Finley Guy Building

Finley Guy Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Location	310 E. Locust St. Davenport, Iowa
Coordinates	41°32′18″N 90°34′13″W / 41.53833°N 90.57028°W / 41.53833; -90.57028Coordinates: 41°32′18″N 90°34′13″W / 41.53833°N 90.57028°W / 41.53833; -90.57028
Architectural style	Mission/Spanish Revival
MPS	Davenport MRA
NRHP Reference #	84001426^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 27, 1984

Finley Guy Building is a historic building located in central Davenport, Iowa, United States. The Spanish Colonial Revival structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

History

Finley Guy had this building constructed in 1928 to house his drug store.^[2] Lorenzen Grocery and Meat Market occupied the second commercial space. The building has housed a rental shop for many years. Guy himself made his home in the second floor residential space.

Architecture

The Finley Guy Building is noteworthy for its use of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture. The style was rarely employed in Davenport and when it was used it is found in residential architecture.^[2] The building features heavily textured polychrome face brick and metal casement windows. Both decorative elements are typical of buildings constructed in Davenport in the late 1920s and in the 1930s, but they are generally found in Tudor Revival and Cotswold Cottage styles.^[2] The building is also noteworthy for its use of molded concrete decoration. Spiral colonnettes frame windows on the second floor, and tiles with a variety of patterns are found on the parapet level. The concrete widow surrounds have a helical pattern. There is also a concrete plaque between the main floor shop windows with a caduceus, which refers to the building's original use as a drug store.

References

1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 3 Martha Bowers, Marlys Svendsen-Roesler. "Finley Guy Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-10-31.

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Historic Commercial Buildings in Davenport, Iowa

Downtown	American Commercial and Savings Bank Henry Berg Building Building at 202 W. Third Street Central Office Building City Market Clifton-Metropolitan Hotel Davenport Hotel Democrat Building Donahue Building Ficke Block First National Bank Building Forrest Block Hibernia Hall Hoffman Building Hotel Blackhawk Hotel Mississippi-RKO Orpheum Theater Iowa Reform Building Koenig Building Kahl Building J.H.C. Petersen's Sons' Store J.H.C. Petersen's Sons Wholesale Building Prien Building Putnam-Parker Block Charles F. Ranzow and Sons Building Renwick Building Riepe Drug Store/G. Ott Block Schauder Hotel Schick's Express and Transfer Co. Schmidt Block Union Arcade Wupperman Block/I.O.O.F. Hall Col. Joseph Young Block

East	Finley Guy Building

West	American Telephone & Telegraph Co. Building Brammer Grocery Store Building at 813-815 W. Second Street Building at 1119-1121 W. Third Street Clarissa C. Cook Library/Blue Ribbon News Building Frick's Tavern Koch Drug Store Nicholas Koester Building Meiser Drug Store Miller Building Northwest Davenport Savings Bank Peters' Barber Shop Jacob Raphael Building Schroeder Bros. Meat Market Rudolph H. Sitz Building Union Electric Telephone & Telegraph Washington Gardens Werthman Grocery Wolters Filling Station

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