Roslyn Flats

Roslyn Flats
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	739 Perry St. Davenport, Iowa
Coordinates	41°31′40″N 90°34′20″W / 41.52778°N 90.57222°WCoordinates: 41°31′40″N 90°34′20″W / 41.52778°N 90.57222°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1901
Architectural style	Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals
MPS	Davenport MRA]
NRHP Reference #	83004375[1]
Added to NRHP	July 7, 1983

The Roslyn Flats is a historic building located on the hill above downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was constructed in 1901 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1] The apartment building was one of several that were built near the campus of Palmer College of Chiropractic.

Architecture

Roslyn Flats follows the basic design of apartment buildings built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Davenport.^[2] The building is a three-story structure built over a raised basement and constructed in brick. Bay windows frame the façade on the north and south sides and a two story porch was constructed between them. Flanking the window bays are rusticated brick pilasters that end in Ionic caps. The cornice features a plain molded architrave below a wide frieze into which are set small Adamesque oval windows. The building features the "formalism, sharp lines and studied elegance" that is found in Federalist architecture.^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-10-06.
2. Martha Bowers, Marlys Svendsen-Roesler. "Roslyn Flats" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
3. "Historic Preservation in Davenport, Iowa" (PDF). City of Davenport. Retrieved 2010-12-29.

External links

• Archiplanet Listing