Historic Preservation Grant Application_Five Flags Civic Center_October 1973HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT APPLICATION
Fire Flags(;cnter
Dubuque, Iowa
In Observance
& Commemoration
of the 200th Anniversary
or the United States of America
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
To An
APPLICATION FOR A
HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT-IN-AID
United States Department Of The Interior
National Park Service
Office Of Archeology And Historic Preservation
National Register Of Historic Places
Washington, D.C. 20240
Through
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State Historic Preservation Officer
State Of Iowa
Submitted by
FIVE FLAGS CENTER FUND
256 West Tenth Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
October - 1973
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FIVE FLAGS CENTER FUND
FORWARD
This material represents a supplement to the application of the Five Flags Center
Fund for financial and technical assistance to restore, reconstruct and to make
otherwise suitable for contemporary use a significant theater located in the City
of Dubuque.
The theater is representative of the transition period between
the
1870's while
ian theater style and design and the early 19th Century playhouse
whichretaining individual boxes and the Family Circle, introduced among other features,
fixed, forward facing seating on both the main floor and in the balcony area. A
iniscent of early French music hall design.
number of interior features are rem
The Five Flags Center Fund in consultation with Andrew Craig Morrison, a theater
architectural restoration historian, and Charles Geroux, a theater historian, has
and will continue to develop for implementation a plan and program of restoration
items of mod -
to preserve this facility and yet, simultaneously accomplish those
ernization and renovation imperative to assure that the theater structure will ac-
commodate the widest range of activities and events that size will permit. The
honesty of the exterior of the theater will be maintained as originally designed
and constructed. The integrity of the interior will also be honored.
The enclosed documentation sets forth the general specifications for work items
required to
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2. Restore and/or otherwise renovate and modernize as the occasion may
require the exterior and interior of the structure, and
3. Provide a new addition in which to locate and house certain elements
essential for the full use of the theater structure.
Detailed plans and specifications are yet to be fully prepared for the total Five
Flags Center Fund project. That portion of such material covering the restoration
of the exterior of the theater and the construction of the new addition will be com-
pleted in late November for advertising in the early spring of 1974. The balance
of the material covering the theater interior requires further input from the consul-
tants previously identified, and the determination of a funding level/s to develop
a phased construction schedule to accommodate in a logical manner all of the
work required to be performed.
Photographs and other recognized and acceptable methods of identification and
verification shall be utilized to assure the authenticity of restoration work. All
interior decorative plaster and metal work as originally designed will be dupli-
cated in those areas where the original material has deteriorated or has been
otherwise replaced. Replacement of exterior ornamentation shall be accomplished
in this same manner. Fabrics and paints as to color and texture will be researched
to duplicate original installation.
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the constructtion of o Promenade and Exhibit on Arts bu ding. Theexisting Promenade and
provides a multi -purpose addition in which will be housed a fire stair tower serv-
ing the theater, work areas and public rest rooms to support theater activities,
a gathering place for visitors and a unique multi -media center. In severalinstanc-
es a single piece of equipment will be installed to serve jointly the restored thea-
ter, the Promenade and the Exhibition -Arts building in lieu of installing smaller
units to separately serve each facility. These installations will reflect a conser-
vation of space, a reduction of construction costs and a decrease in maintenance
expense. In such instances a pro -ration of the capacity of the equipment allo-
cated to the theater will be determined for cost control. In general approximate-
ly one-third of the rated capacity of all such equipment so installed will be thea-
ter related. All of the mechanical equipment in the theater that is.to be replaced
is either obsolete and/or unsafe in its present condition.
It is recognized and acknowledged that the plans and specifications relating to
the scope of work contemplated by this application are subject to review and
agreement by the Office of the Iowa State Historic Preservation Officer.
Included as an addendum to this documentation is a description of the theater as
provided by Andrew Craig Morrison. The purpose of including this material is to
provide the reviewing authorities a copy of the material which delineates in part
a guide used in developing the plan of restoration and to be followed in the imple-
mentation of actual restoration work.
— - GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
Theater I
Exterior
All masonry work is to be tuck -pointed, cleaned and sealed after damaged brick
and stonework are matched and replaced.
The sheet metal cornice with the integral dentils, block modillions and the high
paneled frieze directly above shall be cleaned and checked for damage. Where
necessary, they shall be replaced with new panels made from molds, forms or
patterns formed from the originals. All sheet metal work shall be back flashed
and primed. All joints shall be sealed to insure water -tightness.
The corner detail at the north face of the northeast corner shall duplicate the
treatment of the opposite front corner. This includes the stone base, brick
quoins above and below the stone water table and capped with the sheet metal
cornice and frieze and scrolled brackets.
The high paneled mansard treatment with the ceramic tile facing shall be re-
paired, cleaned and made watertight. The end bay at the north side with the met-
al cap shall duplicate the treatment of the south wall. The parapet between this
bay and the high loft area above the stage shall be raised sufficiently to allow
for adequate flashing at the roof line. A new cap shall be provided.
The existing roof shall be replaced and properly flashed and counter -flashed at
all openings , parapets and changes in roof level. The sub roof structure shall
be checked for water damage and replaced as required.
All dormers shall be examined for damages and leakage and replaced or repaired
as required. They shall be cleaned, reprimed and repainted with two coats of
enamel.
All block glass windows above the first floor shall be replaced with small panes
of glass in metal frame and muntins.
The two large first floor windows on both sides of the main entrance shall be re-
placed without the doors. The lower portion of these windows shall be a single
pane of glass and the upper transom area will be subdivided into small panes hav-
ing the character of the windows above the first floor.
The vertical Orpheum sign and supporting members together with the marquee shall
be removed, and replaced with a smaller but ornamental metal canopy of a scale
consistent with the treatment of the front facade. The new marquee shall be a
duplicate to the extent possible of the original installation as viewed from pho-
tographs and the architectural rendering of the total theater at the time of design.
The box office and applied facing covering the brick pilasters which house the
poster displays shall be removed. The existing entrance doors straddling the box
office shall be replaced with a series of doors across the total center bay as orig-
inally provided. A new box office shall be incorporated within an enlarged lobby.
Auditorium
Metal lath and plaster will be used on walls, ceilings, balcony railings and
other surfaces to patch existing damaged surfaces and ornamentations and other
areas damaged to accommodate new mechanical duct work, piping, electrical fix-
tures, conduits and alarm systems. The repair and replacement of decorative
plastering and sheet metal work will be duplicate of original work. All decora-
tive painting will be as requirecl to restore the auditorium to its original condi-
tion.
All painted walls and the ceiling will be examined for evidence of murals or other
soecial decorations. These will be evaluated for restoration on an individual
basis if any are so uncovered.
The existing fabric floor covering will be replaced with carpeting having a flame
spread rating of 75 or less. Balcony box curtains and upholstery material on
seats will be treated with flame retardant chemicals.
The abandoned orchestra pit will be restored in a modified and enlarged. form to
permit a greater diversity of use. The pit or platform will be hydraulically oper-
ated to serve as a sunken orchestra pit or raised to the level of the stage to serve
as a fore stage or an extension of the stage to accommodate a full complement of
a symphony orchestra. This will require the removal of three rows of auditorium
seating.
A -number of the present house lights will be replaced with fixtures as originally
installed in the auditorium.
Balconies
The upper balcony (Family Circle) will be reactivated by removing the temporary
partition and all damaged items repaired and all surfaces refinished. A sprinkler
system will be installed in this area to compensate for the wood construction.
The existing stairway leading directly to the outside from the rear of this upper
balcony will have its enclosing walls remodeled to provide a two hour separation.
The doors leading into the stair tower shall be "B" label. At the rear of the main
balcony (Dress Circle) behind the projection room, a vestibule will be provided
to lead into the stair tower for egress from this level.
Exits will be provided along the north wall at each balcony level through new
wall openings equipped with "A" label doors leading to horizontal exits that
in turn lead to a stair tower that exits directly to the outside.
Approved panic hardware will be installed on the existing exit doors at the south
side of the building. The fire escapes on the south wall will be placed in oper-
able condition.
All seating will be refurbished and the fabric duplicated from the original instal-
lation and treated with flame retardant chemicals.
Guard rails protecting termination of descending stairs in the upper balcony will
be installed not less than 36 inches above the floor level. Seat cushions or
backs will be provided for the high back bench seating located in this balcony
area..
Motion Picture Projection Room'
The projection room will be reconstructed and enlarged to include the installa-
tion of sanitary facilities and space for stage lighting equipment. '
Stage
The grid'irons, fly galleries and pin rails will be constructed of noncombustible
materials designed to support not less than 75 pounds per square foot. The
proscenium wall separating the auditorium and stage will be of two hour noncom-
bustible construction. A portion of the stage floor in this area will also be re-
placed with noncombustible material. The openings in the proscenium wall and
stage will be protected by a fire assembly curtain with a one and a half hour
fire resistive rating. The main proscenium opening will be provided with a self -
closing fire resistive curtain.
The stage will be equipped with a ventilator operated from the stage floor by
hand. The ventilator will also be operable by fusible links or by an automatic
heat and/or smoke activated device.
The stage will be provided with a fire control station with the following equipment.
Telltale lights
Sprinkler system valve indicators
Public address system
Alarm system which will not sound an alarm audible in the audience
or seating portion of the theater
The motion picture screen will be rehung on a lightweight metal frame designed
to be lifted back and up to permit the use of the total stage for other activities.
The entire stage area will be sprinkled.
Lobby
The existing concession stand walls, box office and walls of shop areas will
be removed and metal lath and plaster will be used to patch existing surfaces
and ornamentation. A new box officewill be installed in this enlarged lobby.
The present carpeting will be replaced with material having an approved flame
spread rating. Existing doors and frames will be restored to their original con-
dition. The wood partition in the mezzanine arch overlooking the lobby will be
removed and the arch restored as originally constructed.
Dressing Room Area
The dressing room area will be remodeled and rebuilt for contemporary use by
replacing existing partitions -and sanitary facilities. The exterior of the existing
stairway to the stage area will be rebuilt and enclosed with a "B" label door, and
a second exit with an "A" label door will be installed through the north wall into
a stair hall located in the lowe'r level of the Promenade. The boiler room will be
isolated from the dressing room area with two hour minimum construction. The
accessibility to the existing prompter's box will be improved.
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An approved sprinkling system will be installed throughout the total basement
area including the front basement space utilized for miscellaneous storage.
Electrical System
The existing obsolete single phase service presently serving the theater will be
replaced by a new 480/277 volt 100 ampere service for the restored theater, the
Promenade and the new Exhibition -Arts Center.
The present rigid conduit runs are suitable for rewiring with modern insulated
wire to replace the rubber -covered cable which is badly aged. Approximately
one-third of the new electrical service is attributable to the theater.
A 50 kilowatt natural gas generator will be installed to provide emergency light-
ing, and'a separate exit lighting service will be installed to meet specific life
safety requirements. Approximately one-third of this generator is also attribut-
able to theater use.
The stage switchboard will be upgraded.
Heating System
A 150 horsepower low pressure zoned controlled, two pipe steam system will be
installed in the lower level of the Promenade to replace the present obsolete and
aged cast iron sectional boiler. The new boiler will be gas -oil dual fuel fired,
with an'eight or ten thousand gallon underground oil storage tank to be placed in
the service road located at the rear of the theater. The present piping evidencing
leakage and numerous repairs will be replaced. It is estimated that the equiva-
lent of a 40 horsepower boiler would be required for theater use.
Air Conditioning System
Air conditioning will be provided by use of roof -mounted air handling units or a
60 ton central chiller using the existing well for cooling to replace the present
air handling system comprised of a well water cooling coil, a 100% outdoor air
intake, a bank of filters and a forward curved fan. The present fiber board duct
work will be replaced with fire resistive material.
Both the well equipment and the well appear to be in satisfactory condition with
an adequate flow of water.
Plumbing
All plumbing fixtures will be replaced, and an enlarged public rest room will be
incorporated in the Promenade. The domestic hot water heater will be replaced
and water bubblers will be installed as required. All of the water supply piping
will be replaced.
Ventilation
Ventilation will be provided by a 50 kilowatt generator to be located in a fire-
proof structure in the adjoining Promenade. It is estimated that a generator with
approximately one-third of this capacity would be required for theater use only.
Fire Exits
A Class A fire tower with approved exit doors to each theater level and termi-
nating on the ground floor on the exterior will be installed as a part of the Prom-
enade on the north side of the theater. The present south exterior fire escape
including exit doors on all levels on the south side of the theater will be placed
in operating condition. Two additional doors from the first floor of the theater
to the Promenade will be installed in the theater north wall. All present inter-
ior stairs will be retained and recarpeted with fire resistive material.
The placement of the new fire tower in the Promenade will be accomplished at
less cost than installing such a stair tower in the existing theater building.
More importantly, the theater interior will not be disturbed for this purpose.
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ADDENDUM
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Description of the Orpheum Theatre
The Orpheum Theatre is a rectangular building which occupies the entire lot at
the northwest corner of Main and Fourth Streets. The principal facade, facing
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 con-
tain metal and glass storefronts set within low segmental arches of yellow brick
treated as ashlar voussoirs. The central bay originally contained a series of en-
trance 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.
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 central arch
this feature supports a series of four ornamental metal light standards. 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 up-
ward to the cornice.
The third story contains a stone -framed square window in each outer bav 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 mo-
dillions. 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
paneled 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 cor-
ner cartouches.
The south (Fourth Street) elevation is of lesser architectural character, constructed
of red brick with ornamental banding of yellow brick and limestone. The remain-
ing 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 partially
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 fasciae are particularly 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 theatre balcony and the upper level as a family circle with separate
street entrance and high-backed wooden benches.
The theatre contains a full working stage and originally had an orchestra pit. The
total seating capacity is close to 1000 persons.
Source: Andrew Craig Morrison, September 26, 1972
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APPLICATION FOR A
HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT-IN-AID
United States Department Of The Interior
National Park Service
Office Of Archeology And Historic Preservation
National Register Of Historic Places
Washington, D. C. 20240
Through
State Historic Preservation Officer
State Of Iowa
Submitted by
FIVE FLAGS CENTER FUND
256 West Tenth Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
July - 1973
FIVE FLAGS CENTER FUND
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Wayne A. Norman, General Chairman
Robert J. Dyer, Vice Chairman.
William Woodward, Secretary -Treasurer
George A. Freund
Robert L. Myers
Donald B. Grau
Robert A. Runde
Frank T. Hardie
Laverne J. Schiltz
King G. Herr
Richard J. Slattery
Mrs. F. Benjamin Merritt
Gent M. Wittenberg
ARCHITECTS and ENGINEERS
Cullen-Schiltz & Associates - Dubuque, Iowa
Bowen & Kanazawa - Madison, Wisconsin
MULTI -MEDIA CONSULTANT
Audio Visual Presentations - Des Moines, Iowa
256 West Tenth Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
319-582-7224
FIVE FLAGS CENTER
CONTENTS
Foreward
Five Flags Center Fact Sheet
Part I - Narrative Description of Project
Organization and Purpose - - - - -
- 1
Recognition for Bicentennial Purposes - -
- 3
Historic Significance - The Year 1760 - -
- 4
Historic Significance - Theater and Site - -
- 4
Location - - - - - - - - -
- 5
Acquisition - - - - - -. - - -
- 7
Relocation - - - - - - - - -
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Development in General - - - - - -
- 8
Orpheum Theatre - - - - - - -
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Promenade - - - - - - - - -
- 12
Exhibition -Arts Building - - - - - -
- 13
Audio -Visual Center - - - - - - -
- 14
Off -Street Parking Facility - - - - -
- 15
Other Costs - - - - - - - -
- 16
Five Flags Sculpture Competition - - -
- 17
Part II - Cost Estimate
Theater - Exterior Work
Theater - Interior Work
Special Stage Equipment
Promenade Addition (30 x114)
Off -Street Parking Facility
Acquisition
Other Costs
Summary and Sharing of Cost
Special Code Requirements
Part I - Multi -Media (Audio -Visual) Center
Narrative Summary
Cost Summary
Personnel
Part IV - Five Flags Sculpture Competition
Competition Announcement
Part V - Historical Data
Telegraph -Herald News Clipping
Chronological Listing of Historical Dates
Statement by William f. Petersen, Superintendent Emeritus
State Historical Society of Iowa
Script from Audio Portion of Prototype Multi -Media
Presentation
Part VI - Maps, Photographs, Sketches
Plat Map
Block Map
Illustrative Site Plan of Five Flags Center
Illustrative Front Elevation of Five Flags Center
Description of Majestic Theater in 1911
Proposed Front Exterior Facade Restoration of Theater
Adaptation of Orpheum Stage
Architectural Rendering of the Orpheum Theatre
Exterior Photographs of Orpheum Theatre
Interior Photographs of Orpheum Theatre
Layout of Theater Interior
Part VII - Supporting Papers
Letters of Endorsement
Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
Dubuque County Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission
City of Dubuque - Resolution No. 51-73
Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce
Five Flags Center Fund
Representative Letters from public and private agencies;
service, fraternal and civicorganizations; professional
organizations and institutions of higher education
Articles of Incorporation - Five Flags Center Fund
Letter of Determination - Internal Revenue Service
Entries in the National Register - Orpheum Theatre and Site
Merit Award - The American Society of Landscape Architects
Municipal Landscape Award - American Association of
Nurserymen, Inc.
.FIVE FLAGS CENTER PROJECT
FORWARD
This submission represents the application of the Five Flags Center Fund for
financial and technical assistance to restore, reconstruct and to make other-
wise suitable for contemporary use a significant theater located in the City of
Dubuque, Iowa.
For many years Dubuque has had a great need for a Civic Center to serve the
cultural, recreational, entertainment and convention requirements of the city
and the surrounding area. The realization of having such a facility was recog-
nized in 1970 when the historically significant Orpheum Theatre and an adja-
cent area became available through a downtown urban renewal project. It was
recognized that the theater in itself would not provide a community -wide facil-
ity of adequate size to accommodate all of the projected uses. It was further
recognized that funds to restore 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 adja-
cent to the theater would be acceptable to the community, and that such a to-
tal project would appeal to the greatest number of people who would contrib-
ute to such an undertaking.
An Exhibition Hail-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
restored theater into a total project, Real Estate Research Corporation of Chi-
cago 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 reports was
1. That the Dubuque area needed a Civic Center,
2. That the Orpheum Theatre and adjacent area would be an excellent 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 concur-
rence of the City Council of the City of Dubuque to proceed with the project,
and the Fund is now actively soliciting financia' support from private sources
and through grant applications filed with approp -iate public and private agencies.
.It became evident during the data collection and historic research phase of
the project 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 apparently the only Iowa area of involvement with the Amer-
ican 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 con-
tinuously house a theater, opera house, vaudeville house and/or public enter-
tainment house. We would invite a reading of the narration contained in Part V
of this application for a better description of this historical data.
This information coupled with the knowledge that there will be widespread cel-
ebration 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 develop the Five Flags Center Project in observance and commem-
oration of this great event. The total project was expanded to include an au-
dio-visual center for inclusion within the new Exhibition -Arts Building for the
showing of a special multi -media presentation during 1976. In addition an
open sculpture competition was developed and dedicated to the bicentennial
with an announced theme to capture the spirit of our nation's heritage and its
historic perspective as it relates to Dubuqueland.
This application is organized into seven parts. Part I provides a narrative de-
scription of the Five Flags Center Project with particular emphasis on the thea-
ter and those related facilities necessary to realize maximum utilization and
exposure of the restored facility.
Part II represents the total cost estimate of the theater and related facilities
applicable to the matching grant requested.
Part III provides a narrative summary and cost estimate of the special audio-
visual center to be incorporated into the new Exhibition -Arts Building of the
Five Flags Center Project.
Part IV provides the details of the open competition to secure a suitable piece
of sculpture to complement the Five Flags Center Project.
Part V provides a script of the audio portion of a prototype of the presentation
to be provided within the audio-visual center. The narration is an important
portion of this application as it describes in vivid terms the Five Flags Center
Story and its relationship to the bicentennial celebration.
Part VI provides various illustrative materials, photographs and maps.
Part VII represents various supporting documents, many of which are referred
to in the application.
This introductory portion of the application includes a Fact Sheet which pre-
sents the Five Flags Center Project in capsule form. The significance of the
project lies in its totalness, and the implementation of the various segments
of the project are essential to attain the goal of the Five Flags Center Fund.
"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, recrea-
tional, entertainment, educational and business needs and require-
ments 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 comprises
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 exhibition -arts build-
ing to accommodate 100 to 200 persons; and
5. An off-street parking facility together with other appropriate site improve-
ments.
Significance of Name
Five F tags 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 o' France
2. Royal Flag of .,pain
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 fromthe 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.. Theater and 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-
j ect.
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, Jniversity 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 Register and 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 are sponsoring 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.
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 follbwing agencies.
A. $1 , 000. 00 matching grant from the Iowa Arts Council through the
Nationa! 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 part:al payment of the Five Flags
Center architectural fees.
FIVE FLAGS CENTER PROJECT
ORGANIZATION and PURPOSE
A group of concerned Dubuqueland residents joined together in early 1970 to
investigate the potential and acceptability of providing a community -wide pub-
lic use facility through a restored theater combined with a new exhibition -arts
building. This group later became 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 was 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 issuance of Certificate of Incorporation No. 52214
dated December 23, 1970, is included in Part VII of this application.
On January 21, 1972, the Internal Revenue Service granted the Five Flags Cen-
ter Fund tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal. Revenue Code.
This determination letter also stated 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" reflects the historic richness of Dubuqueland as seen
in the banners of the Fleur de Lis 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-
erci.sed 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 -Acts Building,
5. Construct an Audio -Visual Center within the Exhibition -Arts Building,
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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 nation, and 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.
The narrative script of a prototype multi -media presentation set forth in Part V
describes the role Dubuqueland played in the early days of the founding and
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 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 secured through and matched by this applica-
tion are to be utilized to
1. Restore the Orpheum,Theatre,
2. Construct the Promenade and the off-street parking facility for use with
the Orpheum Theatre, and
3. Purchase the appropriate real estate.
Other funds will be used to defray the cost of providing the balance of the total
project, although it cannot be stated often enough of the importance of the total
project to the overall concept and goal.
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 a>sure the National Park Service and other appropriate bodies
as to the maintenance and administration. of the assisted property.
The Five Flags CenterFund has obtained wideslread community endorsement
and support as evidenced by representative letters set forth in Part VII.
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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. This Chapter 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 his :ory 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 '76", "Festival USA" and "Horizons '76".
Five Flags Center Project
Special Multi -Media Presentation
Sculpture Competition
The application has been favorably endorsed by the Iowa American Revolution
Bicentennial Commission, and national designation as a Bicentennial Commu-
nity has been assured at an early date.
Part VII provides evidence of community -wide -recognition and support for the
Five Flags Center Project.
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, vauceville 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, as a music hall. The structure is
an original design and 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 locatec,
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 in 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.
1. 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 com-
mitment for development by 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 env: ronment that gives appropriate consideration and recogni-
tion to all essent'.al 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-15,
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 11,687.00
Off -Street Parking Area - 32,703 square feet _91,362,00
$ 147,789.00
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The prices established for the land are believed to be correct; however, they
are subject to an appraisal review. The land is yet to be surveyed, and the
consideration to be paid for the land 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 or provided for in this application.
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.
S. Production of a special multi -media presentation for the bicentennial
year.
6. Construction of off-street parking facilities.
This application is for financial and technical e ssistance for all of the above
items with the exception of the Exhibition -Arts Building and the production of
the special presentation.
The Five Flags Center Fund has recently retained the following firms to provide
overall architectural and engineering services.
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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 application 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 : toned -framed semicircular
arch. The entryway has been altered to incorperate an exterior box office and
a marquee of late- 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 seri6s 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 cartouches.
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 exp•ec ted to accommodate. Some itF:ms such as the old act annun-
ciator will be retained to connect the past to the future. The present dressinj
rooms are totally inadequate and deteriorated and will be replaced. The pres3nt
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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 moruments 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 •.)resently resident architect for Greenfield Village, has been
retained as Theat r 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 be:n retained both as the Dubugi e Theater Historian and as a
special consultant in refitting the stage and ho rse with appropriate equipment:.
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Estimated Cost
Acquisition
Theater
Site
Exterior Work
Interior Work
PROMENADE
$ 24,740.00
20,000.00
$ 44,740.00
91,809.00
360,502.00
$ 497,051.00
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 and 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.
Part II provides a cost estimate for this facility, and these costs are also sum-
marized below. Particular attention is invited to the 1% allocated for works of
art. This is considered to be a modest amount for this purpose; yet it is con-
sidered essentia, for self-improvement and to demonstrate the necessity of
works of art located in areas of high pedestrian. activity.
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Adapting to Theater
Basement
First Floor
Second Floor
Works of Art - 1%
Engineering and Inspection
Contingencies
Land - 3,870 square feet
Total
EXHIBITION - ARTS BUILDING
$ 3,950.00
84,309.00
78,847.00
63,410.00
$ 230,516.00
2,305.00
23,051.00
23,051.00
$ 278,923.00
11L687.00
$ 290,610.00
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;
1. Civic use.
2. Public and private trade shows.
3. Exhibitions.
4. Trade and professional association conventions.
5. Private shomings of manufacturing industries.
6. Catered ban;uets.
7. Large meetii gs.
The Exhibition-A-ts Building provides the facil'. ty to house functions and space
for activities no! considered suitable for the restored Orpheum Theatre. Included
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in the lower (basement) level will be the Audio -Visual Auditorium described in
detail elsewhere in this application.
The design of this building will harrhonize, but will not detract from the restored
Orpheum Theatre which is to be the prominent structure in the Five Flags Center.
The cost for the Exhibition -Arts Building is not contained in this application,
and the description of the structure and its anticipated usage in this document
provides the background to fully appreciate the concept of the Five Flags Center.
Funds for the Exhibition -Arts Building will be separately solicited and otherwise
made available from other sources.
AUDIO-VISUAL CENTER
An audio-visual center will be constructed on the lower level within the new
Exhibition -Arts Building. None of the costs attributable to this center are in-
cluded in this application, and the description of this special facility is includ-
ed to demonstrate the completeness and uniqueness of the Five Flags Center.
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
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 tD the bicentennial celebration.
Audio Visual Presentations, a division of the D3s Moines Register and Tribunr;
has been retained as principal consultants to design the auditorium, select
the equipment and to produce the presentation. They have in turn retained
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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 Geroux 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.
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 from 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 el �ment to the restored Orpheum
Theatre to facilitate public viewing of the thezzter and to examine the variety
of materials and exhibits on display in the multi -level Promenade.
is
A cost breakdown of this facility is contained in Part II and is summarized
as follows.
Improvements
Land Cost
OTHER COSTS
$ 60,195.00
91,362.00
$ 151,557.00
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.
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 -explanztory.
Administrative Overhead $ 5,000.00
Publications 2,500.00
Legal Fees 5,000.00 "
Insurance 5,000.00
Project Signs 1,000.00
Special Consultants 15,000.00
$ 33, 500. 00
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FIVE FLAGS SCULPTURE COMPETITION
The City of Dubuque and the Dubuque Art Association are sponsoring an open
competition 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 a full description of the competition as it was announced to
potential competitors. This announcement was mailed to all public and private
art galleries, art schools and known artists. Over 1,000 announcements have
been mailed to date.
A cash award of $1 , 000. 00 for. the winning design has been provided by the Na-
tional 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 Development as a project expenditure of the Downtown Urban Renewal
Project, Iowa R-15.
Two of the three judges to select the winning piece 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 will assure selection of a distinctive item that will relate to the total
environment in which it will be placed. The third judge will be a director of a
recognized art gallery and will provide the expertise to assure that the winning
design represents a quality piece of art worthy of recognition.
The Five Flags Sculpture Competition is dedicated to the occasion of the bicen-
tennial year and is designed to complement and accommodate the Five Flags
Center and its overall relationship to the bicentennial celebration.
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FIVE FLAGS CENTER PROJECT
COST ESTIMATE
Theater - Exterior Work
South Elevation
Tuckpoint
Install fire doors
Re -anchor fire escapes
Repaint
East Elevation
Tuckpoint
Replace glass block windows
Remove sign and marquee
Install reconstructed marquee
Replace metal cornice
Repair mansard
Repaint
North Elevation
Tuckpoint
Replace one course of brick
Cut down wall to lower roof
.Install stone coping
Repaint
est Elevation
Tuckpoint
Replace portion of masonry face
Extend eave line
Repaint
Roof
Tuckpoint
Reroof and reflash
Replace ventilator
Engineering and Inspection - 10%
Contingency - 100/,
Total Exterior Cost
$ 12,000.00
21,700.00
15,210.00
9,297.00
18,300.00
$ 76,507.00
7,651.00
7L651.00
$ 91,809.00
ter - Interior Work
Hduse
Ceiling
Plaster repair and restoration
Install stage lights and catwalk
Paint (including walls) $ 45,000.00
Balcony Face
Plaster repair and restoration
Paint
Balcony box curtains
Walls
Plaster repair
Decorative painting
Repair and paint walls -
lobby and toilets
Repair and paint ceilings and
walls of accessory spaces
Floor
Carpet
Seal concrete
Seating
Reupholster gallery seats
Sub -Total
Mechanical Work
Heating and air conditioning
Electrical - house lights,
control conduits
Sub -Total
Stage
Basement
R:build dressing rooms
Ceiling and light fixtures
Asbestos tile floor
Rebuild toilet facilities
Repair and paint walls
5,500.00
9,000.00
42,300.00
$ 101,800.00
$ 85,500.00
$ 85,500.00
$ 8,610.00
Main Stage and Fly Space
Refit theater screen
Floor repairs
Refit movie screen
Stage lighting
Counter -weight system
Portable stage extension
and riser
Remove two rows of seating
Re-anchorladders
Rebuild orchestra pit 59,508.00
$ 68,118.00
Soecial Code Requirements
Sprinkling system - Back stage
New fire curtain
Smoke and heat detection system
Emergency lighting
Revamp interior stairs $ 45,000.00
Sub -Total $ 45,000.00
Total $ 300,418.00
Engineering and Inspection - 10% 30,042.00
Contingencies - 10% 30,042.00
Total Interior Work $ 360, 502. 00
Special Stage Equipment
(Included in Main Stage and Fly Space)
Li� hating
Lekolites
Beamlights
Follow Spots
Floodlights
Borderlights
Cyclorama
Footlights $ 20,962.00
Dimmer Units
Control board
Patch panel
Stage Manager's override
Dimmer bank $ 10,000.00
Hardware
Floor and wall pockets
Plugs
Cable
Rope and rope clamps
Sandbags
Batten pipe
Stagebraces
Grid junction boxes
Grid batten cable
$ 6,100.00
Total $ 37,062.00
Promenade Addition (30 x 114)
Adapting to Theater
Connect lobby
Provide four double door access $ 3,950.00
Promenade Basement
Toilet facilities
Two stairways
Electrical
Heating and air conditioning
84,309.00
Elevator
Promenade First Floor
Canopies
Floor covering
Two stairs
Elevator
Heating and air conditioning
Electrical
Sidewalk cafe 78,847.00
Promenade Second 17100r
Floor covering
Two stairs
Elevator
Heating and Air conditioning
Electrical 63 , 410. 00
$ 230,516.00
Works of Art - 1% 2,305.00
Engineering and Inspection - 10% 23,051.00
Contingencies - 10% 23,051.00
Total Promenade Cost $ 278,923.00
off Street Parking Facility
Site Improvements
Hard surfacing
Concrete curb
Landscaping
Grading
Lighting $ 50 163.00
Sidewalks
$ 50,163.00
Engineering
and Inspection - 10% 5,016.00
Contingencies - 10% _5,o16_00
$ 60,195.00
Total
Acquisition
Theater
Site - 8,192 square feet $ 24,740.00
Structure
20,000.00
$ 44,740.00
Promenade - 3,870 square feet 11,687.00
Off -Street Parking Area - 32,703 square feet 91,362.00
Total Acquisition Cost $ 147,789.00
Note:
Land subject to survey
Value of theater is estimated
Land values subject to appraisal review
other r Costs
$ 5,000.00
verh=ad
Administrative Overhead
Office Expenses
Administration and
Contracts
Coordination
Printing
2,500.00
publications
Brochure
5,000.00
1Fees
Abstracts of Title
Contract Preparation and Review
5,000.00
.insurance
Property Damage and Public Liability
Fire and Extended Coverage
Project Signs 1,000.00
project Identification and Acknowledgment
15,000.00
Special Consultants
Historic
Acoustical
Stage Rigging
Lighting
Total Other Costs
$ 33,500.00
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SUMMARY
Theater - Exterior Work
Theater - Interior Work
Promenade Addition (30 x 114)
Off -Street Parking Facility
Acquisition
Other Costs
Theater
Construction
Acquisition
Promenade Addition (30 x 14)
Construction
Acquisition
Off -Street Parking Facility
Construction
Acquisition
Other Costs,
SHARING OF COST
$ 91,809.00
360 502.00
$ 452,311.00
278,923.00
60,195.00
147,789.00
33 500.00
$ 972,718.00
$ 452,311.00
44,740.00
$ 497,051.00
$ 278,923.00
11,687.00
$ 290,610.00
$ 60,195.00
91_ ,362.00
$ 151,557.00
$_33,500.00
$ 972,718.00
Federal $ 486,359.00
Local 486,359.00
$ 972,718.00
&tate of 3owa
Public �Afet♦y�
~epartment of L
LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISIONS
HIGHWAY PATROL
STATE FIRE MARSHAL
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Lucas State Office Building
RADIO COMMUNICATION
DES MOIN ES, IOWA 50319
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
NARCOTIC AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
P
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BEER AND LIQUOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION DIVISIONS
ROBERT D. RAY
DEALER LICENSING
GOVERNOR
DRIVER LICENSING
MICHAEL M. SELLERS
MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION
. COMMISSIONER
MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
CARROLL L. BIDLER
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
JOHN B. NIELSEN
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
March 27, 1973
Mr. Gent Wittenberg
Urban Renewal Department
10-B Fischer Building
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
In re: Orpheum Theatre- 4th and Main, Dubuque, Iowa
Dear Mr. Wittenberg:
I accompanied City Fire Marshal Bill Lynch on his inspection
of the Orpheum Theatre at 4th and Main, Dubuque, and fully
concur with his attached reply.
Y
u s sincerely,
fieynild J. Hentg s
Assistant State Fire Marshal
RJH:ar Dubuque
CC: William Lynch- City Fire Marshal, q
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TXE C I T Y OF
DUBUQUF ='
R. N. DUNPHY. CHIEF
Wm. LYNOX. FIRE MARSHAL �r Tee
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March 22, 1973
Mr. Gent Wittenberg
Urban Renewal Department
10-B Fischer Building
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
FIRE DEPARTMENT
BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION
91x ! IOWA STREETS
0 U B 0 0 0 E. 1 0 W A S 2 0 0 1
RE: Fire Inspection at Orpheum Theatre, 4th & Main, Dubuque
Dear Mr. Wittenberg:
A recent fire inspection of the Orpheum Theatre disclosed the
discrepancies listed on the attached sheets. To have the
theatre come to normal code requirements, the recommendations
listed on the attached sheet are suggested.
Very truly yours
Ld.,s�/
W. J. ynch
Fire Marshal
WJL:if
Attach. 2
Mr. Gent Wittenberg
Urban Renewal Dept.
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RE: Orpheum Theatre, 4th & Main, Dubuque
March 22, 1973
BASEMENT -.REAR
Under stage - improve staircase. ENCLOSE' Either install an additional exit
from this area or improve accessibility to existing prompter's door. This
door's fire fusing track and counter -balance should be corrected.
Install a complete approved sprinkler system in the basement area.
BASEMENT - FRONT
Sprinkler system - especially area of lateral pipe chase, both ends.
FIRST FLOOR
Stage: Proscenium curtain to be improved!
Recommend: This be in sections - top part to be permanent, built to remain
stationary. Bottom section remain on same track to be fused and to cover
the bottom half of the proscenium opening, if fused.
Stage shall be provided with a fire control station located on adjoining stage
area. The fire control station shall have the following:
Telltale lights to indicate the operation of all emergency light and
power circuits.
Indicators to show that sprinkler system valves are open and system is
charged with water under pressure.
A public address system energized from normal and emergency light and
power sources.
An alarm system connected to the manager's office, dressing rooms, and
auxiliary stage spaces. It shall NOT sound an alarm audible in the
audience or seating portion of the theatre.
No workshop involving the use of combustible or flammable paint, liquids or
gases or their storage shall open directly upon the stage.
Recommend: Two (2) Class "A" fire escape towers to terminate on ground floor.
Exit only to outside of the building. These Class "A" towers to be accessible
from mezzanine, balcony, and if re -use or improved for occupancy, the area
formerly known as "the Gallery".
North wall of first floor to have installed two (2) additional exits: one
near front of main floor and one near, but in frost of foyer. Doors to open
to north.
Door to existing front basement to have a one -hour door.
Dimensions of class "A" Tower to be determinable from ultimate occupancy load
of mezzanine, balcony and gallery.
Mr. Gent Wittenberg _3- March 22, 1973
Urban Renewal Dept.
RE: -Orpheum Theatre, 4th & Main, Dubuque
BALCONY
Class "A" tower to be accessible for this area and inside staircase to
remain.
Guards protecting termination of descending stairs to balcony, shall be
no less than 36" high.
PROJECTION ROOM
Shall comply with section 8-6114 of Life Safety Code 101.
GALLERY
If used or renovated, shall necessitate the same requirements as of the
balcony.
Recommend: Have existing Class "B" fire escape on south side of building
be repaired, operable and remain.
ELECTRICITY
Emergency lighting and exit light circuit.
FURNACE
Have this heating plant examined by a competent heating contractor as to
serviceability.
WIRING
Have this facility checked by a qualified licensed electrical contractor.
STAGE
The stage shall have a ventilator or ventilators in or above it, operable from.
the stage floor by hand and also opening by fusible links or approved automatic
heat actuated device, or heat and smoke actuated device, to give a free open-
ing equal to at least 5 per cent of the area of the floor of the stage or enclosed
platform.
Where mechanical ventilation is provided it shall be arranged that natural
ventilation, at least equal to the above, will be available. Make-up air for
mechanical ventilation shall not be obtained from the audience seating area.
FIVE FLAGS CENTER
MULTI -MEDIA CENTER
NARRATIVE SUMMARY
The Five Flags presentation will be an environmental experience to visitors of the
center. This 45-minute presentation will lead the audience through the early
history of the Upper Mississippi Valley. It will take them through the explorations
of Marquette and Joliet and bring them to the significant revolutionary war battle
at the lead mines of Dubuque. Students will learn of the exploits of Jean Marie
Cardinal who warned St. Louis of the impending British attack. The ultimate defeat
of the British at St. Louis established the western border of the United States at
the Mississippi. The presentation of the colorful history of Dubuque will continue
through the 19th century when the cultural center of the Upper Midwest had 20
legitimate theaters in operation. This multi -projector presentation will convey to
the audience the experience of participating in history. The impact of a theater
built as an environmental experience will then be distributed to other parts of the
state of Iowa and surrounding areas through the means of "audio -visual -vans."
The story will be told to school groups in all parts of Iowa and adjacent areas of
Wisconsin and Illinois. It is planned that this extension of the project will be
accomplished subsequent to the bicentennial year 1976 at which time the multi-
media presentation will be run continuously in the Five Flags multi -media center.
Also, it is contemplated that a series of smaller slide presentations, containing
similar information, would be made available to the schools for use throughout
the state.
The above in capsule form describes the intent of creating within the total Five
Flags Center Project, a multi -media center composedof a self-contained auditor-
ium seating 150 persons with a complete sound system, a glass 1/2" lens screen -
wall 10 feet high and 75 feet long in five modules together with appropriate
scaffolding for rnou:�ting projectors, speakers and other items of equipment.
The rear screen proiection method will utilize the full width of the presentation
area, and is desigred to permit movement of the Asual image in a variety of
locations and directions. The equipment includes those items necessary to pro-
vide maximum utilization of a variety of still pictures dissolving with lap dissolves,
quick cuts, slow dissolves, integrated with motion pictures and a wide selection
of optical treatments to give various shapes to slides. Coupled with the sheer size
of the presentation area, will be the number of slides which can be shown individ-
ually and simultaneously and moved laterally and vertically as well as inside the
individual frame of each picture through use of slide dissolves and motion pictures.
The screen configuration and the equipment has been specifically selected and
placed to communicate to the viewer that he is a total part of the presentation sur-
rounded on all sides by the sights and sounds and the motion of both pictures and
image position. Great care has been exercised to develop an environment in which
the viewer is not distracted by viewing a great deal of apparatus or disturbed by
the noise of the functioning of equipment.
FIVE FLAGS CENTER.
MULTI -MEDIA CENTER
COST SUMMARY
1. Eauipment List
1 - MCI 24 channel Rec/Deck
2 - Bozak CMA-6-2S Stereo Pre -Amp @ $495.00
4 - Bozak CMA-1-120 Power Amp @ $375.00
5 - Bozak CM-109-18 Colm.Speakers @ $495.00
5 - Bozak CM-199-4 Bass Speakers @ $450.00
8 - Bozak CM-109-2 Ceiling Speakers @ $97. 50
4 - Input Pre -Amp Cards @ $18.00
500' Speaker Wire
18 - 3M Digi-Que Pro-9 @ $869.95
35 - Spindler Dynamic Dissolve @ $594.00
70-Ektagraphic AF-2 No Lens @ $202. 00
70 -Buhl 1.4" Lens @ $80.00
2 - Kodak AV-295 Marc 300 16 mm @ $1, 595.00
2 - Buhl Ecurp Lens @ $180
4 - 3M AV-21 Power Control @ $99. 95.
70 - Carousel Cables @ $8.00
20 - Recorder Connectors @ $10.00
35 - Pro-9 TO Dissolve Cords @ $11.00
Scaffolding
5 - LS 60/180 x 1/2 Hydur Finish
10' x 15', 150 sq. ft. @ $6,157.00
Installation
Contingency
23,750.00
990.00
1,500.00
1,980.00
2,250.00
780.00
72.00
25.00
15,659.00
20,790.00
14,140.00
5,600.00
3,190.00
360.00
400.00
560.00
200.00
385.00
10,000.00
30,785.00
$ 133,416.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
$ 143,416.00
2. Presentation
Audio Visual Presentations, a
Division of The Des Moines Register
and Tribune
Midwest Travel Education Services, Inc.
Composite Talent of Ten People
Full Time for Six Months $ 100, 000. 00
Producer
Director
Copywriter
Technical Director
Programmer
Three Artists
Two Photographers
Materials - Film, Slide Mounts, etc. 10,000.00
Contingency 10,000.00
3. Auditorium
70' x 80' = 5,600 square feet
@ $40.00 (150 seats)
120,000.00
224,000.00
$ 487,416.00
Note:
The auditorium which houses the multi -media center is located within the
Five Flags Center Exhibition -Arts Building. The cost of the public rest
rooms, lobby, entrances and other physical facilities to be constructed
for use in conjunction with the multi -media center are not included in this
cost estimate.
DGET SUMMARY
Budget Category Cost
Equipment $ 143,416.00
Presentation 120, 000.00
Auditorium 224, 000. 00
$ 487,416.00
The budget proposal provides that Audio Visual Presentations, a division of The
Des Moines Register and Tribune, and their technical consultant, Midwest Visual
Education Services, Inc. of the same city, will produce under contract the entire
presentation in collaboration with the Multi -Media Committee of the Five Flags
Center Fund Advisory Council and Historian Consultants to the Five Flags Center
Fund Executive Committee. The space to be constructed and designated as the
auditorium within the Exhibition -Arts Building will be designed by the architectural
and engineering firms of Cullen-Schiltz & Associates of Dubuque, and Bowen &
Kanazawa of Madison, based upon criteria provided by the multi -media consultants.
The architectural and engineering firms are presently under contract in relationship
to the total Five Flags Center Project.
A Public Program Grant Application was submitted under date of May 31, 1973, to
the National Endowment for the Humanities for a matching grant for financial assis-
tance for the purchase of the equipment and for the production of the presentation
for the Multi -Media Center.
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Audio Visual Presentations
PERSONNEL
AUDIO VISUAL PRESENTATIONS
ASSIGNED TO FIVE FLAGS CENTER PROJECT
Audio Visual Pre:;entations E3 A Division of The C as Moines Register and Tribune
715 Locust StreetF3 Des Moines, Iowa 50304 -AArea Code 515/284-8282
Roy C. Follett, General Manager
Audio Visual Presentations
A Division of the Register and Tribune Company
A graduate of Iowa State University in Technical Journalism with additional education
at the National Broadcasting Company -Columbia University and Harvard Business School.
He was chosen outstanding advertising man of Iowa, 1964. He has been president of the
Des Moines Advertising Club and is currently president of the 1200-member International
Newspaper Promotion Association.
His working career includes public relations and advertising directorships with Cherry -
Burrell Corporation, Drake University and the Des Moines Register and Tribune Company.
His audio visual organization has won numerous awards for its multi -media presentations.
He lectures on multi -media presentations to college and professional groups. . .the most
recent to the National Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers at its national
conference in April and to the International Newspaper Promotion Association's inter-
national conference in May.
AVP (Audio Visual Presentations) has produced dozens of multi -media presentations for
such accounts as Meredith Publishing Company (publishers of Better Homes and Gardens),
Massey Ferguson, Winnebago Industries, the Iowa BiCentennial, numerous advertising
agencies and regional and local clients. The organization has traveled and shown
major presentations in the past two years in Montreal, New York, Orlando (Florida),
Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, and
many smaller communities. The most recent presentation "Wind Song" which utilized
a 74.' portable screen, 16 slide projectors, a 16 mm motion picture projector and numerous
programmers was shown this month at a national conference in San Diego.
Similar presentations can be seen in San Francisco (the San Francisco Experience) and
Disney World and in Montreal's former Expo '67 facility.
Robert L. Barkley Cumming School of Art, 1948-51.
Art Director
Parrot Film Studio, Des Moines, Iowa, 1951-53.
Artist -designer, movie trailer ads and animated
TV commercials.
Des Moines Register and Tribune Company, 1953-
present. Artist, designer, illustrator. Named
art director in 1962.
Awards: Silver Award for best TV commercial,
Art Directors Association of Iowa; Silver Award
for best newspaper campaign, Art Directors As-
sociation of Iowa; First place, Best Newspaper
Campaign, Des Moines Advertising Club; Best in
Midwest, best newspaper campaign, International
Newspaper Promotion Association.
Thomas L. Weinman Drake University, 1955-59. Bachelor of Fine Arts
Artist/Illustrator (Commercial Art). Delta Phi Delta art fraternity,
vice president.
KRNT-TV, Des Moines, Iowa, 1958-59, designer/
i lustrator.
Office Outfitters, Des Moines, Iowa, 1962-65.
Interior designer, dimensional layouts and perspective
drawings.
Iowa Emplo ment Securit Commission, Des Moines,
1965-70. Artist designer, educational materials.
Des Moines Register and Tribune Company, 1970-
present. Artist i ustrator, audio-visual presentations.
Frank R. Davenport Washington University, Art School, St. Louis, Missouri
Artist/Illustrator
Des Moines Register and Tribune Company, 1940-
present. Illustrator cartoonist.
Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940-present.
Illustrator cartoonist. Currently illustrating golf series
by Lee Trevino. Produced panel cartoon, "Open Season."
Special commissions: Izaak Walton League, t,ational
Wildlife Federation, Lewis and Clark Trail (trcil marker).
Dan Cambridge University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1966-70.
Programmer Bachelor of Arts. Major: Journalism. Phi Beta
Kappa.
Des Moines Register and Tribune Company, Des Moines,
owa, 1 0-present. udio-visua presentation script
writer and programmer. Coordinates scripting and
photography in multi -media presentations.
Larry V. Williams Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara,
Chief Photographer California, 1958-61. Degree: professional photo-
graphy. Major: Motion Picture Production/Cine-
matography. Minor: Illustrative Photography/
Color Printing.
Rex Fleming .Productions, Santa Barbara, California,
1961-62.
CrossWill Productions, Hollywood, California,
1962-64.
Ro Rogers Enterprises/Rexford Corporation,
Bever y H i Is, Ca iforn is .
Maitland Stewart Productions, Claremont, California,
1965-66.
Vihiene Productions, Studio City, California, 1966-68.
Mt. San Jacinto College, Gillman Hot Springs,
Ca ifornia, 1968-69. Head illustrator/photo technician.
Walla Walla Community College, Walla Walla,
Washington, 1969-71, Media production director.
Video Realities, Inc., Walla Walla, Washington,
1971-72, Director of Production/Vice President.
Walla Walla Union Bulletin, Walla Walla, Washington,
1972-73. Chief Photographer.
Des Moines Register and Tribune Company, Des Moines,
Iowa, 1973-present. Chief photographer, audio-
visual presentations.
Mary Rigg Whitehurst Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, 1969-70.
Photographer
Des Moines Register and Tribune Company, Des Moines,
Iowa, 1970-present. Photographer, studio and
location. Stulio set-up designer. Lab technician --
color processing, black -and -white printing, traisparency
duplicating.
Albert M. Rockwell Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, 1937-38, 1946-49
Director
KRNT and KRNT-TV, Des Moines, Iowa, 1948-69.
Air personality, radio, 1948-55. Music director,
1955-69. Operations manager, 1960-69.
Production manager, 1960-69.
Rapport Communications, Des Moines, Iowa, 1969.
General Manager.
Audio Visual Presentations, Des Moines, Iowa,
1970-present. Operations Manager.
Lecturer, Drake University; president, Mid -America
Chorale Corporation; Advisory Council, Department
of Adult Education, Des Moines Public Schools;
Consultant (advertising), Wesley Day and Co.,
Jacobs-Ambro Agency.
Steven L. Hug Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1964-68.
Technical Director Bachelor of Science (Telecommunicative Arts).
WOI-TV and WOI-FM, Ames, Iowa, 1966-68.
Television cameraman and radio announcer.
Iowa State University Film Production Unit,
Ames, Iowa, 1968. Editor, educational films.
KDIN-TV, Des Moines, 1968. Cinematographer -
editor, children's films.
Iowa State Conservation Commission, Des Moines,
Iowa, 1969. Cinematographer -editor, educational
films and public service announcements.
Des Moines Register and Tribune Company, 1969-present.
Cinematographer -editor -programmer, television pro-
ductions and audio-visual presentations.
John H . Schacht University of Colorado, 1958-61 . Bachelor of Arts.
Copywriter Majors: English Literature, History, Journalism.
Meredith Publishing Company, Des Moines, Iowa,
1961-68. Advertising and promotion copywriter.
Named Assistant Promotion and Publicity Manager
in 1966.
Des Moines Register and Tribune Company, Des Moines,
Iowa, 1968-pr:sent. Company publication editor,
advertising salts promotion supervisor, audio-visual
presentation script writer.
Wrote script for the -Iowa State Fair multi -media
presentation ""he Second Shot Heard 'Round the
World", used �o build public support for World Food
Expo proposed as part of Iowa's U.S. bicentennial.
FIVE FLAGS
SCULPTURE COMPETITION
DUBUQUE ART ASSOCIATION
AND CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
$1000 Prize for Outdoor
JUDGES' Charles Mosher, Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Ron Bowen, Bowen and Kanazawa, Madison, Wisconsin
CASH AWARD: $1000.00
A cash prize of $1,000.00 will be awarded
to the artist of the winning submission at
an award ceremony. The design, the mo-
quettes, sketches and photographs as well
as the finished piece of sculpture shall be-
come the exclusive property of the City of
Dubuque, for uses determined to be in the
best interest of the City.
ELIGIBILITY:
Each participant is required to submit a
maquette at a scale of 1" = 1'. An entry
label attached to each maquette shall in-
clude the name (professional as well as
legal), address and phone number of the
artist together with the title or name of the
entry.
Each participant shall also submit (1) a
written statement explaining his sub-
mittal; (2) a notarized affidavit that the
design is an original product of that artist,
and that it has not been accepted for use
elsewhere; (3) sketches of the piece at a
reasonable scale; and (4) not less than four
8" x 10" black and white glossy photo-
graphs suitable for reproduction. All photo-
graphs shall become the property of the
Dubuque Art Association and the City of
Dubuque, and they will not be returned. The
winner of the competition will be further
required to submit a second maquette at a
scale of Ya" — 1' showing as much detail
that is possible at this reduced scale.
Each participant is further required to sub-
mit in a separate, sealed envelope his firm
proposal and statement to enter into an
appropriate contract with the City of Du-
buque subject to the approval of the United
States Department of Housing and Urban
Development to fabricate and install in
place the piece represented by the mo-
quette, sketches and the photographs at a
total cost not to exceed $25,000 including
all transportation charges and expenses of
the artist.
ENTRY FORMS:
Pre -entry registration is required of all par-
ticipants. A form for this purpose is pro-
vided on the reverse side, and must be
received in the Office of Housing and Re-
development, Fischer Building, Dubuque,
Iowa, 52001, postmarked not later than
Friday, September 1, 1973.
LIABILITY:
The officers, employees and other persons
associated with the Dubuque Art Associa-
tion and the City of Dubuque will carefully
handle all entries, but they will not be re-
sponsible for any damage or loss to any
works. Submitting an entry implies agree-
ment with this condition, and all artists are
urged to adequately insure their own works.
SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES:
Maquettes may be delivered in person to
the Office of Housing and Redevelopment
of the City of Dubuque, Fischer Building,
Dubuque, Iowa, 52001, the week of Octo-
ber 15, 1973, between the hours of 8:00
A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday.
No entry will be accepted after 5:00 P.M.
on Friday, October 19. Works sent by mail,
express or otherwise must be sent postage
prepaid and will be accepted only at the risk
of the sender.
DISPLAY AND RETURN
OF ENTRIES:
All maquettes will be on display throughout
the month of November, and they must all
be moved during the weeks of December 3
and December 10 from the Office of
Housing and Redevelopment of the City of
Dubuque, Fischer Building, Dubuque, Iowa,
between the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 5:00
P.M. Monday through Friday. The Dubu-
que Art Association and the City of Dubu-
que shall not be responsible for any ma-
quettes not claimed by December 14, 1973.
Sculpture in Peclestrianway
ENTRIES DUE: October 19, 1973
The Dubuque Art Association and the City of Dubuque, Iowa, in cooperation with the Iowa
Arts Council are sponsoring on open sculpture competition. The sculpture will be placed in
an outdoor pedestrianway in an area of Downtown D,4Duque 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 general
area in which the sculpture will be located. This project includes the restoration of a his-
torically and architecturally significant theater joined by a new promenade with a new exhi-
bition -arts building. This total project is dedicated to the 200th Anniversary of the United
States of America to be observed in 1976.
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 nation. This spirit may reflect our nation'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.
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1. Geology
2. Glacial Period
3. Ago of Dinosaurs
4. Mammals of Iowa
5. Birds of Iowa
FRENCH PERIOD -- 1673-1762
6. Joliet and Marquette'-- 1673
7. Aco-Hennepin -- 1680
8. Nicholas Perrot -- Miami Indians
9. Delisle Map -- 1718
10. Dos Noyellos Expedition -- 1735
SPANISH PERIOD -- 1762-1803
11. Jonathan Carver -- 1766-68
12. Peter Pond -- 1773
13. Jean Marie Cardinal -- 1780
14. Dubuque - Fox Indians -- 1788
15. Dubuque Land Grant -- 1796
16. Tesson Land Grant -- 1799
17. Giard Land Grant -- 1800
AMERICAN PERIOD -- 1803-1833
18. Louisan Purchase--•9.803
19. Lewis & Clarke -- 1804-1806
20. Pike Expedition -- 1805-1806;
21. Fort Madison -- 1808-1813
22. Western Engineer -- 1819-1820
23. Steamboat Virginia -- 1823
24. Grand Council -- 1825
25. Black Hawk War -- 1832
26. Black Hawk Treaty -- 1832
27. White Tide Breaks -- 1833
Prepared by
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State Hiatorical Society of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA
IOWA CITY, IOWA
OFFICE Or TIIE SDPERINTENDE`IT
WILLUX J. PETERSEN
PREPARED BY WILLIAM J. PETERSEN, SUPERINTENDENT E?fMTUS, STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA
The capture of Vincennes by George Rogers Clark in 1779 was one of the most significant
American victories during the Revolutionary War. The British were well aware that Clark's
incredible victory would prove a valuable pawn to the Americans unless it could be offset by
a stunning reverse to the embattled colonists on the Western frontier. They accordingly
dispatched an expedition of British and their Indian allies from Prairie du Chien in the
spring of 1760 to capture St. Louis —then in the hands of the Spanish, who had been ceded
all the land west of the Mississippi at the close of the French and Indian Wars in 1762.
On the way down the Mississippi the British captured an armed Spanish barge at the
mouth of the Turkey River and then pounced on the diminutive lead mining settlement at
present-day Dubuque, whose lead doubtless had been reaching George Rogers Clark and possibly
even the soldiers under George Washington.
only one lead miner —Jean Marie-Cardina3----is known to have escaped. Cardinal paddled
feverishly down the Mississippi to St. Louis, reaching that straggling �unfpr-trading
R community,that.had been founded by Pierre dzxd�Li gueste in 176�� Warned of t e impending
British sneak attack, the citizens of St. Louis threw up breastworks around the town and
successfully beat off the British attack. During the Battle Jean Marie Cardinal lost his
life in the defense of St. Louis. Cardinal is the only man living in what's now Iowa who
may be said to have lost his life in the cause of American Independence.
The successful defense of St. Louis was heartwarming to all patriotic Americans.
Had it not been for Jear Marie Cardinal's warning the British and their Indian allies might
have successfully captured the sleepy little fur -trading entrepot. And had they done so,
the exploits of George Logers Clark might well have been in vain, the treaty of 1782 might
well have fixed the wes-,ern boundary of the forth -cooing American Republic along the Allegheni+
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THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOIVA
IowA CITY, IOWA
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
WILLIAM J. PETERSEN
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Mountains instead of the Mississippi, and Reuben Gold Thwaites would never have been
able to write his definitive book —How George Rogers Clark Won the Northwest.
Iowans can be proud of this obscure, unsung, courageous lead miner who was destined to
play such a dramatic role in American history. And just as the Federal Government has, in
its infinite wisdom, built a beautiful memorial to George Rogers Clark on the banks of the
Wabash at Vincennes, so some fitting memorial should be erected at Dubuque to commemorate
the exploits of Jean Marie Cardinal (who might well -be called the Paul Revere of the
Mississippi Frontier) and thus appropriately commemorate for Iowa and the entire Upper
Mississippi Valley the fact that repercussions of the Revolutionary War were actually felt on
the western banks of the mighty Mississippi. Since the exploits of Jean Marie Cardinal
are focussed on the Dubuque area it is altogether fitting and proper that a memorial to
the American Revolution BiCentennial beerected in the Key City of Iowa.
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William J. Petersen, Superintendent Bneritus
State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
DUBUQUE BICENTENNIAL
CENTER PRESENTATION
Final Script 1125173
Approved
They call him the Paul Revere of the
Mississippi . . . .
Like the other Paul Revere, he worked in metal.
He was a lead miner. His name was Jean
Marie Cardinal. The lead mines were on the
west bank of the Mississippi at the place where
Julien Dubuque was later to found the city that
bears his name -- a city that was to become
one of the great steamboat ports of Mississippi
commerce -- Dubuque, Iowa. . . .
The year was Seventeen Eighty -- the fourth
year of the American Revolution. Jean Marie
Cardinal and the Iowa lead mines were providing
precious bullets for the Kentucky riflemen
fighting under George Rogers Clark -- possibly
even for the soldiers under George Washington
who had survived the winter (it Valley Forge.
The British were gathering forces and supplies
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at Prairie du Chien for a surprise attack on
St. Louis, which, if successful, would threaten
he entire western frontier.
3efore moving south to St. Louis the British
and their Indian allies fought their first battle
on the Upper Mississippi at the Iowa lead mines, j
;apturing seventeen prisoners and fifty tons of
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lead ore. But Jean Marie Cardinal escaped.
tie began the day -and -night ride of the second
'aul Revere. In a birch -bark canoe from the
Iowa lead mines to St. Louis, four hundred
miles, Cardinal carried the warning of the
mpending British attack. The British were
lefeated at St. Louis and gave up their attempt
to hold the western boundary of the American
;olonies. Jean Marie Cardinal was killed in
`he battle at St. Louis. The treaty of
Seventeen Eighty-three might well have fixed
he western boundary of the United States
rlong the Alleghenies instead of at the
Mississippi, but for the warning of Jean
Varie Cardinal. . . .
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lean Marie Cardinal and the Iowa lead
mines play a significant part in the brilliant
>pening chapter of the history of the United
States. They are also part of a much older
history of exploration, discovery and settle-
nent that goes back three hundred years on
'he Upper Mississippi. To preserve this
unique heritage, we propose to make it a
ignificant part of the American Revolution
iicentennial. . . .
Ne propose a cultural and historical Center
for the Upper Mississippi valley, embodying
he development of our great heritage and
;ommemorating the Revolutionary battle at
the lead mines of Dubuque. . . .
The Center will house a most unusual
.heater. . .a theater with a multiple
screen, multiple -image, multi -media presen-
tation that will recreate the whole landscape
of the Upper Mississippi's pas- and the story
of the pioneers who gave it ife. In the
interest of understanding what it is we
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propose, a few pertinent facts about multi-
media presentations seem well advised --
simply because the equipment in this room
today cannot possibly demonstrate the true
impact of a full scale multi -media presentation.
The first and perhaps most important aspect
of multi -media presentations is -- sheer size.
It can be simply awe inspiring. The second
aspect is the motion of multiple images --
the experience of watching historic events
unfold in a series of rapidly changing bigger -
than -life images, each image creating a new
perspective for the viewer. And the third
aspect -- memorability. The feeling you
are there, surrounded on all sides by the
signts and sounds of history. . .
Jean Marie Cardinal and the history of the
lead mines. . .the spectacular sight of
seven hundred and fifty Brithh troops and
Indian warriors southward bound on the
Mississippi under the Union Jack of Great
Britain. . .these and hundreds of other
images from the past will be projected into
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the present in the panoramic proportions of
the Center's "total environment" theater. ,
the walls dissolve into a wilderness, then a
bluff overlooking the Mississippi. And, in
the distance, two canoes. Once carries a
French fur trader and the other a Jesuit
missionary. . .Joliet and Marquette in the
year Sixteen Seventy-three become the first
white men to see the broad waters of the
Upper Mississippi and sense the vastness of
America. We, too, see it for the first time
and sense some of the vastness. , , .
Across the historic landscape of the Upper
Mississippi also will walk some of the people
who were here in the beginning. . .Black
Hawk . . . Decorah. . . Peosta . . . Wi nnesh i ek
. .Keokuk. . _
Now the scene changes to early winter in
Seventy Six . ,
Sixty .one of the final scenes
Of the long French and Indian wars in which
England defeats France. Louis Lionard
Beaujeu-Villemond leads the last French
expedition down the Mississippi past the
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bluffs of present-day Dubuque. The Fleur
de Lis hangs sadly above the last remnants
of the once powerful French forces in
America -- four officers, two cadets, forty-
eight regulars and seventy-eight militia.
France departs from the Upper Mississippi
forever . . . .
The scenes constantly change, surrounding
the viewers with the sights and sounds of
mighty colonial powers struggling for possession
of the Upper Mississippi and the story of
how they eventually lost it to men like
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, George Rogers
Clark and Jean Marie Cardinal. . . .
The Center will also have an outstanding
exhibition hall -- twenty thousand square
feet. During the Bicentennial year, the
exhibition hall will house an historical
display of Mississippi memorobilia provided
by state historical societies and private
donors in all states borderinf the Upper
Mississippi . . . .
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One of Dubuque's oldest and most archi-
tecturally significant theaters, already a
National Historical Site, will be restored
and connected to the Center's exhibition
hall. On this site a theater has been in
continuous operation since Eighteen Forty,
longer than anywhere west of the Mississippi.
The theater has excellent acoustics and,
when restored, will seat an audience of
one thousand. Its stage will be spacious
enough to accommodate symphony, ballet
and opera. An early cultural center on
the Mississippi, Dubuque once boasted twenty
legitimate theaters in operation at one time.
A play will be commissioned for the Bicen-
tennial to commemorate Dubuque's brilliant
theater history -- and usher in a new era. . .
At the conclusion of the Bicentennial year,
the exhibition hall and two heaters will
serve the surrounding three -state area as
a permanent, regional center for the arts,
crafts, festivals, theater and a wide range
of cultural and entertainment events.
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We envision a permanent Center for the
Upper Mississippi that goes to the very
heart of the basic principle for which the
Revolution was fought:
FREEDOM
. . .to explore
. . .to discover new horizons
. . .to develop
. . .to participate
After the Bicentennial year, we envision a
Center that will give form and expression
to a new Spirit of Seventy-six -- restless,
inquisitive, active. The Center's activities
will take many forms -- an art gallery
housing a permanent collection. . .other
galleries for touring collections and craft
exhibits. . .modular meeting rooms. . .
audio visual presentations portraying the
history of art, music, theater. . .studios
and workshops for future generations of
pioneers and explorers on the Upper
Mississippi . . . .
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We propose a name.
A name symbolic of the heritage.
A heritage that glows in the colors
emblazoned on banners that have flown over
Dubuque and the Upper Mississippi valley:
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.
We propose to name the Center --
FIVE FLAGS. . . .
Nineteen Seventy-six will be a truly
memorable year for visitors to Dubuque and
the Bicentennial Center. Dubuque and the
Upper Mississippi valley surrounding Dubuque
are filled with milestones or the road from
yesterday to tomorrow. . .g)thic cathedrals
and humble log cabins. . .o river harbour
than once was described by >teamboai pilots
as the best harbour on the Upper Mississippi. .
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the historic shot tower -- molten lead was
dropped one hundred and fifty feet into
water, thus forming the round shot used
by Union soldiers in the Civil War. .
restored Victorian homes, picturesque churches
and distinctive public buildings that have been
subjects for many artists. . .and the shortest
cog railroad in the
world. The
past
is just
around the corner in
Dubuque.
. .a
regional
city that has. not allowed progress to destroy
sites and buildings that recall our national
heritage and early statehood. . . .
The tomb of Julien Dubuque overlooks a
vast panorama of the Mississippi which today
looks much the way it looked when explorers,
missionaries, fur traders, soldiers and miners
used the river as a highway for empire all
the way from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
Thirteen hundred acres surrounding Julien
Dubuque's tomb, considered to be one of
the most beautiful sites on the Mississippi,
are available for a possible Bicentennial
National Park. . . .
We are ready to begin. . . .
The Center has been the subject of careful
study and planning by the Five Flags
council which represents a broad cross
section of the community -- colleges,
business, labor, government, the arts and
historical societies. We are of one mind:
to build a Bicentennial Center worthy of
the proud heritage of the upper Mississippi
valley. . .the faculty and students of
Dubuque's three colleges. The Dubuque
symphony orchestra. . .all of the people
and organizations in our part of the country
who have found a way to express their
passion for freedom will make significant
contributions to the Bicentennial celebration
on the Upper Mississippi. . . .
The people of Dubuque have pledged over
seven hundred thousand dollars in private
funds toward the construction of the Center,
and they are anxious to begin building.
The Iowa Bicentennial Commission has
enthusiastically endorsed tl•e Center. . . .
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We are ready to begin -- now.
All we need is the endorsement of the
National Bicentennial Commission and the
funds to finish the Center by Nineteen
Seventy-six. . . .
So let us begin.
Where history began
and the Revolution was fought
on the Upper Mississippi,
under Five Flags.
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Majestic Theatre
On the evening of November 16,
igio, the initial performance was given
at the New Majestic Theater. The
opening of this beautiful playhouse
proved an innovation to Dubuque
theater goers as well as a source of
pride to the city and a satisfaction to
the owner and manager, Mr. Jake
Rosenthal. The newly built structure
stands upon the site of the old Bijou,
which was destroyed by fire less than
thirtet it months ago. The architects and
cnntractors who had the building in
chargf have produced the most beau-
tiful and safest theater in Iowa at a
cost c f $9o,000. Architecturally, the
Majestic is replica of a theater in
Paris, long considered one of the
handsomest in the French capital. Ac-
cording to the statement of experts
who have examined the building, it is
as fire -proof in every respect as pos-
sible. The Majestic Theater is affi-
liated with the Keith and Proctor cir-
cuits in the east and the Orpheum and
the Kohl and Castle circuits in the
west ,and as these cover the entire Ad-
vanced Vaudeville field from New
York to San Francisco, the manage.
ment has first and exclusive call on
the services of all leading stars and
specialties. Patrons may therefore be'�
assured that they will enjoy the best
of attrac ions in the world of varie-
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November 29, 1972
Mr. Wayne Norman, Chairman
Five Flags over Dubuque
Five Flags Civic Center
256 West Fifth
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
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presentationlat ourmlast n
I want to thank you for
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.
it is -hoped
As the national Bicentennial program develops,
that some sources for funding will become available so that we
can be of real help to you.
RWD:KRF:MG:mir
Corda.ally yours,
✓;,"?,P/-,�C�
Robert W. Dillon
Chayirman
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Kenneth R. Fulk
Secretary
KENT HILLERY, O. D.
R. L. MYERS. 0. D. OPTORtTRYCENTtR _ 805 CENTRAL AVENUE / DUBUQUE. IOWA 52001 / 568-2093
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February 23, 1973
Mr. Wayne Norman
Chairman
Dubuque Five Flags Civic Center
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Dear Mr. Norman:
The Dubuque County Chapter of the
Revolution Bicentennial Commission
endorses the selection of the Five
Civic Center for the project of the
Bicentennial Commission -
Cordially,
Robert L. Myers, O. D.
Chairman
Dubuque County Chapter
American
heartly
Flags
Dubuque
L
RESOLUTION NO.51-73.
DESIGNATING THE 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-�_ident
in the form of pledges and contributions from indivi(luals, business firms, private
organizations and othars towards the cost of the total project and by written and :)ral
communications from a cross-section of private and public groups; now therefore
�• 4 BE IT RESOLVED BY TIIE COUNCIL OF THE 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 Five 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'a 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 City.
Passed, approved and adopted this
CI'lY CLERK
DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
1 607 FISCHER BUILDING
DUBUOUF, IOWA 52001
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PHONE 319 583-8I16
( February 23, 1973
ACCREDITED
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
LwIMBIn O �f
F.
Dr. Robert L. Myers, County Chairman
Dubuque County American Revolution
Bi-Centennial Commission
805 Central
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
(
Dear Bob,
In -behalf the Dubuque fAmerican RevolutionhBibCentennialeCommissiona
(`
forathenefforts
being expended to have Dubuque, and
specifically the Five Flags Civic
Center, named as an official site for the
F
observance. It is our organ-
ization's conviction, motioned unanimously, that the
State and National
Commissions will be hard pressed to find
an area and/or concept that
better relates to the objectives of this
national observance.
Dubuque is unique among Mid -American cities in that its history is
closely related
so
yet employs the newest
ceptsineducation, treligion,1rcommunity nation ndevelopment,
�l
ecumenism, etcd . A
blending of the new and the old is
evident everywhere.
We believe that the unsettled times of the
r
recent past reflect a need
and/or a desire of American citizens to become
more rooted in their
national heritage. Thus the concept of a multi -media historical
educational
and
theater to be featured in the Five Flags Civic Center dur-
ing the national observance
and to remain as an ongoing function for
years to come, would compliment this
national citizen desire and the
objectives of the observance.
Very truly you:^s,
Leo A. McCarthy, AOfeCommerce
Dubuque Area Clamber
LAM:msw
LAIAS
Civic CENTER
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February 21, 1973
Dr, Robert L. Myers
Dubuque County Chairman
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Dear Dr, Myers:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Robert J. Dycr .
George A. Freund
Donald B. Grru
Frank T. Har We
Mrs. F. Benjamin Mcrntt
W.'ne A. Norman
Robert W. Runde
LoVernc J. Schatz
Richard 1. Slnitery
Gent M. Wittenberg
Williom Woodward
The Five Flags American Revolution Bicentennial Experience (Multi Media Presen-
tation) has vividly portrayed the heroic ride of Jean Marie Cardinal, the Paul
Revere of the Upper Mississippi, and presented the story of Dubuque lead mines,
involvement in the American Revolutionary War.
The citizens of Dubuque have demonstrated their commitment by pledging over
$700,000, in private funds to construct a center with theater, exhibition hall,
promenade and multi media facility in time to be a major focal point in the
celebration of the American Revolution Bicentennial in 1976.
The Five Flags Executive Committee, on September 8, 1972, unanimously pledged
full cooperation with the Iowa ARBC and the National ARBC to.have the Center
completed for the Bicentennial year and architects and restoration consultants
have been retained. A total of $2,000,000, will be required to complete the
center including the multi media facility.
Most importantly, local and state governments, colleges, area schools, industry,
labor, civic groups and citizens of Dubuque have pledged their time and talents
to provide an outstanding celebration of the American Revolution Bicentennial
for all of Mid America,
Sincerely,
Wayne NoQ fn �_ �
Chairman
Five Flags Executive Committee
256 West Tenth • Dubuque, Iowa 52D'01 • 582-7224
DUBUQUE INDUSTRIAL BUREAU
601 EISCMER BUILDING - DUBUQUE, IOWA 52001 - 3 1 9 5 8 8 - 1 4 9 3
January 15, 1973
Dr. Robert Myers
Dubuque County Chairman
AMERICAN REVOLUTION BI-CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE
Box 1193
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Dear Dr. Myers:
We understand that your committee is investigating the possi-
bility of having Dubuque declared an American Revolution Bi-
Centennial City.
From the standpoint of community involvement, we urge that the
Five Flags Civic Auditorium be considered as a focal point in
the 1976 celebration, and that your Committee work with the
current Five Flags Council in setting up goals and objectives
for this accomplishment.
Certainly, Dubuque and the Tri-State Area enjoy the historical
significance attached to events before, during and after the
period in American History which we plan to commemorate.
Aiso, I think we can count on our citizens to carry out the
theme and spirit of the national program in the manner hoped
for by the National Committee. As far as the Industrial Bureau
is concerned, you can count on our support and cooperation in
the forth coming months, and we convey our best wishes for a
very rewarding project.
Cordially,
DUBUQUE INDUSTRIAL BUREAU
IF
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Robert F. Dorothy
MANAGER
REDfsh
MEMBER: AMERICAN INDL STRIAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 0 GREAT LAI ES STATES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCP.
UBUQUE SU
NTY AIR ASSOCIATION
OFFICE LOCATED AT MAIN 8, SHIELDS STREET
POST OFFICE BOX 194; DUBUQUE, IOWA 52001
(319) 588.1406
HONORARY PRESIDENT
H. W. Wahlert
PRESIDENT
George A. Forby
VICE PRESIDENTS
Ken Mozena
Tom Reilly February 7j.1973
Joe Spiegel
Bob Waller
Leander Weber
SECRETARY -TREASURER
Clem Welsh
Dr, Robert L i'teyers
DIRECTORS
805 Central
Jim Edwards
Dubuquejowa
George Forby
John Heinz
Joe Hailing
AmbroseroseHess
This is to confirm that the Dubuque County
Mrs. Bert Hillary
Fair Association will work to help promote
Floyd Hilton
the BiCentennial program for 1976,
Dan Kruse
Tony Laban
John Line
Gerald McGrane
Harold Meloy
Ken Mozena
Rudy Mullinix
S. A. Ossian
Bob Paisley
Dubuque County Fair Association
Duane Recker
Tom Reilly
Mrs. Paul Reiss
Gene Schilling�—�
—�
em a sh—aecretary
Bill Schueller
Mrs. Gerald Singsank
Joe Spiegel
Tom Sweeney
Francis Till
Merrill Vanderloo, D.V.M.
-Joe Waldbillig
Bob Waller
Dave Waller
Leander Weber
Clem Welsh
Dave J. Weis
Harold Weydert
L UBUQUELANDS ENTERTAIN){ LENT CENTER
" ... A Service To Your Comn unity ... 11
POST OFFICE BOX 1161
DUBUQUE, IOWA 52001
iibl que net it.
Bicentennial Commission
Dr. Robert L. Myers
805 Central Avenue
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Dear Dr. Myers:
701 LOCUST STREET
TEL. 1-310-583-0306
0
February 13, 1973
Thank you for appearing before Post Number 6 of The American
Legion, in Dubuque, Iowa, and explaning the American Revolution
Bicentennial Commission and the Five Flags Civic Center Project.
Post Number 6, certainly endorses the Five Flags Civic Center
as the Commissions project for Dubuque and feels that this is
indeed a civic endeavor that would merit our full cooperation.
Sincerely yours,
Commande
WE SERVE THOSE >.+1,IHO SERVED
a..
U.S.E. DUBUQUE
President
MR. LEO MARTIN
2701 RHOMBERG
Vice President
MR. DONALD C. MEYER
1726 OVERVIEW COURT
Secretary
MR. PAUL ROSSITER
1220 FINLEY
Treasurer
MR. HENRY J. POHLMAN
804 ROSHEK BLDG.
Judge Advocate
MR. WILLIAM T. CONNERY
973 MAIN
Chaplain
REV, PETE S. LAWDIS
ST. ELIAS THE PROPHET
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
1075 ROCKDALE ROAD
Liaison Officer
MR. THOMAS S. BUTLER
2422 UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORS
James J. Ashland
Arnold A. Caitham
William A. Clark
Jack Crane
Harold L. Doty
Myron Fiedler
Joseph W. Guilford
Delbert J. Hayford
Kenneth K. Hazlet, M,D
Victor V. Helling
Michael P. Hogan
Syd Haudenshield
Maurice E. Humke
Allen A. Jones
James J. Keane
Wayne R. Lighthart
Percy N. Lucas
Ralph E. Lytle, DOS
Leo F. McLaughlin
Cy Meitl
Donald C. Meyer
Vince C. Miller
Donald J. Mueller
Robert L. Myers, OD
James A. O'Brien, DDS
Clarence T. O'Dowd
Irvin A. Oeth
Edward J. Rolle
Paul A. Rossiter
Everett A. Sanderson
Peter J. Seippel
John A. Sessions
Eugene Sutherland
Harold W. Taylor, MD
Donovan F. Ward, MD
James A. Weiland
NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES
(FOUNDED 19021
C% eily &x Ornt 01 fie Ckavy 8 G
WASHINGTON, D. C,
DUBUQUE COUNCIL QON DOUNrNr:
1220 FINLEY Narita,. and Futuna
DUBUQUE, IOWA 52001
TELEPHONE: Res: 583-6790
January 24, 1973
Dr. Robert Myers,
5 Flages Center
Box 1193
Dubuque, IA 52001
Dear Sir:
County Chairman
At the January monthly meeting of the Navy
League, a motion was passed endorsing the
5 Flags Center as the American Revolution
Bicentennial project for Dubuque and that
the Navy League will contribute to the pro-
ject in the form of presentations in the
Multi -media Center.
The Navy League will furnish time and talent
to help the American Revolution Bicentennial
Committe provide the fullest use of the 5 Flags
Center in this praiseworthy project.
Si4ee
7
Vince Ca Miller
Secretary
Control of the Seas is essential to our survival as a Nation
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA NORTHEAST IOWA COUNCIL NO. 178
1298 DODGE STREET -TELEPHONE (319) 5564343
DUBUQUE, IOWA 52001
American Revolution Bi-Centennial Commission
c/o Dr. Robert Myers
Box 1193
Dubuque, Ia.,52001
Dear Doctor Myers:
It is our understanding that the Five Flags Civic Center has included
in its design a facility to be used by organizations for holding
meetings and events. I feel that this will be a real benefit to our
area and a much needed facility.
Our Northeast Iowa Council includes 4-1-, counties in Iowa and the
City of East Dubuque, Illinois. We have several events that would
be ideally held in this facility and would appreciate our being
included in the planning.
We will be more than happy to cooperate as much as possible in
assisting other events at the Civic Center.
Sincerely,
ohnW. Barker
Scout Executive
'::Wednesday
January 17,1973
JWB:h
n
oL. 14 (flo"d J'itlf�' sclout l ortn.ct (-Ync:
825Yi IOWA STREET
Phone 319/ 583.9169
Dr. Robert Meyers
805 Central Avenue
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Dear Dr. Meyers,
RE: "Five Flags Civic Center"
DUBUQUE, IQWA 52001
(United Fund Member Agency)
February 1, 1973
It has recently come to my attention of how the local
Girl Scouts can benefit from the use of the "Five Flags
Civic Center" in Dubuque.
The Little Cloud Girl Scout Council would strongly urge
You to proceed with the project with all speed, as we
are looking forward to using this great facility, as all
of Dubuque are, I'm sure.
Yours truly,
9,J.0an
M. Geisler
JG/eo Executive Director
.. ( �_ d d'i 4� ! to ,snow ... tc care ... to be involved
KIWANIS CLUB DUBUQUE, IOWA
February S, 1973
Dr. Robert Myers, Chairman
Dubuque County
Bicentennial Committee
Dubuque, Iowa
Dear Dr. Myers;
The Board of Directors of the Dubuque Kiwanis Club
enthusiastically supports your efforts in the creation of
the Five Flags Civic Center for the American Revolution
Bicentennial Commission's project. Not only does our
club officially endorse this project but also the individual
members are excited about the potential such a center has
for all Dubuqueland.
We offer to you any assistance our club has at its
disposal, we are anxious to aid you in every.possible way
to insure the completion of the civic center which promises
so much for the cultural, social and economic betterment of
Dubuque.
Sincerely,
��� ��
alph L. Rolling
President
Rotary Club ®f Dubuque
i Dubuque, Iowa
t February 15, 1973
Dr. Robert Myers
County Representative
Iowa American Revolution Bi-Centennial Commission
805 Central Avenue
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Dear Doctor Myers:
! The City of Dubuque is one of the oldest cities in
Iowa, named for a French miner, Julien Dubuque, who was the
first white man to settle in the territory now embraced
within our State lines.
Since the days of Julien Dubuque, citizens of this area
have prided themselves in the preservation of the history of
the region. Our City would be proud to participate fully in
the Bi-Centennial Celebration and would be able to provide
f excellent cooperation in the development of plans memorializ-
ing our heritage.
The scenic beauty of the area, the landmarks, and our
dedication to the preservation of those important mementos
t of the past, would seem to make Dubuque a logical Bi-Centen-
nial City.
The Dubuque Rotary Club pledges whatever support needed
to insure the success of this celebration.
Sincerely,
Frank Richardson
President
FR:k
I NCORPORAT[O IT ACT OP CONOR[.R
Dubuque Detachment
MARINE CORPS LEAGUE
P R O C L A M A T I O N
DUBUQUE, IOWA
FROM THE OFFICE OF
Laurence Sloman
Commandant
Dubuque Detatchmant
Marine Corps League
The Dubuque Detatchment, Marine Corps League, is honored to pledge
the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000,00) to the Five Flags Civic
Center for the purchase of the five flags that will be displayed at the
Center. This Center, which is to be Dubuques' project for the American
Revolution Bicentenial, will be a significant asset to our community,
and our organization considers it a privilege to participate in this
project.
This PROCLAMATION issued at Dubuque, Iowa, this 23rd day of
February, 1973,
Laurence Sloman
Commandant
Dubuque Detatchment
Marine Corps League
"ONCE A MARINE, ALWAYS A MARINE"
T H E C I T Y 0 k
DUBUQUE
DEPARTMENT OF RE.'.REATION
Mr. Wayne Norman
Chairman, Executive Committee
Five Flags Civic Center
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Dear Mr. Norman:
RICHARD J. SLATTERY 0 DIRECTOR
BUNKER HILL 0 D U R U g U E. OWA 5 2 0 0 1
February 23, 1973
The Playground and Recreation Commission and the
Park Board have for the past several, months been formulating
an overall park and recreation comprehensive plan for the
city of Dubuque.
With the increasing demand for programs and activities,
especially in the area of cultural arts, it is most appropriate
that your committee has undertaken the task of providing our
community with an exceptional cultural facility.
The two commissions wish to inform your committee that
we have deemed this project of highest priority for our
citizens.
You will receive the backing and support of our groups
to make this facility a reality.
PF:kd
Sincerely,
Paul 1— elt
Charin an
Playground and Recreation
COmmiE sion
AFFILIATED WITH
IOWA PARK AND RECREATION AS ;OCIATION
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK . SSOCIATION
ORGANIZATION
O E D U O A T I O N L E G IS L AT I ON
.Dubuque Federatiorz of Labor
RORERT RUNDE, President Afruated With
North Caseade Road
556-68
Phone 55G6812 Iowa state Federation of Labor A. F. of L. . C. 1, o.
-
Jleeta Second and Fourth Monday
W.4LTER PARR, Rec. Sexy
2279 Evergreen Drive ='.= DU
Phone 5W-7930 Dubuque, Iowa 52001
EMIL STACKIS, Fin. See.
190 Saunders Street
Phone 582-3806
February 21, 1973
Mr, Gent Me Wittenberg
Department of Urban Renewal
10-B Fischer Bldg.
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Dear Mr. Wittenberg:
The Dubuque Federation of Labor has endorsed the Five Flags Civic
Center in its entirety. tie sincerely believe that the Five Flags
project should be a major part of the mid America Bicentennial
celebration.
We believe that upon the comp
the entire mid --west. letion of the Five Flags center, not
only Dubuque the hub of the tri-state area will benefit, but
We believe that any part you might have in achieving the above,
would be a benefit not only for now, but for generations to come.
Sincerely,
Robert W. Runde
President Dubuque Federation of Labor
law
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UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS • THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
DUBUQUE, IOWA 52001 • TELEPHONE: (319) 557-2121
Wulror F. Peterson
President
February 23, 1973
Dr. Robert L. Myers
Dubuque County Chairman
Revolutionary Bicentennial Committee
805 Central Avenue
Dubuque, Iowa
Dear Doctor Myers:
Dubuque is unusually blessed by having not only three colleges but
three seminaries for a total of six outstanding institutions of higher
education, Aquinas Institute is, Of course, Roman Catholic of the
Dominican order and prepares candidates not only for the Masters
but for the Doctorate as well, The University of Dubuque Theological
Seminary is Presbyterian in its affiliation and prepares students for
the Master of Divinity and Master of Sacred Theology degrees. Wartburg
Seminary is affiliated with the American Lutheran Church and also pre-
p
ares candidates for the Masters Degree.
In the absence of Father Cletus Wessels, President of Aquinas, I am
pleased to write you in behalf of the three seminaries, endorsing
Dubuque as the Bicentennial City in Iowa, The three seminaries
further support the Five Flags Civic Center as the Center for the
Bicentennial Celebration,
Most particularly, the three seminaries have unique talents and re-
sources representing three denominational strains, extending back to
the middle of the nineteenth century. We would be pleased to pledge our
talent -- faculty, student, and administration -- to the development of
programs of significance to Mid -America during the Bicentennial year.
WFP:bhm
Sincerely,
//a�15ter F. Peterson
1971 im 4 I.M1 10 52 �9)p3`c
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MAT K R0r'7:ER RECORDER
""UOUE CO.IJ4(q %J,y l S ;, i.
ARTICLES OF IN65VPORATION jai
OF �7
DUBUQUE FIVE FLAGS CENTER FUND
TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE
OF THE STATE OF IOWA
We, the undersigned, acting as incorporators of a
corporation under the Iowa Nonprofit Corporation Act, Chapter 504A
of the Code of Iowa, as amended, hereby adopt the following ARTICLES
OF INCORPORATION for such corporation:
ARTICLE I.
NAME':
The name of this corporation is DUBUQUE FIVE FLAGS
CENTER FUND.
ARTICLE 11.
DURATION:
This corporation shall endure perpetually unless sooner
dissolved in accordance with the Iowa Nonprofit Corporation Act.
ARTICLE L'_I.
PURPOSES:
The purposes for which the corporation is organized shill
be to take charge of and manage a civic center in the City of Dubuque,
Iowa, to own and operate said civic center for the benefit of the public
and the City of Dubuque, to take charge of, hold and manage all of thi:
property, personal and real, that may at any time or in any manner :ome
to or vest in this corporation for any purpose whatever, whether by
purchase, gift, grant, devise, or otherwise, and to sell, mortgage cr
BOOK ( F4UZ 16
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otherwise dispose of it as the necessities of said corporation shall
require, all under the control, direction and supervision of the Board
of Directors of this corporation.
ARTICLE IV.
REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT:
The address of the initial registered office of the corporation
is 607 Fischer Building, City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque, State of
Iowa, and the name of its initial registered agent at such address is:
Wayne A. Norman.
ARTICLE V.
MEMBERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
The members of this corporation initially shall be its original
incorporators, Wayne A. Norman and Robert J. Dyer, who shall also
constitute the initial Board of Directors of the corporation. The number
of directors constituting the initial Board of Directors of the corporation
is two, and the names and addresses of the persons who are to serve as
the initial directors are:
Name Address
Wayne A. Norman 1525 Douglas
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Robert J. Dyer 1396 Tomahawk Drive
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
The By-laws of the corporation may provide for a' change in the number of
members of the corporation and may also provide for a change in the number
of the Board of Directors of the corporation.
ARTICLE VI.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
T;ie effective date of these Art. cles of Incorporation shall be
the date or, which the Secretary of State issues the Certificate of Incorpora-
tion.
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ARTICLE VII.
EXEMPTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY' FROM CORPORATE LIABILITYs
The private property of the members, officers and directors
Of this corporation shall be exempt from liability for the debts and obliga-
tions of this corporation,
ARTICLE VIII.
CORPORATE SEAL:
This corporation shall not have a Corporate Seal.
ARTICLE IX.
BY-LAWS:
n
The Board of Directors may by majority vote adopt, amend
and repeal By-laws for this corporation as may be necessary or deemed 1
appropriate for the government of the corporation and the management
of its property and business.
ARTICLE X.
AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES:
These Articles of Incorporation may be amended by the majority
vote of the Board of Directors of the corporation at any annual meeting or
at any special meeting called for that purpose. [
ARTICLE XI.
DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS UPON DISSOLUTION:
In the event the corporation is dissolved, the assets of the cor-
poration remaining after the payment of its just debts shall be transferred
to and inure to the benefit of the City of Dubuque, a municipal corporation
located in the County of Dubuque, State of Iowa, to be its property absolutely
and forever to be used by the City of Dubuque as a special fund for civic
improvements, and said special fund for civic improvements shall not be
commingled with or added to the general fund of the City of Dubuque,
�b
.r . 2 EDDit �,i �6F�•�
In no event shall any part of the net earnings or property
of the corporation at any time inure to the benefit of or be distributed
to its members, directors, officers or other private persons.
Dated this ZZ day of December, 1970.
Vey' `l
Way A. Norman
STATE OF IOWA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF DUBUQUE )
On this 7 Y day of December, A. D. 1970, before me, the
undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of Iowa, personally
appeared Wayne A. Norman and Robert J. Dyer, to me known to be the
persons named in and who executed the foregoing Articles of Incorporation,
and acknowledged that they executed the same as their voluntary act and
deed.
Notail>
Eugen D. V ghin and for DubuqueCo,i:nfy, Ion m
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OPT,ICE OF THIS SICCRIiTARY OF STATE
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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
to
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
of
DUBUQUE FIVE FLAGS CENTER FUND
TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE
OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 36 of the Iowa Nonprofit
Corporation Act, the undersigned corporation adopts the following
Articles of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation:
I. The name of the corporation is DUBUQUE FIVE FLAGS
CENTER FUND. The effective date of its incorporation was the 23rd day
of December, 1970.
II. The following Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation
was adopted by the' corporation:
RESOLVED, that ARTICLE III of the ARTICLES
OF INCORPORATION be deleted from the Articles
of Incorporation of Dubuque Five Flags Center
Fund and that the following ARTICLE III be adopted
in lieu thereof:
"ARTICLE III
PURPOSES: The purposes for which the corporation
is organized shall be to raise funds for the purchase
and construction of a fully equipped civic center to be
located in the City of Dubuque, Iowa; to own and
operate said civic center solely and exclusively for
the cultural and educational benefit of the public at
•� large and the community o Dubuque, Iowa; to take
charge of, hold and manag -- all of the property,
real and personal, that may at any time or in any
manner come to or vest in this corporation for any
purpose whatever, whether by purchase, gift, grant,
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devise or otherwise; and to sell, mortgage or
otherwise dispose of the property of the corporation
as the necessities of the corporation shall require,
all under the control, direction and supervision of the
Board of Directors of this corporation; subject,
- however, to the provision that said civic center, and
all other property and assets of the corporation, shall
be used solely and exclusively for the cultural and
educational betterment of the public at large and the
community of Dubuque, and as soon as the contemplated
civic center has been built and paid for, complete title
thereto, and also including all other property and assets
of the corporation remaining after the payment of all
indebtedness, shall be transferred and given to the
City of Dubuque, Iowa, absolutely and forever. "
III. The Amendment was adopted by a meeting of the Board
of Directors on November 16, 1971 by receiving a unanimous vote of the
Directors in office, there being no members entitled to vote thereon.
Dated November 16, 1971.
DUBUQUE FIVE FLAGS CENTER FUND
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STATE OF IOWA )
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COUNTY OF DUBUQUE )
Wayne A. Norman, Its President
Donald B. Grau, Its Secretary
On this 16th day of November, 1971, before me the undersigned,
a notary public in and for the State of Iowa, personally appeared Wayne A.
�r Norman and Donald B. Grau, to me personally known, who being by me
duly sworn did say that they are President and Secretary of said corporation;
that no seal has been procured by said corporation and that said Articles
of Amendment were signed on behalf of the -said corporation by authority of
its Board of Directors, and the said Wayne A. Norman and Donald B. Grau
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acknowledged the execution of said instrument to be the voluntary act and
deed of said corporation by it and by them voluntarily executed.
Notary Public
In and for the State of Iowa
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Internal Revenue Service
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Dubuque, Iowa 52001 I'
Gentlemen
I. R. Code: Section 501(c): ( 4 )
Address Inquiries and File Returns with District
Director of Internal Revenue: St. Loulss Missouri
Accounting Period Ending: December 31
On the basis of your stated purposes and the understandinq that your operations will continue as
evidenced to date or will conform to those proposed in your ruling application, we have concluded
that you are exempt from Fedora] income tax under ti-,e provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
section indicated above. Any changes in operations from those described, or in your character or
purposes, must be reported immediately to your District Director for consideration of their effect
upon your exempt status. You must also report any change in your name or address.
You are not required to file Federal income tax return:: so long as you retain an exempt status,
unless you are subject to the tax on unreiatei busini^ss income imposed by section 511 of the Code,
in whch evet you ae required to le Form.
Formt990, annually orn or before the rl5th day of the Wth month after dthe close of your to file an informannual ion return,
accounting period indicated above.
j You are liable for the taxes imposed under the Federal tr.-trance Contributions Act (social security
taxes); and for the tax imposed under the Feiefal Unemp i )ynent "Pax Act if you have four or more
individuals in your employ.
Any questions concerning excise, employment or otter I e:ierai taxes should be submitted to tjL6
9EbM- the nearest Internal Revenue Servi.cs office in your District. This is a determination letter.
Contributions made to you by individuals are deductible by the donors tut
only if to be used exclusively for the charitable purposes specified ir.
section 170(c)(2) of the Code.
"ely truly yours, �t
jistrict Director
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United Statcs Dc>>,u•t!»ellt of the 111tel
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The Director of the National Parr SO --vice -
• George B. Hartzog, Jr.
that the historic property listed on the
fs pleased to inform you
enclosed sheet, has been nominated by
the State -Liaison officer
Responsible for your State's implementation of the National Historic
preservation ActOf1966, P. L. 89-665 (80 Stat. 915), as amended.
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National Register of Historic
It has accordingly been entered in.the
Register is enclosed for
Places. A leaflet explaining the National
your information and convenience.
Enclosures
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ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER
STATE I011A
Date Entered `%'11V
Name
Orpheum Theatre and Site.
Location
Dubuque
Dubuque County
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Also Notified
Hon. Jack R. Miller
Hon. Harold E. Hughes
lion. John C. Culver
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