Awards

1996 Preservation Awards

Preservationist of the Year Award was given to Diann Moore.

1316 4th Avenue
Commercial Exterior and Interior Restoration

Built in 1899, the ground floor of this building was the home of several prominent automotive businesses. The building's current owner, Platinum Properties, recently renovated the building's exterior and painted it with historic colors. Detailing on the bracketed cornice and the attractive second story bay window have been highlighted to complement the street level shops.

133 & 137 4th Avenue
Commercial Restoration
Project Now and the City of Moline for the Floreciente Building

This long vacant three-part commercial building, built in 1897, originally served as a neighborhood grocery store owned and managed by the Brimberg Brothers. The property had deteriorated considerably when Project Now sought local and state funding for its restoration in 1994. The restoration retained the three storefront entryways which were repaired, repainted and received new thermal pane windows. The second floor windows were replaced and brickwork repaired. The interior work included restoring three decorative tin ceilings in the street level rooms.

1616 5th Avenue
Commercial Exterior & Interior Renovation

This impressive Italianate building was built in 1928. After the closing of Fitzgibbons Mens Wear, the owners began renovating the exterior storefront. Wood panels and grooved columns resembling the iron posts on buildings in the Historic Block were added and then painted in three historic colors.

1526 5th Avenue
Continuing Preservation of an Historic Buildings and Its Interior
Malcolm Jewelers

The Poole Building was built in 1911 by well known china painter Mattie Poole. For the past twenty years it has been owned by Malcolm Jewelers.

1616 5th Avenue (Interior)

When George Malcom moved his business into the Poole building he put in beautiful walnut floors and wall display cases that he had purchased from Samuels Jewelers in Davenport. The fifty year old cases were refinished and built into Malcolm's floor plan. An arsonist set fire to the building in 1976 damaging it severely. The cases were again refinished and the building repaired to retain its original design.

2134 14th Street
Residential Exterior Paint

Moline is noted for its large number of Prairie Style, four-square homes and this residence built in 1913 is an excellent example. The stucco finish has been painted a soft cream with kelly green and rust colors used as accents on windows, the porch and foundation.

2412 13th Street
Residential Exterior Paint

This is another excellent example of a four-square home; this one with its original wood siding and large front porch all in tact. The home, built in 1917 by Edwin Godbold, recently received a new look with an historic tri-color paint application utilizing cream for the base and dark green and burgandy for the accent colors.

421 19th Street
(LeClaire Apartments)
Commercial Historic Restoration

The Alexander Company from Madison, Wisconsin saw the potential for restoration and adaptive reuse of this landmark structure when they purchased the building and proceeded to restore it into 110 apartments. Restoration included some interior demolition, but left the hallways and hotel room doors in tact. Exterior work included replacing all of the windows with replicas of the original, rebuilding the missing decorative cornice, rebuilding the entry marquee, and repairing defective brick work. The structure, built in 1922, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and all restoration work complied with National Register guidelines.

604 21st Street
(Wilson House)
Adaptive Reuse of an Historic Property

Built in 1858 by Jonah Thomas, this brick colonial home is the oldest remaining residence in the city of Moline. It acquired its name from the James Wilson family who purchased it in 1864 and continued to have family living there until 1968, a period of just over one hundred years. The house remained a private residence until it was purchasd in 1993. The interior was renovated retaining the original room configuration and the home has been opened as an attractive gift and stationary shop accented with period furnishings.

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