The building was constructed in 1899 as School No.
13.
It was one of eight schools that opened during the 30 year administration of Superintendent J.B. Young.
It replaced School #1, which was located at Mound and 11th Streets, and School #9, located at Grand Avenue and Locust Street.
The school's name was changed to Pierce in 1908.
Around 1919 the Davenport schools adopted the "6-3-3" system and Pierce continued as an elementary school serving the east side of Davenport.
An evaluation of school facilities was done by the school system in the 1920s and with the growth in the student population in the 1930s twelve schools, including Pierce, were replaced with newer buildings.

The building ceased being a school in 1940.
By the end of the 1940s Mast Development Company, a research and development firm, made the building its headquarters.
They built an addition onto the back of the building in 1977 that more than doubled the size of the structure.
Mast moved out of the building in 1986.
The following year the building was converted into Pierce School Mall, an office and retail facility.
The back addition was used by a local appliance store as a warehouse.
A 2005 plan to convert the building into condominiums faltered.
In 2015 a $10 million renovation project to convert the facility into 41 market-rate apartments was begun.
The project received historic tax credits and workforce housing tax credits from the Iowa Economic Development Authority.
It was completed the following year.
The building was constructed in 1899 as School No. 13. It was one of eight schools that opened during the 30 year administration of Superintendent J.B. Young. It replaced School #1, which was located at Mound and 11th Streets, and School #9, located at Grand Avenue and Locust Street. The school's name was changed to Pierce in 1908. Around 1919 the Davenport schools adopted the "6-3-3" system and Pierce continued as an elementary school serving the east side of Davenport. An evaluation of school facilities was done by the school system in the 1920s and with the growth in the student population in the 1930s twelve schools, including Pierce, were replaced with newer buildings.
The building ceased being a school in 1940. By the end of the 1940s Mast Development Company, a research and development firm, made the building its headquarters. They built an addition onto the back of the building in 1977 that more than doubled the size of the structure. Mast moved out of the building in 1986. The following year the building was converted into Pierce School Mall, an office and retail facility. The back addition was used by a local appliance store as a warehouse. A 2005 plan to convert the building into condominiums faltered. In 2015 a $10 million renovation project to convert the facility into 41 market-rate apartments was begun. The project received historic tax credits and workforce housing tax credits from the Iowa Economic Development Authority. It was completed the following year.
Pierce School No. 13