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Main Street Library’s 50th Anniversary Series: Photo Gallery
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Posted in Library, Local History
Tagged buildings, construction, Davenport Public Library, Downtown Davenport, Edward Durell Stone
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Fun-Size Fire Insurance Maps of Davenport
In anticipation of this coming Tuesday’s program, “Genealogical Perspectives on Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps” (6:30pm on 5/22 at our 321 Main Street location) we are featuring a recent addition to our collection of these sources that consistently prove valuable to … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Library, Local History
Tagged Architecture, construction, fire insurance maps, Library of Congress, Lisa Louise Cooke, Maps, Sanborn Map Company
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Build a Better Davenport: The Priester Construction Company
We conclude the Davenport Public Library’s summer reading theme of “Build a Better World” by exploring the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center’s resources on local architects, developers, planners, construction companies, and building materials suppliers. Our final installment: The Priester Construction Company. … Continue reading
Posted in Local History
Tagged Architechture, Blueprints, construction, Dudley Priester, Oscar Priester, Priester Construction Company, project drawings, Thomas W. Priester, Walter K. Priester, Walter Priester
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Build A Better Davenport: Gordon-Van Tine and the World War II Housing Boom
This week we are continuing with the Davenport Public Library’s Summer Reading Program theme of “Build a Better World” by exploring the Richardson-Sloane Special Collection Center’s resources and records of local architects, developers, planners, construction companies, and building material suppliers. … Continue reading
Posted in Local History
Tagged #buildabetterdavenport, #historyholders, Build a Better World, construction, Gordon-Van Tine, Homefront, housing, World War II, WWII
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Build A Better Davenport: The Hunzinger Construction Company
Summer is upon us and, with it, the Davenport Public Library’s Summer Reading Program, this year titled “Build a Better World.” Here at the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center we have many resources that fit well with this theme, including the … Continue reading
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Tagged #buildabetterdavenport, #historyholders, Build a Better World, buildings, construction, Hunzinger, Summer Reading Program 2017
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Five Score and Ten Years Ago: Laying the cornerstone for Davenport (Central) High School
110 years ago on June 19, 1905 the cornerstone for the “new” Davenport High School building was laid. A parade of 4,000 children walked from Washington Square to the Main Street site where the basement walls had been raised. There … Continue reading
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Tagged 1905, Central High School, construction, cornerstone, Davenport High School, groundbreaking, Photographs
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