a group of investors called One Putnam Centre LLC and maintained a minority interest of 30%. The three buildings were sold to Amrit and Amy Gill in 2013, and they developed them into City Square. The Putnam Trust was dissolved in 2015 when the estate sold its last property, a parking lot on Main Street. Putnam Building W.C. Putnam planned to replace the old hotel with a modern office building, but he died in 1906. The plans were eventually carried out by his brother, Edward K. Putnam. The Putnam Building was completed in 1910 by prominent Chicago contactor Gustav Wilke. The other structures on the block were renamed the North Putnam Buildings. This "was the first steel frame structure in Davenport that utilized the “tall” building design for an office building, relying on the steel frame structure to achieve its height, open floor plan, and large windows." A variety of retail and professional offices have been housed in the building over the years. Among them was the historical library of the Davenport Public Museum, now the Putnam Museum. H.E. Schraff Store occupied first-floor retail space from around 1928–1956, and men's clothing store Simon & Landauer from 1933 to 1964. The building contained 105 office spaces that housed some of the city's prominent attorneys, doctors, dentists, and businessmen. Entry into the offices was in the back of the building, off of Main Street. Two elevators served the upper floors. A major renovation of the building was completed in 1991 that upgraded the structure for modern office use. The local chamber of commerce moved their headquarters here about that time. In July 2017 another major renovation of the building was completed that created a boutique hotel named The Current Iowa. M.L. Parker Building The M.L. Parker building was constructed by the prominent Chicago contracting firm George A. Fuller Company on the northwest corner of Brady and West Second Street in 1922. It was the only tall building in Davenport that housed a department store. The Fair Store opened before World War I and changed its name to the M.L. Parker Department Store in 1922. The W.C. Putnam Estate had reached a lease agreement with the store in 1916, but World War I and high building costs after the war delayed construction. Parker's occupied the entire building from February 14, 1923, until 1972. It was a major non-franchise company that operated a classic