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18-679: Municipal Inn is a historic structure located in LeClaire Park along the Mississippi River in downtown Davenport, Iowa , United States . It was listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties on March 17, 1999. It is also known as the Levee Inn . According to the records of the city's Levee Improvement Commission, R.D. Ackley was given a 10-year lease for the building on June 14, 1927. The city issued

36-400: A building permit on January 11, 1928. The structure was designed by the prominent Davenport architectural firm of Clausen, Kruse & Klein and was completed in 1929. They had also designed the W.D. Petersen Memorial Music Pavilion and Municipal Stadium, now Modern Woodmen Park , which are also on the riverfront. Other people who have operated a business there include Archie Weindruch, who

54-565: A plaza was created. Popularly referred to as the LeClaire Park Bandshell, the pavilion was named for William D. Petersen, a promoter of Davenport’s riverfront in the late 19th and early 20th century. It annually hosts concerts such as the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival , Festival of Praise as well as other public events. The concession stand was

72-493: Is not necessarily a real functional need; likewise the Italian-style eaves. The eaves may terminate in a fascia , a board running the length of the eaves under the tiles or roof sheets to cap off and protect the exposed rafter ends and to provide grounds on which to fix gutters. At the gables the eaves may extend beyond the gable end wall by projecting the purlins and are usually capped off by bargeboards to protect

90-470: The eaves . Although small in size, the structure shows the same symmetry, attention to detail and use of ornamentation that Clausen, Kruse & Klein used in their larger buildings. The building follows the clean, angular lines of the Art Moderne style. Ornamental bands of tile form intersecting squares and rectangles on the exterior stucco. Originally it featured four concrete urns on each corner of

108-469: The building. The eaves overhang may also shelter openings to ventilate the roof space. Aesthetic, traditional, or purely decorative considerations may prevail over the strictly functional requirements of the eaves. The Arts and Crafts Movement influenced the American Craftsman tradition, which has very wide eaves with decorative brackets technically called modillions , for which there

126-594: The face of a wall and, normally, project beyond the side of a building. The eaves form an overhang to throw water clear of the walls and may be highly decorated as part of an architectural style , such as the Chinese dougong bracket systems. According to the Oxford English Dictionary , eaves is derived from the Old English efes (singular), meaning "edge", and consequently forms both

144-519: The natatorium have subsequently been torn down. The memorial to Judge John Forrest Dillon was paid for through a bequest. The fountain was originally built in the middle of Main Street and the Lend-A-Hand Club and the natatorium were built on the east and west sides of the street respectively. In 1997 after the other buildings were torn down Main Street was closed south of River Drive and

162-491: The roof and a sign with the business name that extended the length of the building between two flag poles. Tiles in blue and orange above the windows are now under a canopy that was added at a later date. LeClaire Park LeClaire Park was established on the riverfront during the mayoral administration of C.A. Ficke in the early 1890s. In 1911 the Levee Improvement Commission was created. It

180-465: The singular and plural of the word. This Old English word is itself of Germanic origin, related to the German dialect Obsen , and also probably to over . The Merriam-Webster dictionary lists the word as eave but notes that it is "usually used in plural". The primary function of the eaves is to keep rain water off the walls and to prevent the ingress of water at the junction where the roof meets

198-541: The stadium is the Quad City River Bandits . It was also the home field for the St. Ambrose University and Assumption High School athletic programs. Concerts and other sporting events have also been held in the stadium. 41°31′07″N 90°34′37″W  /  41.518611°N 90.576944°W  / 41.518611; -90.576944 Eaves The eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang

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216-444: The wall and the purlin ends. The overhang at the gable is referred to as a gable overhang, as opposed to eave overhang, or they both may be referred to as overhang. The underside of the eaves may be filled with a horizontal soffit fixed at right angles to the wall, the soffit may be decorative but it also has the function of sealing the gap between the rafters from vermin and weather. Eaves must be designed for local wind speeds as

234-416: The wall. The eaves may also protect a pathway around the building from the rain, prevent erosion of the footings, and reduce splatter on the wall from rain as it hits the ground. The secondary function is to control solar penetration as a form of passive solar building design ; the eaves overhang can be designed to adjust the building's solar gain to suit the local climate, the latitude, and orientation of

252-562: The west. The name of the stadium was changed to John O’Donnell Stadium, after a local sportswriter, in 1971, and to Modern Woodmen Park after the fraternal insurance company of the same name bought the naming rights in 2007. It has been the home for Davenport based minor league baseball teams, including the Davenport Blue Sox and the teams the area has fielded as a member of the Midwest League . The current team to occupy

270-540: The work of the Davenport architectural firm of Clausen, Kruse & Klein . It opened in 1929 and is used to mark the major floods on the Mississippi. The flood of 1993 nearly reached the buildings eaves . The structure was listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties . The stadium opened as Municipal Stadium on May 26, 1931. It is situated between LeClaire Park on the east and Centennial Park on

288-640: Was added the following year, the Municipal Inn in 1929 and Municipal Stadium opened in 1931. Privately funded additions included the Lend-A-Hand Club building in 1923, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Freight House in 1918 and Union Station in 1924. The President Casino was one of the boats that initiated riverboat gambling in Iowa in the early 1990s. The Lend-A-Hand building and

306-547: Was one of the longest proprietors and closed it in 1990. The President Riverboat Casino re-opened it a year later as the Iowa Pork Stop. Shonnie Holmes operated it from 1994 to 1995 as the Levee Inn. The President returned as the operator in 1999 before it closed again. The building has been used over the years for measuring floods on the Mississippi. High-water marks are still on the inn. The 1993 flood came to about

324-481: Was responsible for developing the city’s riverfront for recreational, industrial and transportation purposes. It was also to beautify the area. The seawall was extended over a period of years from 1912–1931. LeClaire Park was dramatically improved by the commission from 1912–1914. The John Dillon Memorial was added in 1918, the Municipal Natatorium was built in 1923, the W.D. Petersen Music Pavilion

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