned farms around Jamestown and some became wealthy by colonial standards and purchased indentured servants of their own. In 1640, the Virginia General Court recorded the earliest documentation of slavery when they sentenced John Punch. One of Dutch African arrivals, Anthony Johnson, would own one of the first black slaves, John Casor
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Antoine Le Claire
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Antoine Le Claire was a US Army interpreter, landowner in Scott County, Iowa and Rock Island County, Illinois, businessman, philanthropist and principal founder of Davenport, Iowa. Le Claire was born on December 15,1797 in present-day St. Joseph, Michigan and his father, Francois Le Claire, was French Canadian and came to the Americas with Lafayette. His mother was a Native American from the Pottawatomie tribe and his father, Francois, opened a trading post in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he traded with several Native American tribes. Francois fought on the side of the United States during the War of 1812 and he was captured by the British in Peoria, Illinois and held as a prisoner in Alton, Illinois. Le Claire spoke English, French, Spanish and a dozen Native American dialects and he came to Fort Armstrong in 1818 where he became the interpreter for Col. George Davenport. A short time later he moved to Peoria, where he met and she was born on October 16,1802 in Portage des Sioux, St. Charles County, Missouri. She was the daughter of a French Canadian, Antoine LePage, after Peoria the Le Claires spent a short time in Arkansas where he observed the movements of Native Americans before moving back to Fort Armstrong in 1827. In 1832, at the end of the Black Hawk War, Sac and Mesquakie territories west of the Mississippi River were purchased by the United States government. Because he was respected by the Native Americans, the Le Claires were given three parcels of land, one of the parcels was at the head of the Rock Island Rapids on the west side of the river. The second was given to Marguerite by Keokuk, the Sac chief and it was also located on the west side of the river and had been the location of the Mesquakie village. Keokuk stipulated that Le Claire build a house on the spot where the treaty was signed. After the United States Congress approved the treaty in 1833, Le Claire built a house. The third parcel of land was given by the Potawatomie on the Illinois side of the river where present day Moline, Le Claire was named the postmaster and the justice of the peace in 1833. His jurisdiction included all the lands that had included in the Black Hawk Purchase. He was responsible for resolving disputes between the Native Americans and the white settlers and he generally took a hands-off approach which the independent-minded settlers found appealing. In 1834 he established the areas first ferry service across the river, LeClaire also served as Black Hawks translator when the Sac warrior wrote his memoirs. George Davenport gathered a group of investors at his home on February 23,1836 to create a company in order to develop a new town. It was to be located on the Iowa side of the Mississippi River opposite the town of Stevenson, Illinois, Antoine Le Claire was part of the group
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Phebe Sudlow
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Phebe W. Sudlow was a pioneer for women in the education field and was the first female superintendent of a public school in the United States. Sudlow also became the first female professor at the University of Iowa in 1878, phebe W. Sudlow was born on July 11,1831 in Poughkeepsie, New York. When Sudlow was four, she, her parents Richard and Hannah, Sudlow soon began teaching, at the age of fifteen, at the same school where she was taught. After the death of her father in 1855, Sudlow moved to Rockford, Illinois to live with her brother, Sudlow started teaching at a local school, and soon was moved by Superintendent Abram S. Kissell to Davenport sub-district 5 as an assistant of the district. She soon became the assistant principal of two schools in Davenport and a later, in 1860, she was the principal of both schools. Sudlow was paid a wage less than that of male principals and she argued with the school board about the pay disparate, and was soon paid an equal wage. On June 19,1874, Sudlow became the first woman in United States history to be appointed superintendent of schools when she was unanimously chosen by the Davenport school board. Sudlow served as superintendent for four years, among her achievements was the construction of a new high school. In 1876, Sudlow became the first female president of the Iowa State Teachers Association and she obtained another first by becoming the first female professor at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, despite having only an honorary masters degree from Grinnell College. She taught at the university for three years when she resigned due to poor health and she went back to Davenport to become a principal for one year before retiring from education. On June 8,1922, Sudlow died in her home in Davenport and she is buried in Oakdale Cemetery in Davenport. Sudlow was inducted into the Iowa Womens Hall of Fame in 1993
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University of Iowa
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The University of Iowa is a flagship public research university in Iowa City, Iowa. Founded in 1847, Iowa is the oldest university in the state, the University of Iowa is organized into eleven colleges offering more than 200 areas of study and seven professional degrees. The university was the developer of the Master of Fine Arts degree. The Iowa alumni network exceeds 250,000, and the university budgeted revenues and expenses of $3.513 billion for 2015, the University of Iowas athletic teams, the Hawkeyes, compete in Division I of the NCAA and are members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hawkeyes field 24 varsity teams and have won 27 national championships, the University of Iowa was founded on February 25,1847, just 59 days after Iowa was admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Iowa refers to a State University to be established in Iowa City without branches at any other place. The legal name of the university is the State University of Iowa, the first faculty offered instruction at the university beginning in March 1855 to students in the Old Mechanics Building, located where Seashore Hall is now. In September 1855, there were 124 students, of whom forty-one were women, the first president of the university was Amos Dean. The original campus consisted of the Iowa Old Capitol Building and the 10 acres of land on which it stood, until that date, it had been the third capitol of the Territory of Iowa. When the capitol of Iowa was moved to Des Moines in 1857, in 1855, Iowa became the first public university in the United States to admit men and women on an equal basis. The university offered its first doctorate in 1898, the university was the first state university to recognize the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Allied Union. Also, the University of Iowa was the first Big Ten institution to promote an African American to the position of vice president. A shooting took place on campus on November 1,1991, in the summer of 2008, flood waters breached the Coralville Reservoir spillway, damaging more than 20 major campus buildings. Several weeks after the waters receded university officials placed a preliminary estimate on flood damage at $231.75 million. Later, the university estimated that repairs would cost about $743 million, later in 2008, UNESCO designated Iowa City the worlds third City of Literature, making it part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Iowa legislators ultimately did not support the plan, in 2015, the Iowa Board of Regents selected Bruce Harreld, a business consultant with limited experience in academic administration, to succeed Sally Mason as president. In July 2016, the university took over the former AIB College of Business in Des Moines, Four bachelors programs are offered in Des Moines, an additional four masters-level programs are offered in Des Moines at the universitys site in the citys Western Gateway Park. The University of Iowas main campus, located in Iowa City, was designed by architect D. Elwood Cook
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Public Works Administration
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Public Works Administration, part of the New Deal of 1933 was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. It was created by the National Industrial Recovery Act in June 1933 in response to the Great Depression and it built large-scale public works such as dams, bridges, hospitals, and schools. Its goals were to spend $3.3 billion in the first year, and $6 billion in all, to employment, stabilize purchasing power. Most of the came in two waves in 1933-35, and again in 1938. Originally called the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, it was renamed the Public Works Administration in 1935, the PWA spent over $6 billion in contracts to private construction firms that did the actual work. It created an infrastructure that generated national and local pride in the 1930s, frances Perkins had first suggested a federally financed public works program, and the idea received considerable support from Harold L. Ickes, James Farley, and Henry Wallace. After having scaled back the initial cost of the PWA, Franklin Delano Roosevelt agreed to include the PWA as part of his New Deal proposals in the Hundred Days of spring 1933. The PWA headquarters in Washington planned projects, which were built by construction companies hiring workers on the open market. Unlike the WPA, it did not hire the unemployed directly. More than any other New Deal program, the PWA epitomized the progressive notion of priming the pump to encourage economic recovery. Streets and highways were the most common PWA projects, as 11,428 road projects, or 33% of all PWA projects, school buildings,7,488 in all, came in second at 14% of spending. PWA functioned chiefly by making allotments to the various Federal agencies, making loans and grants to state and other public bodies, for example, it provided funds for the Indian Division of the CCC to build roads, bridges and other public works on and near Indian reservations. The PWA became, with its multiplier-effect and first two-year budget of $3.3 billion, by June 1934, the agency had distributed its entire fund to 13,266 federal projects and 2,407 non-federal projects. For every worker on a PWA project, almost two additional workers were employed indirectly, the PWA also electrified the Pennsylvania Railroad between New York and Washington, DC. At the local level it built courthouses, schools, hospitals, however it did not create as much affordable housing as supporters would have hoped, building only 29,000 units in 4 1⁄2 years. The PWA spent over $6 billion, but did not succeed in returning the level of activity to pre-depression levels. Though successful in many aspects, it has acknowledged that the PWAs objective of constructing a substantial number of quality. Some have argued that because Roosevelt was opposed to deficit spending, Reeves argues that the competitive theory of administration used by Roosevelt proved to be inefficient and produced delays. The cautious and penurious Ickes won out over the more imaginative Hugh S. Johnson as chief of public works administration, Political competition between rival Democratic state organizations and between Democrats and Progressive Republicans led to delays in implementing PWA efforts on the local level
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Lincoln School (Davenport, Iowa)
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Lincoln School is located on the east side of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2002, the Davenport Board of Education did an evaluation of its elementary school facilities in the 1920s as well as a study of the projected growth of the city and where that growth would take place. The projection was for the number of elementary-aged students to rise by almost three thousand students between 1930 and 1950, but no building plan based on these projections was prepared, the elementary school population, however, already rose to that projection by 1936. The board decided at that time to twelve of its old elementary school buildings. The plan would cost the school district $2.5 million with the government contributing 45% of the costs as part of the Public Works Administration. In addition to Lincoln, the new elementary schools included Monroe, Madison, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln was the only new facility to be built on the location of one of the older buildings. The floor plans for all six school buildings was designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Smith & Childs, local architects were employed to design the stylistic features for each building. Davenport architect Howard S. Muesse was chosen for Lincoln School, the building was constructed by Langlois Construction Co. Ground for the new building was broken in 1939 and classes were begun in 1940, three years later Hoover Elementary School was built further to the east to elevate congestion at both Lincoln and McKinley. Enrollment continued to climb during the 1960s and started to decline in the 1970s, the decline continued into the first decade of the 21st-century. The school became Lincoln Integrated Academy of Arts in 2005, as one of 10 charter schools in the state of Iowa, on April 9,2012 the Davenport Community School District decided to close Lincoln School at the end of the school year. The decision was based on the need to close a budget deficit, the school district plans to continue maintenance on the building and hopes to find a community use for it. Lincoln School is a structure set on a basement composed of steel-reinforced concrete. The exterior is covered in brown brick that is accented with limestone. A flat roof tops the building, the main entrance into the building is flanked by four, two-story columns in the Corinthian order. The entrance itself is a door with a large transom above. Wrought iron balconies project from the story above the entrance. The windows are organized in groups of two, they have stone lintels and they are connected to a stone belt-course
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McKinley Elementary School (Davenport, Iowa)
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McKinley Elementary School is located on the east side of Davenport, Iowa near the McClellan Heights Historic District. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 as a part of the Public Schools for Iowa, Growth and Change MPS. The Davenport Board of Education did an evaluation of its school facilities in the 1920s as well as a study of the projected growth of the city. The projection was for the number of elementary-aged students to rise by almost three thousand students between 1930 and 1950, but no building plan based on these projections was prepared, the elementary school population, however, already rose to that projection by 1936. The board decided at that time to twelve of its old elementary school buildings. The plan would cost the school district $2.5 million with the government contributing 45% of the costs as part of the Public Works Administration. In addition to McKinley, the new elementary schools included Monroe, Lincoln, Madison, Washington, the floor plans for all six school buildings was designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Smith & Childs, and they are all similar in layout. Local architects were employed to design the stylistic features for each building, the Davenport architectural firm of Kruse & Parrish was chosen for McKinley. The building was constructed by Tunnicliff Construction Co, ground for the new building was broken in 1939 and classes were begun in 1940. Two years later Hoover Elementary School was built to the west to elevate congestion at both McKinley and Lincoln, enrollment continued to climb during the 1960s and started to decline in the 1970s. The decline has continued into the first decade of the 21st-century, McKinley Elementary School is a three-story structure set on a basement composed of steel-reinforced concrete. The exterior is covered in red brick that is accented with limestone. A flat roof tops the building, the class rooms at both ends of the building project slightly from the main facade. There is a bay window on the south side, the main entrance into the building is a tripartite door with a Gothic arch transom above. It is capped with decorative stone work that features a carving of a book. The library windows above the entrance are surrounded by stone. The roof level features crenallated brick with a stone coping, the windows are organized in groups of two, they have decorative stone lintels and they are connected to a stone belt-course. The 1953 addition was built using the brick and stone belt-course as the original building
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Davenport Central High School
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Davenport Central High School is a four-year comprehensive high school located in Davenport, Iowa. The school building opened in 1907 as Davenport High School, and is now one of three high schools part of the Davenport Community School District. The school, whose side is located along U. S. Highway 61, draws students primarily from the southern. The school has an enrollment of approximately 1,600 students in grades 9 through 12, Central also has a variety of extracurricular activities, clubs, and teams. The school also houses the Davenport School Districts high school autism program, the school complex is part of the College Square Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. High schools had operated in buildings and Davenport since 1861, the longest-lived of those sites being in roughly the area where Seventh and Eighth. An early history of Davenport and Scott County stated that the building was opened in 1875, in 1900, a site for a future high school was secured at the old Griswold College property, roughly where 12th and Main streets are today. The school board agreed to purchase the property from the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa for $53,000, the Davenport history described the site as an ideal one for the high school of this city. The ground covers a block in the part of Davenport, it is beautifully situated, centrally located. Water Construction Co. of Danville, Ill. was hired as general contractor, the groundbreaking was described as a great outpouring of the inhabitants of this city, with students and Bishop Morrison of the Diocese of Iowa participating. The buildings facade was made of Marquette rain-drop sandstone and red roof, floors of terrazo mosiac and hardwood maple. Construction of the tall, 202×204-foot building, was completed in January 1907, with a capital cost $347,000. The new building included a gymnasium, a 1, 300-seat auditorium, a training room, science laboratories. The science laboratories were described as being the most abundantly supplied with the most modern apparatus, smart was principal when the new high school opened, George Edward Marshall was named principal in 1907, and served until his death in 1932. The gymnasium, with seating for 4,000 people, is named after Marshall, in 1910, there were seven course of study, each 40 weeks long and sufficient to meet the wants of all students of high school age. Academic disciplines 100 years ago covered Latin, German, science, English, commercial business, manual training, one hundred years later, much different courses of study are in place. Bettendorf did not have its own school until 1951, meaning many Bettendorf students wanting to further their education chose Davenport High. The same was true for many northern Scott County students prior to 1958, as for Davenport, by the late 1950s, the city had grown to more than 80,000 residents, and one high school campus was no longer enough to meet the citys needs
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Davenport North High School
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Davenport North High School is a high school built in the northern area of Davenport, Iowa. North High School was established in 1985 in the building that was formerly Wood Junior High, in the fall of 1994, ninth graders were added to the school as part of a district-wide reconfiguration of elementary, intermediate and high schools. In January 1997, a new gymnasium was completed along with a Classroom of the Future, in 2001, a new cafeteria and auditorium were completed. A new locker and weight room were added in 2008 to accommodate visiting sports teams, Davenport North participates in the Mississippi Athletic Conference, and athletic teams are known as the Wildcats. School colors are blue and gold, the school fields athletic teams in 18 sports, including, Summer, Baseball Softball Fall, Football, Girls volleyball, girls swimming, boys cross country, girls cross country and boys golf. Winter, Boys basketball, girls basketball, wrestling, boys swimming and boys, spring, Boys track and field, girls track and field, boys soccer, girls soccer, girls golf, boys tennis and girls tennis. The school is a member of the 10-team Mississippi Athletic Conference, which schools from the Iowa Quad Cities along with Burlington, Clinton. Dana Davis, actress, roles in TV shows Heroes and The Nine,10 Things I Hate About You, and the films Raise Your Voice, Coach Carter, ricky Davis, professional basketball player and member of the NBAs Los Angeles Clippers
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Davenport West High School
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West High School is a public four year high school located in Davenport, Iowa. Their athletic mascot is the Falcon, the school has almost 200 classes, and over 2,000 students. The school, along with Davenport Central and Davenport North, make up the three high schools of the Davenport Community School District. West was built in the 1960s and the current principal is Mike Lawler, the school has been undergoing renovations as a part of continued district-wide remodeling after approval of a 1% Local Option Sales Tax, as well as continuing a Physical Plant and Equipment Levy. Science classrooms are set to be remodeled this summer, a YMCA partnered with the school district was built in 2003 attached to the high school. The facility is open to the public as well as providing facilities to P. E. classes, the YMCA took over management and maintenance of the schools swimming pool when it opened. The swimming pool was existing and taken over by the Y when it was built in 2003, the schools gymnasium has two full basketball courts as well as a weight training room. The gymnasium floor was recently resurfaced as a part of ongoing renovations, the school has a practice football field and track on campus along with a separate field used by the band. The school shares district-owned Brady Street Stadium with Davenport Central and North for football and track, Soccer games are held at city-owned Davenport Soccer Complex. Golf meets are held at nearby city-owned Emeis Municipal Golf Course, Baseball and Softball games are held at the district-owned West High Sports Complex, an off campus baseball park that was built as a part of the ongoing renovations district-wide. The Falcons Perch features a variety of choices, a variety of café style beverages, round tables. The library was moved from the upstairs of the building to the level into a newly renovated media center in 2001. The new library has four computer labs as well, the building offices were remodeled in 2001 as well as the main entrance. The school offers a number of College Board certified Advanced Placement courses, including AP English, AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, the school has an average of 20.3 on the ACT exams, below the district average of 21.0. The school was placed on the Schools in Need of Assistance watch list under the No Child Left Behind Act in 2005, however, scores have risen from 52.6 percent proficiency that year to 67.8 percent proficiency in 2006. Scores are still being analyzed for the 2006-07 school year, however, the school participates in the Mississippi Athletic Conference, and athletic teams are known as the Falcons. School colors are red and white, the school fields athletic teams in 21 sports, including, Summer, Baseball, softball. Fall, Football, volleyball, girls swimming, boys cross country, girls cross country, winter, Boys basketball, girls basketball, wrestling, boys swimming and boys and girls bowling
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Davenport Mid City High School
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Davenport Mid City High School is an alternative high school located in north central Davenport, Iowa. Mid City High School was established in 2014 in the building that was formerly a medical facility and it replaced the previous alternative school in the district, which was called the Kimberly Center. The purpose of the high school is to decrease the school districts dropout rate. Many of the students enrolled here had problems in their previous schools, classroom configurations include both traditional settings and collaborative learning settings that are more appropriate for team and project-based learning. The schools mascot, Mavericks, was chosen to reflect a student body that is unorthodox, independent-minded and individualist, nonconformist, free speech, the school is housed in a building that originally housed a medical-office complex at the former Davenport Osteopathic Hospital
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National Register of Historic Places
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The National Register of Historic Places is the United States federal governments official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation. The passage of the National Historic Preservation Act in 1966 established the National Register, of the more than one million properties on the National Register,80,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing resources within historic districts, each year approximately 30,000 properties are added to the National Register as part of districts or by individual listings. For most of its history the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service and its goals are to help property owners and interest groups, such as the National Trust for Historic Preservation, coordinate, identify, and protect historic sites in the United States. While National Register listings are mostly symbolic, their recognition of significance provides some financial incentive to owners of listed properties, protection of the property is not guaranteed. During the nomination process, the property is evaluated in terms of the four criteria for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, the application of those criteria has been the subject of criticism by academics of history and preservation, as well as the public and politicians. Occasionally, historic sites outside the proper, but associated with the United States are also listed. Properties can be nominated in a variety of forms, including individual properties, historic districts, the Register categorizes general listings into one of five types of properties, district, site, structure, building, or object. National Register Historic Districts are defined geographical areas consisting of contributing and non-contributing properties, some properties are added automatically to the National Register when they become administered by the National Park Service. These include National Historic Landmarks, National Historic Sites, National Historical Parks, National Military Parks/Battlefields, National Memorials, on October 15,1966, the Historic Preservation Act created the National Register of Historic Places and the corresponding State Historic Preservation Offices. Initially, the National Register consisted of the National Historic Landmarks designated before the Registers creation, approval of the act, which was amended in 1980 and 1992, represented the first time the United States had a broad-based historic preservation policy. To administer the newly created National Register of Historic Places, the National Park Service of the U. S. Department of the Interior, hartzog, Jr. established an administrative division named the Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation. Hartzog charged OAHP with creating the National Register program mandated by the 1966 law, ernest Connally was the Offices first director. Within OAHP new divisions were created to deal with the National Register, the first official Keeper of the Register was William J. Murtagh, an architectural historian. During the Registers earliest years in the late 1960s and early 1970s, organization was lax and SHPOs were small, understaffed, and underfunded. A few years later in 1979, the NPS history programs affiliated with both the U. S. National Parks system and the National Register were categorized formally into two Assistant Directorates. Established were the Assistant Directorate for Archeology and Historic Preservation and the Assistant Directorate for Park Historic Preservation, from 1978 until 1981, the main agency for the National Register was the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service of the United States Department of the Interior. In February 1983, the two assistant directorates were merged to promote efficiency and recognize the interdependency of their programs, jerry L. Rogers was selected to direct this newly merged associate directorate
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Buchanan School
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Buchanan School is one of four former grade school buildings located in Davenport, Iowa, United States that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The other three buildings are the former Jackson School, Pierce School No.13 and Taylor School, the schools were built in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Buchanan School was built as School #14 in 1904 when J. B, eight elementary schools were opened during his 30-year administration. Its name was changed to Buchanan four years after it opened, when the 6-3-3 system was adopted by Davenport schools around 1919 Buchanan continued serving its west end neighborhood as an elementary school. It continued in that capacity until 1940, the building sat vacant until 1951 when it was converted for use as a U. S. Naval Training Center. They continued to use the building until 1978 when it sat vacant again, in 1988 it was used for storage for an antique auto parts business. The building has subsequently been vacated again and has deteriorated, in 2014 a proposal was announced to convert the former school building into 18 senior apartments. The school building was designed by the Davenport architectural firm of Clausen & Burrows and it sits on a full city block that is irregularly shaped by the intersection of the city street grid and Telegraph Road that follows the lower line of the river bluffs at this point. The buildings design combines the Colonial Revival and Renaissance Revival styles, the rectangular structure is two-stories high on a raised basement. It is built entirely with bricks, however, the bricks on the lower level are laid in such a way as to suggest stone. The building features a roof with bracketed eaves. The south elevation of the building has two entrances framed by round arches, the building has three different window styles. There are segmented windows on the basement level, rectangular windows on the main floor, ^ a b Martha Bowers, Marlys Svendsen-Roesler. ^ Svendsen, Marls A. Bowers, Martha H. Davenport where the Mississippi runs west, A Survey of Davenport H Emerson, noah Childs Diary of a sixth grade ninja Archiplanet Listing
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Pierce School No. 13
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Pierce School No.13 is a historic building located on the east side of Davenport, Iowa, United States. Pierce School Lofts, as the building is now called, contains 41 market-rate apartments and it was included as a contributing property in the Village of East Davenport Historic District in 1980. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The building was constructed in 1899 as School No.13 and it was one of eight schools that opened during the 30 year administration of Superintendent J. B. Young. It replaced School #1, which was located at Mound and 11th Streets, the schools name was changed to Pierce in 1908. Around 1919 the Davenport schools adopted the 6-3-3 system and Pierce continued as a school serving the east side of Davenport. The building ceased being a school in 1940, by the end of the 1940s Mast Development Company, a research and development firm, made the building its headquarters. They built an addition onto the back of the building in 1977 that more than doubled the size of the structure, Mast moved out of the building in 1986. The following year the building was converted into Pierce School Mall, the back addition was used by a local appliance store as a warehouse. A2005 plan to convert the building into condominiums faltered, in 2015 a $10 million renovation project to convert the facility into 41 market-rate apartments was begun. The project received historic tax credits and workforce housing tax credits from the Iowa Economic Development Authority and it was completed the following year. The Pierce School building was designed by Davenport architect Parke T, Burrows of the local firm Clausen & Burrows. The square block building is high on a raised basement. In the center of each elevation is a pavilion that is capped with a triangular pediment. It is built with red bricks and the basement is faced with blocks of dressed limestone. The building features a roof with bracketed eaves. It has round windows on the main floor and rectangular windows on the second floor. A columned canopy covers the main entrance, the grouping of windows beneath round-arched brick arcades reflect the Richardsonian Romanesque style that was popular in the late 19th century
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School Number 6 (Davenport, Iowa)
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School Number 6 is an historic building located in Davenport, Iowa, United States. The building was completed in 1903 and it was later renamed Jackson School and served the public school district into the 1940s. From 1943 to 1964 the building served as a school for Holy Family Catholic Church. Since then it has been an office building, in 2010 the building was purchased by Renaissance Realty Group of Chicago to renovate into housing for senior citizens. It has been divided into 48 apartments and is called The Jackson Renaissance and they previously renovated the historic Taylor School in Davenport. The former Jackson School building was listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties, media related to Former Jackson School at Wikimedia Commons
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Taylor School (Davenport, Iowa)
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Taylor School is a former grade school building located in Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, the building was built from 1897 to 1898 as School #11 when J. B. By 1898 the Davenport school district had twelve buildings and a new school was being added every year. The district served more than 5,800 students with a staff of 142 teachers, the name of the building was changed to Taylor School in 1908. The 6-3-3 system was adopted for Davenport Schools in 1919 and Taylor continued to serve its central Davenport neighborhood as an elementary School and it served as a school for students with intellectual disabilities in the district before it closed. The building had sat empty for most of the 1990s and 2000s, a renovation process to convert the building into senior housing began in 2005. The plan included building an addition as well as renovating the old school building, financial problems plagued an earlier attempt to develop the project. Construction began again on the project in May,2010 by the Renaissance Realty Group of Chicago, the building is now known as The Taylor Renaissance, and features forty-one rental units for people 55 and above. The Davenport architectural firm of Clausen & Burrows designed the building in the Colonial Revival style, the square block building is two-stories high on a raised basement. It is built with red bricks and the basement is faced with blocks of dressed limestone. The building features a roof with bracketed eaves. The windows in the building are grouped in round-arched arcades, the arched main entrance is covered by a simple canopy with columns in the simplified Doric order
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Quad-City Times
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The Quad-City Times is a daily morning newspaper based in Davenport, Iowa, and circulated throughout the Quad Cities metropolitan area. According to the Iowa Newspaper Association, the Quad-City Times has a circulation of 61,366, the newspaper is owned by Lee Enterprises, which is also located in Davenport. The Quad-City Times grew from several predecessors, including the Democratic Banner, the Democratic Banner was founded in 1848, was sold in 1855 to a group of businessmen and rechristened the Iowa State Democrat. The Iowa State Democrat published its first edition on October 15 of that year, the newspaper underwent many changes through its early history, and by 1899, its circulation was 1,300 daily and 2,500 weekly. The newspaper was sold to Lee Enterprises in 1915, thereafter Cram become editor and publisher, the Blue Ribbon News began publication in 1878, by 1886, it was known as the Davenport Daily Times. The newspaper, which struggled for years, was sold in 1899 to A. W. Both newspapers continued to grow in circulation, before combining operations in 1964, the formerly separate newspapers became known as the Times-Democrat. By 1974, with circulation expanding throughout eastern Iowa and western Illinois, in December 1989, the Quad-City Times moved into its current building at 500 E. The facility, completed at a cost of $23.8 million, includes a press room, mail room, warehouse. The facility also houses Trico, the commercial printing business. The Quad-City Times has been on the edge of technology. Electronic pagination began in 1988, with all-digital photography taking root by 1994, current Quad-City Times columnists include Don Doxsie, Alma Gaul, Barb Ickes and Bill Wundram. The current editor is Autumn Phillips, deb Anselm is the publisher of the Quad-City Times. The newspaper receives Iowa political news from Lee Enterprises Des Moines bureau, previously, the Quad-City Times published additional editions, which have since been discontinued, An Afternoon Edition that circulated for many decades only in Davenport and Bettendorf. An Illinois Edition that circulated in the Illinois Quad Cities, and throughout Rock Island, Henry and this edition went to Clinton and Jackson counties in Iowa, and Carroll and Whiteside counties in Illinois during the week. All separate editions have since been discontinued, the Quad-City Times is available on the Amazon Kindle book reader, however without ads, classifieds and most photos and tables. On Thursdays, the Bettendorf News is published, and the tabloid-sized included in newsstand and subscriber copies in Bettendorf, Le Claire, Pleasant Valley, from 1927 through sometime in the 2000s decade, the Bettendorf News was a stand-alone weekly newspaper. Since 1975, the newspaper has been owned by Lee Enterprises, and during the 2000s decade, in the past, special weekly sections were also published for the Clinton, and both the upper and lower Rock Island County markets, but these have since been discontinued
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History of Davenport, Iowa
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Davenport, Iowa, was part of the Louisiana Purchase. In 1814, during the War of 1812 the British military, along with the Saux, in August, Major Zachary Taylor, later President, fought a battle east of what is now Credit Island Park, in Davenport. An outpost was set up at Fort Armstrong and George Davenport, Davenport was established in 1836 by Antoine LeClaire and named after his good friend Colonel George Davenport. The first settlers of Davenport were mostly Germans, after a county seat dilemma with neighboring town Rockingham in 1840, Davenport was established as the county seat of Scott County. Davenport was declared to be Iowas first military headquarters just before the Civil War by Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood, 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, Davenport experienced an economic and building boom in the 1920s and early 1930s. The Kahl Building and the Capitol Theatre, the stadium, the Parker Building. The Great Depression brought economic tough times to the city, the inclusion of new factories in the 1940s and 1950s helped turn the economy around after World War II. Davenport was on hard times again with the farm crisis of the 1980s. The city was rejuvenated once again in the 1990s and present by renovations, in 1832, Chief Keokuk and General Winfield Scott signed a treaty to end the Black Hawk War. Antoine LeClaire, who was part French and part Pottawattamie, served as translator, a generous portion of land was given by Chief Keokuk to Marguerite LeClaire, Antoines wife, as she was the granddaughter of a Sac chief. Keokuk stipulated that Antoine build their home on the spot where the treaty was signed or forfeit the land. Antoine did so, finishing the Treaty House in the spring of 1833, Davenport was established in 1836 by Antoine LeClaire and named after his good friend Colonel George Davenport. Colonel Davenport arrived in 1816 with the establishment of Fort Armstrong and he acted as a sutler, or supplier, for the armys Fort Armstrong. Fort Armstrong was located on the tip of Arsenal Island with the purpose of monitoring fur trade traffic in the area. He contributed to the organization and mapping out of the community and he also aided in establishing plans for the first railroad bridge to cross the Mississippi River. In 1837, shortly after Scott County was formed Davenport, as stated by the Iowa Territory, the city with the most votes at the February 1838 election, would become the county seat. On the eve of the election, Davenporters secured the temporary service of Dubuque laborers so that they could vote in the election, Rockingham supporters however, did not like this
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Central Fire Station (Davenport, Iowa)
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The Central Fire Station is located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States and serves as the headquarters of the Davenport Fire Department, as well as the downtown fire station. Built from 1901 to 1902, it is the oldest active fire station west of the Mississippi River and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The first group of firefighters in Davenport were organized in 1856 and called the Independent Fire Engine. The citys early fire fighting corps were all volunteer hook and ladder and hose companies, which were paid a fee to extinguish a fire. They were located throughout the city in makeshift quarters and generally possessed poor equipment, by 1880 the city determined it needed a professional, paid fire department. The Davenport City Council authorized the formation of a fire department in 1882. Marsh Noe was the first fire chief and twelve men made up the first paid fire department, the city’s first fire house, Hose Station No. 1, had built on Perry Street in 1877 for the Fire King Engine 2nd Hose Company. Before the turn of the 20th century the city built other small stations throughout the city. By 1901 the city decided it needed a new and larger fire station downtown, at this time there were six hose companies located throughout the city, a citywide alarm system was in place as well as a fire hydrant network. The city and its buildings in the area continued to grow in size. The fire department also grew in size so a station was needed to care for all of these realities. Local architect Gustav Hanssen was contracted to build the new station and he had designed several homes in the city including Sacred Heart Rectory, which is also on the National Register of Historic Places. The location of a double engine firehouse across West Fourth Street from the Scott County Court House was selected as the location for the new building, the building was opened in 1902, which makes it the oldest active fire station west of the Mississippi River. It was built at a cost of $21,000, as the city and the fire department grew a two-story annex was added to the rear of the building around 1940. It added three truck bays. The building continues to serve as a fire although it does have space. The station itself houses Engine 1, Engine 2, Truck 1, in 2015 the city addressed the space problems of the facility
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Davenport City Hall
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Davenport City Hall is the official seat of government for the city of Davenport, Iowa, United States. The building was constructed in 1895 and is situated on the northeast corner of the intersection of Harrison Street and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 1993. Davenport started to outgrow its previous city hall, which had built on Brady Street from 1857-1858. The role of city government expanded during the administration of Henry Vollmer. Among his major achievements were several public works projects, streets were paved in the older sections of the city and developers laid out new subdivisions around the perimeter. In 1895, in the midst of a national economic depression. The cost was about $90,000 — an astronomical sum at that time —, the bulk of the funds came from a new state law which applied to the citys 150 illegal saloons and amounted to around $50,000 per year. This tax allowed for not only of City Hall, but also paved streets and a new sewer system, and from 1902–08. Besides Vollmer there were two other noteworthy Davenport mayors associated with city hall. Alfred C. Mueller served the city during two separate periods and he was responsible for initiating the citys building code, sewer planning and construction, street paving, and planning and implementing improvements to the riverfront. Barewald was the citys first Socialist mayor and they were also opposed to the Republican Partys support for national prohibition of alcohol so they threw their support behind the Socialist Party of America. Two years prior to Barewalds election as mayor two Socialists were elected as aldermen and they were reelected in 1920, during his term as mayor Barewald began several public works projects that put people to work and enhanced city improvements. The municipal natatorium was built, new streets were opened and a sewer was completed. Barewald and the other two Socialists were overwhelmingly voted out of office in 1922 because of the debts these projects, the prohibition of alcohol was a major issue in the city of Davenport from the 1840s until national prohibition became official in 1919. The activities of the temperance movement thrived in the 1880s and were renewed during the Progressive Era. Local ordinances were passed that exempted the city of Davenport from state laws and mayors, especially Ernst Claussen. Debates were held in the city council and among other groups until Iowas prohibition amendment was passed in 1916. It was reinforced by the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1919, however, the illegal production and consumption of alcohol continued in the city
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Davenport Public Library
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The Davenport Public Library is a public library located in Davenport, Iowa. With a history dating back to 1839, the Davenport Public Librarys Main Library is currently housed in a 1960s building designed by Kennedy Center architect Edward Durell Stone, the library began with a reading room in the Le Claire Hotel established in 1839. Another reading room and circulating library were announced in an 1853 article in the Davenport Gazette, the library eventually leased an entire building. Although then named the Young Mens Library Association, it was managed by the communitys women, in 1877, one of them—Clarissa Cook—pledged $10,000 to the library for the construction of its own building if property were obtained for the construction by the citizens. After successfully raising the funds to purchase a lot, the city laid the cornerstone for the Cook Memorial Building on November 7,1877, the library eventually outgrew its space. Even though the Library Association no longer had to pay rent and charged a fee for borrowing books, it was struggling financially, local author Alice French requested the assistance of her personal friend Andrew Carnegie, who was already becoming known for his philanthropic assistance of libraries. Carnegie promised to donate $50,000 to construct a new public library if the library were tax supported, the question was successfully put to the vote at the April 1900 election, the first in Iowa which permitted women voters. The city opened its Carnegie library, the largest west of the Mississippi River in 1904, the building was designed by Boston architect Calvin Kiessling. By 1960, the library had outgrown the Carnegie Building as well and it was expanded in 1963 to provide space for further services for children, but the expansion caused displacement of the sand on which the building was founded, leading to structural damage. In 1966, the Carnegie Building had to be demolished, the subsequent Davenport Public Library building, designed by architect Edward Durell Stone, was opened on October 6,1968. While the library had long maintained branches in area schools, it opened its first official branch and this branch was located in the historic Annie Wittenmyer Complex, in rooms that were used as the kitchen and dining room of the former Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home. However, due to the growth of the area and the proximity of this branch to the Main Library, the citizens of Davenport passed a referendum in 2003 that supported the building and operation of two new library branches. The Annie Wittenmyer Branch closed in November 2005, the Fairmount Branch Library opened on Saturday, January 14,2006, and the Eastern Avenue Branch Library opened on Saturday, July 10,2010, completing the library expansion project. Notes Official website Official Site of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center Official City of Davenport site
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Davenport Register of Historic Properties
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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 historic structures. A comprehensive study of the neighborhoods, districts and architecture was begun in 1978. The study was conducted in three phases, the first two phases were carried out from 1979 to 1982 and the third phase from 1982 to 1983. The results were published in two volumes, davenport—Where the Mississippi Runs West reported on the first two phases and Davenport Architecture—Tradition and Transition reported on the third phase. A Multiple Resource nomination was submitted to the National Register of Historic Places that included 12 districts, by March 1985 all the districts and 249 properties were listed on the national register. The Historic Preservation Commission was established in 1992, and the historic preservation ordinance was passed the same year, Davenport became a Certified Local Government in the state of Iowa. It was now responsible to review local projects participating in state and it was also able to exercise some control over the modification and/or demolition of historic buildings in the city. The historic preservation ordinance also allowed the establishment of a register of historic properties. The first four properties were added in 1992, the list below contains properties on the Davenport Register of Historic Places in alphabetical order, National Register of Historic Places listings in Davenport, Iowa
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Neighborhoods of Davenport, Iowa
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The city of Davenport, Iowa, United States has neighborhoods dating back to the 1840s. The Davenport Plan and Zoning Commission divided the city into five areas, downtown, central, east end, near north, the neighborhoods contain many architectural designs, including Victorian, Queen Anne, and Tudor Revival. Many of the neighborhoods were first inhabited by German settlers. Downtown Davenport sits on the banks of the Mississippi River, Downtown is bordered on the south by the river, the east and north, by railroad tracks running on the north side along Fifth Street, and the west, by Warren Street. Downtown underwent several generations of beginning in the 1840s and 1850s. During this period, the buildings were all modest one- and two-story frame buildings, the prosperity of the 1880s and 1890s led to the development of upscale commercial buildings, during which the first department store, a five-story brick building, was constructed. Technological improvements in construction and elevators enabled buildings to reach new heights. Development in the west end of Downtown shifted from commercial to residential buildings, Downtown contains the two tallest buildings in the Quad Cities, the Wells Fargo Bank Building, which is 255 feet tall, and the Mid-American Energy Building, which is 220 feet tall. Other tall buildings include the 11-story Blackhawk Hotel, the 150-foot Kahl Building, the West Third Street neighborhood extends from Scott Street to Myrtle Street along West Third Street. The significance of this neighborhood is derived from the German-American community that lived in the neighborhood. Residents during that period consisted mostly of members of the working class. The focus of the neighborhood was Washington Square—a single block laid out by Antoine LeClaire in the original city, the square was the site of German beer gardens, musical events, veterans celebrations and other outdoor activities, and served as the welcoming point for new German immigrants. Hamburg is located northwest of Downtown, covering Fifth Street to Ninth Street, the neighborhood contains the most architecturally significant buildings of the old German neighborhoods. Hamburg slopes up to bluffs overlooking Downtown and the river, the neighborhood was a prime location for prominent Germans and contains mostly residential structures, there are very few commercial buildings or churches. The first dwellings were small single-story cottages modeled after the Greek Revival design, other housing designs in the neighborhood include Victorian, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, and Queen Anne. Cork Hill is located on a mile of land east of the original town. It was plotted by town founder Antoine LeClaire in the 1840s to 1880s, and housed the residence of LeClaire himself, his heirs and it contains densely built large- and medium-sized houses set close together as well as the Sacred Heart Cathedral. The houses are of the Italianate, Queen Anne cottage, Georgian, East Fourteenth Street has sixty-seven houses from Pershing Street to Arlington Avenue along Fourteenth Street developed during the 1840s and the 1870s
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Scott County Courthouse (Iowa)
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The Scott County Courthouse in Davenport, Iowa, United States was built from 1955 to 1956 and extensively renovated over a ten-year period between 1998 and 2009. It is the building the county has used for court functions. It is part of a larger county complex that includes the county jail, administration building, Scott County was established in 1837 by the legislature of the Wisconsin Territory. Until this time the area had been a part of Des Moines County, the first court sessions in the county were held in St. Anthonys Catholic Church. The juries met in a room that was available by George Davenport. Davenport and Rockingham, a town a mile south on the Mississippi River, an election was held in February 1838. Because the population base at the time was in the part of the county. Davenport’s promoters paid $3,000 in whiskey and bribes to miners from Dubuque, Iowa to vote for Davenport, Rockingham contested the election and a new election was set for August 1838. A rule was put in place whereby one had to be a resident for at least 60 days in order to vote in the election, both towns’ promoters defrauded the ballot box this time. Laborers were imported to work in the mills at least 60 days before the election, when the county commissioners purged the polls after the election Davenport won by two votes. Rockingham again protested and the legislature of the Iowa Territory, of which Scott County had become a part of in 1838, the third election had four jurisdictions vying for the county seat. Besides Davenport and Rockingham the geographical center of the county, or “Sloperville, ” entered the race as did Winfield, the other three jurisdictions made offers of land, buildings and cash. Winfield offered 90 acres 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, davenports offer of land, cash and building materials was valued at $5,000. The town also stressed its more central location and that its proposed site was on higher ground away from the Mississippi River. Rockingham and Winfield could not match the offer and Davenport won after Rockingham withdrew on the eve of the election, the election results were celebrated in Davenport with bonfires, fireworks and speeches. Rockingham was later annexed into the city of Davenport, and Winfield is now part of Bettendorf, the countys first courthouse was a Greek Revival style building built in 1842. It was a structure that featured stately columns and a round cupola
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United States Courthouse (Davenport)
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The United States Courthouse, Davenport, Iowa is a historic post office and courthouse building located in Davenport in Scott County, Iowa. It is a courthouse for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, part of the site occupied by the courthouse was previously the site of an 1891 post office, completed in 1896 under the supervision of architect Willoughby J. Edbrooke. The 1891 building also became home to an office of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa in 1904, a wing added in 1909 did little to alleviate the crowding in the building. The city experienced a boom during the 1920s that lasted into the early 1930s. The construction of high-rise buildings downtown, including hotels and department stores, spurred the need for a new building to house the post office, by 1932, the Great Depression had put many people out of work. Federal projects, including construction of a lock and dam, improvements to the seawall, in 1930, Congress appropriated $655,000 for the construction of a new federal building on the site of the 1891 building, plus the purchase of two adjacent parcels. Demolition of the early post office and courthouse took place in April 1932, construction of the new building took just over 500 days. Local architect Seth J. Temple designed the building, which was commissioned by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury. Temple studied at the American Academy in Rome and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, other Davenport buildings that Temple designed include Davenport Hall, the Union Bank and Office building, and the Blackhawk and Burlington hotels. Constructed as a post office and courthouse, the building retained both of those functions until about 1965, the post office moved out of the building at that time and the U. S. General Services Administration acquired the building, the building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Courthouse is a skillfully executed example of Depression-era architecture that invokes the Art Deco style, the three-story building is essentially rectangular, though a portion of the building near the rear has only one story. The building has a frame and integral concrete beam floors, with cladding that includes a coursed granite base and Minnesota Kasota travertine limestone on the north, east. The cladding of the elevation is buff colored brick laid in a Flemish bond pattern. The building has a composite roof with a parapet. The main entry is in the elevation, which is the most elaborate. The entablature above the third story windows projects slightly from the surface of the building. A decorative parapet at the top of the features a carved limestone frieze with a stylized Ionic order capital
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Figge Art Museum
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The Figge Art Museum is an art museum in Davenport, Iowa. The Figge, as it is known, has an encyclopedic collection and serves as the major art museum for the eastern Iowa. The Figge works closely with several universities and colleges as an art resource. The museum opened on August 6,2005, and is the successor to the Davenport Museum of Art. The museum has its roots in the Davenport Art Association, which was founded before February 23,1878, the Figge Art Museum is one of the oldest art institutions in the country and is considered the first municipal art gallery in the United States. The Figge won an AIA award, the new building was designed by Stirling Prize-winning Modernist British architect David Chipperfield. It was Chipperfields first architectural commission in the United States, the Figge Art Museum gets its name from the V. O. and Elizabeth Kahl Figge Foundation, which donated $13 million towards its $47 million construction. The Figge family, a banking family of Swiss origin, has a long tradition of philanthropy. The first pieces of its collections were donated by Davenport community leader Charles Ficke, a lawyer and former mayor. The institution also houses a substantial American collection, European art, as owners of Grant Woods estate, the museum is also home to the Grant Wood Archives, and received substantial support from The Henry Luce Foundation for the conservation of these archives. The museum exhibits an important collection of pieces by Frank Lloyd Wright and its inaugural exhibition, The Great American Thing, 1915-1935 opened September 17,2005, and featured major works from early American Modernists. The Figge Art Museum currently houses the University of Iowa Museum of Art collection, the museum is 115,000 square feet and has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums since 1973
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Modern Woodmen Park
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Modern Woodmen Park, is a minor league baseball venue located in Davenport, Iowa, United States. It is home to the Quad Cities River Bandits, a Class-A affiliate of the Houston Astros, located on the banks of the Mississippi River, in the shadow of the Centennial Bridge, home run balls to right field often land in the river. As night games became more necessary, Davenport teams were playing at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, the city of Davenport realized a lighted stadium, downtown, on the riverfront, would be ideal. Proposed by the Davenport Levee Commission, Municipal Stadium opened May 26,1931 within LeClaire Park, the ballpark was built at a cost of $185,000. The first night game was June 4,1931, expansions in the 1940s and in 1962 brought capacity up to 6,200 and 8,500 respectively. On May 27,1971 the stadium was renamed John ODonnell Stadium in honor of the sports editor of the Davenport Times-Democrat. John ODonnell Stadium was renamed Modern Woodmen Park on December 12,2007, oDonnells name remains on the ballparks press box, and is also hidden underneath the main entry marquee, etched into the façade of the stadium, in a single limestone block. For many years, Modern Woodmen Park played host to games in the fall. Both Assumption High School and Saint Ambrose College called the home until 1987. The football bleachers and press box along left field were removed in 1989, Renovations done before the 2004 season included a nine-foot-high berm that provided a lawn seating area for fans. The berm also acted as a wall around the entire stadium. Until that point, the facility had no protection from Mississippi River flooding. During the Great Flood of 1993, photos of water creeping across the field at the ballpark made national publications. After the 2007 season, new owners Dave Heller and Bob Herrfeldt of Main Street Baseball came in and they sold naming rights to Modern Woodmen in a record 20-year deal, changed the name of the franchise back to River Bandits, and made numerous improvements to the ballpark. In 2008, the added a hot tub deck in right field, as well as a tiki village. Prior to the 2010 season, the City of Davenport and Main Street Baseball replaced the field, to facilitate proper drainage. Other new changes for 2010 included a new stand on the Picnic Plaza level. In 2014, the facility received another addition, as a 110-foot Ferris wheel was constructed just beyond the left field wall
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NorthPark Mall (Iowa)
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NorthPark Mall is a shopping mall located in Davenport, Iowa. As Davenport is part of the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa the mall serves the population of these cities, the mall is located northwest of the intersection of U. S. Highways 61 and 6 at 320 West Kimberly Road, NorthPark Mall is one of two shopping malls operating in the Quad Cities area, the other being SouthPark Mall in Moline, Illinois. Like SouthPark Mall, this mall is operated by Macerich and it is anchored by Dillards, JCPenney, Sears, Von Maur, and Younkers. Barnes & Noble is one of the major retailers operating at the mall. It is the third largest shopping mall in the state of Iowa, NorthPark Mall opened on July 11,1973. The original anchors were JCPenney, Younkers, and Montgomery Ward, a multimillion-dollar expansion in 1981 brought Sears and Petersen Harned Von Maur to the mall. Today, the houses up to 160 shops and five anchor stores. NorthPark has been remodeled and renovated several times through the years, Mall offers educational activities and games for children, live piano music weekend in April and other regular events. Dillards JCPenney Sears Von Maur, opened as Petersen Harned Von Maur Younkers NorthPark Mall
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Oakdale Memorial Gardens
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Oakdale Memorial Gardens, formerly Oakdale Cemetery, is located in east-central Davenport, Iowa, United States. It contains a section for the burial of pets called the Love of Animals Petland, in 2015, the cemetery was listed as an historic district on the National Register of Historic Places, and as a local landmark on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties. It is also listed on the Network to Freedom, a National Park Service registry for sites associated with the Underground Railroad. The cemetery board hired Captain George F. de la Roche and it was designed as a rural or garden cemetery, but it transitioned to a landscape-lawn cemetery beginning in the late 19th century. It covers more than 78 acres, some of the graves in the cemetery had been transferred from the overcrowded City Cemetery in the west end. The cemetery is located across Eastern Avenue from the former Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home, there are also at least 11 graves of former slaves who escaped to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad, which led to its inclusion on the Network to Freedom. Two special receiving vaults were built in the cemetery, although neither exists anymore, a brick vault was constructed in 1873 for those who died in the winter when the ground was frozen. A wooden vault was built next to it in 1918 because of the number of deaths as a result of the Spanish flu epidemic. The cemetery entrance is marked by a set of monumental gates, construction of the gates was completed in 1896. The cemetery is home to several private mausoleums. William D. Petersen was the son of J. H. C, Petersen who founded a department store in Davenport that has become Von Maur. He also was responsible for the development of the citys riverfront and his mausoleum was designed in the Gothic Revival style by Davenport architects Rudolph Clausen & Walter Kruse. It was inspired by his wife Saras desire for a similar to the ones she saw in Europe. It was constructed by Presbrey Leland of Valhalla, New York in 1921 for $60,000, the exterior is composed of limestone from Greece. The interior features crypts that were carved from Greek marble and a ceramic tile ceiling that was designed and completed by the Guastavino Tile Company of Woburn, joseph W. Bettendorf was an industrialist for whom the city of Bettendorf, Iowa is named. His mausoleum was built in 1923 in the Egyptian Revival style for $150,000 and its exterior is composed of Barre Granite from Vermont. The interior features crypts carved from marble and Egyptian-inspired stained glass windows. The mausoleum built for Johannna Schricker, widow of Davenport lumber magnate Lorenzo Schricker, was designed in the Neoclassical style by Davenport architect John W. Ross and it was built by the Vermont Marble Company in 1899 at a cost of $6,489
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Putnam Museum
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The Putnam Museum is a museum of history and natural science in Davenport, Iowa, United States. The museum was founded in 1867, and was one of the first museums west of the Mississippi River and it houses 160,000 historical artifacts and specimens. It is located at 1717 West 12th Street, at the corner of Division and West 12th Street on museum hill, the theatre has one of the largest movie screens in the state of Iowa,57 by 70. Black Earth, Big River is an exploration of the past, black Earth, Big River, the newest permanent exhibit in the museum features a 718-gallon aquarium filled with river fish, a cave, and a huge oak tree. Habitats and wildlife are explained throughout the exhibit, along with stories of the region, hall of Mammals explains various mammals through many means. Photographs, hands-on activities, and realistic dioramas are all provided in this multi-sensory exhibit, from the Arctic polar bears to the African zebras, many different animals are explored in this exhibit
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RiverCenter/Adler Theatre
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RiverCenter/Adler Theatre is a convention center located in downtown Davenport, Iowa. It is made up of three interconnected buildings sited on the north and south sides of East Third Street, the Adler Theatre is connected to the original section of the convention center on the north side of the complex. Planning for the RiverCenter began in the late 1970s, the working name for the facility was the “Community Activity Center, also known as “Superblock. ”The facility was built in the early 1980s and opened in 1983. It was designed in a modern, open industrial look, 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 of space in a large hall and six breakout rooms. An atrium was built over what was Perry Street, minimalist artist Sol LeWitt was commissioned to provide artwork for the RiverCenter. He created Tower 1984 and two wall drawings and they were Davenports first public art project. A feasibility study was conducted and it was determined that the RiverCenter could be expanded, in the fall of 1993 the expansion opened on the south side of East Third Street, across the street from the Blackhawk Hotel. It was also designed in an industrial look and added 49,000 square feet to the facility. A second atrium covered Perry Street, another hall, four break out rooms. A skywalk above East Third Street connected the two sections of the facility, kaiserslautern Square Park, named for one of Davenport’s sister cities, was built to the west of the new building. The expansion of the RiverCenter was paid for in part by contributions from Riverboat Gambling, the Adler Theatre is a 2, 400-seat performing arts center. It was opened as the RKO Orpheum on November 25,1931, the Art Deco style theater was designed by A. S. Henry Dreyfuss of New York City designed the interior, restoration of the old RKO Orpheum began in 1981. Lee Enterprises made a $1 million contribution for an endowment, the theater was renamed the Adler after newspaper publishers E. P. Adler and his son Philip, both of whom led Lee Enterprises, renovations, which included increasing the size of the stage, took place in 2005 and 2006. The theater is home to the Quad City Symphony Orchestra and Ballet Quad Cities and it hosts Broadway touring companies and other productions and performances. The theater and the former Hotel Mississippi, which surrounds it, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Hotel Mississippi-RKO Orpheum Theater. ”While each remains an entity they advertise
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River Music Experience
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The River Music Experience is a multi-use music facility and 5013 non-profit organization located on the first two floors of the historic Redstone Building in downtown Davenport, Iowa. The River Music Experience is the home of the RME Cafe, RME Cafe and its community stage plays host to over 150 performances per year. These range from an open mic night to the top local bands. The Redstone Room is a music venue hosting national and regional acts that play original music. For the past five years, the River Music Experience has organized River Roots Live, an annual two-day music festival held on the banks of the Mississippi River in Davenports LeClare Park. The festival has featured acts like Little Feat, The BoDeans, Edgar Winter, the Black Crowes, Junior Brown, Umphreys McGee, Greg Brown, America, Alejandro Escovedo, River Music Experience The Redstone Room The Sound Lab River Roots Live Rock Camp USA
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