Banks and business blocks in Davenport
This tour visits the commercial core, with banks, business blocks, stores and exchange buildings. Most were built to hold shops at street level and offices above.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1892 to 1927. 15 stops, 1.5 miles end to end. One stop is a historic district rather than a single building.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Meiser Drug Store1115 W. 3rd St.Building · listed 1983start
- 2Riepe Drug Store/G. Ott Block403 W. 2nd St.Building0.6 mi from stop 1
- 3Central Office Building230 W. 3rd St.Building · listed 19830.2 mi from stop 2
- 4Davenport Bank and Trust (Boundary Increase)203 & 229 W. 3rd St.Building · built 1927 · listed 2016145 ft from stop 3
- 5American Commercial and Savings Bank201-209 W. 3rd St.Building · built 1927 · listed 1983103 ft from stop 4
- 6First National Bank Building201 W. 2nd St.Building · listed 1983375 ft from stop 5
- 7Petersen's, J. H. C., Sons Store123-131 W. 2nd St.Building · built 1892 · listed 198398 ft from stop 6
- 8Union Savings Bank and Trust229 Brady St.Building · listed 19830.1 mi from stop 7
- 9Schmidt Block115 E. 3rd St.Building · listed 198374 ft from stop 8
- 10Forrest Block401 Brady St.Building · listed 1983471 ft from stop 9
- 11Putnam–Parker Block100-130 W 2nd. St.Historic district · listed 2011341 ft from stop 10
- 12City Market120 W. 5th St.Building · listed 1984506 ft from stop 11
- 13Col. Joseph Young Block502 Brady St.Building327 ft from stop 12
- 14Wupperman Block/I.O.O.F. Hall508-512 Brady St.Building · listed 198366 ft from stop 13
- 15Ficke Block307-309 Harrison St.Building · listed 19830.2 mi from stop 14
1.5 straight-line miles over 14 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 15 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in Davenport
- The work of Frederick G. Clausen in Davenport15 stops · 1.7 milesThe record behind every stop attributes it to Frederick G. Clausen. The dated ones went up between 1892 and 1920, and Renaissance Revival is the label that recurs most across them.
- Renaissance Revival houses in Davenport15 stops · 1.4 milesRenaissance Revival draws on the Italian palazzo, with a rusticated ground floor, round arched windows and a strong horizontal cornice. The Davenport examples on this route went up between 1854 and 1877.
- Queen Anne houses in Davenport11 stops · 1.9 milesQueen Anne is a late Victorian manner of irregular plans, steep roofs, turrets, bay windows and wrapping porches.
- Greek Revival houses in Davenport13 stops · 2.0 milesGreek Revival buildings carry low pitched gables, heavy cornices and columned porticoes modelled on Greek temples.
- Apartments and hotels in Davenport10 stops · 1.7 milesThe route links the apartment buildings and hotels the register carries in Davenport. Some still take guests and some have become housing.
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