The Pierce School building was designed by Davenport architect Parke T. Burrows of the local firm Clausen & Burrows.
The square block building is two stories high on a raised basement.
In the center of each elevation is a projecting pavilion that is capped with a triangular pediment.
It is built with red bricks and the basement is faced with large blocks of dressed limestone.
The building features a hipped roof with bracketed eaves.
It has round arch windows on the main floor and rectangular windows on the second floor and on the basement level.
A columned canopy covers the main entrance.
The grouping of windows beneath round-arched brick arcades reflect the Richardsonian Romanesque style that was popular in the late 19th century.
It is combined with a return to Neoclassicism, which is found in its symmetry of form and massing, the pavilion pediments, and the small windows in deep reveals that form a frieze.
The Pierce School building was designed by Davenport architect Parke T. Burrows of the local firm Clausen & Burrows. The square block building is two stories high on a raised basement. In the center of each elevation is a projecting pavilion that is capped with a triangular pediment. It is built with red bricks and the basement is faced with large blocks of dressed limestone. The building features a hipped roof with bracketed eaves. It has round arch windows on the main floor and rectangular windows on the second floor and on the basement level. A columned canopy covers the main entrance. The grouping of windows beneath round-arched brick arcades reflect the Richardsonian Romanesque style that was popular in the late 19th century. It is combined with a return to Neoclassicism, which is found in its symmetry of form and massing, the pavilion pediments, and the small windows in deep reveals that form a frieze.
Pierce School No. 13