The McKinney House is a historic building located on the east side of

Davenport, Iowa Davenport is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States. Located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state, it is the largest of the Quad Cities, a metropolitan area with a population of 384,324 and a ...

, United States. William McKinny built this house in 1872 in a neighborhood that was largely populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants. with The house remained in the family until after 1900. This house exemplifies a

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form of the

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

style that was popular in Davenport. The

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design on the porch's

pediment Pediments are gables, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds. A pedimen ...

is the only decorative element on what is a simple structure. There is also an

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on the

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end. The house has been listed on the

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since 1983.

References

Houses completed in 1872 Greek Revival houses in Iowa Houses in Davenport, Iowa Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Davenport, Iowa {{Iowa-struct-stub