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Lend-A-Hand Club
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| Location: | 105 S. Main St., Davenport, Iowa |
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| Built: | 1922 |
| Architect: | Frederick G. Clausen |
| Architectural style: | Renaissance Revival |
| Governing body: | Private |
| MPS: | Davenport MRA |
| NRHP Reference#: | 83002525[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP: | July 7, 1983 |
| Designated DRHP: | March 17, 1999[2] |
The Lend-A-Hand Club was located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States along the riverfront. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983,[1] and on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 1997.[2]
The Lend-A-Hand Club was established in Davenport in 1886 as a chapter of the King’s Daughters Organization.[3] It became an affiliate of the national network of Lend-A-Hand Clubs.[4] The club was a place for young women who lived and worked away from home to associate in a safe environment.
Initially it occupied various downtown locations that it rented. When it was housed in a department store it offered rest and reading rooms. When it moved to larger facilities it expanded to a cafeteria, reading rooms, parlor, shower and bath, laundry, arts and crafts and a gymnasium.[3] It also provided a lecture series on various women’s topics. The Lend-A-Hand Club was the city’s main woman’s service facility and usurped any potential for the YWCA to establish itself in Davenport.[3]
Money was raised and in 1922 a permanent location was secured and a building was constructed along South Main Street opposite the Dillon Memorial. The facility contained dormitory rooms, a lounge, cafeteria, and a swimming pool.[4] The building closed as a woman’s facility in the 1960s. It was rented to the city of Davenport who converted it to elderly housing in 1973. A new building was constructed for the elderly at Third and Ripley Streets in the late 1980s and the Lend-A-Hand building was torn down in 1990.
Other buildings designed by Frederick G. Clausen:
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