Oscar C. Woods House

Oscar C. Woods House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	1825 Grand Ave., Davenport, Iowa
Coordinates:	41°32′16″N 90°33′53″W / 41.53778°N 90.56472°W / 41.53778; -90.56472Coordinates: 41°32′16″N 90°33′53″W / 41.53778°N 90.56472°W / 41.53778; -90.56472
Built:	1900
Governing body:	Private
MPS:	Davenport MRA
NRHP Reference#:	84000342 [1]
Added to NRHP:	November 1, 1984

The Oscar C. Woods House, is located on the east side of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1984.^[1]

Oscar C. Woods

Woods was born in Passumpsic, Vermont in 1835, the son of Riley and Lydia (White) Woods. He was educated in the local public schools and attended St. Johnsbury College. He first moved to Chicago and then to Lamoille, Illinois where he married Qeora Holbrooke in 1864. They had one child who died young and adopted a daughter. Woods was involved in the dry-goods business with his brother while he was in Illinois and then livestock. After he settled in Davenport in 1883 he purchased, with others, a wholesale fruit business, which he organized as The Martin Woods Company.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Downer, Harry E.. "History of Davenport and Scott County, Iowa". The Internet Archive. http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924028914384/cu31924028914384_djvu.txt. Retrieved 2010-11-23. 

External links

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