Ficke Block

Ficke Block
Location: 307-309 Harrison St., Davenport, Iowa
Built: 1899
Architect: F.G. Clausen
John Whitaker
Architectural style: Late Victorian
Governing body: Private
MPS: Davenport MRA
NRHP Reference#: 83002427[1]
Added to NRHP: July 7, 1983

The Ficke Block is located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is immediately adjacent to the Henry Berg Building, which is also listed on the NRHP.

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History

The building at 309 Harrison Street is associated with a prominent Davenport Attorney Charles August (C.A.) Ficke. He was responsible for building or renovating numerous properties in the downtown area.[2] The block, which has the appearance of two separate buildings, was built in 1899 to house the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and apartments on the upper floors.[2] The southern store front (307) became the L.R. Wareham pool hall in 1915 and remained a pool hall through the 1940s. The north side (309) was home to a variety of businesses that included: City Fuel and Lumber Company, Bee Jay Tire Service, the Savoy Café, the Colorado Restaurant, the Old Timer (tavern), and the Three Hundred Nine Tavern. It currently houses the Berg Apartments.[2]

Architecture

The Ficke Block is a four-story, brick structure built on a stone foundation.[2] It features many details found in late Victorian architecture: rusticated, semi-circular window arches on the third floor and flat stone lintels over the paired windows on the fourth floor recall the Romanesque style. A pair of two-story bay windows with embossed garland swags, wrought iron balconies, and ornate cornices reflect the Queen Anne style.[2] The storefronts, however, have been significantly altered.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-11-05. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ a b c d e "Ficke Block". Davenport Public Library. http://www.qcmemory.org/Default.aspx?PageId=314&nt=207. Retrieved 2010-11-05. 

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