A concrete block apartment building!, with a noticeable cornice.

When I told you I live in a concrete block apartment building you probably didn't picture something like this did you sweetie.

 

According to the building's documentation for the National Register of Historic Places, the funny cornice was reconstructed circa 2014, as the building was being converted to apartments, to replace the original cornice, which was removed in the 1960s.

 

The "Peterson Paper Co." painting is intended to trick people into thinking that such businesses still exist in the U.S.

 

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In downtown Davenport, Iowa, on May 20th, 2023, the backside of the former Davenport Bag and Paper Company Building (built circa 1907-1908; 100001972 on the National Register of Historic Places; also a "contributing property" in the Davenport Motor Row and Industrial Historic District, 100004113 on the National Register of Historic Places; occupied from circa 1940 until 1992 by the Peterson Paper Company; converted to loft apartments in 2014) at the southeast corner of East 2nd Street and Pershing Avenue, as viewed from the northeast corner of East River Drive (U.S. Route 67) and Pershing Avenue.

 

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:

• Davenport (7013507)

• Scott (county) (2000642)

 

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:

• Business names (sh85018315)

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• Dwellings—Iowa (sh2004003765)

• Industrial buildings—Remodeling for other use (sh88001084)

• Painted signs and signboards (sh89005878)

• Small business (sh85123568)

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