Greek Revival houses in Davenport
Greek Revival buildings carry low pitched gables, heavy cornices and columned porticoes modelled on Greek temples. The style was common across the United States from the 1820s through the 1850s.
13 stops, 2.0 miles end to end.
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 Oct 16, 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
- 1George B. Swan House909 Farnan St.Building · listed 1983start
- 2Louis Hebert House914 Farnan St.Building · listed 1983292 ft from stop 1
- 3McKinney House512 E. 8th St.Building · listed 1983473 ft from stop 2
- 4Potter-Williams House427 E. 7th St.Building · listed 19840.1 mi from stop 3
- 5Isaac Glaspell House621 LeClaire St.Building · listed 1983234 ft from stop 4
- 6Edward S. Barrows House224 E. 6th St.Building · listed 19760.2 mi from stop 5
- 7Philip Worley House425 Brady St.Building · listed 19830.2 mi from stop 6
- 8St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church Complex407 and 417 Main St.Building · listed 1984371 ft from stop 7
- 9Jacob Goering House721 Harrison St.Building · listed 19830.3 mi from stop 8
- 10D. Julius Gaspard House510 W. 101/2 St.Building · listed 19830.2 mi from stop 9
- 11Hiller Building310-314 Gaines St.Building · listed 19740.6 mi from stop 10
- 12Hoffman Building510 W. 2nd St.Building · listed 19830.2 mi from stop 11
- 13Prien Building506-508 W. 2nd St.Building · listed 198366 ft from stop 12
2.0 straight-line miles over 12 legs.
Taking it along
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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.
- Banks and business blocks in Davenport15 stops · 1.5 milesThe route links commercial buildings built between 1892 and 1927. Most were built to hold shops at street level and offices above.
- 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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