The Fred B. Sharon House is a historic building located in the Cork Hill neighborhood of Davenport, Iowa, United States.

[4] The paper contained news pertaining to the Catholic Church as well as Irish and German nationalistic writings.

In 1931 Pope Pius XI conferred upon him a Papal honor as a Knight of St. Gregory, upon the nomination of Bishop Henry Rohlman.

[5] Because of financial problems related to the Great Depression, he was forced to sell the paper in 1936 to the Diocese of Davenport, who then published it in national and diocesan editions as The Catholic Messenger.

Sharon was a charter member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Davenport and the Loras Council of the Knights of Columbus.