[4] The building also housed a dog training school, a vacuum cleaner salesroom, a dance hall and a specialty store.

[5] The building is considered significant because of its association with newspapers in Davenport, and as an example of the local influence of Louis Sullivan, whose work figures prominently in the history of American architecture.

[3] The two-storied, freestanding, brick structure with concrete block facing was designed by Davenport architect Rudolph J. Clausen.

It bears the stylistic influence of Louis Sullivan's “jewel box” structures that are associated with the work he did late in his career in the Midwest.

The ornamentation of the horizontal band between stories, over the entrances, and along the parapet wall all feature the stylized motifs that are commonly found in his work.