The Bonaventura Heinz House (first) was located in the West End of

Davenport, Iowa Davenport ( ) is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States, and its county seat. It is situated along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state. Davenport had a population of 101,724 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 cen ...

, United States. It was listed on the

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in 1984. The property was removed from the Register in 2005. The house was a

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, side-

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structure with a five-bay symmetrical front. At one time it had a full front porch. It was typical of Davenport's working-class houses from the decades of the city's early settlement. with Heinz moved to the adjoining house, the Bonaventura Heinz House (second). The family continued to own this property until 1907. It has subsequently been torn down.

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