Louis P. and Clara K. Best Residence and Auto House
The Louis P. and Clara K. Best Residence and Auto House, also known as Grandview Apartments and The Alamo, is a historic building located in the central part of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was included as a contributing property in the Hamburg Historic District in 1983, and it was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
The Best Residence June 2011
Hamburg Historic District (Davenport, Iowa)
The Hamburg Historic District, also known as the Gold Coast, is a residential neighborhood located on a bluff northwest of downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. In 1999, it was listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties The historic district is where the city's middle and upper-income German community built their homes in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Germans were the largest ethnic group to settle in Davenport.
Overview
Ripley Street steps
US German population in 1872. Davenport is in the center of the dark band along the Mississippi River in Eastern Iowa
The former German Methodist Episcopal Church