[1] The historic district covers 18.7-acre (7.6 ha) and stretches from the campus of Palmer College of Chiropractic on the west to the Sacred Heart Cathedral Complex on the east.

Alice French, whose pen name was Octave Thanet, was known as the first Iowa author with a national reputation.

However, because of this early association with the Irish the area surrounding Sacred Heart Cathedral, which replaced St. Margaret's in 1891, continues to be referred to as Cork Hill.

[4] They are, however, simpler than the homes found in the Hamburg Historic District, the former German neighborhood which is located on the bluff to the west.

The earliest houses on Cork Hill were built in the Greek Revival style that was popular in early Davenport architecture and continued as the city matured.

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