National Register of Historic Places

Forrest Block

On the National Register since 198343 years

ItalianateListed 1983Davenport

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About Forrest Block

Forrest Block, at 401 Brady St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jul 7, 1983. The Register lists it for its architecture, at the local level. It describes its style as Italianate, as it does for 221 other Iowa listings. It was listed as part of Davenport MRA. 39 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isBuilding in Iowa, United States of America. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 5 MB · National Archives↗

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BFirst Federal Savings and Loan Association BuildingBuilt 19660.1 mi BAmerican Commercial and Savings BankNeoclassical Commercial · Built 19270.1 mi BUnion Savings Bank and TrustNeoclassical Revival0.1 mi BSchmidt BlockCommercial Richardsonian Romanesque0.1 mi BDavenport Bank and Trust (Boundary Increase)Built 19270.1 mi BDonahue BuildingRomanesque Revival0.1 mi BBuilding at 202 W. Third StreetLate Neoclassical · Built 19160.1 mi BBlackhawk HotelRenaissance Revival0.1 mi DDavenport Downtown Commercial Historic DistrictDistrict0.1 mi BDavenport HotelRenaissance Revival0.1 mi DPutnam-Parker BlockChicago0.1 mi BDavenport City HallRichardsonian Romanesque · Built 18950.1 mi BUnited States Post Office and Court HouseModern Movement0.1 mi BCity MarketRomanesque Revival0.1 mi BWupperman Block/I.O.O.F. HallCommercial Renaissance Revival0.1 mi BOld City HallBuilding0.1 mi BHose Station No. 1Italianate · Built 18770.2 mi BPetersen's, J. H. C., Sons StoreCommercial Romanesque · Built 18920.2 mi

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BFirst National Bank BuildingRenaissance Revival0.2 mi BDavenport Bag and Paper Company BuildingBuilt 19070.2 mi DDavenport Motor Row and Industrial Historic DistrictDistrict0.2 mi BCentral Office BuildingCommercial0.2 mi BKahl BuildingCommercial0.2 mi BHenry Berg BuildingBuilding0.2 mi BFicke BlockLate Commercial Italianate0.2 mi BWalsh Flats/Langworth BuildingSimplified Neoclassical Revival0.2 mi BLucian Newhall HouseGreek Revival0.2 mi BAmerican Telephone & Telegraph Co. Bldg.Romanesque Revival · Built 19020.2 mi BJ. W. Stewart HouseItalianate0.2 mi BUnion Electric Telephone & TelegraphNeoclassical Revival0.2 mi BSt. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church ComplexVernacular Greek Revival0.2 mi BEdward S. Barrows HouseClassical Revival0.2 mi BKimball-Stevenson HouseItalianate0.2 mi BThe Priester BuildingBuilt 19590.2 mi BPeter J. Paulsen HouseQueen Anne Revival0.2 mi StDillon MemorialNeoclassical · Built 19180.3 mi BUnion Station and Burlington Freight HouseGeorgian/Federal Revival0.3 mi BDemocrat BuildingBuilding0.3 mi BLinden FlatsColonial/Federal Revival0.3 mi BCentral Fire StationColonial Revival · Built 19020.3 mi BScott County JailItalianate0.3 mi BJohn R. Boyle HouseVernacular Italianate0.3 mi DCrescent Warehouse Historic DistrictClassical Revival0.3 mi BWarner Apartment BuildingTudor Revival0.3 mi BJacob Raphael BuildingCommercial0.3 mi BPotter-Williams HouseVernacular Greek Revival0.3 mi BLincoln SchoolColonial Revival0.3 mi BMcBride-Hickey HouseEclectic0.3 mi BMiller BuildingVictorian Commercial0.3 mi BDaniel T. Newcome Double HouseSecond Empire · Built 18670.3 mi BNicholas J. Kuhnen HouseVernacular Italianate0.3 mi BFred Finch HouseNeo-Georgian Revival0.3 mi BJacob Goering HouseVernacular Greek Revival0.3 mi BPrice, Hiram/Henry Vollmer HouseItalian Villa0.3 mi BArgyle FlatsBuilt 19000.3 mi BRoslyn FlatsFederal Revival0.3 mi BSt. Luke's HospitalBuilt 18500.3 mi BWOC Broadcasting CenterBuilt 19630.3 mi BChicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Freight HouseBuilding0.4 mi BPrien BuildingCommercial Greek Revival0.4 mi BIowa Reform BuildingCommercial0.4 mi BHoffman BuildingCommercial Greek Revival0.4 mi BSmith, Henry H./J.H. Murphy HouseItalianate · Built 18540.4 mi BIsaac Glaspell HouseVernacular Greek Revival0.4 mi BM. V. Gannon HouseVernacular Italianate0.4 mi BFred B. Sharon HouseSecond Empire0.4 mi BMcKinney HouseVernacular Greek Revival0.4 mi BThe Linograph Company BuildingIndustrial · Built 19200.4 mi BLouis P. and Clara K. Best Residence and Auto HouseMission/Spanish Colonial Revival0.4 mi BB. J. Palmer HouseSecond Empire0.4 mi StPetersen, W. D., Memorial Music PavillionSpanish Renaissance Revival · Built 19240.5 mi BInternational Harvester Truck Sales and Service StationBuilding0.5 mi BKoenig BuildingCommercial Italianate · Built 18720.5 mi BGermania-Miller/Standard HotelVictorian Bracketed0.5 mi BSiemer HouseVernacular0.5 mi BHiller BuildingGreek Revival0.5 mi DWest Third Street Historic DistrictLate Victorian0.5 mi BSwedish Baptist ChurchBuilding0.5 mi DHamburg Historic DistrictDistrict0.5 mi BAntoine LeClaire HouseItalian Bracketed · Built 18550.5 mi BGeorge B. Swan HouseVernacular Greek Revival0.5 mi BLouis Hebert HouseVernacular Greek Revival0.5 mi BJoseph Motie HouseItalianate0.5 mi BJoseph Mallet HouseVernacular Italianate0.5 mi BAlice French HouseLate Queen Anne Revival · Built 19060.5 mi BD. Julius Gaspard HouseVernacular Greek Revival0.5 mi BSacred Heart Roman Catholic Cathedral ComplexGothic Revival · Built 18910.5 mi BBethel AME ChurchCraftsman0.5 mi BTrinity Episcopal CathedralGothic Revival · Built 18730.5 mi

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Italianate style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Italianate.

Hose Station No. 1Built 1877 · 0.2 mi away

J. W. Stewart House0.2 mi away

Kimball-Stevenson House0.2 mi away

Scott County Jail0.3 mi away

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Questions about Forrest Block

Is Forrest Block on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Jul 7, 1983 (Register number 83002433).

Is Forrest Block a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Iowa has 22 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Rock Island Arsenal, 1.7 miles away.

Can you visit Forrest Block?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Forrest Block?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 5 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 75337499 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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