The Linograph Company Building

The Linograph Company Building, also known as the Englehart Manufacturing Company Building and RiverWalk Lofts , is a historic building located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties and on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

The Linograph Company Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Davenport Register of Historic Properties
Location	420 W. River Drive Davenport, Iowa
Coordinates	41°31′13″N 90°34′46″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1920, 1949
Architect	Clausen & Kruse Arthur Ebeling
Architectural style	Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP reference No.	09000764[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 23, 2009
Designated DRHP	January 13, 2009[2]

History

The Linograph Company Building was designed by two prominent Davenport architects. The original building was the work of the architectural firm of Clausen & Kruse. The 1949 addition was the work of Arthur Ebeling.

The building was an industrial facility for the company, which made typesetting machines, or the Linograph. The machines were distributed internationally, as well as across the country, and they "contributed significantly to the advancement of the typesetting process."[3] The company occupied the building until 1944 when it was sold to a competitor, Intertype Corporation and Englehart Manufacturing Co. In 1954 The Salvation Army acquired the building, and used it for a variety of purposes, including an Adult Rehabilitation Center, which relocated in 2004.[4] MetroPlains Development of St. Paul, Minnesota bought the building in July 2007, and started converting the building into loft apartments in October of the same year. The $8 million project was completed in 2009.[4]

Architecture

The building is a four-story, rectangular structure built of concrete on a raised concrete foundation.[5] Extensions were added to the east of the original structure, which altered the building's main entrance.[3] Some of the windows were filled in over the years, but large windows were placed in the building's fenestration during the 2009 renovation. A loading dock on the south side of the building was covered over at some point.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Historic Preservation Commission. "Davenport Register of Historic Properties" (PDF). City of Davenport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
3. Alexa McDowell. "The Linograph Company Building". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-11-04. with photo(s)
4. DeWitt, Jennifer (March 17, 2009). "Downtown Davenport attracting loft dwellers". Quad-City Times. Davenport. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
5. "The Linograph Company Building". Davenport Public Library. Archived from the original on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2010-10-08.