Buchanan School is one of four former grade school buildings located in Davenport, Iowa

Davenport, Iowa

Davenport is a city located along the Mississippi River in Scott County, Iowa, United States. Davenport is the county seat of and largest city in Scott County. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine LeClaire and was named for his friend, George Davenport, a colonel during the Black Hawk...

, United States

United States

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 that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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. The other three buildings are the former Jackson School

School Number 6 (Davenport, Iowa)

School Number 6 is an historic building located in Davenport, Iowa, United States. The building was completed in 1903. It was later renamed Jackson School and served the public school district until the 1940s. After that it served as Holy Family School. Since then it has been an office building...

, Pierce School No. 13

Pierce School No. 13

Pierce School No. 13 is one of four former grade school buildings located in Davenport, Iowa, United States that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The other three buildings are the former Buchanan School, the former Jackson School and Taylor School. The schools were built in...

 and Taylor School

Taylor School (Davenport, Iowa)

Taylor School is one of four former grade school buildings located in Davenport, Iowa, United States that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The other three buildings are the former Buchanan School, the former Jackson School and Pierce School No. 13.-History:The school was built...

. The schools were built in the late 1890s and early 1900s.

Architecture

The rectangular building is two-stories high on a raised basement. It is built entirely with yellow brick

Brick

A brick is a block of ceramic material used in masonry construction, usually laid using various kinds of mortar. It has been regarded as one of the longest lasting and strongest building materials used throughout history.-History:...

s, however, the bricks on the lower level are laid in such a way as to suggest stone. The building features a hipped roof

Hip roof

A hip roof, or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus it is a house with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Hip roofs on the houses could have two triangular side...

 with bracketed eaves

Eaves

The eaves of a roof are its lower edges. They usually project beyond the walls of the building to carry rain water away.-Etymology:"Eaves" is derived from Old English and is both the singular and plural form of the word.- Function :...

. The south elevation of the building has two entrances framed by round arches. The building has three different window styles. There are segmented windows on the basement level, rectangular windows on the main floor and round arch windows on the second floor.

See also

• Johnson School (Davenport, Iowa)
  Johnson School (Davenport, Iowa)
  Johnson School is an historic building located in the west end of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties on November 30, 2004. It was built as an elementary school in 1910 for the Davenport Community School District and ceased functioning as...
  
  , another historic former school building in Davenport

External links

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