American Telegraph & Telephone Co. Building (Davenport, Iowa)

American Telegraph & Telephone Co. Building
Location: 529 Main Street, Davenport, Iowa
Built: 1902
Architectural style: Romanesque Revival
Governing body: Private
MPS: Davenport MRA
NRHP Reference#: 83002396 [1]
Added to NRHP: July 7, 1983

The American Telegraph & Telephone Co. Building was located on the hill just north downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] The building has subsequently been torn down.

Architecture

The building was an example of the Romanesque Revival style made popular by Henry Hobson Richardson. It featured smooth brick walls, round-arched windows on the second floor and a decorative cornice in brick above. The lower level had large rectangular windows with sills and lintels of roughly-worked sandstone that contrasted with the smooth brick.[2] The corner of the building at Sixth and Main Streets was angled and contained the main entrance into the building.

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Svendsen, Marls A., Bowers, Martha H (1982). Davenport where the Mississippi runs west: A Survey of Davenport History & Architecture. Davenport, Iowa: City of Davenport. p. 6-1. 

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