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Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 110, Rodman Avenue between Fourth Street & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL



B&W Photos

HB442222
3/4 View Of The E & N (front) Elevations, Showing The Building's Siting At The Intersection Of Rodman And East Avenues And Its Relationship To Shop G, Buildings 108, & Building 109; Looking Sw
HB442223
S & E Elevations, E Wing; Looking Nw
HB442224
Courtyard Showing S Elevation Of Main Block And W & E Wings; Looking N
HB442225
Detail View Of Ground And First-floor Doorway, S Elevation Of W Wing; Looking N

HB442226
Photograph Of A Photograph In Possession Of Rock Island Arsenal Historical Office
HB442227
Photograph Of A Photograph In Possession Of Rock Island Arsenal Historical Office, First Floor, Showing Power Presses For Leather Working In Harness Shop
HB442228
Photograph Of A Photograph In Possession Of Rock Island Arsenal Historical Office


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Item Title


Location
Rodman Avenue between Fourth Street & East Avenue, Rock Island, IL

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.

Notes
Survey number HAER IL-20-J
Building/structure dates: 1883 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1907 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1918 subsequent work
National Register Number: 69000057
Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufacturing shops, five on each side of the island's major east-west thoroughfare. Under construction from 1878 to 1883, Shop I was the eighth to be completed. With its companion facilities completed under the Rodman plan, Shop I forms a cohesive architectural statement, which, in terms of both scale and style, has no counterpart among government installations in the Midwest. In addition to their architectural importance, the Rodman shop buildings are the administrative and technological core of Rock Island Arsenal, one of only two "old-line," nineteenth-century arsenals still in operation for munitions production. The buildings are vital for understanding the history of American ordnance development and manufacture from the Spanish American War to the present. Shop I is part of the Rock Island National Register Historic District.

Subjects
Armies
War (World War I)
War (World War II)


Related Names
Rodman, Gen. Thomas Jefferson


Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

Contents
Photograph caption(s): 
1. 3/4 view of the E & N (front) elevations, showing the building's siting at the intersection of Rodman and East Avenues and its relationship to Shop G, Buildings 108, & Building 109; looking SW. (Harms)
2. S & E elevations, E wing; looking NW. (Ceronie)
3. Courtyard showing S elevation of main block and W & E wings; looking N. (Ceronie)
4. Detail view of ground and first-floor doorway, S elevation of W wing; looking N. (Ceronie)
5. Photograph of a photograph in possession of Rock Island Arsenal Historical Office. SOUTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS AFTER ADDITION OF BRICK STAIR TOWERS ON SOUTH FACADE. DATED NOVEMBER 1, 1944.
6. Photograph of a photograph in possession of Rock Island Arsenal Historical Office, FIRST FLOOR, SHOWING POWER PRESSES FOR LEATHER WORKING IN HARNESS SHOP. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 1905.
7. Photograph of a photograph in possession of Rock Island Arsenal Historical Office. BASEMENT, SHOWING ASSEMBLING OF 75MM GUN CARRIAGES. DATED AUGUST 23, 1918.


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