The Linograph Company Building

The Linograph Company Building
Location 420 W. River Drive
Davenport, Iowa
Coordinates 41°31′13″N 90°34′46″W / 41.52028°N 90.57944°W / 41.52028; -90.57944Coordinates: 41°31′13″N 90°34′46″W / 41.52028°N 90.57944°W / 41.52028; -90.57944
Built 1919
Architect Clausen & Kruse
NRHP Reference # 09000764[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP 23 September 2009
Designated DRHP January 13, 2009[2]

The Linograph Company Building is located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties and on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The building is now known as the RiverWalk Lofts .[3]

History

The Linograph Company Building was designed in 1919 by the Davenport architectural firm of Clausen & Kruse, the same firm that designed several other historic buildings in downtown Davenport: the Democrat Building, the Scott County Savings Bank, Hibernia Hall, the Forrest Block, Davenport Municipal Stadium (now known as Modern Woodmen Park), and the W.D. Petersen Memorial Music Pavilion.[4]

The building was an industrial facility for the company, which made typesetting machines. The company occupied the building until at least 1940. In 1954 The Salvation Army acquired the building, and used it for a variety of purposes, including an Adult Rehabilitation Center, which relocated in 2004.[3] MetroPlains Development of St. Paul, Minnesota bought the building in July 2007, and started converting the building into loft apartments in October of the same year. The $8 million project was completed in 2009.[3]

Architecture

The building is a four-story, rectangular structure built of concrete on a concrete foundation.[4] Extensions were added to the east of the original structure. Some of the windows were filled in over the years, but large windows were placed in the building's fenestration during the 2009 renovation. A loading dock on the south side of the building was covered over at some point.

See also

Davenport boasts the following industrial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places:

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Historic Preservation Commission. "Davenport Register of Historic Properties" (PDF). City of Davenport. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
  3. 1 2 3 DeWitt, Jennifer (2009-03-17). "Downtown Davenport attracting loft dwellers". Quad-City Times. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
  4. 1 2 "The Linograph Company Building". Davenport Public Library. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
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