Documents for Recognition of Bicentennial City - Fact Sheet, Description of Project, Print of Orpheum, Print of Five Flags, Scultpture CompetitionFIVE FLAGS C E N T E R
Excerpts from various applications and documents submitted for recog-
nition of the City of Dubuque as a Bicentennial City and for technical
and financial assistance to plan and implement the Five Flags Center
Project in observance and commemoration of the 200th anniversary of
the United States of America.
Contents
Certificate of Official Recognition of the City of Dubuque
as a Bicentennial City
Forward
Five Flags Center Fact Sheet
Narrative Description of Project
Print of Exterior of Orpheum Theatre
Print of Illustrative Front Elevation of. Five Flags Center
Certificate of Registration of Orpheum Theatre in
National Register
City Council Resolution No. 51-73
Recognition of Five Flags Center by the Iowa American
Revolution Bicentennial Commission
Recognition of Five Flags Center by the Dubuque County
Metropolitan Area Planning Commission
Five Flags Sculpture Competition Announcement
Print of Selected Sculpture
Biography of Sculpturer
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FIVE FLAGS CENTER PROJECT
FORWARD
The purpose of this document is to acquaint federal departments and other agencies
with the undertaking of a historic Mississippi River community to mobilize its resi-
dents individually as well as collectively to plan and implement an appropriate
observance in its broadest interpretation for the occasion of the 200th Anniversary
of the United States of America.
This document describes the Five Flags Center Project, the principal undertaking
for the bicentennial year. This docui bent also describes the Five Flags Center Fund,
the private non-profit group organized to implement this significant undertaking.
This document further describes the Dubuque County Iowa American Revolution Bi-
centennial Commission, the local coordinating group which has already secured
the Federal recognition as a Bicente :nial City for the City of Dubuque. Finally,
this document describes the partnership arrangement between local government and
the private sector to assure that 1976 is a year of commemoration, celebration and
projection into the future.
For many years.Dubuque has had a great need for a Civic Center to serve the cul-
tural, recreational, entertainment a, a convention requirements of the city and the
surrounding area. The realization of having such a facility was recognized in 1970
when the historically significant Orpi eum Theatre and an adjacent area became
available through a downtown urban rsne cl project. It was recognized that the
theater in itself woul� not provide a community _Wide facility of adequate size to
accommodate all of the projected uses. It was further recognized that funds to re-
store the theater would need to be raised by private subscription. A consensus of
opinion determined that the combination of a restored theater together with a new
exhibition -arts building constructed adjacent to the theater would be acceptable to
the community, and that such a total project would appeal to the greatest number
of people who would contribute to such an undertaking.
An Exhibition Hall-Orpheum Feasibility Task Force from the Dubuque Area Chamber
of Commerce examined the proposition in depth, and on April 20, 1970 recommended
that the project proceed.
To further document the need and to evaluate the concept of incorporating the re-
stored theater into a total project, Real Estate Research Corporation of Chicago
was retained and provided in July of 1970 and October 1971, a two phase Market
Study and Economic Analysis of the proposed project. The substance of their re-
ports was
1. That the Dubuque area needed a Civic Center,
2. That the Orpheum Theatre and adjacent area would be an excel -lent location,
3. That an exhibit -hall theater combination would be the appropriate type of
facility for a community the size of the City of Dubuque, and
4. That such a project could be self-supporting.
Armed with this information the Five Flags Center Fund obtained the concurrence
of the City Council of tine City of Dubuque to proceed with the project, and the
£und is now actively soliciting financial support from private sources and through
grant applications filed with appropriate public and private agencies.
It became evident during the data collection and historic research phase of the pro-
ject that Dubuque:, the oldest city in the State of Iowa, had played an important
role in the development of the Upper Mississippi Valley during the formative years
of the United States of America. It was discovered that Dubuqueland was apparent-
ly the only Iowa area of involvement with the American Revolution, and that the site
upon which the Orpheum Theatre is situated is the oldest site in Iowa (and possibly
West of the Mississippi River) to continuously house a theater, opera house and/or
public entertainment house.
This information coupled with the knowledge that there will be widespread celebra-
tion throughout the United States of America during 1976 for the occasion of the 200th
anniversary of the birth of this nation provided the ingredient and incentive to devel-
op the Five Flags Center Project in observance and commemoration of this great
event. The total project was expanded to include an audio-visual center for inclu-
sion within the new Promenade for the showing of a special multi -media presenta-
tion during 1976. In addition an open sculpture competition was developed and dedi-
cated to the bicentennial with an announced theme to capture the spirit of our na-
tion's heritage and its historic perspective as it relates to Dubuqueland.
In early summCr of 1973 a Dubuque County Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission was organized, and on October 19, 1973 the City of Dubuque was of-
ficially presented its Certificate of Recognition as a Bicentennial City,
This document is organized into seven parts. Part I provides a narrative descrip-
tion of the Five Flags Center Project with particular emphasis on the theater and
those related facilities necessary to realize maximum utilization and exposure of
the restored facility.
This introductory portion of the document also includes a Fact Sheet which pre-
sents the Five Flags Center Project in capsule form. The significance of the pro-
ject lies in its totalness, and the implementation of the various segments of the
project are essential to attain the goal of tho Five Flags Center Fund,
"To provide a permanent, centrally locates] facility within the City of
Dubuque in observance and commemoration of the bicentennial of the
birth of the United States of America to serve the cultural, recreational,
entertainment, educational and business needs and requirements of
Dubuqueland".
FIVE FLAGS CENTER
Dubuque, Iowa
FACT SHEET
Goal
To provide a permanent, centrally located facility within the City of Dubuque
in observance and commemoration of the bicentennial of the birth of the United
States of America to serve the cultural, recreational, entertainment, education-
al and business needs and requirements of Dubuqueland.
The Project
To restore an existing, architecturally and historically significant theater as
the basic building block of the Five Flags Center which includes
1. The restored theater equipped and rigged to seat approximately 1,000 per-
sons;
2. A new multi -purpose, two level 20,000 square foot exhibition -arts build-
ing;
3. A new multi -storied promenade to connect the exhibition -arts building with
the restored theater;
4. A full scale multi -media center incorporated into the promenade to accommo-
date 100 to 200 persons; and
5. An off-street parking facility together with other appropriate site improve-
ments.
Significance of Name
Five Flags have flown over Dubuqueland since the period of the Jolliet and Mar-
quette explorations of the Upper Mississippi commencing in 1673.
1. Fleur de Lis of France
2. Royal Flag of Spain
3. Union Jack of England
4. French Republic Flag of Napoleon
5. Stars and Stripes of the United States of America
Location
Five Flags Center is located in Downtown Dubuque in an urban renewal pro-
ject area. The Town Clock Plaza (Main Street Pedestrianway) phase of the
project has received aMunicipal Landscape Award from the American Associa-
tion of Nurserymen, Inc. and a Merit Award from the American. Society of
Landscape Architects. Both awards recognize the quality of designforan ur-
ban environment setting. Town Clock Plaza with the same quality of design
is to be extended on Main Street into the block upon which the Five Flags
Center will front.
Status of Project
1. Theaterand necessary land purchased by the City of Dubuque to imple-
ment the Downtown Urban Renewal Project, Iowa R-15.
2. Five Flags Center Fund with an Advisory Council of over 125 persons in-
corporated as a non-profit organization and granted tax-exempt status.
The Executive Committee of the Fund has undertaken a number of mea-
sures to carry forward the project.
A. Provided a market feasibility study and analysis to justify the pro-
ject.
B. Secured support from the City of Dubuque and State Historic Preser-
vation Officer for the project.
C. Solicited private funds for matching purposes.
D. Assembled a work force of various specialities.
1) Historians
Dr. Adrian Anderson - State Historic Preservation Officer
Peter T. Harsted -Superintendent, State Historical Society of
Iowa
Dr. Walter Peterson - President, University of Dubuque
William J. Petersen - Superintendent Emeritus, State Historical
Society of Iowa
2) Architectural Historian -Denys Peter Myers, Washington, D.C.
3) Dubuque Theater Historian - Charles Geroux, Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan
4) Theater Architectural Historian - Andrew Craig Morrison, Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania
5) Multi -Media Consultants - Audio Visual Presentations, a Divi-
sion of the Des Moines Registerand Tribune, and Midwest Trav-
el Education Services, Inc.
6) Multi -Media Advisor - Professor William B. Oglesby, Univer-
sity of Iowa
7) Architects and Engineers
Cullen-Schiltz & Associates, Dubuque, Iowa
Bowen & Kanazawa, Madison, Wisconsin
E. Secured support from Federal, state and city officials and agencies
and from other public and private organizations and individuals
to designate the Five Flags Center as a Bicentennial Project and the
City of Dubuque as a Bicentennial_ Community.
F. Will purchase the real estate from the city, restore the theater un-
der an acceptable arrangement with the City of Dubuque and the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development, construct all improve-
ments, and deed the completed Five Flags Center to the City.
3. The theater and theater site have been entered in the National Register
of Historic Places.
A. The theater constructed in 1910 as a music hall represents one of
the earliest known theaters still in operation designed by Rapp and
Rapp, an architectural firm later to become well known for theater
design in the late teens and twenties.
B. The theater site represents the oldest known site in Iowa (and pos-
sibly west of the Mississippi River) to continuously house a thea-
ter, opera house, vaudeville house and/or some type of public en-
tertainment facility.
4. The Dubuque Art Association and the City of Dubuque in cooperation with
the Iowa Arts Council sponsored an open competition to secure a
suitable piece of sculpture for placement in Town Clock Plaza in the gen-
eral area of the Five Flags Center. The final selection entitled "Con-
tinuum" fulfills the bicentennial theme.
5. Documentary evidence has been collected to confirm that the only known
Iowa casualty of the American Revolutionary War was aDubuque land min-
er, jean Marie Cardinal, who after being captured by the British at Du-
buque during their march down the Mississippi River Valley, escaped to
warn the French at St. Louis. Cardinal was killed during the battle, and
the defeated British abandoned their campaign.
Historians suggest that had it not been for Cardinal's warning, the ex-
ploits of George Rogers Clark might have been in vain and the Treaty of
1782 might have fixed the western boundary of the United States along
the Allegheny Mountains instead of the Mississippi River.
6. Designation of Five Flags Center as a State Bicentennial Project by the
Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission.
7. The Five, Flags Center project has been presented in miniature multi-
media form to appropriate Federal and other personages in Washington,
D. C. on two separate occasions.
8. Appropriate applications for recognition and/or financial and technical
assistance for various phases of the total project are to be submitted to
the following agencies.
A. American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
B. Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
C. National Endowment for the Arts
D. National Endowment for the Humanities
E. Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation,
United States Department of the Interior
F. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
9. Financial assistance has been received from the following agencies.
A. $1 , 000. 00 matching grant from the Iowa Arts Council through the
National Endowment for the Arts for prize money for the Five Flags
Sculpture Competition. $25, 000. 00 has been allocated for the fab-
rication and installation of the winning piece through the Dubuque
Downtown Urban Renewal Project.
B. $5,000.00 matching grant from the Iowa American. Revolution Bicen-
tennial Commission for use as a partial payment of the Five Flags
Center architectural fees.
C. $25,000.00 matching grant from the United States Department of In-
terior through the Iowa State Historic Preservation Office for use by
the Five Flags Center Fund to purchase the theater and site from the
City of Dubuque. The balance of the grant is to be applied on the
cost of exterior restoration.
10. The City of Dubuque has been designated a Bicentennial City by the
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. Such recognition is the
first such designation in the State of Iowa, and the first of twenty-three
such designations to be so recognized in the United States of America.
FIVE FLAGS CENTER PROJECT
ORGANIZATION and PURPOSE
A group of concerned Dubuqueland residents joined together in early 1970 to
investigate the potential and aIcceptability of providing a community -wide pub-
lic use facility through a restored theater combined with a new exhibition -arts
building. This group later becu„e the Executive Committee of the Five Flags
Center Fund designated on behalf of the total community to carry forward the
Five Flags Center Project.
The Five Flags Center Fund wa:; organized as a non-profit corporation under the
laws of the State of Iowa. A copy of the Articles of Incorporation together with
a later amendment evidencing i:;suance of Certificate of Incorporation No. 52214
dated December 23, 1970, is included in Part VII of this application.
On January 21, 1972, the Intenial Revenue Service granted the Five Flags Cen-
ter Fund tax-exempt status unclor Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code.
This determination letter also r;Lated that contributions to the Five Flags Center
Fund are deductible under Section 170(c)(2) of the same Code. A copy of this
letter is also included in Part VII.
The name "Five Flags" reflect- the historic richness of Dubuqueland as seen
in the banners of the Fleur de I,is of France, the Royal Flag of Spain, the Union
Jack of England, the French Republic Flag of Napoleon and the Stars and Stripes
of the United States of America. These flags represent nations which have ex-
ercised dominion over Dubuqueland at various times since the exploration of
the Mississippi Valley in 1673 by Jolliet and Marquette.
The Five Flags Center Fund Executive Committee is assisted in planning, de-
veloping and carrying out the project by a broad based Advisory Council of
over 125 persons together with other special committees. The Executive Com-
mittee is charged with the day to day responsibilities of undertaking the project.
The Five Flags Center Fund will solicit and otherwise provide the necessary
funds and technical assistance to
1. Purchase the real estate including the Orpheum Theatre,
2. Restore the Orpheum Theatre,
3. Construct an Exhibition -Arts Building,
4. Construct a Promenade to connect the restored Orpheum Theatre to the
Exhibition -Arts Building,
5. Construct an Audio -Visual Center within the Promenade,
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6. Produce a special multi -media presentation for the bicentennial year, and
7. Construct an off-street parking facility.
The Five Flags Center Fund has dedicated the Five Flags Center for the observ-
ance of the 200th anniversary of the birth of this nationand has pledged to
complete the project by 1976. ,
A number of committees of the Five Flags Center Fund are presently working
with the architects and other special consultants to develop a total project
which represents maximum utilization of all the space for the widest possible
range of community -wide uses for present and future generations of pioneers on
the Upper Mississippi.
describes the role Dubuqueland played in the early days of the fThe narrative script of a prototype multi -media presentation set fortding and
in Part V
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settlement of the midwest and the extent to which the Five Flags Center will
illustrate the American heritage to large numbers of visitors and audiences will
dur-
ing the bicentennial year and thereafter. The Five Flags Center is Dubuque's
permanent salute for this occasion.
The Five Flags Center Fund is filing applications with appropriate public and
Private agencies requesting financial and technical assistance for various ele-
ments of the total project. Funds are to be utilized to
I. Purchase the Orpheum Theatre and other appropriate real estate.
2. Restore and otherwise renovate the theater.
3. Construct the Promenade, the Exhibition -Arts Building, and the off-street
parking facility.
4. Produce a special 45-minute multi -media presentation.
Part III contains photographs, sketches and other material to depict the old, the
present and what the Five Flags Center promises for tomorrow.
Upon completion of construction activities, the Five Flags Center Fund will
deed the finished product to the City of Dubuque for operation as a public facil-
ity for community use and public viewing. The return to the City will include
arrangements to assure the National Park Service and other appropriate bodies
as to the maintenance and administration of the assisted property.
The Five Flags Center Fund has obtained widespread community endorsement
and support as evidenced by representative letters set forth in Part VII.
A number of these letters indicate their interest and intentions in participating
in the completed Five Flags Center Project.
RECOGNITION for BICENTENNIAL PURPOSES
On November 29, 1972, the Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
approved the Five Flags Center Project as a bicentennial project and on June 26,
1973, presented the Five Flags Center Fund a $5000 matching grant for use as
a partial payment toward the architectural fees incurred in planning the project.
On February 23, 1973, the Dubuque County Chapter of the Iowa American Revo-
lution Bicentennial Commission endorsed the Five Flags Center Project for bi-
centennial purposes. The local group was incorporated on June 11, 1973, as the
Dubuque County American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, and is charged
with the organization, implementation, and coordination of community activi-
ties, projects and programs for the occasion of the observance and commemora-
tion of the bicentennial year. Two members of the Five Flags Center Fund Exec-
utive Committee serve on this Commission and the Commission Chairman serves
as a member of the Executive Committee of the Five Flags Center Fund. This
will assure the fulfillment of common objectives as the Five Flags Center Pro-
ject has been declared the major emphasis for 1976.
On February 19, 1973, the Council of the City of Dubuque adopted Resolution
No. 51-73 designating the Five Flags Center Project as a bicentennial project
and found that the Five Flags Center gave appropriate consideration to
1. The observance and commemoration to the historic events of the Upper
Mississippi that are associated with the American Revolutionary War
period;
2. An undertaking conceived by citizens working in harmony with local pub-
lic officials to implement an acceptable, needed, and desirable facility;
3. The ideas that have vitally influenced the development of the Upper
Mississippi and of the United States; and
4. The establishment of a permanent place that has opportunities for a wide
variety of activities necessary for the present and future use of people
and the stimulation of creativity for the orderly growth of the City of
Dubuque, the State of Iowa, and the United States of America in man -
kind's quest for knowledge and freedom.
The Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce on February 23, 1973, endorsed the
Five Flags Center Project for bicentennial purposes stating that Dubuque is
unique among mid -America cities in that its history is so closely related to
that of our nation.
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Under date of June 15, 1973, the City of Dubuque submitted a Bicentennial
Community Application to the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission re-
questing that Dubuque be designated as a Bicentennial Community. The appli-
cation listed the following projects as meeting the three thematic requirements
of "Heritage 176", "Festival USA" and "Horizons '76".
Five Flags Center Project
Special Multi -Media Presentation
Sculpture Competition
The application was favorably endorsed by the Iowa American Revolution Bicen-
tennial Commission, and on October 19, 1973 the City of Dubuque was officially
recognized as a Bicentennial City.
Part VII provides evidence of community -wide recognition and support for the Five
Flags Center Project and the bicentennial year.
A prototype multi -media presentation explaining the Five Flags Center Fund in-
cluding the historical connection of Dubuqueland to the American Revolutionary
War Period has been shown in Washington and elsewhere to appropriate Federal
officials and other important personages. The response has been favorable
with encouragement from a number of sources to proceed to bring the project in-
to being.
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE - THE YEAR 1780
Part V contains a statement by William J. Petersen, Superintendent Emeritus,
State Historical Society of Iowa. This document sets forth the link in the
chain of events that Dubuqueland played in the American Revolution Period.
This statement together with other data provided the basis for the documenta-
tion used to develop the script of the prototype multi -media presentation.
This script is also contained in Part V.
The final presentation for the bicentennial year will be professionally prepared
under the supervision of recognized historians and knowledgeable persons.
This is described in detail under the heading of "Audio -Visual Center".
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE - THEATER and SITE
The Orpheum Theatre built in 1910 is the third structure to stand on a site upon
which a theater, opera house, music hall, vaudeville house and/or public
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entertainment house has been in continuous operation since 1840. This is the
oldest such site in the State of Iowa and possibly west of the Mississippi
River.
The Orpheum Theatre originally named the "Majestic" was designed by C.W.
and George L. Rapp, Chicago architects
an original design and , as a music hall. The structure is
bears similarities to such famous Paris music halls
as the Marigny, the Trianon Lyricque, the Moulen Rouge and the Olympia.
The Rapp brothers became well known in the late teens and twenties, and de-
signed a number of well known theaters throughout the midwest to the east
coast. The Dubuque Orpheum Theatre is the earliest known theater designed
by the Rapp brothers still in operation.
A number of later designed Rapp theaters have been and are being restored
throughout the country evidencing the quality of design and suitability for con-
tinued use.
The Orpheum Theatre and the theater site were entered in the National Register
on November 14, 1972.
LOCATION
Historically, Dubuque has served a trade area of eight counties and portions
of seven other counties in the tri-state area of Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa
representing a 1970 population of 418,292. Dubuque has long been an aca-
demic, medical, commercial and industrial hub enhanced by geography both in
natural beauty and river location.
The site of the Five Flags Center is located on the westerly side of Main Street
between Fourth and Fifth Streets in the central business district of the City of
Dubuque. The Center is within two blocks of the administrative, financial,
business and retail trade center of the city and metropolitan area. Governmen-
tal offices are within walking distance.
The theater structure is on the northwest corner of Main and Fourth Streets.
Both Fourth and Fifth Streets are paired one-way streets, and represent major
downtown traffic arteries. Part VI provides both a plat and map of the location.
The block in which the Five Flags Center Project is to be developed is located
within the Downtown Urban Renewal Project, Iowa R-15. This project is a
combination of clearance, redevelopment and rehabilitation, and was under-
taken to stabilize and revitalize downtown Dubuque. A major feature of the
project provides an area within the existing Main Street devoted solely to
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pedestrian activity. This area is highlighted by the old town clock resting on
a new arched concrete tower rising some 110 feet into the sky. This pedes-
trianway was appropriately named Town Clock Plaza after a community -wide
competition. Town Clock Plaza environmentally unifies major activities of
downtown Dubuque by allowing free and unobstructed pedestrian movement.
The Town Clock Plaza serves as a place for contact and communication, and
provides unlimited opportunities for downtown activities and special events.
Town Clock Plaza has been the recipient of a Merit Award from the American
Society of Landscape Architects and a Municipal Landscaping Award from the
American Association of Nurserymen, Inc. Both awards recognize the quality
of design for an urban environment setting. Town Clock Plaza, with the same
quality of design and construction, is to be extended on Main Street into the
block on which the Five Flags Center Project will front.
Real Estate Research Corporation in their findings report that this location for
the Five Flags Center Project is well suited for the following reasons.
I. The compact form of the Dubuque urban area places the majority of the
city's population within three miles of the site.
2. The location of the proposed Civic Center is readily accessible to all
areas of Dubuque in that the major traffic arteries serving the city and
its market region converge and cross in the vicinity of the site.
3. The site is well located with regard to the supply of transient accom-
modations.
4. The site adjoining the Orpheum Theatre is also well, positioned in re-
gard to existing parking facilities.
The Downtown Urban Renewal Project is well into the execution stage. All
structures in the project area in the vicinity of the Orpheum Theatre have been
removed and the marketing of the cleared land is in process. Immediately
east of the Five Flags Center Project site is a large parcel of land under
development by Ramada Inn, a major motel chain. This motel developer is in
full accord with the proposed Five Flags Center, and has acknowledged the
favorable relationship of the motel with the Center. The developer has
pledged the cooperation of their architect to assure the compatibility and suit-
ability of the design of the motel facility with the Five Flags Center. The City
of Dubuque in turn has pledged the cooperation of their designer in extending
Town Clock Plaza down Main Street into the block upon which both the pro-
posed motel and the Five Flags Center will front. This combination of talent
with the architect from the Five Flags Center Project will form a design team
to provide an environment that gives appropriate consideration and recogni-
tion to all essential elements.
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ACQUISITION
All of the real estate is owned by the City of Dubuque, and was purchased
by the City to implement the Downtown Urban Renewal Project, Iowa R-1.5,
at prices concurred in by the United States Department of Housing and Urba n
Development. All of the improvements with the exception of the Orpheum
Theatre have been demolished and removed from the site. All excavations
have been filled to grade with suitable material.
Until the Five Flags Center Project was conceived and concurred -in by the
City Council of the City of Dubuque, the theater was scheduled for demoli-
tion and the cleared land made available for redevelopment together with other
cleared land in this area.
It is proposed that the Five Flags Center Fund will purchase the real estate
from the urban renewal project at prices based upon two reuse appraisals con-
curred in by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The price reflects redevelopment controls placed upon the land imposed by the
Urban Renewal Plan adopted by the City Council of the City of Dubuque on
May 18, 1967, and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Dubuque County,
Iowa, in Book 295 of Mortgages, Pages 235 to 259.
The theater structure will be appraised separately and priced "as is" to re-
flect the cost of bringing the structure up to local acceptable standards.
The transfer of the real estate and theater structure to the Five Flags Center
Fund will require the execution of a contract for the redevelopment of the land
in accordance with previously approved plans which will include a complete
program and schedule for the restoration, reconstruction and other work neces-
sary to renovate the theater. This agreement must be acceptable to the
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The contract
will also include the purchase and redevelopment of the land required for the
construction of the new Exhibition -Arts Building for which this application
does not apply.
Acquisition costs are set out hereinbelow and in Part II of this application.
Theater
Site - 8,192 square Feet
$ 24,740.00
Structure
20,000.00
$ 44,740.00
Promenade - 3,870 square feet
Off -Street Parking Area - 32, 703 square feet 11,687.00
91 362,00
$ 147,789.00
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The prices established for the land are believed to be correct; however, they
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consideration to be paid for the lare subject to an appraisal review. The land is yet to be surveyed, and the
nd will be subject to the final survey.
Part II provides a plat and a block map of the property to be acquired by the
Five Flags Center Fund.
RELOCATION
The real estate will be purchased from the Downtown Urban Renewal Project
cleared of all structures with the exception of the Orpheum Theatre. All prior
occupants have been satisfactorily relocated and paid appropriate benefits in
accordance with the requirements of the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development.
The operator of the Orpheum Theatre will remain in possession of the theater
during restoration under an arrangement yet to be resolved. It is further antic-
ipated that this operator will continue in possession of the theater upon com-
pletion of restoration.
No relocation payments are required.
DEVELOPMENT in GENERAL
The Five Flags Center Project includes six separate development items all of
which are separately described hereinafter.
1. Restoration of the Orpheum Theatre.
2. Construction of the Promenade.
3. Construction of the Exhibition -Arts Building.
4. Construction of the Audio -Visual Center within the Exhibition -Arts
Building.
5. Production of a special multi -media presentation for the bicentennial
year.
6. Construction of off-street parking facilities.
The Five Flags Center has retained the following firms to provide overall archi-
tectural and engineering services.
Cullen-Schiltz & Associates, Dubuque, Iowa
Bowen & Kanazawa, Madison, Wisconsin
Development costs set forth under the various narrative descriptions and in
Part II are estimates and will require considerable refinement before contracts
are advertised. Various specialists will need to be consulted to arrive at ap-
propriate methods to complete various portions of the project and to provide
cost estimates.
The State of Iowa is requiring that certain fire and safety code requirements
be met. This material is set out in detail also in Part II.
The restoration of the Orpheum Theatre requires two additional facilities in or-
der that the restored theater may be fully viewed and utilized. These items
include the Promenade addition and the off-street parking facility.
Plans and specifications for all of the work will be made available to appro-
priate officials for review and comment prior to the commencement of any work.
ORPHEUM THEATRE
Part II of this document sets forth a detailed listing of all items deemed nec-
essary to restore, reconstruct and to otherwise place the Orpheum Theatre in
acceptable condition. A summary of these costs is included at the conclusion
of this section.
The theater built in 1910 as a music hall and later converted to a motion pic-
ture theater is in average good condition structurally. The building has been
fairly well maintained although both the roof and the heating plant need im-
mediate attention to safeguard the theater from deterioration. Previous roof
leaks have damaged some areas of the ceiling and walls.
The Orpheum Theatre is a rectangular building which occupies the entire lot
at the northwest corner of Main and Fourth Streets. The principal facade, fac-
ing Main Street, is three and one-half stories high. It is of red brick and is
divided into three bays which are defined by vertical bands of yellow brick
laid so as to give the effect of ashlar block piers. At the first floor level the
outer bays contain metal and glass storefronts set within low segmental arches
of yellow brick treated as ashlar voussoirs. The central bay originally con-
tained a series of entrance doors beneath a segmental -arched marquee of metal
and glass which was in turn set within a large stoned -framed semicircular
arch. The entryway has been altered to incorporate an exterior box office and
a marquee of later type.
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The central entry arch extends into the second story. To either side of it is
a wide horizontal stone band treated as a parapet. In the center of each side
bay this is brought forward as a shallow balcony. To either side of the cen-
tral arch this feature supports a series of four ornamental metal light stan-
dards. Above each balcony is a large window topped by a segmental -arched
panel and hood mould. To either side of each window is a narrow limestone
band extending upward to the cornice.
The third story contains a stone -framed square window in each outer bay and
a round window topped by a bound -leaf garland in the central bay. The third
story is crowned by a sheet metal cornice which incorporates both dentils and
block modillions. The cornice is supported by pairs of scrolled brackets at
the pier lines and simpler brackets to either side of each window. Above the
cornice is a high panelled sheet metal parapet and above it a high convex
mansard roof of ceramic tile. The mansard faces forward only. In each bay it
contains an elaborately framed dormer and the central bay is broken slightly
forward to give a pavilion effect. This feature is topped by an ornamental metal
cresting with scrolled corner car -touches.
The south (Fourth Street) elevation is of lesser architectural character, con-
structed of red brick with ,ornamental banding of yellow brick and limestone.
The remaining facades are of common red brick, unornamented.
The principal interior spaces are the lobby and the auditorium. The lobby is ap-
proximately square with a high, wide barrel vaulted ceiling richly ornamented
with floral rope moldings. The auditorium is rectangular in shape with a par-
tially domed, partially flat ceiling. The room is highly ornamental character,
detailed as an adaptation of the French Renaissance style. The proscenium
arch with its central cartouche, box enframements and balcony faciae are par-
ticularly notable. There are two tiers of proscenium boxes and three balconies.
The lowest balcony is treated as a horseshoe -shaped ring of eleven boxes, the
center balcony as a standard theater balcony and the upper level as a family cir-
cle with separate street entrance and high-backed wooden benches.
The theater contains a full working stage and originally had an orchestra pit.
The total seating capacity is close to 1000 persons.
Before any restoration work is undertaken, thorough planning will be completed
to assure that all foreseeable functions will be adequately provided for with
little alteration or damage to the items to be restored. Major consideration
will be provided for fire safety and adequate egress from the theater. Adequate
technical equipment will be provided to service the various functions that the
building is expected to accommodate. Some items such as the old act annun-
ciator will be retained to connect the past to the future. The present dressing
rooms are totally inadequate and deteriorated and will be replaced. The present
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makeshift projection booth will be replaced to house both projection equipment
and spotlights. On stage equipment will be brought up to present day standards.
The orchestra pit will be restored and somewhat enlarged to serve a wider vari-
ety of uses not originally contemplated in 1910. Suitable house and stage light-
ing will be provided in such a way as to eliminate to the extent possible public
viewing of cables.
The north elevation of the theater until the advent of urban renewal had always
had an abutting building. With the removal of this adjoining structure, the op-
portunity has been presented to provide a multi -storied Promenade. This Prome-
nade is fully described in the next section of this application. This Promenade
will be the circulatory hub for the theater at all levels and will provide the addi-
tional space required to accommodate and supplement existing facilities in the
theater. This includes among other things toilets, egresses and display space.
Since the theater has undergone little structural change, the greatest amount of
research and technical assistance will be required for the interior work. Recol-
lections, newspaper articles and photographs will be utilized to assist in this
work. Part VI contains several photographs, sketches and other material to
show the past and the future potential of the Five Flags Center Project.
Denys Peter Myers, Principal Architectural Historian for the Historic Buildings
Survey for the National Park Service describes the Orpheum Theatre.
"The building has great potential as a preservable example of its period. It is
an ornament to the city and has an outstandingly attractive interior. Most im-
portant, it has a potentially viable future as a theater and concert hall of his-
toric importance in connection with the proposed civic center, since there is a
large legitimate stage and the acoustics are excellent".
Mr. Paul Dufournet, Archivist of the Academy of Architecture in Paris, France,
in his correspondence referring to this theater has written.
"You are quite right in wanting to preserve this theater and we congratulate you
for it. The monuments of the past are the certificates of a city's notility, and
this one is well worthwhile. We fully approve of your action and hope that it
will be successful".
Upon recommendation of Mr. Myers, Mr. Andrew Craig Morrison, formerly of
Philadelphia and presently resident architect for Greenfield Village, has been
retained as Theater Architectural Historian. Mr. Morrison has inspected the
theater and has provided preliminary information to the principal architects and
engineers.
Dr. Charles Geroux, formerly of Dubuque and now associated with Cranbrook
Academy, has been retained both as the Dubuque Theater Historian and as a
special consultant in refitting the stage and house with appropriate equipment.
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Estimated Cost
Acquisition
Theater $ 24,740.00
Site
20,000.00
$ 44,740.00
Exterior Work 91,809. 00
Interior Work 360, 502.. 00
$ 497,051.00
PROMENADE
The first floor of the multi -storied Promenade provides an arcade with a walk-
in entrance from Main Street and from the drive-in entrance from the off-street
parking area located west of the theater and Promenade.
The Promenade provides the space to house works of art, material associated
with the history of both the Orpheum Theatre and early theaters of Dubuque,
and a place for visitors to the theater to assemble for tours, obtain informa-
tion and to purchase items. The Promenade will house a permanent ticket and
information booth.
The lower level of the Promenade contains permanent storage space for scenery,
Props and other items associated with the operation of the theater.
There will be access to the Orpheum Theatre at all levels of the Promenade so
that functionally the theater ar.d Promenade can be utilized as a single unit.
The lobby areas and public rest rooms in the Promenade will supplement these
same facilities in the theater. The theater is not of adequate size to provide
display space or space for visitors to gather. The Orpheum Theatre will be an
operating theater; and consequently the Promenade will be the facility to ac-
commodate the additional demands that the restoration will thrust upon the
theater.
The multi -media (audio visual) center of the Five Flags Center Project is located
within the Promenade, and this special facility is fully described in Part III.
Part II provides a cost estimate for the Promenade which has been merged with
the Exhibition=Arts Building for construction purposes.
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EXHIBITION - ARTS BUILDING
The Five Flags Center Project includes the construction of an Exhibition -Arts
Building. This will consist of a two level public use and art facility con-
taining some 20,000 square feet of exhibit area with dividers for multi -purpose
usage; meeting rooms; an art gallery housing a permanent collection; galleries
for touring collections, special exhibits, photo, craft and hobby shows; and
individual studios and workshops for group and self-expression in the arts and
crafts.
Among uses contemplated for the Exhibition -Arts Building are the following:
I. Civic use.
2. Public and private trade shows.
3. Exhibitions.
4. Trade and professional association conventions.
5. Private showings of manufacturing industries.
6. Catered banquets.
7. Large meetings.
The Exhibition -Arts Building provides the facility to house functions and space
for activities not considered suitable for the restored Orpheum Theatre, Included
The design of this building will harmonize, but will not detract from the re-
stored Orpheum Theatre which is to be the prominent structure in the Five Flags
Center. Part II sets forth a cost estimate for the Exhibition -Arts Building which
has been merged with the Promenade for construction purposes.
AUDIO-VISUAL CENTER
The audio-visual center will be located in the Promenade of the Five Flags Cen-
ter. A description of the purpose is fully described in Part III.
Part III of this application contains a detailed description of the audio-visual
portion of the Five Flags Center Project, and application for a matching grant
for financial assistance to provide a portion of this center was filed under date
of May 31, 1973 with the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The audio-visual portion of the Five Flags Center Project represents a (1) multi-
media presentation of the early history and American Revolutionary War involve-
ment of the Upper Mississippi Valley together with a (2) fully equipped audi-
torium to be incorporated into the Five Flags Center Project. As a prototype of
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a new museum, the audio-visual center will continue well into the future to
present this and other educational, cultural and historical subjects to be de-
veloped in cooperation with local colleges and seminaries, museums and other
resources yet to be fully determined and explored. This audio-visual center
will effectively demonstrate the new museum concept of portraying the historic
heritage of this nation in sight and sound in order to convey to audiences the
experience of participating in history.
A fifteen minute multi -media presentation has been produced to demonstrate
and describe the special presentation to be prepared for the bicentennial year.
A reading of the script set out in Part V tells the Five Flags Center story and
its relationship to the bicentennial celebration.
Audio Visual Presentations, a division of the Des Moines Register and Tribune
has been retained as principal consultants to design the auditorium, select
the equipment and to produce the presentation. They have in turn retained
Midwest Travel Educational Services, Inc, for technical assistance. A sum-
mary of the technical staff that will produce the presentation is set forth in
Part III.
A staff of distinguished historians have been assembled to verify all histori-
cal data that will be incorporated into the multi -media presentation. They
include
Dr. Adrian Anderson, Iowa State Historical Preservation Officer
Dr. Walter Peterson, President of the University of Dubuque
Peter T. Harsted, Superintendent, State Historical Society of Iowa
William J. Petersen, Superintendent Emeritus, State Historical
Society of Iowa
Dr. Charles Gerou.x of Bloomfield, Michigan and formerly of Dubuque, will be
consulted on matters pertaining to the history of the theater of the Upper
Mississippi.
Professor William B. Oglesby of the University of Iowa will serve as a multi-
media consultant.
OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITY
An off-street parking facility containing approximately 32, 700 square feet to
accommodate about 100 motor vehicles will be constructed to accommodate
visitors to the restored Orpheum Theatre. Entrance to the theater from the
parking area will be through the Promenade.
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The parking area will be hard surfaced, curbed, lighted, graded and appropri-
ately landscaped to screen the parking area. A service walk and a canopy
attached to a portion of the rear of the theater and incorporated into the Prome-
nade will afford protection fr6m adverse weather to passengers as they are dis-
charged from motor vehicles at the Promenade drive-in entrance.
It is recognized that the parking to be provided on -site is not totally adequate
to accommodate the visitors and audiences anticipated to view the theater and
to participate in the various activities of the Five Flags Center. It is expected
that other municipal parking facilities presently in existence and to be pro-
vided in the future in Dowotown Dubuque will accommodate projected needs.
This modest parking facility is an essential element to the restored Orpheum
Theatre to facilitate public viewing of the theater and to examine the variety
.of materials and exhibits on display in the multi -level Promenade.
A cost breakdown of this facility is contained in Part II and is summarized
as follows.
Improvements $ 60,195.00
'Land Cost _91,362.00
$ 151,557.00
OTHER COSTS
Included in Part II are estimates of Other Costs which are anticipated to be
incurred in undertaking the acquisition and development activities contem-
plated by this application. They are also set out hereinbelow.
The General Chairman of the Five Flags Center Fund has been designated to
act as General Manager and Owner's Representative for all purposes subject
to the prior approval of the Executive Committee for filing applications; re-
taining consultants, architects, engineers and other specialists; and execu-
ting and awarding contracts, memorandums of understanding and other agree-
ments.
These services of the General Chairman will be donated without charge to the
Five Flags Center Fund; consequently, no credit for donated services is pro-
posed under Other Costs.
Just prior to the opening of the restored. theater and related facilities, an infor-
mational brochure of a modest nature will be made available for public distri-
bution during the bicentennial year. This brochure will brieflv describe the
history of the Orpheum Theatre and site, its restoration, its relationship in the
Five Flags Center, and the relationship of the Five Flags Center to the bicen-
tennial year.
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It is expected that a number of special consultants will be retained on a per
diem basis to provide technical assistance in specialized areas of restoration
and in refitting the theater for maximum use. Several of the categories are
listed; however, it can be anticipated that other specialists will need to be
consulted to assure that the required work is accomplished accurately and
economically.
Other items under Other Costs are self-explanatory.
Administrative Overhead $ 5,000.00
Publications
Legal Fees
Insurance
Project Signs
Special Consultants
FIVE FLAGS SCULPTURE COMPETITION
2,500.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
1,000.00
15,000.00
$ 33, 500. 00
The City of Dubuque and the Dubuque Art Association sponsored an open com-
petition to secure a suitable piece of sculpture for placement in the public
right-of-way in close proximity to the Five Flags Center.
Part IV contains appropriate documentation of the competition as it was an-
nounced and judged. Eighty-four artists submitted pre -entry forms in response
to over 1,000 announcements mailed to artists, art schools, public and private
galleries and museums and others. Thirty-four maquettes were received from
twenty-eight artists residing.in sixteen states. The judges determined that
the entry named "Continuum" submitted by Paul T. Granlund'of St. Peter, Minne-
sota, was the most appropriate piece for Town Clock Plaza. '
A cash award of $1,000.00 for the winning design was provided by the National
Endowment for the Arts through the Iowa Arts Council. In addition, $25,000. 00
has been allocated for the fabrication and placement of the winning piece by
the City of Dubuque and the United States Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment as a project expenditure of the Downtown Urban Renewal Project,
Iowa R-15.
Two of the three judges are associated with the Five Flags Center Project and
the Town Clock Plaza which is to be extended down Main Street into the block
upon which the Five Flags Center is to front. This assured selection of a dis-
tinctive item that relates to the total environment in which it will be placed.
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The third judge is the director of the Waterloo Art Gallery, and provided the ex-
pertise to assure that the winning design represents a quality piece of art wor-
thy of recognition.
The Five Flags Sculpture Competition is dedicated to the occasion of the bi-
centennial year and the selected piece was designed to complement and ac-
commodate the Five Flags Center and its overall relationship to the bicenten-
nial celebration.
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�VOL'.N ••.A �.._
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United States Department of the Interior
NATI NAL PARK SERVICE
WASI11NGT0X, D.C. :V'!10
The Director of the National Park Service
• George B. Hartzog, Jr.
is pleased to inform you that the -hi storic property listed on the
enclosed sheet has been nominated by the State. Liaison Officer
responsible for your State's implementation of the National Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, P. L. 89-665 (80 Stat. 915), as amended.
It has accordingly been entered in.the National Register of Historic
Places. A leaflet explaining the National Register is enclosed for
your information and convenience.
Enclosures
1872-1072
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ENTRIES IN THE NATION7IL REGISTER
STATE iOWA -
Date Entered ` I IV 1
Name
Orpheum Theatre and Site
Location
Dubuque
Dubuque County
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Also Notified
lion. Jack R. Miller
lion. Darold E. Dughes
Hon. John C. Culver
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RESOLUTION NO,51-73.
DESIGNATING TIIE FIVE FLAGS CENTER AS
A BICENTENNIAL CENTER
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has declared the appropriateness
and desirability to provide for the observation and commemoration of the bicentennial
of the birth of this nation; and
WHEREAS, the President of the United States has endorsed among other
recommendations of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission that "The
commemoration be national in scope, seeking to involve every State, city and
community"; and
WHEREAS, Dubuque, the oldest city in the State of Iowa and with a legacy that
is reflected in the banners of the Fleur de Lis of France, the Royal Flag of Spain, the
Union Jack of England, the French Imperial Flag of Napoleon, and the Stars and Stripes
of the United States of America, is located in the only Iowa area of involvement with
the American Revolutionary War; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of the rich, historical heritage of Dubuqueland and for
the occasion of the two hundredth birthday celebration of the founding of this nation,
there is proposed to be integrated into the Five Flags Center as an essential ingredient
a permanent, full-scale multi -media and sound facility to portray in sights and sounds
during the bicentennial year, two hundred years of the past of the Upper Mississippi
and the story of the men, women and children who gave it life; and
WHEREAS, the Five Flags Center Executive Committee has unanimously
recommended that the Five Flags Center composed of a restored architecturally and
historically significant theater and site, a promenade, an exhibit -arts hall, and a
multi -media and sound facility together with other appropriate site improvements be
designated as a Bicentennial Center; and
WHEREAS, the Iowa American Bicentennial Commission has approved the Five
Flags Center "as being significant and having the potential of contributing to the
recognition of the 200th birthday of the United States by the citizens of Iowa"; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Dubuque has strongly endorsed the
proposed Five Flags Center and has recommended the Project to the entire community
as worthy of its support to provide a facility which will encourage the cultural,
recreational, entertainment and citizen participation potential of the community to
match and balance the current industrial, commercial, academic and economic growth
of the Dubuque metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS, the support of the community for the Five Flags Center is self-evident
in the form of pledges and contributions from individuals, business firms, private
organizations and others towards the cost of the total project and by written and oral
communications from a cross-section of private and public groups; now therefore
i' •• a BE IT RESOLVED BY TIIE COUNCII. OF T11E CITY OI' DUBUQUL', IOWA
SECTION 1. That the Council of the City of Dubuque in recognition of the
recommendation of the Executive Committee of the rive Flags Center and of the
endorsement of the Iowa American R- VolUtion Bicentennial Commission, recognizes and,
designates the Five Flags Center as a Bicentennial Center.
SECTION 2. That the City Council of the City of Dubuque finds and determines
that the Five Flags Center as a Bicentennial Center gives appropriate consideration to
A. The observance and commemoration to the historic events of the Upper
Mississippi that are associated with the American Revolutionary War
period;
B. An undertaking conceived by citizens working in harmony with local
public officials to implement an acceptable, needed, and
desirable facility;
C. The ideas that have vitally influenced the development of the Upper
Mississippi and of the United States; and
D. The establishment of a permanent place that has opportunities for a
wide variety of activities necessary for the present and future use of
people and the stimulation of creativity for the orderly growth of the
City of Dubuque, the State of Iowa, and the United States of America
in mankind's quest for knowledge and freedom.
SECTION 3. That the Mayor and the City Manager are hereby authorized and
directed to proceed and to undertake all measures deemed appropriate to secure the
support, endorsement and participation of Federal and State agencies and private groups
for the Five Flags Center as a Bicentennial Center for the City of Dubuque, the State of
Iowa and the United States of America.
SECTION 4. That the Mayor and City Manager are hereby further authorized and
directed to proceed with proper application to appropriate Federal and State Agencies
for the designation of the City of Dubuque as a Bicentennial Citv.
Passed, approved and adopted this
7 CITY CLERK
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MURRAY GOODMAN
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
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STATE HOUSE,DES MOINES
November 29, 1972
Mr. Wayne Norman, Chairman
Five Flags over Dubuque
Five Flags Civic Center
256 West Fifth
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Dear Mr. Norman:
On behalf of the Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
I want to thank you for your excellent presentation at our last
board meeting.
The IARBC approves and encourages the Five Flags over Dubuque
Project as being significant and having the potential of
contributing to the recognition of.the 200th birthday of the
United States by the citizens of Iowa.
As the national Bicentennial program develops, it is.hoped
that some sources for funding will become available so that we
can be of real help to you.
Cordially yours,
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Robert W. Dillon
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Kenneth R. Fulk
Secretary
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ASBURY
BALLTOWN
BANKSTON
CASCADE
CENTRALIA
DUBUQUE
DYERSVILLE
EPWORTH
FARLEY
HOLY CROSS
LUXEMBURG
NEW VIENNA
PEOSTA
RICKARDSVILLE
6AGEVILLE
SHERRILL
WORTHINGTON
UNINCORPORATED AREA
OF DUBUOUE COUNTY
DUBUQUE COUNTY METROPOLITAN AREA
PLANNING COMMISSION .
SUITE 411 FISCHER BUILDING DUBUQUE. IOWA 52001
AREA CODE 319
556.3456
July 24, 1973
Mr. Wayne Norman, General Chairman
5 Flags Civic Center Fund
256 West 19th Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Dear Mr. Norman:
On behalf of the members and representatives of the Dubuque
County Metropolitan Area Planning Commission I wish to thank
you and the representatives of your Executive Committee for
their presentation on July 20, 1973. The presentation was
enlightening and we enjoy hearing about civic projects direct-
ly rather than through the media.
On proper motion, DCMAPC endorsed the 5 Flags Civic Center
Project and approved your application for assistance from
the Department of Interior. A copy of this letter and the
Commission's action will be forwarded to Mr. A. Thomas Wallace,
Federal Funds Coordinator, Office for Planning and Programming,
Des Moines, Iowa for their record.
Once again, thank you for the opportunity to hear more about
5 Flags. If we can be of further assistance please feel free
to contact us.
Since ely,
5 :>
Karl Biasi
c: A. Thomas Wallace
Adrain Anderson
Gilbert D. Chavenelle
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FIVE FLAGS
SCULPTURE COMPETITION
DUBUQUE ART ASSOCIATION
AND CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
iculpture in Pedestrianwcly
ENTRIES DUE: October 19, 1973
The Dubuque Art Association and the City of Dubuque, Iowa in cooperation with the Iowa
Arts Council are sponsoring an open sculpture competition, The sculpture will be placed in
an outdoor pedestrianway in an area of Downtown Dubuque known as Town Clock Plaza.
Town Clock Plaza has been awarded a Landscape Award by the American Association of
Nurserymen, Inc. and a Merit Award by the American Association of Landscape Architects.
Both awards recognize the quality of design for an urban environment.
The sculpture will complement the Five Flags Center Project now under way in the
area in which the sculpture will be located. This project includes the restoration of a oral
his-
torically and architecturally significant theater joined b general
biates arts building. This total project is dedicated to he 200th Anniversary of the United
States of Americo to be observed in 1976 Promenade with a new exhi-
The piece need not be distinctive of any period of history, but must capture the spirit of the
bicentennial celebration of the founding of this notion. This spirit may reflect our notion's
heritage and its historic perspective as it relates to Dubuqueland.
SPECIFICATIONS:
The piece may be stable or mobile but
must not be dependent upon water,
electronics or other mechanical pro-
cesses for its installation or operation.
The winning sculpture will be placed in a fifteen foot square base area con-
structed by the City of Dubuque at the
JUDGING:
Judging of all entries will be completed the
week of October 27, 1973, by a jury com-
posed of
Charles Mosher, Barton-Aschman Asso-
ciates, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Ron Bowen, Bowen and Kanazawa,
Madison, Wisconsin
The right is reserved to the jury to reject
any and all entries, and the decision of the
jury is final.
city's expense. The height of the piece
not to exceed thirty feet must be suit-
able for its location and mass and
fabricated of a self maintaining
structurally adequate, durable ma-
terial suitable for an exterior location
in an urban setting.
ADDITIONAL COPIES
Five Flags Sculpture Competition
Dept. of Housing and Redevelopment
Fischer Building
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
NO ENTRY FEE
PAULTHEODORE GRANLUND
Paul Theodore Granlund was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 6,
1925. He was the son of a Lutheran minister. The religious quality of Granlund's
sculpture reflects the impact of his father's teachings.
Granlund received his bachelor of arts degree from Gustavus Adolphus College
in 1952. The following year he studied at the University of Minnesota and in
1953.54 he was a George G. Booth Scholar at Cranbrook Academy of Art in
Michigan where he earned the master of fine arts degree.
In 1954-55 he studied in Italy under a Fulbright Award. He returned to Italy in
1957 and remained there for two years as a Guggenheim Fellow in Creative
Sculpture.
From 1955 to 1967 he was head of the sculpture department of the Minneapolis
School of Art. Fie has been an instructor in sculpture at summer sessions at
the Cranbrook Academy of Art and the University of California, Berkeley. He
has been visiting artist at Washington University of St. Louis, University of
Illinois, Rhode Island School of Design and the Rhinehart School of Sculpture,
Baltimore.
He has held One -Man Shows at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Walker Art
Center in Minneapolis, the Allan Frumkin Galleries in New York and Chicago,
Robles Gallery in Los Angeles, the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in
San Francisco, University of Minnesota, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery in Lin-
coln, Nebraska, at Steinberg Hall, Washington University at St. Louis, as well
as many other places.
His sculpture has been shown at the American Academy of Rome, Palazzo
Venezia in Rome, World House Gallery in New York and the Cincinnati Art
Museum. His works are listed among the permanent collections of seven major
art galleries and are in numerous private collections.
Several of Granlund's major commissions are located on the campus of Gus-
tavus Adolphus College. They are the "Christ Chapel Doors," "Jacob And The
Angel" and "Masks Of The Muses" now installed just outside the entrance to
the theater of the new Fine Arts Center as a memorial to Dr. Evan E. Anderson.
Other major commissions are "Man Nam" in the memorial garden at the
Governor's residence in St. Paul, "Portrait of Father Flanagan" at the Capitol
Hall of Fame in Lincoln, Nebraska, "Crucifixion" at Northwestern Theological
Seminary Chapel in St. Paul, "Sprites" in the Metropolitan Medical Center in
Minneapolis, "Crucifixion" at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis,
"Paul's Confrontation" at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in LaCrosse, Wisconsin,
and "Son Of Man Be Free" to be installed in 1971 at Concordia Teacher's
College in Seward, Nebraska.