The Old City Hall, also known as Oxford Flats, is located just north of downtown along a commercial corridor in Davenport, Iowa, United States.
[2] Designed by Davenport architect Willett Carroll, the building was built in 1857 as an engine house for a fire company.
[3] That year the city council rejected sites along Washington Square and Court House Square for a new city hall, so in early 1858 the engine house's hall became the council chambers and other municipal offices were moved into other sections of the building.
A significant number of local industrialists and professionals served as mayor when this building housed city hall.
[3] When it was originally built it exhibited elements of the Italian Renaissance Revival style, and it included a tower on top of the east elevation.