[1][2] In 2019 it was included as a contributing property in the Davenport Motor Row and Industrial Historic District.

[3] Davenport's first city charter in 1839 permitted the town's trustees to establish a fire department.

In the following years, a dozen other volunteer companies were formed, and a system of water mains and fire hydrants were put in that allowed for modern fire-fighting techniques.

1 was built in 1877 and the following year it housed the Fire King Engine 2nd Hose Company, which was still a volunteer crew.

[6] The second floor of the building became the clubhouse of Battery B, First Artillery Inc., a group of National Guard veterans who served in the 1916 Mexican border campaign.

The Italianate features of the building are the second-floor windows with their elongated shape, flat arch hoods, and 2/2 light configurations.