A 1907!!

Here was the former Halligan Coffee Company Building, a coffee factory built in 1907 per the official documentation of the surrounding historic district.

 

That same documentation says: "The overall design of the building has the appearance of an office building rather than a factory." But I think it looks more like an apartment building than either of these.

 

Well it was converted to apartments (the "Crescent Lofts") in 2015, per a news article in the Quad City Times ("Downtown Davenport draws more residents," April 23, 2015). So now its function matches its appearance. But do you find that satisfying?!

 

There is a Davenport Citibus Route 1 bus, destined for Hy-Vee, advertising Kimberly Car City.

 

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In downtown Davenport, Iowa, on May 20th, 2023, the Crescent Lofts (a "contributing property" in the Crescent Warehouse Historic District, 03001290 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the northeast corner of East 4th Street and Iowa Street.

 

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:

• Davenport (7013507)

• Scott (county) (2000642)

 

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:

• apartment houses (300005707)

• brick (clay material) (300010463)

• brick red (color) (300311462)

• buses (300212677)

• coffee (beverage, dye) (300254662)

• commercial buildings (300005147)

• factories (structures) (300006232)

• historic buildings (300008063)

• historic districts (300000737)

• loft buildings (300004805)

• repurposing (300417716)

• traffic signals (300003915)

 

Wikidata items:

• 20 May 2023 (Q69306805)

• 1900s in architecture (Q16482507)

• 1907 in architecture (Q2811062)

• Black Hawk Purchase (Q879963)

• coffee industry (Q10302044)

• contributing property (Q76321820)

• Crescent Warehouse Historic District (Q5184438)

• Davenport Citibus (Q5230228)

• Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area (Q7268261)

• Eastern Iowa (Q14214551)

• May 20 (Q2579)

• May 2023 (Q61312956)

• National Register of Historic Places (Q3719)

• Quad Cities (Q1660598)

• streetcorner (Q17106091)

• wrap advertising (Q1410837)

 

Library of Congress Subject Headings:

• Advertising—Automobiles (sh85001092)

• Dwellings—Iowa (sh2004003765)

• Factories—Remodeling for other use (sh85046837)

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