Join William Hampes for a presentation about the Colonel Davenport House. This presentation is a history and visual tour via power point slides of the historic 1833 Colonel Davenport House on Arsenal Island. It will include background information about Colonel Davenport and his house and details about the house and how it has changed over the years.
William Hampes is a retired professor who taught psychology at St Michael's College, Louisiana State University at Eunice, and for 25 years at Black Hawk College. He currently is on the Board of Directors of the Colonel Davenport Historical Foundation and has been a guide there for 30 years.
This program is best suited for adults. Registration is required.
Those wishing to attend may attend the event in two ways: in-person or virtually. In-person registrants will attend the event in The Library Fairmount's SCRA Meeting Room. Virtual registrants will receive an e-mail with the Zoom Meeting Link and Meeting ID.
For more information and to register, please visit: https://davenportlibrary.libcal.com/event/8613994.
About the Davenport Public Library
The Davenport Public Library is the municipal library for the City of Davenport, Iowa, serving a population of 102,196 residents. The Library has three conveniently located facilities. Main, Fairmount, and Eastern. Main is also the home of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, which focuses on local history and genealogy. New in 2020, the Library acquired the Outreach Wheeled Library (OWL), which brings library services directly to retirement facilities, schools, day-cares, community events, and organizations throughout Davenport. Patrons can access our library catalog, website, e-books, e-audiobooks, and countless digital re-sources, remotely 24-hours a day. Wireless Internet access and public computers, faxing, copying, notary services, and scanning are available at each of our locations.
