Iowa Building


Iowa Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district – Contributing property


Location within Iowa Show map of Iowa Location within the United States Show map of the United States
Location	221 4th Ave., SE Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Coordinates	41°58′36″N 91°39′53″W / 41.97667°N 91.66472°W / 41.97667; -91.66472
Area	less than one acre
Built	1913-1914
Architectural style	Renaissance Revival
Part of	Cedar Rapids Central Business District Commercial Historic District (ID15000757)
NRHP reference No.	83000385 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 17, 1983

The Iowa Building is a historic structure located in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1] In 2015 it was included as a contributing property in the Cedar Rapids Central Business District Commercial Historic District.^[2]

History

[edit]

The building is seven stories tall and rises 102 feet (31 m) above the ground.^[3] Seven construction workers were killed in 1913 when the top two floors collapsed during construction. The building was completed the following year. It housed a millinery company named the Lyman Company until the building was bought and renamed in 1933.

References

[edit]

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
↑ Marjorie Pearson, Ph.D. "Cedar Rapids Central Business District Commercial Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 16, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
↑ "Iowa Building". Emporis. Retrieved January 28, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Topics	Architectural style categories Contributing property Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places Keeper of the Register National Park Service Property types
Lists by state	List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Lists by insular areas	American Samoa Guam Minor Outlying Islands Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands
Lists by associated state	Federated States of Micronesia Marshall Islands Palau
Other areas	District of Columbia American Legation, Morocco Territorial waters
Lists of specific structure types	Amusement rides Jails and prisons University and college buildings
Related	National Historic Preservation Act Historic Preservation Fund
National Register of Historic Places portal Category

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Agriculture	Seminole Valley Farmstead
Apartment buildings	Ausadie Building Brown Apartments
Civic buildings	Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station Cedar Rapids Post Office and Public Building Iowa State Highway Commission, District 6 Building Linn County Courthouse Veterans Memorial Building
Clubhouses	C.S.P.S. Hall Consistory Building No. 2 Sokol Gymnasium
Commercial buildings	Best Oil and Refining Company Service Station Hotel Roosevelt Iowa Building Lattner Auditorium Building Lesinger Block Paramount Theater Building Peoples Savings Bank Security Building Sinclair Building-Smulekoffs Furniture Store
Historic districts	B Avenue NE Historic District Bever Woods Historic District Bohemian Commercial Historic District Cedar Rapids 2nd Avenue SE. Automobile Row Historic District Cedar Rapids Central Business District Commercial Historic District Mays Island Historic District Monroe Elementary School Historic District Oak Hill Cemetery Historic District Our Mother of Sorrows Grotto Historic District Redmond Park-Grande Avenue Historic District Second and Third Avenue Historic District West Side Third Avenue SW Commercial Historic District
Houses	Robert and Esther Armstrong House A. T. Averill House Glenn M. and Edith Averill House Calder Houses William and Sue Damour House George B. Douglas House Dr. Percy and Lileah Harris House Lustron Home No. 02102 Charles W. and Nellie Perkins House T. M. Sinclair Mansion Taylor-Van Note Philip A. Wolff House and Carriage House
Industrial buildings	Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Company Cedar Rapids Pump Company Factory and Warehouse Evans Manufacturing Company Building Hamilton Brothers Building Harper and McIntire Company Warehouse Iowa Wind Mill and Pump Company Office and Warehouse Shores-Mueller Company Witwer Grocery Company Building
Religious buildings	Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church First Church of Christ, Scientist First Universalist Church of Cedar Rapids Moslem Temple St. James United Methodist Church St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church
Schools	Grant Vocational High School
Transportation	First Avenue Bridge Highwater Rock IANR Railroad Underpass
National Register of Historic Places listings in Linn County, Iowa List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

This page was redesigned at the edge.

A page that knows where it met you.

History

References