Riepe Drug Store/G. Ott Block

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Riepe Drug Store/G. Ott Block
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Location 403 W. 2nd Street
Davenport, Iowa
Coordinates 41°31′16″N90°34′43″W / 41.52111°N 90.57861°W / 41.52111; -90.57861 Coordinates: 41°31′16″N90°34′43″W / 41.52111°N 90.57861°W / 41.52111; -90.57861
Area less than one acre
Built 1871
Architectural style Romanesque Revival
MPS Davenport MRA
NRHP reference # 83002493 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP July 7, 1983
Removed from NRHP December 19, 2014

The Riepe Drug Store/G. Ott Block was located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

Davenport, Iowa City in Iowa, United States

Davenport is the county seat of Scott County in Iowa and is located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state. It is the largest of the Quad Cities, a metropolitan area with a population estimate of 382,630 and a CSA population of 474,226; it is the 90th largest CSA in the nation. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine Le Claire and was named for his friend George Davenport, a former English sailor who served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812, served as a supplier Fort Armstrong, worked as a fur trader with the American Fur Company, and was appointed a quartermaster with the rank of colonel during the Black Hawk War. According to the 2010 census, the city had a population of 99,685. The city appealed this figure, arguing that the Census Bureau missed a section of residents, and that its total population was more than 100,000. The Census Bureau estimated Davenport's 2011 population to be 100,802.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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History

Location of the Riepe Drug Store/G. Ott Block was on the left side of this photo. Community Health 2nd St Daveport IA.jpg
Location of the Riepe Drug Store/G. Ott Block was on the left side of this photo.

Local brewer W. H. Decker probably built this building as an investment commercial venture in 1871. [2] Peter Schlichting operated a saloon here in the late 1870s, but it was not successful and he lost the property in a Sheriff's sale. Adelbert Riepe opened a drugstore in 1882, and he remained in business for a number of years. Other commercial ventures occupied the main floor commercial space over the years. Along with the former Mueller Lumber Company building on the 500 block of Second Street, this structure was torn down and is now the location of Community Health Care’s downtown complex today. It was delisted from the National Register in 2014. [3]

Mueller Lumber Company

The Mueller Lumber Company was located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It has since been torn down and it was delisted from the NRHP in 2005. The site is now the main clinic for Community Health Care.

Architecture

The building was a three-story, brick structure in the Romanesque Revival style. It featured ornamental rows of brick, or corbelling, just below the cornice line. [4] Round-arch windows lined the second and third floors and were capped with a keystone. The storefront had been altered in later years. [5]

Brick Block or a single unit of a ceramic material used in masonry construction

A brick is building material used to make walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Traditionally, the term brick referred to a unit composed of clay, but it is now used to denote any rectangular units laid in mortar. A brick can be composed of clay-bearing soil, sand, and lime, or concrete materials. Bricks are produced in numerous classes, types, materials, and sizes which vary with region and time period, and are produced in bulk quantities. Two basic categories of bricks are fired and non-fired bricks.

Cornice horizontal decorative molding that crowns a building or furniture

A cornice is generally any horizontal decorative molding that crowns a building or furniture element – the cornice over a door or window, for instance, or the cornice around the top edge of a pedestal or along the top of an interior wall. A simple cornice may be formed just with a crown.

Keystone (architecture)

A keystone is the wedge-shaped stone piece at the apex of a masonry arch, or the generally round one at the apex of a vault. In both cases it is the final piece placed during construction and locks all the stones into position, allowing the arch or vault to bear weight. In both arches and vaults, keystones are often enlarged beyond the structural requirements, and often decorated in some way. Keystones are often placed in the centre of the flat top of openings such as doors and windows, essentially for decorative effect.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Martha Bowers; Marlys Svendsen-Roesler. "Riepe Drug Store/G. Ott Block". National Park Service . Retrieved 2015-03-22. with photo
  3. ↑ "Weekly List". National Park Service. August 19, 2005. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  4. ↑ Svendsen, Marlys A., Bowers, Martha H. (1982). Davenport where the Mississippi runs west: A Survey of Davenport History & Architecture. Davenport, Iowa: City of Davenport. p. 6.2.
  5. ↑ Svendsen 1982, p. 6.3.
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