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“A Gold Coast Sampler”

August 19th, 2024 by David Plecenik

A variety of homes open their doors to welcome guests during Davenport’s Gold Coast/Hamburg Historic District Home Tour, Saturday and Sunday, September 14^th & 15^th

Five homes, including one that will be first time on tour, welcome the public during the 2024 Gold Coast – Hamburg Historic District Home Tour.

The single family houses on tour were built over five decades, from c 1873 to 1915. Several were gifts from Gold Coast fathers to daughters. They range in design from Foursquare to Italianate to Queen Anne to McClelland Style homes. Across their 150-year time span, one was converted to apartments and another had space carved out to create a duplex unit. Four have been rehabilitated and restoration is underway in the fifth. Architectural features inside the homes reflect the prevailing designs, preferences, and pocketbooks of their original owners. It is from this variety that “Gold Coast Sampler” was chosen as this year’s theme.

In addition to historic homes, “American Pickers” Robbie Wolfe will also welcome the public to view his fantastic collection of antiques and advertising memorabilia located in the former Carl Cleve and Son building at 330 W 5^th St.

Tour goers will also be able to enjoy sneak peek into the new Project Renewal building being constructed on Warren Street and help the group celebrate its 50^th year of extraordinary service to children and families.

Once again, two buildings that were brought back from vacant/deteriorated condition, the 1861 German American Heritage Center/Miller Hotel and the 1868/1878 Jipp Home & Grocery, will welcome visitors during the tour.

To celebrate the tour, Gold Coast resident Meredith Muskovich has created a “Gold Coast” themed sampler commemorating this year’s tour and the houses on view. Tour goers will be able to purchase tickets for a chance to win the original framed sampler.

Dates: Saturday and Sunday, September 14^th/15^th, 12N – 4PM.

Tickets: Adults $15.00. Children under 12 free when accompanied by an adult. Tickets for sale at all tour homes and the German American Heritage Center and the Jipp Home & Grocery on day of tour. Payment is in cash or check. Visitors may begin tour at any stop.

Sampler raffle tickets: $5 per ticket or $20 for five tickets. Tickets on sale at the Meier House, 519 W. 8^th Street.

Transportation and Parking: Ample parking is available along all neighborhood streets and in the parking lot on the north side of 5th Street between Western Avenue and Scott Street. Limited shuttle service will be available, beginning from the parking lot and going to all stops during tour hours.

Locations on Tour: See the image gallery below and click on each one for more information about the tour locations.

For more information contact:
Sara Bartholomew [email protected] 563-322-8911
Marion Meginnis [email protected] 309-781-9253

This sampler depicting the 5 homes on tour was created for the event by Gold Coast resident Meredith Muskovich will be raffled off during the tour.

German American Heritage Center and Museum

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“Built to Last: Jewels of the Gold Coast”

June 15th, 2011 by PJ

The Gold Coast & Hamburg Historic District Association Home Tour, “Built to Last: Jewels of the Gold Coast”, is slated for Sept. 24-25, 2011. Five lovely renovated historic homes as well as the German American Heritage Center, the Jipp Center and Cafe d’Marie will be open on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 11 am-4 pm and Sunday, Sept. 25 from 1-4 pm. 2011 is also the year the City of Davenport is celebrating 175 years of life on the Mississippi.

The historic neighborhood association has been hosting home tours starting in 1990, and area homeowners have opened their historic homes to the public since that time. The five homes on the 2011 home tour are as follows: The Henning J. Witt Home at 604 Gaines St. was built circa 1894 and is an excellent example of Queen Anne style. The Henry Struck Home, 614 W. 5th St. is the first of Struck’s homes built circa 1877 and is a vernacular Italianate/Greek Revival style. The Hans Stoltenberg Home is at 911 W. 7th St. and built circe 1870. This is a vernacular transitional form of Federal and Italianate styles. In circa 1870 the Peter Bindschaedel Home was built at 927 W. 8th St. This McClelland Style Davenport 2 1/2 was also the home and studio of local artists John & Isabel Bloom. The Peter & Eliza Goldschmidt Home at 625 Scott St., built circa 1882, was also the home of German emigrant Charles Voss. This is an early gabled Italianate style modernized with Colonial details and a large wrap around porch.

The German American Heritage Center at 712 W. 2nd St. is located in the original Germania House and will also be open to the public. Also open is the Jipp Center, circa 1868, at 730 Gaines St. which now houses the Architectural Rescue Shop. Cafe d’Marie , housed in the 1877 Henry Struck home at 614 W. 5th St. will also be open for the event.

Ticket costs for the event are $10 for adults and free for children under 12 accompanied by adults. Tickets may be purchased at any of the tour homes. Profits from the event will help sponsor special projects and maintain the responsibilities of the GC&HHDA such as the Gold Coast Park and the historic decorative lights throughout the neighborhood. Current project money will be used for an entry and iron railing at the top of Scott St. steps to be installed in 2011.

Check this web site for further updates. For more information contact, [email protected].

Tags: historic preservation, home tour
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Fund Raising Events

March 9th, 2011 by PJ

High Tea

Events are a vital part of GC&HHDA programming as fund raisers. These events also serve as a means of promoting our historic district by inviting the community to visit the Gold Coast – our homes, our gardens, our neighbors. We have several neighbors who found their homes while participating in a home tour!

The first garden tour “Gold Coast Blooms” in July 2010 drew about 400 visitors to eight neighborhood gardens, workshops and entertainment. This was followed in December by “Holiday High Tea”, a day of wonderful cuisine and entertainment in two of the gracious Gold Coast Homes.

2011 will bring the Gold Coast Home Tour scheduled for Sept. 24 & 25, featuring 5 historic neighborhood homes open to the public. The 5^th annual High Tea will be held Dec. 10. Look for further information as these events draw near.

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