Moline Preservation Society

MPS Plans Cleanup of Carnegie Library
Join members of MPS on the morning of Saturday, August 16 to help clean up the area surrounding Moline's Carnegie Library. The library has undergone extensive renovaton over the last year. Now its time to clean up the landscape! Anyone interested in helping should arrive at 8:30am with your work gloves, shovels, rakes, or whatever gardening supplies you like. We will spend a few hours pulling weeds and cleaning around the library. The library is located at 504 17th Street.

Need a little background? Read a history of the Carnegie Library.

MPS Releases New Miniature of Prospect Park Pavilion
Now available, the latest miniature from MPS. This year's miniature is a depiction of the restored Prospect Park Pavilion, and is the 17th miniature offered by MPS since 1992. Artist Bill Gustafson captures the essence of the recent restoration. You may know Bill's work as a muralist in Sherrard and Rock Island, including the 55' x 45' mural depicting the first train bridge across the Mississippi River, which he completed in Rock Island in 2007. Order your miniature at Model Printers or Lagomarcino's.

Downtown Designated as National Historic District
On August 30, a 33 acre area of downtown Moline received designation on the National Register of Historic Places. Moline's first designated national district encompasses 112 buildings from 12th Street to 18th Street, and from 4th to 7th Avenues. For more information, including history on each building in the district, visit the City of Moline's website.

Plans have been made to relocate the Davenport, Rock Island & N.W. Railroad Depot from its current address at 2021 River Drive to the corner of 23rd Street and River Drive in Moline.

Built in 1900, this rail depot was in use until 1934 when it was sold and converted into offices for the former Frank Foundry Company. The City of Moline purchased the depot in 1994 renovating it for use as a Visitor Center with office space for the Quad Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau. That year the depot also became a Moline Landmark.

*Manufacturer's Hotel, 3rd Avenue.*

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View recently added historic photos and postcards of hotels, schools, churches, residences, business, among some of the many structures throughout. Visit our special on-line tour, Historic Moline in Pictures, to take a virtual walk through time.

To see a listing of future events and happenings, visit our event calendar., located in the membership section of the website. And remember, membership in MPS makes a great gift!