Want to live like Eloise – the little girl who lived at the Plaza Hotel? Live in a fabulous hotel with all of its amenities and be an insider to all the Blackhawk has to offer! The once glorious, high-end Blackhawk Hotel was built in 1915 during an economic boom period in Davenport. It was originally a seven-story hotel, but in the 1920’s, money was flowing into the city and four additional stories were built. This created a 400-room brick hotel with a fancy frontage, complete with marble accents around the windows.