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Schick's Express and Transfer Co.

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Built
  
1905

NRHP Reference #
  
83002497

Opened
  
1905

Added to NRHP
  
7 July 1983

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Removed from NRHP
  
December 19, 2014

Architectural style
  
Chicago school

Architect
  
Frederick G. Clausen

Schick's Express and Transfer Co.

Location
  
118-120 W. River Dr. Davenport, Iowa

The Schick's Express and Transfer Co. was located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The building became part of the Petersen, Harned, von Maur department store complex.

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History

Schick's Express and Transfer Company built this warehouse for their new headquarters in 1905. It was located on Front Street (now River Drive) not far from the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Freight House, which made access to transportation routes efficient. Eventually the building was acquired by the Petersen Harned and Von Maur Department Store for use as a warehouse. It and the J.H.C. Petersen's Sons Wholesale Building were torn down in the early 21st century to make way for a parking structure and the Davenport Skybridge. It was delisted from the National Register in 2014.

Architecture

The building was an example of early Commercial architecture in Davenport. It was one of the few utilitarian buildings in Davenport that opened its walls with large windows, indicating the structure beneath its brick surface. It was also quite plain in appearance. The only decorative elements on the building was a restrained metal cornice, rustication at the corners, and stone jack arches.

References

Schick's Express and Transfer Co. Wikipedia