Rock Island Preservation Society (RIPS)

10/30/2025

Even if you don’t want to buy anything, it’s an opportunity to get inside a wonderful historic building. Built by a former mayor for his business, the man who is responsible for our Centennial bridge.

10/26/2025

Great summary of a much more detailed and longer report. Do you know Don Rypkema came to Rock Island for a conference aimed at downtown owners and businesses in the 1990s?

New Preservation Alliance report touts the economic benefits of historic designation.

10/22/2025

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10/18/2025

And here's how to register for the FREE October 28 webinar.

10/18/2025

This is an appropriate post for No Kings Day. If you want to know more about what's happening in preservation at the national level, here's a way to find out more.....a free webinar, sponsored by Landmarks Illinois. First, watch parts of the annual meeting which summarized federal impacts a month ago. You can fast forward to about 15 minutes into the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW0hi5K73Js See the next message which will tell you how to register for the October 28 webinar.

09/30/2025

Amazing progress

09/02/2025

Read it and enjoy the multifaceted Broadway Historic District

The Broadway Historic District Association sent out our quarterly newsletter. We hope all the neighborhood residents received theirs! The printing company made an error and used some outdated public records to address the newsletters. We apologize for any confusion or hardships this caused and hope that while even though the newsletter may have been addressed to someone else that the point of the newsletter was not missed! The newsletter should have been addressed to “Current Resident”.

08/27/2025

This is a shock. Ald. Meginnis tried very hard to get this building saved - one of the very oldest in Davenport and constructed of local stone. We join preservationists in our sister cities in mourning the loss of this icon.

Tuesday morning marked the end of the John Hiller building in Davenport. Shattered windows and crushed brick piled onto the ground as demolition crews went to work on the building. But what Clare T…

08/11/2025