Clarissa Cook Home for the Friendless is a historic building located in the west end of Davenport, Iowa, United States.

Ebenezer bought 1,200 acres (490 ha) of land in 1835 that would in time become part of the city of Davenport, and moved there with his extended family in 1836.

He and his brother entered the legal profession and helped establish Scott County in what was then the Wisconsin Territory.

[2] Clarissa C. (Bryan) Cook was born August 4, 1811, in Sydney, Delaware County, New York, and died February 19, 1879.

Through her generosity, both during her life and after her death, she was instrumental in building Trinity Church, the Cook Memorial Library, the Clarissa Cook Home for the Friendless and the establishment of a number of trusts for the benefit of the Episcopal parishes and activities in the Diocese of Iowa and elsewhere.

William Stevens Perry proposed a goal to the Diocesan Convention that the Diocese of Iowa undertake a greater role in social ministry.

As time went on the home continued with a more general philosophy of housing elderly women without reference to their economic situation.

[8] The property contained the home, a stable for two cows, henhouse, garden, grape arbor, and a root cellar.

In March 2012 it was announced that because of the expansion of government subsidized housing in the area the home would close on September 30.

[10] The Clarissa Cook Home was designed by Springfield, Massachusetts, architect Eugene C. Gardner, and A.N.

[5] It has a somewhat medieval appearance, with heavy masonry, a polychrome exterior, numerous gabled pavilions, and a central entrance tower.