17th Street East & Elm Street
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Site Inventory Form
State Historical Society of Iowa
(December 1, 1999)
State Inventory No. 31-04932 J:2J New D Supplemental
D Part of a district with known boundaries (enter inventory no.)_
Relationship: D Contributing D Noncontributing
D Contributes to a potential district with ~ unknown boundaries
National Register Status:(any that apply) U Listed D De-listed D NHL D DOE
9-Digit SHPO Review & Compliance Number _
D Non-Extant (enter year) _
1. Name of Property
historic name Haaae & Metz Manufacturina Company
other names/site number
2. Location
street & number East 1 yth and Elm streets
city or town Dubuaue
Legal Description: (If Rural) Township Name
D vicinity, county Dubuaue
Township No. Range No. Section Quarter of Quarter
Lot(s) see below
Block(s)
(If Urban) Subdivision
3. State/Federal Agency Certification [Skip this Section]
4. National Park Service Certification [Skip this Section]
5. Classification
Category of Property (Check only one box)
[8] building(s)
D district
D site
D structure
D object
Number of Resources within Proe
If Non-Eligible Property If Eligible Property, enter number of:
Enter number of: Contributin Noncontributin
1 buildings Q Q buildings
sites sites
structures structures
objects objects
Total Q Q Total
1
Name of related project report or multiple property study (Enter "N/N' if the property is not part of a multiple property examination).
Title Historical Architectural Data Base Number
The Architectural and Historical Resources of Dubuque. 1833-1955 31-059
6. Function or Use
Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions)
10A-Manufacturinq Facility
10A-Manufacturina Facility
7. Description
Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions)
Materials (Enter categolies from instructions)
01-No style
foundation Stone
walls brick
roof Asphalt
other
Namitive Description ([8] SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED)
8. Statement of Significance
Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x' representing your opinion of eligibility after applying relevant National Register clitelia)
DYes D No [8] MoreResearch Recommended A Property is associated with significant events.
DYes D No [8] More Research Recommended B Properly is associated with the lives of significant persons.
DYes D No [8] More Research Recommended C Properly has distinctive architectural characteristics.
DYes D No [8] More Research Recommended D Properly yields significant information in archaeOlogy or history.
County Dubuque
City Dubuque
Criteria Considerations
D A Owned by a religious institution or used
for religious purposes.
D B Removed from its original location.
DCA birthplace or grave.
D D A cemetery
Address East 1 yth and Elm streets
Site Number 31-04932
District Number
D E A reconstructed building, object, or structure.
D F A commemorative properly.
D G Less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past
50 years.
Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions)
Significant Dates
Construction date
1903 [8] check if circa or estimated date
Other dates
Architecture
Significant Person
(Complete if National Register Clitelion B is marked above)
N/A
Architect/Builder
Architect
Unknown
Builder
Unknown
Narrative Statement of Significance ([8] SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED)
9. Major BibliOgraphicaLReferences
Bibliography [8] See continuation sheet for citations of the books, articles. and other sources used in preparing this form
10. Geographic Data
name/title James E. Jacobsen
organization History Pays! Historic Preservation Consultino Firm
street & number 4411 Inqersoll Avenue
city or town Des Moines
state IA
date June 19. 2003
telephone 515-274-3625
zip code 50312
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION (Submit the following items with the completed form)
FOR ALL PROPERTIES
1. Map: showing the property's location in a town/city or township.
2. Site plan: showing position of buildings and structures on the site in relationto publicroad(s).
3. Photographs: representative black and white photos. If the photos are taken as part of a survey for which the Society is to be
curator of the negatives or color slides, a photo/catalog sheet needs to be included with the negatives/slides and the following
needs to be provided below on this particular inventory site:
RolI/slidesheet# 7468 Frame/slot # 23 Date Taken 5-11-03
Roll/slide sheet # - Frame/slot # Date Taken
Roll/slide sheet # Frame/slot # Date Taken
D See continuation sheet or attached photo & slide catalog shfJet for list of photo roll or slide entries.-
D Photoslillustrations without negatives are also in this site inventory file.
FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF PROPERTIES, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AS WELL
1. Farmstead & District: (List of structures and buildings, known or estimated year bWilt, and contributing or non-contlibuting status)
2. Barn:
a. A sketch of the frameltruss configuration in the form of drawing a typical middle bent of the barn.
b. A photograph of the loft Showing the frame configuration along one side.
c. A sketch floor plan of the interior space arrangements along with the barn's exterior dimensions in feet.
State Historic Preservation Office SHPO) Use Onl Below This Line
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Continuation Sheet
Site Number 31-04932
Related District Number
Paqe 1
Haaae & Metz Manufacturina Company
Name of Property
East 17th and Elm streets
Address
Dubuoue
County
Dubuoue
City
7. Narrative Description:
This is a three-story industrial plant. The factory has a raised stone foundation and an L-plan.
Ground floor windows are elongated while those on the upper levels are shorter. The brick parapet
front has a simple corbelling treatment on the Elm Streetfront only. The entrances have been
remodeled with concrete columns that stretch up to the second floor level. The corners of the buildings
have also been ornamented with painted, concrete or stone vertical panels.
8. Narrative Statement of Significance:
This factory is documented more out of historical interest than a certainty that the building is
individually National Register of Historic Places eligible. The building retains a very high state of
integrity but the replacement entrances and corner decorative treatments might combine to render it
ineligible. Further research is recommended and the building is certainly minimally of historical and
architectural interest.
Metz Manufacturing Company, view southeast from 1
(Telegraph-Herald, no date, c.1958)
The new millwork firm of Roehl, Hagge & Metz was founded in October 1898 and the partners
were Louis F. Metz and John Hagge. The company produced millwork. The first plant was at .18th and
Elm in a two-story frame 30x48 foot building and operations commenced on October 15, 1898. The
firm incorporated in 1901 and sometime after 1903 built this building on the abandoned stone
foundations begun by a buggy factory. The company already owned the land as of September 1903
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Continuation Sheet
Site Number 31-04932
Related District Number
Paqe 2
Haoqe & Metz Manufacturino Company
Name of Property
East 1 ih and Elm streets
Address
Dubuque
County
Dubuoue
City
when the block was sewered. As of 1909 Schmid Manufacturing shared the upper floor (Te/egraph,
August 27, 1899).
9. Major Bibliographical References:
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1884, 1891, 1909, 1909/36, 1909/50, 1909/62
Dubuque City Directories, 1865-1952
Bruce Kriviskey, Dubuque, lowa--Architectural Survey 1978/1979, Atlas of City Wide and District
Survey Maps, Dubuque; n.p., c.1979
County Assessor's Data
11 Additional Documentation:
Legal Description:
West 65 feet of Lots 225-6, Lots 177, 178, north half of 179.
Map:
Photograph:
Roll 7468
Frame 23
view northeast from Elm and 16th streets.