Riepe Drug Store/G. Ott Block

Riepe Drug Store/G. Ott Block
Location of the Riepe Drug Store/G. Ott Block was on the left side of this photo
Riepe Drug Store/G. Ott Block is located in Iowa
Riepe Drug Store/G. Ott Block
Riepe Drug Store/G. Ott Block is located in the United States
Riepe Drug Store/G. Ott Block
Location403 W. 2nd Street
Davenport, Iowa
Coordinates41°31′16″N 90°34′43″W / 41.52111°N 90.57861°W / 41.52111; -90.57861
Arealess than one acre
Built1871
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
MPSDavenport MRA
NRHP reference No.83002493[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 7, 1983
Removed from NRHPDecember 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]

History

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]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Martha Bowers; Marlys Svendsen-Roesler. "Riepe Drug Store/G. Ott Block". National Park Service. Retrieved March 22, 2015. with photo
  3. ^ "Weekly List". National Park Service. August 19, 2005. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  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 & Bowers 1982, p. 6.3.