We headed down to the Hamburg neighborhood in Davenport, which has recently seen extensive rehabbing and restoration of its historic houses. The neighborhood is obviously named after the German Hanseatic city of Hamburg, which still is one of the most important port cities in the world. Apparently many of the early residents of the area…
Tag: Italianate
Downtown, Davenport, Iowa
Continuing and ending our end of the month look at Mississippi River towns north of St. Louis for the time being, we come to the Quad Cities, and first we will look at Davenport, Iowa. Of course, Davenport, and Rock Island, Illinois on the opposite bank (which we’ll look at in a few days) are…
Oregon Avenue Between Russell Boulevard and Geyer Avenue
I realized I had actually photographed a lot of the houses on the block of Oregon Avenue north of Russell Boulevard before in Fox Park, but I had done it more thematically than by street. Above and below are some of the nicest stretches of Italianate houses in St. Louis. I looked at them back…
Cook Avenue, JeffVanderLou
I was up this way a couple of weeks ago and there were a bunch of streets blocked off so I ended up detouring on some side streets, including Cook Avenue. I saw some interesting houses, so I came back a couple weeks later to look some more. For whatever reason, some of the streets…
Missouri Avenue Between Lynch and Sidney Streets
Heading north of Lynch Street, we continue north on Missouri Avenue. There’s this very old house above, and then a whole line of Second Empire houses. This house below was built before the street was graded, as can be seen by the heavily exposed foundation. Then we reach Sidney Street, which we looked at back…
Muscatine, Iowa, Part Three
We continue our walk around downtown Muscatine, passing by Wesley United Methodist Church, walking down West 4th Street. We then cut through a parking lot. The Muscatine County Courthouse was constructed in 1907 according to designs by J.E. Mills of Detroit. It was under rehabilitation when we went by, with what looks to be brand…
Muscatine, Iowa, Part Two
Downtown Muscatine was really nice, with most of the storefronts occupied and many buildings looking like they had recently been renovated. As would be expected, there are a plethora of Italianate storefronts, as one often sees in cities along the river. The Laurel Building, below, was built in 1917 and was designed by William Hyland…
Muscatine, Iowa, Part One
Continuing our end of the month series of Iowa river towns upriver from St. Louis, we next arrive in Muscatine. We first pass by a power plant, taking advantage of rail lines along the flat floodplains to receive its bounty of coal. Muscatine was founded in 1833 by George Davenport and was originally known as…
4700-4800 Block of Cote Brilliante Avenue
I’ve revisited the 4700-4800 block of Cote Brilliante numerous times over the years, most recently, I think back in October of 2024. It’s overgrown, as can be seen below. But there are still plenty of houses that are in great shape, as can be seen above. I find it interesting that there are so many…
High Street, Revisited, Jefferson City
Starting at Broadway Street and heading east or more southeast on High Street, we first see the Roman Catholic Proto Cathedral of St. Peter, just across the street from the Missouri Capitol. A proto cathedral is a former cathedral; the present church dates from 1883, and it was the seat, or cathedra of the diocese…