National Register of Historic Places

Schauder Hotel

Davenport, Iowa
Listed
December 19, 2014
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
83002495

About this property

The Schauder Hotel was a historic building located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was built in the Italianate style facing the Mississippi River, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Louis Schauder built the hotel in 1876. At the time it was one of five hotels in a two-block section of West Front Street (now West River Drive). Schauder also operated the neighboring Perry Hotel. A saloon and music hall operated in the hotel by the 1880s. The hotel continued in operation until the turn of the 20th century. Eventually the building was acquired by the Petersen, Harned, and Von Maur department store and used for storage. It, along with the neighboring Clifton-Metropolitan Hotel, the J.H.C. Petersen's Sons Wholesale Building and the Schick's Express and Transfer Co., were torn down to make way for a public parking structure and the Davenport Skybridge. It was delisted from the National Register in 2014. The three-story commercial building featured a four-bay facade above the ground floor. The tall, narrow windows with the decorative window hoods on the second and third floors expressed the Italianate style. The ground floor had been updated in later years and the original cornice was either partially removed or replaced.

Location

Davenport, Iowa
41.51975, -90.57512
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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Schick's Express and Transfer Co.
Industrial
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Dillon Memorial
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0 mi
Petersen's, J. H. C., Sons Wholesale Building
Industrial
0.1 mi
Petersen's, J. H. C., Sons Store
Industrial
0.1 mi

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Battle of Rock Island Rapids
1814Early Republic
0.3 mi
Battle of Rock Island 1814
1814Early Republic
0.5 mi
Battle of the Rock Island Rapids
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When was Schauder Hotel listed on the National Register?

Schauder Hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 19, 2014.

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Schauder Hotel is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Schauder Hotel is recorded as the industrial era.

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