2800 Eastern Ave., Davenport, Iowa. County/parish: Scott.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 26, 1982. NRIS 82002641.
25 contributing buildings. 2 contributing sites.Also known as:
The Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home, also known at the Annie Wittenmyer Home or the Annie Wittenmyer Center, located in Davenport, Iowa, United States is a former orphanage for children. It is listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties and as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places. The home was originally used for orphans from the American Civil War. Starting in 1876, children from broken homes, as well as orphans from all of Iowa's 99 counties, were taken in at the home.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75340094