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College Square Historic District is located on a bluff north of downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The area received its name because a large portion of the area was the campus of two different colleges in the 19th century. ==History== Iowa College was founded in 1846 by members of the Congregational Church on Western Avenue in Davenport. The land was donated by Antoine LeClaire, one of the city’s founders. 〔9-4〕 The school started as a college preparatory school and eventually added a collegiate department. The city decided to extend Western Avenue through the campus so the school moved further east in 1855 to where the College Square Historic District is now located. That year they built a new stone building and boarding house for $22,000. Once again the city council voted to extend Main Street through the campus and in 1858 the trustees decided to move to Grinnell, Iowa in 1859 where the school was renamed Grinnell College.〔 The following year the school property was purchased by Henry Washington Lee, the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa for $36,000. He established Griswold College on the west side of the property. It too contained preparatory and collegiate divisions as well as a seminary department. The college started well at the beginning, but began to have financial problems as a result of the panic of 1872 and started to decline. Kemper Hall, a college preparatory school for boys, was founded on the property. By the end of the 19th century the schools were officially closed by the diocese. On the east side of the property Bishop Lee built Grace Cathedral, which is now known as Trinity Episcopal Cathedral.〔Horton, 43〕 The diocese sold the property on the west side of Main Street to the Davenport Board of Education for $53,000.〔Horton, 65〕 They built Davenport High School on the property between 1904-1907.〔Svendsen, 9-1〕 The north part of the district is largely occupied by houses that were built largely in the two decades following the American Civil War. In the middle of the district is the city’s Civil War soldier’s monument. Also adjacent to the historic district is Palmer College of Chiropractic. The College Square Historic District is part of the larger Hilltop Neighborhood. In 2010 community planners held workshops and other meetings to revitalize the area. They are focused on the commercial district on Harrison Street, which just to the west of the historic district, as well as infill housing in the residential sections. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「College Square Historic District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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