National Register Record for DAVENPORT BROADWAY AVENUE BRICK STREET

Historic Name: DAVENPORT BROADWAY AVENUE BRICK STREET
Current Name: SAME
Address: 1 - 600 BROADWAY STREET
City: DAVENPORT            County: LINCOLN
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: DAVENPORTS BROADWAY BRICK STREET, PAVED IN 1926, HOLDS SIGNIFICANCE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IN DAVENPORT AND LINCOLN COUNTY. THE THOROUGHLY MODERN THOROUGHFARE SYMBOLIZES THE EFFORT OF A SMALL AGRICULTURAL TOWN IN A PROSPEROUS AGRICULTURAL COUNTY TO TAP INTO AND PROFIT FROM A GROWING RELIANCE OF AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTATION IN THE 1910S AND 1920. THE NOMINATED SECTION STRUCTURE INCLUDES SIX BLOCKS OF BRICK ROADWAY EXTENDING NORTH AND SOUTH THROUGH THE CENTER OF DOWNTOWN DAVENPORT. THE RESOURCE WAS CREATED IN 1926 OF VARIED COLORED, STANDARD-SIZED VITREOUS BRICKS LAID IN RUNNING BOND PATTERN TO FORM A ROADWAY OF WIDTHS VARYING FROM 35.5 TO 72 TO 30 FEET. THE ROADWAY IS FRONTED ON EACH SIDE BY A 5-FOOT-WIDE CONCRETE APRON THAT IS ORIGINAL. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 5/27/2004.

Type: STRUCTURE
Historic Function: TRANSPORTATION: ROAD-RELATED (VEHICULAR)
Current Function: TRANSPORTATION: ROAD-RELATED (VEHICULAR)
Area of Significance 1: TRANSPORTATION
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: OTHER: BRICK PAVEMENT
Architect: WOODS, CLARENCE A. - ENGINEER
Year Built: 1926            Original Site: YES
Condition: FAIR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: 1 DECEMBER 2003