Prospect Park Historic District (Davenport, Iowa)

The Prospect Park Historic District in Davenport, Iowa, United States is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. In its 23.2-acre (9.4 ha) area, it included 23 contributing buildings in 1984.^[1] The Prospect Park hill was listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 1993.

The historic district is a small neighborhood located on the western border of the Village of East Davenport. It runs along Mississippi Street from Eleventh Street down to River Drive and a block east along Prospect Drive and Prospect Terrace. The neighborhood was developed form 1895-1910, and is one of many Davenport neighborhoods at the turn of the century to focus around a park. Houses in Prospect Park are very large, and are set back on spacious lots. The houses are late Queen Anne style, Neoclassical, and Tudor Revival. The neighborhood housed many prominent figures, including contractors, physicians, and attorneys. The proximity and commanding view of the river kept this neighborhood fashionable long after the originally families had departed.^[3] Unlike similar west end and central neighborhoods, Prospect Park has retained mostly single family usage.

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