[5] The 1886 Sanborn Fire Insurance map indicates that the building at 312 W. Third Street housed a machine shop, "setting up" and storage on all three floors of the front section.

After the plow works failed, Davenport attorney and real estate investor C.A.

Reimers, who manufactured cornices, skylights, slate, and metal roofs, occupying it for a further year.

The building is three stories and constructed of brick in a restrained Italianate style.

The building retains its original dual entrances, which were not always recessed, and the exposed steel beam that separates the storefront from the top two stories.

The company specialized in building commercial wagons as well as other vehicles and heavy equipment.