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The Moline Preservation Society Store is located downtown in Moline's Historic Block at Model Printers at 310 15th Street, across the street from iWireless Center (formerly The MARK) and the John Deere Pavilion. Here you will find a wide selection of information published by MPS, as well as clothing and souvenirs of historic Moline.
Miniatures
In 2008, MPS released Allendale, a home built in 1906 by Frank Allen, who later donated the house to Moline School District No. 40 in 1931. Today it serves as the school district’s administration office. Allendale is located at 11th Avenue and 16th Street.
Allendale is the 18th miniature offered by MPS since 1992.
Allendale is the second miniature created by artist Bill Gustafson.
Miniatures are available at the MPS Store, located at Model Printers, or at Lagamarcinos on Fifth Avenue in downtown Moline.
Miniatures not pictured include:
-Josephson's Clock
-Fire Station
-First Lutheran Church
-Grocery School
-Moline Depot
-Post Office
-Willard School
-Wilson House
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Prospect Park
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Allendale
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Carnegie Library
(building completed 1904) |
Moline High School
(Moline High School Loft Apartments) |
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Garfield School
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Johnson House
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Lagomarcinos
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Sacred Heart Church
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Echoes from Riverside Cemetery on sale
Echoes From Riverside Cemetery carefully documents the lives of 109 people buried at Moline's Riverside Cemetery. Included are people from diverse classes, ages, occupations and backgrounds who were featured at twelve annual Echoes from Riverside cemetery walk events. Telling their stories opens a dramatic window on the history of Moline. A portion of the proceeds go to support the work of MPS.
Echoes from Riverside Cemetery is available at:
-Model Printers, 310 15th Street
-Lagomarcino's Confectionary, 1422 Fifth Avenue
-Trevor True Value Hardware, 2842 16th Street
-Rock Island County Historical Society, 822 11th Avenue
Booklets
Historic Moline Centre Architectural Walking Tour, July 1998.
A Walk Down Henry Street: Moline's Fifth Avenue, revised 1998. Read the introduction.
Historic Eleventh Avenue Walking Tour, 2002.
Read the introduction.
The MPS Store also includes a Moline original--Historic Miniatures of some of Molines most historic structures. Based on original work by local artists, miniatures are individually hand-cut and painted.
Recent Books MPS Members
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Grand Excursions on the Upper Mississippi River: Places, Landscapes and Regional Identity after 1854 Curtis C. Roseman (editor) Elizabeth Roseman (editor) (University of Iowa Press, 2004) |
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The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John and Charles Deere Neil Dahlstrom and Jeremy Dahlstrom (Northern Illinois University Press, 2005) For more on The John Deere Story, visit www.neildahlstrom.net |
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