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City Height ft / m Floors Year Note Reference 1 Davenport Bank and Trust: Davenport 255 / 78 17 1927 Tallest building in the Quad Cities [1] [2] [3] 2 MidAmerican Building: Davenport 220 / 66 15 1995 Second tallest building in the Quad Cities; tallest building constructed in the Quad Cities in the 1990s. [4] [3] 3 Kone Tower Moline 180 / 55 16 1966
Other tall buildings include the 11-story Blackhawk Hotel, the 150-foot (46 m) Kahl Building and the Davenport City Hall. [3] The Davenport Motor Row and Industrial Historic District, a former light industrial area, is located in the southeast corner of downtown between River Drive and Third Street. [4]
It is based across the river from Davenport in Rock Island, Illinois. In 1929 Royal Neighbors passed a resolution to establish a facility that would provide a home for mothers and other women in their organization who were in need of assistance. They bought 40 acres (16 ha) of land along Rockingham Road in Davenport's west end in February 1930. [3]
Davenport was the first city in Iowa to receive rail service. [2] The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P) entered the city in 1856 after the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi River was completed in 1856. [3] The CRI&Ps mainline followed the base of the river bluff on the north side of the downtown area.
The Crescent Warehouse Historic District is located in what is known as LeClaire's Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Additions to the original city of Davenport, which lies to the west. The additions were part of a square mile plot of land given to city founder Antoine LeClaire by the Native American tribes who inhabited the region before American ...
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Mid-American Energy Building is a high-rise office building located in the downtown Davenport, Iowa. The building was designed by Shive-Hattery Engineers & Architects [1] and built by Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company in 1995. It is a 9-story office building that stands on top of a six-story parking ramp. [2]
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, more than 1,650 buildings on 350 parcels.