The building's interior also featured "steam heat, hot and cold water, telephones and electric lights, heavy brass bedsteads with box springs and hair mattresses, velvet carpets and fancy window draperies, quartered oak and Flemish oak furniture, mahogany combination tables and writing desks and beveled mirrors.

"[4][5] The Davenport was built a block away from the new Rock Island Railroad station making it convenient for travelers.

However, it was undermined by the Dempsey Hotel, which was built next to the station and provided moderately priced rooms.

The back part of the building, overlooking a parking lot, had displayed signs of dilapidation and suffered a 6-story collapse causing millions of dollars in damage.

[9] On May 29, the city initially stated that there was no credible information that anyone was missing and that they would move forward with demolition plans the next day.

[8] The City of Davenport filed a new enforcement action against the building owner, Andrew Wold, and he was fined $300 for failure to maintain the structure and $95 in court fees.

They were also responsible for the Hotel Blackhawk, the Union Savings Bank and Trust (1924), and the Federal Court House (1932–1933).

The six-story "towers" surrounded a two-story entrance in the center, which created a sense of mass and enclosure.