Clifton (Davenport, Iowa)
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| Location | 1533 Clay St. Davenport, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 41°31′49.6″N 90°35′50.8″W / 41.530444°N 90.597444°W |
| Built | 1853 |
| Architectural style | Italianate Greek Revival |
| Part of | Riverview Terrace Historic District (ID84000339) |
| NRHP reference No. | 79000940[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 21, 1979 |
Clifton is a historic building located in the West End of Davenport, Iowa, United States. The residence was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] It was included as a contributing property in the Riverview Terrace Historic District in 1983.[2]
The house was constructed for J.M.D. Burrows. He was an early settler to Davenport having arrived in the town c. 1838. In 1844 he established a wholesale company, Burrows and Prettyman. They did business along the Upper Mississippi River and west to the Missouri River in Iowa and Nebraska. They also made significant profits from their contracts with the U.S. Government supplying Fort Snelling and Fort Crawford along the Mississippi.[3] He lost his firm in the Financial Panic of 1857. Burrows mortgaged the house to Antoine LeClaire to pay off his debts. He was never able to regain the title to the house and it eventually went to the descendants of George Davenport. Both Davenport and LeClaire founded the city of Davenport and developed it in its earliest decades. In 1905 the house was sold to John Winters, who converted it into apartments.
