Union Station and Burlington Freight House
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Union Station and Burlington Freight House
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South façade along the railroad tracks
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| Location | 120 S. Harrison Street Davenport, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 41°31′12″N 90°34′39″W / 41.52000°N 90.57750°WCoordinates: 41°31′12″N 90°34′39″W / 41.52000°N 90.57750°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1924 |
| Architectural style | Georgian Revival |
| MPS | Davenport MRA |
| NRHP Reference # | 83002521 |
| Added to NRHP | July 7, 1983 |
Union Station and Burlington Freight House is located near the riverfront in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The buildings are in a section of downtown with several historic structures. Across Ripley Street to the west is the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Freight House, and to the east across Harrison Street is the Dillon Memorial. On River Drive northwest from the Burlington Freight House is The Linograph Company Building. Across Beiderbecke Drive to the south are the W.D. Petersen Memorial Music Pavilion and the Mississippi River.
Rail service through Davenport was being discussed and planned starting in 1842. Up to this point, however, the Mississippi River had never been crossed by a bridge anywhere. That was accomplished by 1856 when the first railroad bridge was built between Davenport and Rock Island, Illinois, and the city’s rail history began. By 1895 several rail lines already passed through Davenport when Frank Blair organized the Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway. In five years the company completed its route to Clinton, Iowa and the Crescent Bridge (1899) across the Mississippi between Davenport and Rock Island. The bridge is downstream from the site of the first railroad bridge that crossed the river.
In 1901, the DRI & NW was purchased by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The former railroad already operated in Davenport while the latter did not. The railroads each had a station in Davenport and in 1916 plans were made to build a union station on the riverfront. They were revised in 1923 and following year the DRI & NW and its parent companies built Union Station on the levee grounds. After World War II passenger service started to fade until it was discontinued in the 1950s.
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