Davenport Public Library to Host a Colonel Davenport House Presentation

The Davenport Public Library will host a program on April 25^that 6:30pm at the Fairmount branch and online.

Join William Hampes for a presentation about the Colonel Davenport House. This presentation is a history and visual tour via power point slides of the historic 1833 Colonel Davenport House on Arsenal Island. It will include background information about Colonel Davenport and his house and details about the house and how it has changed over the years.

William Hampes is a retired professor who taught psychology at St. Michael’s College, Louisiana State University at Eunice and for 25 years at Black Hawk College. He currently is on the Board of Directors of the Colonel Davenport Historical Foundation and has been a guide there for 30 years.

This program is best suited for adults. Registration is required.

Those wishing to attend may attend the event in two ways: in-person or virtually. In-person registrants will attend the event in The Library | Fairmount’s SCRA Meeting Room. Virtual registrants will receive an email with the Zoom Meeting Link and Meeting ID.

For more information and to register, please visit: https://davenportlibrary.libcal.com/event/8613994

Davenport Public Library to Host a Colonel Davenport House Presentation

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