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Warehouse Demolition District Planning Services Department GtyHall 50 West 13th Street Dubuque, Iowa 52001-4864 (563) 589-4210 office (563) 589-4221 fax (563) 690-6678 TDD P lanning@cityofdubuque.org DcrN~ ~c/k.~ February 24, 2004 The Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Dubuque 50 W13ih Street Dubuque, IA 52001 RE: Establishment of the Warehouse Neighborhood Demolition District Dear Mayor and City Council Members: Introduction The Historic Preservation Commission is requesting that the City Coilncil approve the establishment of the Warehouse Neighborhood Demolition District. A map and an ordinance are enclosed for your consideration. Background on DemQlition Districts The demolition districts were created to help protect architecturally and historically significant structures from being demolished. The City Council has established eight demolition districts (see enclosed map). The last demolition district established was for the Downtown Neighborhood in 2001. This demolition district is the largest in land area. It was established at the initiative of the City Council. A lack of financial investment and intent from the private sector to re- develop, and anticipated demolition of historic structures, were factors that led the City Council to create the Downtown Neighborhood Demolition District. In the demolition districts, the Building Official cannot issue demolition permits without review by the Historic Preservation Commission and final approval by the City Council. The Historic Preservation Commission serves in an advisory role to the City Council, providing a recommendation on the historical and/or architectural significance of structures. The City Council decides whether or not a demolition permit can be issued. The demolition district does not pertain to improvements to the exterior or interior of buildings. It does not pertain to upgrades and investments to facilities, equipment, or infrastructure It only applies to demolition requests. Structures located in these demolition districts are not subject to a design review by the Historic Preservation Commission. Sendco People Integrity R"'poroibility Innovation Teamwmk Warehouse Neighborhood Demolition District Page 2 Proposed District Boundaries The City has completed Phases I through III of the Historic/Architectural Survey of Dubuque's oldest neighborhoods. The primary beneficiaries of these surveys have been the Housing and Community Development Department, the Economic Development Department, private developers, the Historic Preservation Commission, and the citizens of Dubuque in general. Rehabilitation projects for housing and commercial projects in a surveyed area have a more streamlined review. Private developers also are able to apply for federal and state tax credits more easily. Review of permit requests in the surveyed areas, which encompass historic districts and demolition districts, is easier for City staff and the Historic Preservation Commission. The boundaries recommended for the Warehouse Neighborhood Demolition District are based the Phase III Architectural/Historic Survey report. The Phase III survey area included Dubuque's oldest downtown commercial and residential properties. The City's Phase III survey consultant identified the properties in the proposed district to be architecturally and historically significant, and eligible for listing as an historic district on the National Register of Historic Places (see enclosed Iowa Site Inventory Form). Public Input The eight existing demolition districts were established by the City Council without public input. The City Council asked the Historic Preservation Commission to seek public input on the proposed Warehouse Neighborhood Demolition District. The Historic Preservation Commission held two public meetings in the Summer of 2003 to discuss the proposed Warehouse District. The owners of property in the proposed district were notified of the meetings and encouraged to attend, ask questions, and provide input. They were provided with information about demolition districts, historic districts, and the National Register of Historic Places. A list of persons notified and the packet mailed to them are enclosed along with the minutes of these meetings and related correspondence. Economic Analysis The eight existing demolition districts were established by the City Council without an economic analysis. The City Council asked the Historic Preservation Commission to conduct an economic analysis for the proposed Warehouse Neighborhood Demolition District. For the Warehouse District, an economic analysis has been conducted in terms of the retail trade inventory, the residential development inventory, the target industry analysis, and other analyses prepared for the Downtown Dubuque Master Plan. The Downtown Master Plan has identified opportunities and priority actions to capitalize on the historic, Warehouse Neighborhood Demolition District Page 3 architectural and cultural resources of Dubuque's central business district and what the Plan terms .contiguous areas of influence". The Warehouse District is identified in the Downtown Master Plan as a contiguous area of influence. During the Commission's public meetings on the proposed Warehouse Demolition District, there was interest expressed by some property owners in re-developing their properties. The City Council's long-standing commitment to downtown revitalization and historic preservation, and recent adoption of the Downtown Dubuque Master Plan, will help spark this interest in redevelopment of underutilized properties in the Warehouse District. Recommendation Dubuque is the major retail, medical, education and employment center for the tri-state area. Tourism linked to the Mississippi River and historic architecture continues to be a major economic force. The historic, architectural and cultural resources of Dubuque's historic landmarks, sites, districts, downtown and neighborhoods also are a key to the community's economic prosperity and quality of life. These resources, like the Mississippi River, help form the city's unique identity. Creation of the Warehouse Neighborhood Demolition District will help protect the tax base and the opportunities for retention of existing businesses as well as recruitment and expansion of new businesses that the large red brick warehouses offer. The existing industrial uses, and the growing adaptive reuse of these large warehouses into office, commercial, and even residential uses, can all continue with establishment of a demolition district. The property owners can continue to make interior and exterior improvements to their buildings as well as expand their operations and their facilities. And the City Council always retains the authority to approve a demolition request. The Historic Preservation Commission respectfully requests that the City Council establish this important Demolition District. Sincerely, {}b¡£Ç7~ Christopher Wand, Chairperson Historic Preservation Commission Enclosures Prepared by: Laura Carstens Cny Planner Address: City Hall 50 W. 13th St. Telephone: 589-4210 ORDINANCE NO. _-04 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11 (BUILDING REGULATIONS) OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING SECTION 11-4(a) BY CREATING THE WAREHOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD DEMOLITON DISTRICT. Whereas, the Historic Preservation Commission has recommended amendments to Chapter 11 (Building Regulations) of the City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances regarding demolition distrtcts; and Whereas, the City of Dubuque established demolition districts to allow for the City Council's review of demolition permits that might impact buildings of historic or architectural significance in these districts; and Whereas, the City has appointed a Historic Preservation Commission to review demolition permits in historic distrtcts; and Whereas, the City Council finds that the recommended amendments to Chapter 11 are consistent with the goals and objectives of the City's Comprehensive Plan and the purpose and intent of the City's Code of Ordinances; and Whereas, a Historic Preservation Consultant contracted with the City of Dubuque as part of the Phase III Architectural/Historic Survey/Evaluation has identified the area as being architecturally and historically significant NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA: Section1. Chapter 11 (Building Regulations) of the City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by amending Section 11-4(a) Application of Section to add (9) Warehouse Neighborhood as a demolition district Section 11-4(a) Application of Section: The provisions of this section shall apply to all buildings located in whole or in part within the following descrtbed demolition districts: (9) Warehouse Neighborhood: Beginning at the intersection of Eleventh Street and Jackson Street, thence easterly along Eleventh Street to its intersection with Pine Street; thence southerly along Pine Street to its intersection with Ninth Street; thence westerly along Ninth Street to its intersection with Washington Street; thence southerly along Washington Street to its intersection with Seventh Street; thence westerly along Seventh Street to its intersection with Jackson Street; thence southerly along Jackson Street to its intersection with Sixth Street; thence westerly along Sixth Street to its intersection with the easterly property line of City Lots 362- 363; thence northerly along the easterly property line of City Lots 359-363 to its intersection with the northerly property line of City Lots 359-361; thence westerly along the northerly property of City Lots 359-361 to its intersection with White Street; thence northerly along White Street to its intersection with Ninth Street; thence easterly along Ninth Street to its intersection with alley located between White Street and Jackson Street; thence northerly along the alley located between White Street and Jackson Street to its intersection with Tenth Street; thence easterly along Tenth Street to its intersection with Jackson Street; thence northerly along Jackson Street to its intersection with Eleventh Street which is the point of beginning. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA: Section 1. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon publication, as provided by law; and Passed, approved and adopted this day of ,2004. Terrance M. Duggan, Mayor Attest: Jeanne F. Schneider, City Clerk Warehouse Demolition District Warehouse District Boundary Buildings N Streets Property Owners IR CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT LLC - WILMAC PROPERTY COMPANY 0 THE FISCHER COMPANIES .. TSCHIGGFRIE EXCAVATING CO .. JEW-WEN INC D/B/A JEW-WEN .. RETTENMAIER. JOHN - REDMOND, MARKS - FINCEL, MICHAEL J ~ GROSS, JAMES E & JULIE A .. MONTAGUE GROUP INC - RYMAN CORPORATION IR STEWART, WAYNE C - WHITE, JOHN H 0 STATE OF IOWA ~ N Sïte Inventory Form state Historical Society of Iowa (December 1,1999) State Inventory No. ~ [8J New 0 Supplemental 0 Part of a district with known boundaries (enter inventory no.)- Relationship: 0 Contributing 0 Noncontributing 0 Contributes to a potential district with y:et unknown boundaries National Register Status:(any that apply) 0 Listed 0 De-listed 0 NHL 0 DOE 9-Digit SHPO Review & Compliance Number - 0 Non-Extant (enter year)- 1. Name of Property historic name Millworkinq District other names/site number Carr-Rvder-Adams/Farlev-Loetscher Industrial District 2. Location street & number White to Pine 6th to 11 streets city or town Dubuque Legal. Description: (if Rural) Township Name 0 vicinity, county Dubuque Township No. Range No. Section Quarter of Quarter (If Urban) Subdivision =- ~Iock(s) ~ 3. StatelFederal Agency Certification [Skip this Section) 4. National Park Service Certification [Skip this Section) 5. Classification Category of Property (Check only one box) 181 building(s) 0 district 0 site 0 structure 0 object Lot(s) see beiow Number of Resources within Pro e If Non-Eligible Property If Eligible Property, enter number of: Enter number of: Contributin Noncontributin 1 buildings £9. l buildings sites sites structures structures o~ects o~ects Total ~ T Total :1 Name of related project report or multiple property study (Enter oN/A" if the property is not part of a multiple property examination). TWe Historical Archffectural 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) 1 OA011ndustrvlProcessinqlManufacturinq FacilitvlMili 10AO1-same-factorv 1 OA011ndustrvlProcessinqlManufacturina FacilitvlMili 10A01-same-factorv 01 G01.samellndustrial StoraqelWarehouse 01 G01-samellndustrial StoraqelWarehouse 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) Materials (Enter categories from instructions) 01-No Stvle foundation Stone walls brick roof Asphalt other Narrative Description (181 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 criteria) 181 Yes 0 No 0 More Research Recommended A Property is associated with significant events. 0 Yes 0 No 181 More Research Recommended B Property is associated with the lives of significant persons. 181 Yes 0 No 0 More Research Recommended C Property has distinctive architectural characteristics. 0 Yes 0 No 181 More Research Recommended D Property yieids significant information in archaeology Or history. County Dubuoue City ~ Criteria Considerations D A Owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. D B Removed from its original iocation. DC A birthplace or grave. DO A cemetery Address White to Pine, 6th to 11 streets Site Number 31-3636 District Number .. 0 E A reconstructed building, object, or structure. D F A commemorative property. 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 various 12:1 check if circa or estimated date Other dates Architecture Industry Significant Person (Complete if National Register Criterion B is marked above) ~ Architect/Builder Architect Unknown Builder Unknown Narrative Statement of Significance (t2] SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED) 9, Major Bibliographical References Bibliography t2] See continuation sheet for citations of the books, ariieles, and other sourcas used in preparing this form 10. Geographic Data UTM ReferencesrOPT/ONAL) Zone E""ling Northing Zone Easting Northing 1 3 2 4 D See continuation sheet for additional UTM references or comments 11. Form Prepared By name/title James E. Jacobsen organization Historv Pavsl Historic Preservation Consuitino Firm street & number 4411 Inoersoll Avenue date May 5.2003 telephone 515-274-3625 city or town Des Moines state !ð 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 relation to public road(s). 3. Photographs: representative black and while 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/cataiog sheet needs to be included with the negatives/slides and the following needs to be provided beiow on this particular inventory site: Roil/slidesheel# 7464 Frame/slot # 1-26 Date Taken 11102 Roll/slide sheet # - Frame/slot # Date Taken Roll/slide sheet # Frame/slol # Date Taken D See continuation sheet or attached photo,& slide catalog sheet for lisl of photo roll or slide entri.;s:-- D Photos/illustrations without negatives are aiso in this site inventory file. FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF PROPERTIES, INCLUDE THE FOllOWING AS WEll 1. Farmstead & District: (Ust of structures and buildings, known or estimated year built, and contributing or non-contributing status) 2. Barn: a. A sketch of the frameltruss configuration in the form of drawing a typical middie 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 arranQements alonQ with the barn's exterior dimensions in feet. State Historic Preservation Office SHPO) Use Onl Below This Line Comments: Evaluated by (na.me/title): C~""",,--,TI_-----_C~--~ --~-,.*---- ~ --'--.__.~-'-~-_.- " . lo';"a Department of Cultural Affairs . Ståt~ Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-3636 Related District Number Pace 1 Millworkina District Name of Property White to Pine. 6" to 11 streets Address Dubuaue County Dubuque City 7. Narrative Description: This 28-building industrial complex comprises the core buildings of two giant Dubuque millwork companies, Carr-Adams-Rider and Farley-Loetscher. The district also comprises the only intact cluster of major industrial buildings in Dubuque- The massive buildings are without doubt the largest Iowa examples of their era and their structural design is a worthy subject of extensive investigation and documentation. The district is located immediately southeast of the Dubuque downtown proper. The elevated U.S. Highway 61 forms the southern and eastern natural boundaries of the district. The district includes the area bounded by 6th on the south (Jackson to White Streets), White (north of 6th to 9th),the alley east of White (9th to 1 ath), and Jackson streets (1 ath to 11th), 11th Street on the north (Jackson to Pine streets), and Pine Street (9th to 11t"J,a Washington Street (7th to 9th) and Jackson Street (6th to 7th) on the east. The core major buildings (see numbers 3, 7, 12, 13, 16,25,27 and 28 in the list below) are all load-bearing designs with load-bearing exterior brick walls. The tallest rise five stories high. All date to the pre-World War I years although they appear to be older in date. The latter effect reflects a conservative Dubuque design and building tradition. The.notable hint of a later building date is the extensive use of metal industriai window infillings. The buildings are architecturally elaborated with pavilions, pilasters, massive entry arches, decorative pediments and parapets, and other distinctive features. Still, it would be difficult to specify a building style across the district. The Carr, Ryder & Adams buildings as of late 1932 consisted of 12 percent reinforced concrete construction, 59 percent "boards on joists,," and 29 percent plank on lumber skeleton construction. Brick streets and still-functioning railroad spurs add key distinctive features to the district. The buildings along the railroad spurs have massive metal-covered awnings and elevated loading docks. Catwalks, one being more a five-story addition rather than a catwalk, connect many of the buildings and the remnants of catwalks are to be found on the Farley-Loetscher Company buildings. The north four blocks represent the buildings of the Carr-Adams-Rider Company while the southern three blocks contain those of the Farley-Loetscher Company. The level of integrity is surprisingly high, despite the tendency of industrial buildings to be considerably altered over time. Many doors and windows have been in-filled but the vast majority of the building fronts are very well preserved. Several buildings have been re-clad with metal siding but these are being restored at the present time. Other buildings have been demolished. These for the most part have been excluded from the district. One massive stone foundation was reused for a new building on the northwest corner of Jackson and 10th streets. Necessarily modem penthouses, tanks and other external service elements have been placed atop several buildings but the district has a distinct sense of time and place. Those buildings that appear to be single construction efforts actually represent multiple additions over time. The building list necessarily consolidates these to single units if they are Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-31ì.36 Related District Number Pace 2 Millworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine. 6" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City encompassed within a unified façade. Each particular building descriptive entry treats the sub-units within each larger block and provides the date sequence that the parts represent. Building Descriptive and Historical List: For now the buildings are fairly arbitrarily numbered from north to south. Addresses will be given when applicable but most buildings have never been separately addressed. Building #1-31-03637, southwest corner of Pine and East 11th streets, post-1988, Caradco?: This is a recent (post-1988) metal clad two-story building, likely built in two parts, with a lower southward extension. Its construction was made possible by the vacation of the south end of Elm Street, below 11 th Street. Building #2-31-03638, East 11th, west of Pine Street, Carr, Ryder &~Adams, c.1909: This is a three-story rectangular brick building that is dated to pre-1909 (the lower two stories were then in place, a matching one-story building on this corner pre-dated 1891). Its footprint measures 79x53 with the longer dimension oriented north/south. What is likely a south end extension of the same design (45x1 08) has the same building date and is counted as part of the same building. A 1932 Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Map dates both portions to 1919 and this is confirmed by the 1909/36 Sanborn Map. There is an elevator penthouse in the northeast corner of the south half and its roof also has or had two skylights. The building has a raised ashlar limestone foundation. The window arches are semi-circular brick openings and the window infill is louvered metal sash. There is a garage door opening and external metal fire escape on the north façade. Sanborn Maps show a single story brick warehouse on the site in 1884-91. These buildings are shown as sash and door warehouses. It is possible that the southern portion of this building includes a single-story foundry that was present as of 1884. Building #3-31-02673, southeast corner East 11th Street and Washington Street: This massive five story L-plan brick warehouse is one of the key factory buildings in the district. It consists of three parts. The northernmost measures 168x91 , with its longer side oriented east/west. The middle section measures 128x94 with its longer dimension running north/south. Both of these buildings are five stories high. The southern three-story portion measures 222x71 and orients east/west. The last named is likely the oldest, possibly being an enlargement of a matching two-story building profile that was present as of 1891 as part of the Novelty Iron Works complex. The northern section has a façade that consists of window bays that are defined by brick pilasters, ten bays in all. Each window void is infilled with a triple metal sash (6/9) with off-center louver openings. The brickwork is a dark brown. The building frame is of reinforced concrete with brick and window in-filling. The foundation is raised, is of concrete and there are north-facing concrete window wells. The middle building has a brick veneer or load-bearing exterior and is dated to 1909. The 1909 Sanborn Map shows only a twocstory L-plan block across the entire southern and eastern sides of the block. A two- story warehouse is in the middle of the block as is a power plant. Single-story warehouses fill the west central and northwest parts of the block. The Sanborn Map indicates "Mill construction" which implies --_.~~---_._--- '.. ~ '_."~."."--~---_'.._~ . ._-_.._-~~-_.,~~-~~ . Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs . Stat§ Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number ~ Related District Number PaQe 3 MiliworkinQ District Name of Property White to Pine. 6'" to 11 streets Address Dubuque CQunty Dubuque City load-bearing wood column and beam construction (This building includes buildings 17, 22 and 23 on the Sanborn Maps, 1909/36)- HABS documentation interior photos show reinforced concrete mushroom columns on the lower two floors, but square wood columns on the third floor. It is probable that the lower two stories of the southernmost part of this building are attributable to the Novelty Iron Works and pre-date 1884. Building #4-31-03638, vacated Washington Street, south of East 11th Street: This is an amalgam of infill buildings that includes a single-story loading dock and a fairly massive four- story "catwalk" connection between buildings #3 and #7. The former is of recent date, post-1962. The latter dates to c.1909, the year #3 was built. Otherwise this was a pass-through street (Washington) that was lined with metal canopies over loading docks. Building #5-31-03639, southwest corner, East 11th Street and Washington Street (Lots 428-9 and the north part of Lot 427): This is a large single-story square brick plan (1 00x1 04, 10,400 square feet) that dates to 1916.There is no basement and the foundation is of stone construction. This was originally a covered lumber shed. There are six bays ând wooden column roof supports. . The original building had sidelights. Building #6-31-01694, 1098 Jackson Street (City Lot 389 and the north 20.83 feet of Lot 390): This is the headquarters building for Carr, Ryder & Adams Company, and it dates to 1916. It features the most distinctive architecture of the district, the style being a combination of Prairie and Craftsman influences. The building is two stories with a raised foundation and its footprint measures 81x61. It is spatially separated from the complex on most of its four sides. While the sidewalls are fully fenestrated with double and. quadruple wooden sash (1/1), the façade is minimally fenestrated. A central pal(ilion includes a broad stair approach, double door entry with transom, an ornamental stone entryway with sidelights, and a window band on the upper floor. A special feature is a quoin-effect that is created on the comers using projecting tiers of rusticated brick. The upper reaches of each quoin has a lattice work pattern of intersecting brickwork. Stone belt courses define the water table and parapet base levels and stone capitals surmount each quoin. The parapet coping is of tile and the parapet front features an unusual brick variation of denticulation. This is a key building in the district. Building #7-31-01692, #31-01693,1000 Jackson (City Lots 391,392,393, 389A, 425, 426, south part of 427, south 20.17' of Lot 390, This building is another key structure and one of the giant industrial buildings in the district. The Assessor dates it to 1924. It is five stories high and the west half measures 121x12, the east half 1 00x154). The east half is somewhat longer on a north/south orientation. A driveway separates the two sections on the lower level. The remarkable structural feature of this building is the use of solid joists, set flush, as a ground level floor support- Wood columns (12x12) support each floor. The building has a solid brick exterior wall and pilasters form window bays, 13 on the south front, eight to the west. The south front is the main one and features a broad triangular pediment that is emblazoned with "CRA." The alleyway through the building has massive Romanesque style brick arches on either Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-363'6 Related District Number Paqe 4 Millworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine 6th to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City end. The foundation is a combination of stone and concrete, indicating that the building went up in stages. A hoist way and penthouse is in the southwest corner of the plan. This block was still completely residential as late as 1909, save for William Marshall's boiler works on the southeast corner and boarding house west of that plant. Building #8-31-3640, vacated East 10th Street east of Washington Street: This is a late-date (pos-1962) infilling structure on what was a portion of 10th Street. Building #9-31-3641; southwest corner East 10th and Pine streets: This is an L-plan two-story reinforced concrete building that was built in 1937. The Telegraph-Herald notes the construction of a two-story reinforced concrete addition to the Klauer Mfg. Co. warehouse and factory on May 9,1937. Its support system utilized mushroom columns. Its eastern front has been clad in a vertical wood front and the building serves as offices. Building #10-31-3642, southeast corner East 10th and Washington streets, Novelty Works Power House: This is an early remnant of the Iowa Iron Works, the noted firm of Rouse & Dean. The firm fabricated many of the ornamental iron storefronts and structural ironwork in the main buildings of the city. It dates to pre-1884 and served as the boiler works for that firm. This is likely the oldest surviving building in the district. Later it was a warehouse for Klauer Manufacturing Company (c.1909). The end walls have a stepped gable effect and the roof is a gambrel form. Brick pilasters define five bays on the north/south running west front and three on the southern end wall. The soft red brick indicates an early date of construction. For whatever reason, this building was not selected for HABS documentation in the late 1980s despite its early age. Building #11-31-3643, northwest corner Pine and East 9th streets, Novelty Works Blacksmith Shop, 1851: This is the.earliest surviving building in the district and very likely the oldest one surviving in the city as a whole. It is a component of the Novelty Iron Works, dating to post-1851 (HABS documentation). It is an early red brick two story rectangular plan. Brick pilasters form five bays along the longer north/south dimension and four across the south end wall. There is an elaborate brick parapet. The upper windows have been replaced but semi-circular brick arches remain on the lower level. The original building (as of 1884) had a hip or gable roof and the present parapet wall was in place by 1909 by which time Klauer Manufacturing Company owned the block (see Klauer photographs in the historical section). '---~-"""""._""" , .. . Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs , . State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-3636 Related District Number Paqe 5 Millworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine, 61ft to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City 1986 HABS photo, view to north across East 9 Street (the utilities bridge has been removed) Building #12-31-03648, entire block defined by East 10th, East 9th, Washington and Jackson streets, 900 Jackson Street This massive two-story brick industrial building fills an entire block. It comprises eight additions (numbered 1-8 on the 1909/36 Sanborn Map). The wooden column and beam internal support system is truly wondrous to behold. The columns are made up of bolted 3x15 planks. Massive I-beams have been added throughout the building over time to support an ever-increasing weight of machinery. Heavy diagonal braces tie together columns and beams throughoutthe plan. Interior stone walls with infilled window and door openings denote the former exterior walls of the earliest portions of the building. The unified exterior brick façade is divided into window bays on the west half of the north wall and across the southern and western facades. The southern façade has an irregular parapet ievel and 10 bays of varying width are defined. A massive Richardsonian style semi-circular archway opens to the central drive-through. The stone foundation is slightly raised and a number of basement windows and wells have been solidly infilled with concrete boxes. Windows have wooden sash (4/4, 12/12) and semi-circular brick arches. Wooden sash is unusual in the district and denotes the early construction date of this block. The west façade has 13 window bays, mostly of uniform width with paired window openings on each level. The ground floor is also raised above grade. There are numerous single door openings and one sealed up double door. The 1909 Sanbom Map indicates that the northeast section (#8 on the 1909/36 map) is divided on the ground floor into five bays by load-bearing walls. The interior of the block was open and included a range of smaller sheds and a power plant to the west of the open alleyway as of 1909. This open area was reduced by 1936 and completely covered by 1962. Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-36.3.'6 Related District Number " Pace 6 Millworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine. 6'" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City Number 1: 100x22. This section post-dates 1909. The second plant engine room was on this corner as of that time. Number 2: 100x30. This is the original power plant, or at least the plant was beh.ind the front portion of this building. It is present as of 1884. The lower floor at least has internal stone side walls which were originally fenestrated. Number 3: 107x70. This section also pre-dates 1884. It was later extended back to the drive- through. Number 4: 100x60. This section contained the original Carr, Ryder, Adams offices as of 1884. There is a central elevator. Number 5: This is the open drive through on the ground floor, running north/south. Originally the driveway was open, with covered or built in wall infills. Number 6: 100x51. This section pre-dates 1891 and was originally used for shipping and storage. Number 7: 1 00x11 O. This section post-dates 1909. Number 8: 100x98. This section post-dates 1909. Building #13-31-01691, 995 Jackson Street (Loti of City Lot 381, North 36'2" of City Lot 380): The 1909/36 Sanborn Map denotes this building as consisting of four parts that are numbered south to north as 9-12. Numbers 9-10 have a corrugated metal front on stud walls. Number 9 (dated to 1919) has an L-plan and measures 100x55. It first served as a company garage and apparently was first elevated on tapered concrete piers. Number 10 (dated to 1909) infills the front of that "L" and measures 61x28. Number 11 measures 100x53, and #12, in two parts, measures 54x64 (front) and 48x54 (rear). The whole is two stories high and is brick faced. The pediment features a stepped gable Dutch-like gable front. As of 1884, the site largely housed the lumber yard of the Dubuque Cabinet Makers Association. By 1891 it was still used for lumber storage and houses occupied the 10th Street end of the half block. By 1909 the brick north end (#11-12) was extant and housed the newest power plant for Carr, Ryder & Adams Company. It was of fireproof construction with concrete floors and exposed steel roof trusses. The façade is quite elaborate, bears the company name and represents the hay day of the company's growth. The south single-story portion measures 55x100 (5,500 square feet) Building #14-31-01690, 901 Jackson Street (151 East 9th Street): This appears to be a frame addition with a brick veneer to #15 to the south. It is metal covered at present. The building was in place as of 1909 and was three stories tall. It represents an addition built by the White House Biscuit Company. SHPO lists this property as the Dubuque Linseed Oil and Paint Works. Building #15-31-01690, 901 Jackson Street (City Lot 379, South 15' Lot 380) (South side door is addressed as 151 East 9th Street): This building had its origins pre-1884 as the Dubuque Linseed Oil and Paint Works. That same firm occupied the same building as of 1891. The 1909 Sanborn Map shows a two-part three-story block in place, the narrower northern portion housing the ovens and power plant on the ground floor. A single- --~--.--_.~-~,.._.~ - -..-. _.~ -- ., -.-_...._.._~---""_..~.. ,~-_. " . . lo";"a Department of Cultural Affairs " . Státß Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-3636 Related District Number Pace 7 Millworkinq District Name of Prope'þ' White to Pine. 6 to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City story front extension covèred the north half of the plan. Save for a lumber shed, the east half of the block was vacant save for three houses on its north end that fronted on 10th Street. By 1909/36 the White House Biscuit Company occupied the south one-third of this entire block and this building had gained a fourth floor. Building $14, immediately north was also extant as of that time. As of iate 1932 the Baxter Soap Company occupied the buildings. The building is covered with metal but is in the process of restoration. Exposed brickwork indicates the use of a dark brown brick, and semi-circular brick window arches, 8/8 lights and original wooden sash still in place. There is a raised stone foundation. The building measures 29x100 and is four stories high with a full basement. Ceiling levels are eight feet in the basement, 12 feet ground floor, and ten feet on the upper floors. This building has the potential to be a very early surviving Dubuque factory example. SHPO lists this property as the Dubuque Linseed Oil and Paint Works. Little contextual research has yet been applied to the context of large bakeries and biscuit-cracker companies in Dubuque. The first factory was [Jesse P ] Farley-Wolcott's Key City Bakery that was on the southwest corner of White and East 6th streets. The three-story plant was built for $16,000 in 1879. It was called the American Biscuit Company as of 1891 and the factory bumed as the National Biscuit Company with a loss of $40,000 in late 1903 (Herald, January 3, 1879; December 11, 1903). The Dubuque Biscuit Company occupied the building at East 9th and White streets as of 1909. The Dubuque Cracker Company remodeled the building interior in 1913, after it had been vacant for several years. The White House Biscuit Company was there 1936-50 and became or was followed by the Independent Bakery Company (present 1942). Baxter Manufacturing Company followed by 1945-48, and remained as late as 1962. This is the only known surviving major baking factory, even though it had its beginnings as part of the linseed oil works (Te/egraph-Hera/d, December 2S, 1913). Building #16-31-03644, southwest corner East 9th and Jackson streets, S01 Jackson Street (City Lots 349-353): This four story half-block building is the northernmost of the Farley & Loetscher Company complex. It is composed by at least six construction increments, all of which post-date 1894, at which time the Dubuque Linseed Oil & Paint Company occupied the northern two-thirds of the east half of the block. The 1909 Sanborn Map shows the east half of the block almost solidly built up with four four-story brick blocks. Only the northeast corner of the half-block, on 9th Street, was vacant. The east half of the block was all residential save for two factories on the south end (8th Street). All of the buildings have load-bearing brick walls and wooden columns and beams. The brick facades on sides and eastern main front feature the same window bays with intervening pilasters, 22 on the east façade, six on each end wall. Windows have semi-circular brick arches. Windows are or were wooden sash, the top floor being 6/6 lights, those below, 9/9. The east façade has a centered raised pediment and there is a corrugated metal canopy over a full-length concrete loading dock. A double south end catwalk has been removed and the openings sealed up. This building measures 255x90 with a full-length east side loading dock (9x255). It is jointly assessed with Building #24 to the northwest. " Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-3li.36 Related District Number Paqe 8 Millworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine, 6tft to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City Buiiding #17-31-01689, 898 Jackson Street (City Lots 399 and the north half of 400): The northwestern quarter of this two-story blacksmith building appears to pre-date 1891, at which time it housed the Key City Iron Works and was in use as a foundry, and that name remains on the building's north side wall. Pitts-Thompson Foundry was here as of 1909. The present building was extant by 1909 with a large square single-story foundry, a blacksmith shop and a shed. The foundry, has a combination of wood and iron columns, and the north side wall that is of concrete block construction. The single-story garage-like additions to the south are additions to this building, the north one pre-dating 1909, the south one post-1909 and pre-1936. The original building is an early industrial building type, with stone foundation and brick exterior walls. Fenestration is minimal and the windows have semi-circular brick arches. The parapet is denticulated and there is a double front door with semi- circular arch. The garage portion to the south has a tile coping on its irregular parapet front. SHPO lists this property as the Key City Iron Works. The two-story northwest corner portion measures 30x45, the single story southwest portion 47.5x35. The rear single-story section measures 77x55. Buiiding #18-31-01687-88: 810-850 Jackson Street (City Lots 401 and south half of 400),1906: This two-story brick factory building with basement (an unusual floodplain component in the district) pre-dates 1891 and was built by the Wieneke & Hohenadel Pickle & Kraut Factory, which occupied it at that time. That firm, packers of pickles and vinegar, occupied the building as of 1909 and as late as 1936. A farm supply store and feed warehouse was here in 1962. The building had symmetrical fenestration on its façade and a raised floor level. A central door had a transom. Just the central upstairs window and two lower windows remain, along with two single doors, one of which is newer. The parapet is denticulated and the façade painted white. The single-story storefront to the south is an addition that post-dates 1909. The foundation is of stone. SHPO lists this property as the Wieneke- Hoerr Company factory. The original building measures 50x98, the addition 25x98. The latter consists of a front concrete block section, metal and concrete block center (24x36) and rear concrete block sections. Building #19-31-01686, 800 Jackson Street: This is a later-date power plant that was built by Caradco c.early 1950s. The building is non- contributing to the district pending further investigation as to its date of construction and original appearance (see early photo in historical section below). Farley-Loetscher Company had a lumber warehouse on this corner as of 1909 and this was expanded to cover two lots by 1936. This building is present on the 1962 map. . Buiiding #20-31-01669, northwest corner East 8th and Washington streets (South 26' of City Lot 415), 1912: The core of this two-story building dates to .post-1909 when it served as the offices of Spahn & Rose Lumber Company. By 1936 it had been rebuilt as a two-story square plan building., It has been refaced with a modern brick and re-fenestrated so as to render it non-contributing to the district. The plan measures 26x60 (front section) and 26x40 (rear section). There is a full basement. -¡ ---- ----~~.~._-_. , . . lo~a Department of Cultural Affairs . Statç¡ Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31.3636 Related District Number Pace 9 Millworkino District Name of Property White to Pine 6" to 11 streets Address Dubuoue County Dubuoue City Building #21-31-04746, northwest corner East 8th and Washington streets: This is a new building, an addition to #19 to the west. It is non-contributing. Building #22-31-04747, southwest comer East 10th and Washington streets (City Lots 418, 419 and portion ofLot 1, Lot 417), 1911: This three-story reinforced concrete block (67x100) dates to 1911-12, at which time it housed the Kretschmer-Tredway Company, plumbing supplies manufacturers. Signage on the raised front central pediment bears the title "Kretschmer Manufacturing Co." and the hoistway penthouse is inscribed "HK." The façade has a two-bay wide central raised pavilion and brick pilasters define four equal-sized bays across the front. There is a metal shed roof canopy over a raised loading dock across the northern two thirds of the façade. An earlier building on this site (see photos below) housed the Pitts-Thompson Foundry and then Kretschmer Manufacturing Company, c.191 0 plus. The building was destroyed by fire and was immediately rebuilt as one of the city's first truly fireproof factory designs. The newer building to the south is three-stories high and measures 80x100 with a 7x80 rear loading dock. It has a coursed limestone foundation, exterior brick load-bearing walls and a reinforced concrete flat slab frame with steel jacket-formed mushroom column interior supports. The three-story south side addition dates to 1950 although the lower-two stories were envisioned by the builders as early as 1911 (see photos, below). Ceiling heights are eight and a half feet in the basement, 12 feet on ground and second floor levels, and ten feet on the third floor. Building #23-31-01684-85, 700 Jackson Street or 250 East 8th Street (City Lots 402-414, north 25'2" Lot 415, Lot20fLot417), 1906: This is a full-block sized single-story brick building and a key property within tt:1e district. It was originally built as a covered lumber shed by the Farley-Loetscher Company. It is a remarkable surviving building type and one that is likely not matched in the state. Not only is it a full square block in size but it was also built with a substantially raised floor to protect its contents from flooding. The building combines exterior load-bearing walls and an internal 20x20 brick or concrete pier construction (17 feet on center) in its support system. Originally the building contained massive drying kilns. It retains its raised low angled gable roof although considerable modern mechanical systems are now mounted on the roof, altering its historical profile, Still the building is contributing because the building itself retains its original appearance. The building facades are comprised of window bays and intervening brick pilasters. There are 13 bays on the north and south walls, and 15 on the two side walls. Upper level windows are doubled in each bay, with no lower fenestration, again an apparent protection against flooding. The windows have semi-circular brick arches and stone or concrete lintels. There are five overhead door openings on each east and west wall. The HABS documentation includes the statement that this is "reportedly a salvaged exhibition hall from the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 5t. Louis." If accurate at all, it is probable that structural portions of a hall building were re-used here. It would appear that this building uses a variety of metal and wood support columns, beams and trusses and further investigation is recommended. It aiso appears that the entire main floor of the building is elevated, probably for flood protection, and ramps lead up from the ground- level doors to the raised floor. This is true at least on the east half of the plan. The building measures 240x256. There is a massive raised gable roof clerestory centered on the plan. Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-3Q.3Î) Related District Number Paqe 10 Millworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine 6" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City /" C.1986 photo, view to the southwest, showing original penthousl;! covering and roof profile (State Historical Society of Iowa) Interior framing plan (HABS Documentation) Building #24-31-04748, southeast corner East 9th and White streets (City Lots 374-78, and 349A): This square plan has a double vaulted roof, wood framing and exterior brick walls with pilasters. The building was apparently built by Farley & Loetscher for use as a warehouse and laboratory. As late at 1909, this site was solidly residential in its land use. It was present on the 1909/36 Sanborn Map as a two or three-story building, with a catwalk connection across the alley to the east. The present building might be a remnant of that earlier building, with a new roof. By 1962 Caradco owned the lot and the Sanborn Map locates the "FarHte Dept." in the comer bL!ilding. Sometime after 1936 three residences to the south were replaced with an extension and three single-story buildings which ranged further south. These remain extant with a parking lot on the south end. Further investigation is recommended to determine the building date and integrity of the building. The plan forms a U-shaped two-story .---.------- ~ ._....,._._..~_.~".----" " , Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs 'Statf? Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number ~ Related District Number Pace 11 Millworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine. 6" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City component (1 00x1 00) that wraps around a single-story core (28x50) on three sides. A south end single-story addition measures 28x98. There are some smaller additions along the vacated alley and southeast corner. Building #25-31-02738, 750 White Street (east half of the block, vacant land, City Lots 369-73 and alleyway; west half of the block, this building, City Lots 354-58),1906+: This is the west half of what was once a full block of three story brick buildings of the Farley & Loetscher Company. The east half of the block was solidly built up by the company by 1884 and there was a power plant on the west half of the block. By 1891 the power plant remained but housing still occupied the north half of the half block. By 1909 just the five-story building on the southwest corner was built and a single-story powerhouse and an associated wood shavings (fuel) storage house were on the west half of the block to the north. These occupied the southern half of that half block and a two-story blacksmith shop was to the north. By 1909/36 the entire block was built up. The major core element of the surviving building is dated 1912 by the Sanborn Map of that date. This building was likely built as a single unit. This is a three-part commercial block. The whole block plan was symmetrical with central and corner pavilions, the whole being five stories high. The surviving half contained the company offices and its architecture reflects that role. The building fronts west towards the downtown. Most notable is a full-story exposed basement level with stone veneer. The exposure is considerably greater on the southern exposure than its opposite end. The office entrance, on the southwest corner on 8th Street, features an ornamental pedimented stone entryway. The façade on the south is broken into six window bays by the use of broad stone capped pilasters. The west façade lacks the pilaster treatment but does use the triple pavilion plan, with plain intervening wall planes. The attic level of the buiiding is covered with a slip cover and further research is necessary to determine its original appearance. There is a broad plain band that encircles the attic base. Rows of narrow windows infill the southern exposure only. The building has lost its massive chimney. The building is of fireproof reinforced concrete construction. The plan includes five floors and basement and measures 256x120. Ceiling heights are eight feet in the basement, twelve feet on all floors above that level. New Farley & Loetscher Building, White & 7 streets, view northeast (note original parapet lines) (Hera/d, January 2, 1910) Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-36.36 Related District Number " PaQe 12 MiliworkinQ District Name of Property White to Pine, 6" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City Building #26-31-04759, 701 Jackson Street, southwest corner East yth and Jackson.streets (City Lots 364-68 plus vacated alley), 1917: This is the southernmost Farley & Loetscher building and a date stone dates it to 1917. This half block was a railroad yard through 1891 and the 1909/36 Sanborn Map shows the present building, and confirms the building date. As late as 1909, the building site was occupied by a stone cutting complex and trackage and platforms that were associated with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad freight house, a block south. This is a massive seven-story building and a key property within the district. Like its counterpart to the north, this design employs narrower central and end/corner pavilions. There are attic projections at each of these points, which vary the parapet line. The end walls (north and south) feature enframed four-bay squares with intervening pavilions. The uppermost floor lacks the recessed pavilion fronts but maintains the same twin window fenestration pattern (four sets across the center with single windows vertically aligned in the corner bays. The same pattern is employed on all of the fronts. The exterior brickwork is of a dark brown brick. The building itself is of reinforced concrete construction but the brick veneer obscures the concrete skeleton on all sides. The interior support columns have mushroom capitals and square base plates atop them. All of the exterior trim is of cast concrete. This includes a broad molded belt course that separates the first and second floors, window sills. Unlike the counterpart building to the north, this one fronts east and prominently placed painted signage covers the two longer side walls. Shed roof metal canopies cover loading docks on the south and east sides. A series of separate small canopies run along the west front. Twin catwalks once connected north from this building, but have been removed. The southern loading dock is not original to the design, and is not depicted on the 1909/36 Sanborn Map. This is a seven-story 101 x255 plan. A wrap-around canopy covers the ground level of the east (273x18) and south (119x18) sides. Ceiling heights are ten feet in the basement, 16 feet on the ground level and 12 feet on all of the other floors. Architects: Christian Loetscher designed and supervised the construction of all of his own buildings. Excluded Buildings and Adjacent Parcels: Thomas Martin-Strelau Companv E. J. Voqenthaler Companv Machine Shop. South side East 9th, east ofWashinqton Street: This triangular tract contained the power plant from the Dubuque Oatmeal Power House, that was built in 1882, and other buildings associated with these two companies. The complex was documented to HABS standards in 1986-87 and the buildings were demolished as part of the U.S. Highway 61 construction project. ~ ----_.~- -- " . lo~a Department of Cultural Affairs 'Stðt~ Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-3636 Related District Number Paqe 13 Millworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine, 6" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City Dubuque Oatmeal Mill Power House (1882) East side of Washington, south of East 9th Street Non-extant (HABS documentation) Thomas Martin-Strelau Company(Wood and Coal, right portion, E. J. Vogenthaler Company Machine Shop (left portion) South side East 9th, east of Washington Street, view southwest. Non-extant (HABS documentation photo, 1986) Thomas Martin-Strelau South side , . ¡~¡JJ::¡J¡. E. J, Vogenthaler Company Machine Shop (left portion) Street, view southeast. Non-extant photo, 1986). Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-36;3'6 Related District Number " Pace 14 Millworkinc District Name of Property White to Pine. 6" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City Klauer Manufacturinq Company Complex. southeast corner East 9th and Washinqton streets: This extant complex is located to the north of the demolished Martin-Strelau, E. J. Vogenthaler complex. It includes a 1912 sheet metal factory that is the oldest surviving building that is associated with this company that was established in 1911. That building, a gable roof 62x154 brick design,has been altered beyond recognition by the addition of a raised parapet front and second story. The rest of the complex represents the contin~ing alteration of 1941 and 1946 ~~ings. I. ....-..... . -,..., Klauer Manufacturing Company Complex, southeast corner East 9 and Washington streets. The 1912 building is at far left (HABS Documentation) 8. Narrative Statement of Significance: The district contains the majority of the key buildings that were associated with the Carr, Ryder & Adams and Farley-Loetscher millwork companies, two firms that were leaders in the city's industrial sector. Lumber-processing was a major Dubuque industrial sector and the long-term success of these firms transcended the regional demise of lumber shipping and processing that otherwise ended along the Mississippi River during the years prior to World War I. The district is recommended as being National Register of Historic Places eligible under Criterion C, Architecture and Criterion A, history. Architecturally, the district comprises the last surviving cluster of key industrial buildings in the city and these collectively illustrate both the styles and the building technologies of this class of buildings. Historically, the district is directly associated with Dubuque's industrial history. As of 1870, the city was the most industrialized city in the state and that economic sector remained vital to the city's continuing prosperity. Some of the buildings and firms included in this district were the largest of their trades in the world. --_._-~- " . . lo:"'a Department of Cultural Affairs '. .Stat~ Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-3636 Related District Number Pace 15 Millworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine Stl1 to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City Detail, Birds Eye View of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, 1872 This 1872 lithographic detail depicts a largely residential area with vast lumber piles on many blocks. The origins of what would become an industrial district are evidenced by six industrial operations: (1) Iowa Iron Works, (2) Dubuque Cabinet Makers Association, (3) Dubuque Oat Meal Mills, (4) Key City Planing Mills, (5) Key City Furniture Company, and (6) Carr, Ryder & Adams Company. 1889 Lithograph, view north Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-3¡¡.16 Reiated District Number .' Pace 16 MiliworkinQ District Name of Property White to Pine. 6'" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City The district also includes a range of lesser industrial firms, a cracker factory, a remnant of the Iowa Iron Works, portions of the linseed oil company works and the like. Many of these example buildings survive nowhere else in the city. Lumber Manufacturing in Dubuque: The city emerged as a major lumber manufacturer given its ideal up-river location relative to the Upper Mississippi River Valley timber supply. By 1869 there were already eight firms in Dubuque that were milling and processing the raw lumber. These were Carr & Austin, Patch & Wait (J. L. Dickinso's), Clark & Cowles, Pelan & Randall, E. R. Lumber, Dubuque Lumber Company, Clark & Scott, H. Lambeck, E. R. Lumbert, Peterson & Company. These firms were particularly vulnerable to disastrous fires, the last named just having been destroyed. Over time, numerous successor firms appeared along with a number of lumber supply firms such as Standard Lumber Company. These withered or burned away prior to World War I and just two firms, Carr, Ryder & Adams and Farley & Loetscher would survive into recenttimes (Times, January 1,1869). Carr, Ryder & Adams Company: William W. Carr reached Dubuque in 1866 from New York State. He partnered with W. H. Austin and the Carr & Austin Company was established in 1866 or 1867 on South Main Street between Jones and Railroad streets. It burned in 1879 and the firm relocated to 9th and Jackson streets. Two early partners, A. B. Carlin and J. A. Rickard, later worked with Christian Loetscher. It was reorganized in 1881 as Carr, Ryder & Wheeler. In 1891 it became Carr, Ryder & Engler Company. In 1897 it was renamed Carr, Ryder & Adams Company. In 1938 it became Carr, Ryder & [James Currie] Collier Company. During World War II it produced foot lockers and ammunition boxes for the war effort. In 1958 it became Caradco and continues under that name today. At one time the company had extensive branch plants and subsidiaries and these were divested of after World War II.. The firm was capitalized at $125,000 in 1887 and $150,000 in 1890. The Scovill Manufacturing Company purchased the firm in 1968 and moved the window making works to Rantoul, Illinois. Door manufacturing continued until October 1978 when 84 jobs were discontinued (Lyon, pp. 56-67). Carr, Ryder & Wheeler, and Jackson, view east towards the river (Dubuque Trade Journal, August 21, 1882) -.-.'<---.--.---.-_w- . lo;"'a Department of Cultural Affairs . Stat\? Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet '. Paqe 17 Site Number 31-3636 Related District Number Millworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine Stf\ to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City This is a very early depiction of the Carr, Ryder & Wheeler plant. The three-story building in the foreground is the west part of building #12. The company drying kilns and William Marshall's boiler works are on the east half of the block. The Stout & Knapp Company lumber yards are visible to the northeast. Carr, Ryder & Adams, view northeast (Herald, March 19, 1905) This is the same perspective as the 1882 view. Three-story additions have infilled to the north and southeast although the 1891 Sanborn fails to confirm this degree of expansion. The plant to the northeast is the Novelty Iron Works but again, the same map fails to confirm this degree of development. Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-3q$ Related District Number .' Paqe 18 Miliworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine, 6" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City Marshall's Boiler Works started out near the southeast corner of what is now building #12 in this district. The above image represents the new plant that was built on the southeast corner of the corner of block immediately north (now Building #7). The firm would again be displaced by the expansion of the company. Buildinqs: 1867, "immense Dubuque planning mill," brick on stone foundation, three stories, 70x80 with 24x15 boiler wing, $36,000, located south of downtown on Southern Ave. (Herald, September 5, 1867). 1878, Carr, Austin & Co., warehouse, $3,500 (Times, December 11, 1878). 1881, Carr, Ryder & Austin Sash Factory burns, new $35,000 factory already underway (Herald, May21, December 4, 1881). 1883, Carr, Ryder & Wheeler, improvements, $5,362 (ibid., December 19,1883). 1888, addition (ibid., March 15, 1888). 1890, warehouse (ibid., January 18, 1891). 1892, $20,000 factory improvement (Herald, December 25, 1892). 1897, drying kilns, $6,000 (Hera/d, January 5, 1898). 1901, install new mill outfit for manufacturing of sash, doors, etc. "that will employ not less than 100 men," (Enterprise, October 20,1901). ' 1902, "Carr, Ryder & Adams Co completed the new addition to their manufacturing plant, which now covers the whole of one block and over half of the block across the street, (Enterprise, June 20,1903)." 1906, company declines to provide numbers, Telegraph-Herald estimates $25,000 in improvements, notes company has acquired adjoining buildings (Telegraph-Herald, December 30,1906). 1909, Immense Factory Plant: Carr, Ryder & Adams Co. Plan A Gigantic Structure: . What will be the largest single factory building in the city will be the immense new plant which Carr, Ryder & Adams Co. will start work on as soon as spring opens up. The plans as prepared contemplate improvements that will more than double the present capacity of the company. The new factory plant will be on the south side of Eleventh Street on Washington, and will be 171 by 187 feet, five stories and basement. It will be of brick and stone and of fire proof construction modern in every detail and built especially for factory purposes. It will be built in two divisions with fire walls and fire proof openings between. It will have a fire proof tinned roof, and metal window frames and wire glass. In contemplation of the great addition to the capacity of the factory, a new power station is to be erected across Jackson street from the present factory north of the Biscuit Company's plant, where Carr, Ryder & Adams --" " , Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs St~ Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number ~ Related District Number Paqe 19 Millworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine. 6" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City Co. recently purchased three lots. Contracts for this building were let last week and the foundation for the great smoke stack was put in last fall. This power station will be 40 (7) by 100 feet, and will be a two story brick building with wide entrance and large windows. The present plant now covers the entire block between Tenth and Eleventh, from Jackson to Washington streets and part of the block east. The completion of the new building with other improvements which the company contemplates will give it a plant of solid buildings covering more than two and a half blocks. The plans for the new building are practically complete and the contracts are to be let and arrangements made for beginning work as soon as spring opens up (Times-Journal, January 21, 1910). 1910, new warehouse and 40x100 addition to power plant, $50,000, this was part of the complex on the block northeast of East 9th and White, the power station was across from National Biscuit, the new warehouse was a fireproof five stories high, 171x7 with a basement, of brick and stone construction. The smokestack foundation was laid during the fall of 1909 (ibid., January 21, 1910; January 1, 1911). 1910, five-story concrete and brick (80x100), $13,500, new factory power plant, $5,000, addition to lumber sheds, $2,000 (ibid., October 2,1910). 1911, Standard Lumber Company fire damages company (Key City Furniture as well), $300,000 total loss (Times-Journal, May 27, 1911). 1915, company fire loss heaviest of those damaged, total loss $170,000 (Telegraph-Hera/d, April27,1915). 1919, $200,000 storage building, 160,000 square feet addition, contractor, A M. Stiles, George Stiles Construction Company (Times-Journal, December 19, 31, 1919). 1924, warehouses, $400,000, Telegraph-Hera/d (December 28,1924) says $100,000 addition (The Dubuquer, December 1924). 1948, Block long lumber warehouse 1954, Research building Carr, Ryder &"Engler Company, & Jackson streets, view ;'órtheast, c.1890 (Center for Dubuque History, Nagle Photo Collection, #1709) Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31.3636 Related District Number " Pace 20 Millworkina District Name of Property White to Pine. 6'" to 11 streets Address Dubuaue County Dubuaue City Carr, Ryder & Adams complex, view southeast, 1911 (Greater Dubuque, 1911) As of 1911 the block in the foreground was completely residential, save for Marshall's boiler plant. The power plant in the center includes Building #10 in the district. The matching raised corners on the two main blocks might have been planned but they were never actually built. The entire block to the left (northeast) post-dated 1909, as did the smokestack and relocated power plant. of the Carr, Adams & Collier Company plant, view southeast, 1947 (Bilt-Well Bulletin, November 1947). In this image, #1 locates a new lumber warehouse, #2 three other warehouses, #3, the cut stock and product warehouse, #4 lumber warehouse, #5 the company office, #6 the "Novelty" or "Annex," #7 Building #24, #8 the main plant, and #9, the power house. The warehouses are all non-extant and excluded from this district. Building #3 corresponds with the same building number in this district. Building #4 is #5, the office is #6, #6 is numbered #8, #7 is the same number, #8 is #12, #9 is #13. --~--~~-~---~'_.~-"'-,"",-'P~C_~~- " , lo;"'a Department of Cultural Affairs Stat~ Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-3636 Related District Number Pace 21 Millworkino District Name of Prope~ . White to Pine, 6' to 11 streets Address Dubuoue County Dubuoue City Caradco, 1951, view to southeast (Dubuque, Iowa, As A Stranger Sees It) Fariey-Loetscher Company: Christian Loetscher (1850-1902) was born in Switzerland and was apprenticed there as a carpenter. He emigrated to America in 1868 and first worked on the Pacific Coast prior to coming to the city in 1872. He first worked for Patch & Waite at 9th and Jackson streets. He started his own millwork firm with partners A. A. Loetscher, W. R. Clark, A. B. Carlin and J. A Rickard, in early 1876, under the name Key City Planing Mill (two story 40x60 feet). The firm started with ten hands. The firm was reorganized as the Farley-Loetscher Company, with partner J. P. Farley (died c.1892), and was incorporated in 1881 the capital stock was $50,000, incorporators were Farley, Loetscher, H. L. Stout, J. M. Griffith, A. B. Carlin and A. A. We/scher, later partners were C. M. Peaslee and James M Burch) (Lyon, pp. 145-146,269). Original Key City Planing Mill (Greater Dubuque, 1911) Eighth and White, view southwest. Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-36~¡¡ Related District Number " Paoe 22 Millworkino District Name of Property White to Pine 6'" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City Farley & Loetscher Manufacturing Company, 1882 (Dubuque Trade Journal, August 21 1882). This is the earliest image of the company and the building is still labeled the Key City Mill. This is a southern view along White Street from East 8th Street. Drying kilns are east of 8th Street, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad freight depot is just south of the four-story building visible in the left background. The four-story hip roof building with cupola is the Jefferson Hotel (7'h and White), the smoke .stack in the right background is the Holly Boiler Works on Iowa Avenue. The large gable roof building just to the lower right of that stack is the original county courthouse. The three-story Farley & Loetscher plant is now the north end of Building #16. Farley & Loetscher Manufacturing Company (cover, 1883 Dubuque city directory) -----_.___""""m'~~ " . , lo;"'a Department of Cultural Affairs Stat~Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet '. Paqe 23 Millworkinq District Name of Propert~ White to Pine 6' to 11 streets Address Site Number 31.3636 Related District Number Dubuque County Dubuque City This view, made a year later, is directed to the northwest, from East 7th and White streets. The block has been extended to the south to the corner of East 7'h and the power plant and smokestack shifted westward on the block. This is now Building #16. Farley & Loetscher Manufacturing Company, (Enterprise, January 24, 1903) Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-3~ Related District Number Paqe 24 Millworkinq District Name of Properi,r White to Pine 6' to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City This is the second block, west side of White between East 7'h and 8th and the view is to the northwest towards White Street. This building is non-extant, while Buiiding #25 occupies the west half of the block. ' Farley & Loetscher Manufacturing Company, 1911 (Greater Dubuque, 1911) This depiction is a view to the northeast from Seventh and White streets. It is hypothetical to the extent that the left-hand block was never built, beyond the east half, and the right-hand one had yet to cover the whole block. The enclosed lumber shed is to the east, beyond Jackson Street and the two lumber warehouses, in the center background, represent the expansion of the company north beyond 8th Street. (Company letterhead, 1923, courtesy Dale Wiegand, Dubuque Sash & Door Mfg.) This c.1920s view of the company complex documents the high point of its development, save for the power plant that came several decades later. This view is to the southwest from East 9th and ~---_... - -------.- --,-~._-- " . Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Sta~ Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-3636 Related District Number Pace 25 Millworkina District Name of Property White to Pine. 6" to 11 streets Address Dubuaue County Dubuaue City Washington. The lumber shed and other buildings shown to the west of White Street are not documented by any Sanborn Map and likely represent buildings that were located elsewhere. Dry Kiln and Enclosed Lumber Shed, Farley & Loetscher Manufacturing Company, view southeast 911 . Farley & Loetscher Manufacturing Company Power Plant, c.1950, view northeast (Building #19) (undated Te/egraph-Hera/d copy of photo, Center For Dubuque History) Loetscher's singular innovation, in 1900, was using West coast white pine as his millwork stock source. Consequently his raw material source was immune to the effects of the depletion of the upper Mississippi River woodlands that began at that time. As his competitors shut down, his company grew stronger. At its height the company occupied 23 acres of floor space and was the largest millwork plant in the world. By 1922 company employees numbered 1,000. The company developed a national market with its recognized brand name of "Quality-Bilt" woodwork. Branch subsidiaries were located at Sioux Falls, Des Moines, and Chicago. A plastics department was added in the late 1930s. Other Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31.36313 Related District Number " Paqe 26 MHlworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine. 6'" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City successful new product lines included "rolling garage doors," and kitchen cabinets. At its peak, the firm employed 1,250 employees. The company closed in early 1962 at which time it had 500 employees. Caradco absorbed its holdings. The W. H. Gonyea Trust had acquired the company in 1960 but it had been losing money for some years and that trend was not reversed (Telegraph-Herald, January 12,1962). The Dubuque Enterprise termed the firm as "among the largest manufacturers of fine interior finish, doors, windows, blinds, mouldings and fine mill work in general in the entire country." The same source noted that the firm was notable both for its national market and its national reputation for quality workmanship (Enterprise, August 10,1902). The plant of the company is one of the most extensive of its kind in the United States, compromising, as it does, a mammoth four-story structure, covering an entire block 100 by 225 feet in dimensions. It is needless to say that in the equipment of this immense plant the company have called to their aid all the latest improvements in wood-working machinery (ibid.)." A year later, the same source added: Sash and door manufacturing is one of the leading industries in the city and the great factories of Farley & Loetscher Mnfg. Co., and the Carr, Rider [sic] & Adams Co. each occupy solid blocks and employ between them upwards of 750 men (ibid., January 24, 1903). Buildinqs: 1869, Key City Planing Mill, two-story addition, 22x40, $1,800 (Heraid, December 16, 1869). 1879, large brick planning mill, Eighth Street, $15,000 (Times, November 16,1879). 1879-80, three-story building, 8th & Jackson streets, $75,000, demolished after 1962. The Herald, January 1, 1880 reports construction of a $15,000 planing mill in 1879. The Herald January 1,1881 reports $7,000 in improvements in 1880. The Herald, December 31, 1882, reports $40,000 in improvements. 1881, fire near Julien Hotel destroys temporary sash factory, company secures temporary quarters and plans new building (Herald, May 21, 1881)1 1881 $7,500 in new building, "immense addition," brick, four stories, 40x52, and new warehouse on opposite corner, brick, 100x50 (Herald, January 1, May 20, 1881). 1882, $40,000 in new building, new boiler house $27,000 (ibid., January 1, 1883). 1886, $4,000 in improvements (ibid., January 1,1887). 1891, fire loss of $50,000 (Herald, August 19,1891). 1892, addition of a fourth floor to the complex, company capitalization increased to $200,000. $10,000 in improvements (Herald, December 25, 1892). 1903, Jackson Street between 8th and 9th streets (company capitalization increased to $400,000): Farley-Loetscher Manufacturing Co. is at work on an addition to its plant that extends a soldi block and when completed will double the size of _._--~ _.... --~--~ . Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs '" Sta~ Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-3636 Related District Number PaQe 27 Millworkino District Name of Property White to Pine. 6'" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuoue City their present plant, giving them a continuous frontage of two blocks (Enterprise, June 20,1903). 1906, 8th & White, five story office and warehouse, $35,000, largest plant in city prior to construction of Deere plant, used salvaged timbers from the St. Louis Expo of 1904 (Telegraph- Herald, December 30, 1906). Prominent among the growing factories of the city is the Farley, Loetscher Co., sash, doors, etc. For years past this as been one of the largest subscribers to the improvement columns and this year finds them down on the list for an expenditure of thirty-five thousand dollars (ibid.) 1907, $35,000 in improvements (ibid., December 29,1907). 1909, White & 7th, five story factory, 50' frontage on White (ibid., January 2,1910). 1910, White between 7th & 8th, five story concrete and brick, 200x100, $100,000 (ibid., January 2,1910, January 1,1911). Great Factory Addition: Farley & Loetscher Mnfg. Co. To Push Work In Spring: Only the excessive cold weather has put a stop to the work on the great addition which the Farley & Loetscher Mnfg. Co. is building to its plant. This building will cover all of he west half of the block on White, between Seventh and Eighth streets, and it is one of the very largest factory projects the city has ever had. The fifty feet fronting on White at the Seventh street corner was built up last year, and is afive story and basement structure. It is the intention to build up the remainder of the block, 206 feet front, the structure to conform to the comer in style and design. This will make a solid five story and basement structure covering the entire east [west?] haJf of the block. Its dimensions will be 100 by 256 feet. Since the entire east half of the block is occupied by the present factory, the completion of the new building will give the company a factory plant covering a solid block, 220 by 256 feet. The largest single building under one roof in the city is its lumber sheds and dry house on the block east of the factory block, this being a brick structure also 220 by 256 feet. In addition to these two solid blocks the company several years ago built up the half block on Jackson, from Eighth to Ninth, which is north of the factory plant, with a four story and basement brick building for warehouse and shipping purposes. This plant of two and a half blocks is unquestionably not only the largest factory plant in Iowa, but one of the very largest in the western country. The new building will be of fireproof construction throughout and is designed for the special purposes of the company. The enlargement of the plant which the new building will effect has made necessary the installation of a complete new power plant, the new smokestack for which is 153 (?) feet high and the largest in diameter of any in the city. The development of the Farley & Loetscher Mnfg. Co. is indeed marvelous. It was started in 1875, thirty-five years ago, by Mr. Christian Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-363'6 Related District Number " Paqe 28 Millworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine 6" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City Loetscher, the present head of the business, and the genius of its development, and the late Jesse F. Farley, under the style of Farley & Loetscher. Its beginning was indeed modest, it being a planning mill occupying a story and a half frame at the corner of Jackson and Eighth streets. The first brick building was put up on the site of the frame structure in 1879,and from this has been developed the immense business of today, which takes rank as the largest sash and door factory in the worid. Mr. Christian Loetscher is the president, James M. Burch, vice president and treasurer, and J. A. Loetscher, secretary. These with Messrs. Eugene Ryan and A. A. Loetscher comprise the board of directors. Mr. Christian Loetscher, who has designed and personally superintended all the building operations and other improvements is giving his personal attention to the new work. The power plant was built last fall and to make way for the new structure the old smoke stack was taken down and the former power plant dismantled. The corner at Eighth and White street [sic] has been built up one story and a good start has been made on the foundation along White street, so that with the opening of spring the work will be pushed vigorously and it is expected to be complete by fall (Times-Journal, January 21,1910). 1910, 8th and White, five story concrete and brick, 200x100, $19,000 (Telegraph-Herald, October4,1910). 1911, Spahn & Rose Lumber Company, Washington Street between 7th and 8th streets, fire damages company, total loss to fire $140,000 (Times-Journal, July 31, 1911). 1917, Seventh & White, warehouse, $200,000 (Times, January 1, 1918). 1924, two warehouses, $40,000 (The Dubuquer, December 1924). This addition...will be almost exactly the duplicate in the full length of the block...and will just double the size of the company's plant. The new structure will be 256 feet by 100 feet deep, four stories. The foundation is complete and work on the superstructure is to begin immediately, the contracts calling for the completion of the building by August 1 st. When the new structure is built, the plant will have a continuous frontage of two blocks 542 feet and will be the largest institution of its kind in the western country and one of the very largest there is. [the City Council had approved "artistic bridges" using steel arches to connect the 3rd and 4th floors over 8th Street-Enterprise, April 11, 1903] Federal photographer John Vachon used the Farley & Loetscher piant to illustrate the thriving industry of Dubuque in 1940. His photos depict the activity around the plant as well as the continued use of extensive hand labor in the handling of materials. ---~_.~._-~._._.._- ~ .~-..-._--~.~.._-.- ._--,~.,,_..._--~ . . '" . Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Stat~ Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-3636 Related District Number Paae 29 Millworkina District Name of Property White to Pine 6'" to 11 streets Address Dubuaue County Dubuoue City Building 25, view northeast from East JÌh and White streets, April 1940. (Photo by John Vachon) Building #16 is visible to the right, the block in the foreground is non~xtant, view northwest along Jackson Street, from near 7th Street (Photo by John Vachon, April 1940) Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-3536 Related District Number " Paoe 30 Millworkinq District Name qf Property White to Pine, 6'" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City Farley & Loetscher Manufacturing Company, unloading lumber, photo by John Vachon. April 1940. Farley & Loetscher, view east (Photo by John Vachon, April 1940) <~. ------ -- ~-~-_.- ~~,.'--.. ".-""'.'.."'-'-'-'-..-'-." . Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs '" Stãte Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number ~ Related District Number Paqe 31 Millworklna District Name of Property White to Pine. 61ft to 11 streets Address Dubuaue County Dubuque City New doors being loaded for shipment, Farley & Loetscher (Photo by John Vachon, April 1940) Klauer Manufacturinq Companv: Peter Klauer (1842-1919) was born in Germany and came to Dubuque in 1850 with his family. His father John was a local potter. Peter opened his own tinsmiths shop in 1870 at 1236 Iowa Avenue and operated it there for 15 years. He built a three-story building in 1885 and outgrew it in three years. The shop was moved to 18th and Washington and in 1894 a new plant was built or enlarged on the west side of the 1300s block of Iowa Avenue. The firm began to produce eaves troughs in 1894 and that jobbing trade increased the company's business. In 1905 the Iowa Iron Works plant was purchased. A fire had just destroyed the foundry there. The firm incorporated in 1906 as Klauer Manufacturing Company and the acquired works were rebuilt. Products included drain trough fittings, conductor pipe, metal roofs, siding and beginning in 1908, metal castings. Additional land was acquired in 1911 and a new plant was built to produce corrugated metal culverts. In 1912 the firm started producing charcoai-fueled railroad car heaters. Smedley Steam Pump Company was acquired in 1910 and its foundry .was used. In 1917 a branch plant was established in Ottumwa (Midland Metal, closed 1924). The company was featured on the cover of Post Magazine (January 18, 1941). In 1926 it developed a rotary snow plow ("Snogo") that was very profitable, particularly with U.S. military needs during WWII (thus the Post cover). Peter's son William Henry Klauer (1878-1952) graduated from Bayless Business College and became a partner in the firm by 1906. He served as a director for the Chicago, Great Western Railroad, the Union Trust and Savings Bank, and served on the Loras College Board of Regents. He saved the bankrupt Julien Hotel in the 1930s, paid off the debt and reopened it. The company continues in operation today (William Klauer, "History of the Klauer Manufacturing Company," Loras College Thesis, 1961). Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31.3&36 Related District Number ,,' Paqe 32 Millworkino District Name of Property White to Pine. 6" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City Photo c.1908, Klauer Manufacturing Company, northeast corner Washington and East 9th, view northeast. The building visible at the far left is Building #10, that to the far right is Building #11 (Center For Dubuque History, Loras College, Photographs). Iowa Iron Works built this three-story building but by 1908 the Klauer Company had its name on the edifice. Additions: 1902, foundry destroyed by fire, $20,000 loss, three firemen killed and one injured (Herald, May 9, 1902). 1908, foundry rebuilt 1912, sheet metal factory, 62x154, $12,000, also south of East 9th, remodeled and non- contributinglexcluded from district. 1937, two-story reinforced concrete addition to warehouse (Telegraph-Herald, May 9, 1937). 1941, new office building on the former Knapp-Stout Lumber Yard, south of East 9th, east of Washington Street (remodeled 1968, 1973, 1977and non-contributing, excluded from district). Kretschmer Manufacturing Company: Brothers Herbert C. and Frederick N. Kretschmer partnered with - Morrison in February 1907 to form the Morrison & Kretschmer Manufacturing Company, producers of plumbing fixtures and supplies. Already by 1910 Morrison was gone and the firm was titled Kretschmer Manufacturing Company. At that time the firm had 40 employees and occupied the four-story former Pitts-Thompson Foundry on the southwest corner of Washington and East 9th streets. c ~~~ VC7~- ..~-_. --- ----------~,,--~~~.,. . Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs '" State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-3636 Related District Number Paqe 33 Millworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine st" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City The building bumed completely on July 31, 1911 and the present building (Building #22) had replaced it In 1929 Frank Kretschmer and Harry E. Tredway formed the Kretschmer-Tredway Company and continued operations in this building to the present day. Curiously the exterior sign age was never updated. While the company was a small one compared to other Dubuque iron-working firms, this company left a iegacy in the form of one of the city's first truly fireproof buildings and an example of reinforced concrete construction (HABS documentation). Kretschmer Manufacturing Company, view southwest The main building has been remodeled (Greater Dubuque, 1911). This is the architect's elevation sketch for a building that was only then being built. Additions: 1914, $20,000 in improvements (Telegraph-Herald, December 27,1914) 1941, new office building Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-3r¡¡¡¡6 Related District Number Paqe 34 Millworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine 6" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City view northwest towards Kretschmer (Greater Dubuque. 1911). The Kretschmer building shown is the one that burned in 1911. The Spahn & Rose Lumber Company was incorporated on January 23. 1904 by James Collier, Charles J. Spahn Sr. and George D. Rose. Charles Spahn was another Dubuquer who tapped into the California white pine lumber source and he and John T. Adams are credited with saving that industry. Spahn left the firm in 1903 (Lyon, pp. 417-18). Wineke-Hoerr Company. Manufacturers of Canned Goods: Wieneke-Hoerr Company, view northeast (Greater Dubuque, 1911). This is building #18 in the district. This firm was founded in 1883 and incorporated in 1890 with a capital stock of $25.000. By 1911 the canning plant employed 100 workers (Greater Dubuque, 1911). Iowa Iron Works: This firm had its origin in 1851 as Farley, Rouse and Company. Hammond Rouse (1824-?) came to the city that spring and he partnered with local capitalist J. P. Farley. The firm was re-titled Rouse & Williams in 1857 and Rouse & Dean in the early 1860s. Products included boilers, steam engines, steam fittings, steamboat castings. mill equipment and cast iron architectural columns and storefronts. As of 1884 this firm occupied an entire block to the northeast of East 9th and Washington streets. It was formally incorporated as the Iowa Iron Works but that title was used well before that time (1884 Sanborn Map). ~ ---"""""""','m_""""'-'-~=.~ . ¡ . Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs '" Sta1ßHistorical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number ~ Reiated District Number Paqe 35 Millworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine 6'" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City Iowa Iron Works, view northeast from East 9th and Washington streets. The building at far left survives as Building #10, that at far right as Building #11 By 1880 the firm was regarded as one of the principal city industries and it acquired local prestige when it provided much of the cast iron work and metal cornices for the growing downtown. The firm as of 1880 employed 60 men and had an annual product of $75,000. It was already regarded as the oldest iron working firm upriver from St. Louis. Rouse retired in 1880 and J. McMurchy replaced him, the firm being Dean, Hopkins and McMurchy. In 1881 it incorporated with a capitalization of $150,000. By 1883 some of its buildings were three-stories high with a total enclosed square footage of 58,000. The mill supply market area included six states. The company enjoyed its zenith in the mid-1890s. It abandoned the block at Washington and East 9th in 1903 and Klauer Manufacturing took over its works (see above). Boat building activities included at its Ice Harbor plant until 1906 when the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Company bought out that facility (HABS documentation). Its most significant ship contracts, the torpedo boat Ericsson, the steamboat L E. Patton, and the revenue cutter Windom, were all built on this site and not at the harbor. Two buildings survive, the power plant Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31-3&36 ' ,,' Related District Number Paqe 36 Millworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine. 6'" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City (#10) and the blacksmith shop (#11), the latter is dated to 1851 (Dubuque Trade Journal, May 23,1883; Herald, June 27,1856; January 1,1895). Additions: 1851, original plant, blacksmith shop (see Building #11) 1867, two-story "immense building" initial part of building to cover entire block 1892, $6,500 in improvements (Herald, December 25, 1892). 1902, foundry destroyed by fire, $20,000 loss, three firemen killed and one injured (Herald, May 9, 1902). Novelty Iron Works: This fimr was established in 1866 and was titled Novelty Iron Works as of 1876. Its products included "Convex Turbine Water Wheels, steam engines, saw and flour mill machinery, band saws, shingle machinery...shafting, hangers and pulleys and belting and supplies." As of 1884 this firm occupied an entire block to the northeast of East 10th and Washington streets. The firm won first premiums at the Centennial Exposition in 1876 and the Columbian Exposition of 1893. C. S. Burt was an early president, and was succeeded by John Olinger by 1895. George E. Davis was secretary/treasurer by 1895. At that time the firm employed 100-150 workers. The main two-story building of this company likely survives as the base for the southemmost portion of Building #3. Carr, Ryder & Adams acquired the company plant by 1909. Novelty Iron Works, 1883, view northeast from East 10 (1883 Dubuque City Directory) ..-- - -- -~- ~ - -- --~".._-- , _.,-,_._.,,_._--~-_.., '. ! . Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs 'd StäteHistorical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number ~ Related District Number Pace 37 Millworkinc District Name of Prope:;,r White to Pine. 6' to 11 streets Address Dubucue County Dubuoue City Additions: Novelty Iron Works, (Herald, January 1,1895). 1876, $6,000 in improvements (Herald, December 2,1876). 9. Major Bibliographic<¡1 References: Enterprise, August 10, 1902, p. 23. Perspective Map of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, 1889. Telegraph-Herald, January12, 1962 ("Farley & Loetscher Will Close"). F arlev-Loetscher 75th Anniversarv. 1875-1950. The Re-Saw, Farley & Loetscher Company, May 1922 (obituary for Christian Loetscher) Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Drawing of Caradco, Inc., December 14,1932 by W. C. Styerwalt (courtesy Dale Wiegand, Dubuque Sash & Door Mfg.). Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1884, 1891, 1909/36 Dubuque City Directories, 1902, 1915, 1925, 1934 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 Dubuque, Iowa, As A Stranger Sees It, (n.p., 1951) Tigges, John T. and James L. Shaffer, Imaqes of Dubuque In The 19th Centurv, (Chicago: Arcadia Press, 2000). HABS Documentation, December 1988 (Fraser, Clayton B., Fraserdesigns, Loveland Colorado) Carr, Ryder and Adams Company Warehouse, HABS No. IA-160-AP Iowa Iron Works Blacksmith Shop, HABS No. IA-160-AR Klauer Manufacturing Company Factory, HABS No. IA-160-AS Kretschmer Manufacturing Company Factory and Warehouse, HABS No. IA-160-AL . ' Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 31.300~ ' ,,' Related District Number Paqe 38 Millworkinq District Name of Property White to Pine. 6" to 11 streets Address Dubuque County Dubuque City 11 Additional Documentation: Legal Description: Blocks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 509, east halves of two blocks not yet identified, Map: , ------... . Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs ',I Stafìe, Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet PaQe 39 MiliworkinQ District Name of Propertt White to Pine 6t to 11 streets Address <¡ite Number 31-3636 Related District Number Dubuque County Dubuque City Photographs: Roll 7461 Frame View Description 1 northeast from White and 6th 2 north White from south of 7th 3 no image 4 northwest from Jackson and 8th 5 west Jackson and 7th 6 north along Jackson from 7th 7 north along Washington from 7th 8 west along 8th from Washington 9 north from Hwy.61 along Pine 10 northwest from same vantage between 7th and 8th 11 southwest from Hwy. 61 at 7th 12 west along 8th from Washington 13 northwest from Washington south of 9th 14 northwest from Pine and 9th 15 same from same, view more to north 16 southwest from same 17 northwest from Pine south of 11th 18 southwest from Pine and 11th 19 southeast from 11th west of Washington 20 southeast from 11th & Jackson 21 east from 10th & Jackson 22 southeast from same 23 same from same, east side of street 24 same from 9th & Jackson 25 northeast from Jackson north of 9th 26 southeast from 9th, west of Jackson 27 northeast north side of 10th, from Jackson 28 north along Jackson from north of 8th , ..' ,--..-...--.-- . Title First name Lastname Company ComDanv2 Address City State Postalcode American Architectural Property Owner 6500 Brooktree Wexford PA 15090 Products Inc. Road Suite 202 Design Center Prooertv Owner 290 Main Street Dubuque IA 52001 Mr. Michael Fincel 850 Jackson Dubuque IA 52001 Mr.& James & Julie Gross 2345 Clarke Dubuque fA 52001 Mrs. Crest Drive Jeld-Wen Inc Alln: Prop Tax P.O. Box 1329 Klamath OR 97601 Falls Plastic Center Inc. ProDertv Owner 290 Main Street Dubuaue IA 52001 Mr. Mark Redmond 1905 Asbury Dubuque IA 52001 Road Mr. John Rellenmaier 1105 Loras Dubuque IA 52001 Boulevard State of Iowa Property Owner 800 Lincoln Ames IA 50010 DeDt of TransDortation Way Mr. Wayne Stewart P.O. Box 49 East IL 61025 Dubuque Tschiggfrie Excavating Property Owner 400 Julien Dubuque IA 52003 Dubuque Drive Wilmac Property Property Owner 801 Jackson Dubuoue IA 52001 Jeld-Wen Fiber of Iowa ProDertv Owner 250 E 8'" Street DubuQue IA 52001 Montague Group Inc Property Owner 630 66'" Cedar IA 52404 Avenue SW Rapids . Ryman Corporation Property Owner 630 66'" Cedar IA 52404 Avenue SW Rapids Mr. Lyle Whalen 16786 Middle Dubuque IA 52002 Road Mr. John White 409 Burch Dubuque IA 52001 -... .""~,,-- ~ ..-..'----- -, ,', Planning Services Department City Hall 50 West 13th Street Dubuque, lowa 52001-4864 (563) 589-4210 office (563) 589-4221 fax (563) 690-6678 TDD P lannin g@cityofdubuque.org «Title» «FirsLname» «Lastname» «Company» «Address» «City», «State» «Postalcode» D~ ~c/k.~ July 2, 2003 Subject: Proposed Warehouse Demolition District Dear «Title» «Lastname», This letter is to inform you that the Historic Preservation Commission is proposing to establish a Warehouse Demolition District. City Assessor records show that you own property in the proposed demolition district (see enclosed map). The City's historic preservation consultant has conducted an historic and architectural survey of the downtown area. He has evaluated the properties located on the enclosed map and made a determination that they are eligible to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Information about demolition districts, historic districts, and the National Register of Historic Places is enclosed. The Historic Preservation Commission is holding a public meeting at the Camegie Stout Public Library Auditorium on July 17, 2003 at 5:00 pm about the proposed demolition district. You are invited to attend the meeting. If you cannot attend the meeting, you may send your comments by mail, fax or em ail to: Planning Services Department 50 W. 13th Street Dubuque, Iowa 52001 Fax: 563-589-4221 Email: planninaocv.citvofdubuaue.oro Sincerely, ~ÇldJ2 Christopher Wand, Chairperson Historic Preservation Commission enclosures cc: Michael Van Milligen, City Manager Rich Russell, Building Services Manager Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager s.,yice People Integrity R"'P°roibility lnno.vation Teamwo,k Demolition Districts What is a Demolition District? A demolition district is an area of the city composed of structures that have historical or architectural value. In demolition districts, a demolition permit must be reviewed by the Historic Preservation Commission and City Council before demolition can occur. Not all structures located in demolition districts have architectural or historical significance. The City of Dubuque currently has 8 demolition districts. How is it different from a Historic Preservation District? In historic districts, the Historic Preservation Commission has the power and authority to regulate exterior changes being made to structures. In the demolition districts, the Historic Preservation Commission do not review exterior changes to the buildings. What is a Demolition Permit? A Demolition Permit is a building permit granting permission for the applicant to demolish a building. When do I need a Demolition Permit? You may need to obtain a Demolition Permit from the Building Services Department if you are proposing to demolish all or part ofa building or structure. How long does the application process take? The demolition review process usually takes approximately 30-60 days from date of full application to the Historic Preservation Commission. What criteria are considered when reviewing a Demolition Permit? The Commission must review all of the information submitted by the applicant and make a determination as to the following: (1) Whether the building proposed for demolition has historic or architectural significance to the community; and (2) Whether denial of the proposed demolition permit would prevent the property owner from earning a reasonable economic retum on the property. If the Commission finds that denial of the application would prevent the property owner from earning a reasonable economic return on the property, or that the building does not have any historical or architectural significance to the community, the Commission must recommend approval of the application. If the Commission finds that denial of the application would not prevent the property owner from earning a reasonable economic return on the property and that the building has historical or architectural significance to the community, the Commission must recommend denial of the permit application. Additional information about Demolition Districts is available on the City's website at the following address: www.citvofdubuque.orqlindex.cfm?paqeid=91. Historic Districts What is a Historic District? A Historic District is an area designated by the City Council that has defined geographic boundaries and contains properties that are historically or architecturally significant. The City has 5 Historic Districts. What does the Historic Preservation Commission review in Historic Districts? The Historic Preservation Commission conducts design reviews of proposed exterior changes to a building, sign or other structure in a historic district that could impact its historic or architectural significance. The Commission does not review interior changes to a building. What is a Design Review? A design review is a request to alter the exterior of a property. The Historic Preservation Commission has the authority to allow these changes to properties located in one of the city's historic districts. Some building changes do not require a full Commission review and can be approved by City staff. When do I need a Design Review? You may need to file an application for a design review if you want to alter the exterior portions of your property that can be seen from the public right-of-way (the public right-of-way includes streets, alleys, sidewalks and public steps). The process is intended to provide an opportunity to create, change or affect the exterior architectural features of the structure or site in a way that will not adversely affect the aesthetic, historic, or architectural significance and value of the property or the neighboring properties. How long does the application process take? In most cases, the application process takes about 21 days from the application deadline if Commission review is needed. Reviews take only a day or two for City staff sign-offs. Who is the Historic Preservation Commission? The Historic Preservation Commission is a volunteer group of 7 citizens from the community who are appointed by the City Council to make decisions on design review requests. The Commissioners have various backgrounds and expertise and share an interest in historic preservation, with most of them residing in one of the districts. What criteria are considered when reviewing a Design Review application? The Historic Preservation Commission uses the following criteria when reviewing a design review request for a property in a Historic District: 1) The Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings and the "Guidelines for Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings' which are based on these federal standards. 2) The standards for review specified in the City's Historic Preservation Ordinance and the Design Guidelines for Historic Districts. 3) The Commission must consider each request on the merits of the individual case, with deliberation given to the proposed change and its relationship to the historic setting, architectural or historical significance, extent of previous alteration, use of original materials and quality of the existing structure or site. Additional information about Historic Districts is available on the City's website at the following address: www.citvofdubuQue.oro/index.cfm?paoeid=91. -- --- -- -- ~_. ~ National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation's cultural resources worthy of preservation. Authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Register is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect our historic and archeological resources. The National Register is administered by the National Park Service under the Secretary of the Interior. Properties listed in the National Register include districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, ahd culture. These resources contribute to an understanding of the historical and cultural foundations of the Nation. The National Register includes all historic areas in the National Park System; National Historic Landmarks which have been designated by the Secretary of the Interior for their significance to all Americans; and properties significant to the Nation, State, or community which have been nominated by the States, Federal agencies and others and have been approved by the National Park Service. Listing in the National Register has the following results which assist in preserving historic properties: Recognition that a property is of significance to the Nation, the State or the community. Consideration in the planning for Federal or federally assisted projects. Eligibility for Federal tax benefits. Consideration in the decision to issue a surface coal mining permit. Qualification for Federal assistance for historic preservation, when funds are available. National Register properties are distinguished by having been documented and evaluated according to uniform standards. The Secretary of the Interior's National Register criteria for evaluation and documentation standards are used by every State and Territory and by Federal agencies to identify important historic and archeological properties worthy of preservation and of consideration in making planning and development decisions. The National Register program provides Federal, State and local governments and the general public the following: National recognition of the value of historic properties individually and collectively to the Nation. Eligibility for Federal tax incentives and other preservation assistance. Assistance in cultural resource planning. National Recognition Americans are proud of their heritage and are honored when properties in their communities and States are entered in the National Register. Historic properties in a community are tangible links with the Nation's past that help provide a sense of identity and stability. The National Register, which recognizes the values of properties as diverse as a dugout shelter of an Oklahoma pioneer settler, the Breakers Mansion in Newport, and a 12,OOO-year-old prehistoric site, has helped many to appreciate the richness and variety of their heritage. Listing properties in the National Register often changes the way communities perceive their historic resources and gives credibility to efforts of private citizens and public officials to preserve these resources as living parts of our communities. Listing in the National Register, however, does not interfere with a private property owner's right to alter, manage or dispose of property. Historical commissions, design review committees, or special zoning ordinances are established by State legislation or local ordinances; they are not a part of the National Register program. Information on any State or local law which may affect a historic property may be obtained from the State Historic Preservation Officer and the Mayor, City Council or other community officials. Preservation Assistance Private preservation efforts, spurred by the honor of National Register listing and made feasible by financial incentives, have resulted in a rise in the value of historic property and in the creation of construction, business and employment opportunities throughout the Nation. Documentation used for evaluating and registering historic properties is the basis for decisions about which properties merit tax incentives or available Federal assistance and how these properties should be treated to respect their historic character. .,--..~ ~,---_._..- " What are the Results of Listing on National Register of Historic Places? Under federal law, owners of private property listed in the National Register are free to maintain, manage, or dispose of their property as they choose provided that there is no Federal involvement. Many states and communities use National Register listing as the backbone of their planning processes and designation criteria. In some cases, state and local ordinances may establish protections for preservation purposes. To find out if your state or community has such processes in place and their possible effect on your historic property, follow these links for the address and phone number of your State Historic Preservation Office, Tribal Preservation Office, or Federal Preservation Office. In addition to honorific recognition, listing in the National Register results in the following for historic properties: Consideration in planning for Federal, federally licensed, and federally assisted projects; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 requires that Federal agencies allow the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation an opportunity to comment on all projects affecting historic properties either listed in or determined eligible for listing in the National Register. The Advisorv Council oversees and ensures the consideration of historic properties in the Federal planning process. Eliqibilitv for certain tax provisions: Owners of properties listed in the National Register may be eligible for a 20% investment tax credit for the certified rehabilitation of income-producing certified historic structures such as commercial, industrial, or rental residential buildings. This credit can be combined with a straight-line depreciation period of 27.5 years for residential property and 31.5 years for nonresidential property for the depreciable basis of the rehabilitated building reduced by the amount of the tax credit claimed. Federal tax deductions are also available for charitable contributions for conservation purposes of partial interests in historically important land areas or structures. Consideration of historic values in the decision to issue a surface mining permit where coal is located in accordance with the Surface Mining Control Act of 1977; and Qualification for Federal grants for historic preservation, when funds are available. For more information on Federal grants for historic preservation and the Federal tax incentive program, visit the NPS Heritaqe Preservation Services page. N A ~----".,~._---". ,.,. '. ~~--~ ._-,--"~. -. -,. .'. ".-." -. ....,.",.~-."._,.""..._.,~- N A (. . Gronen Properties, LLC. ~~@~UW~~ P.O. Box 1862 Dubuque, IA 52004-1862 JUL 1 4 2003 Ph: 563.557.7010 PlANNIN'¡¡ 'ŠERVICES DEPARTMENT July 11, 2003 Mr. Chris Wand, Chairperson Historic Preservation Commission PLANNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT 50 West 13th Street Dubuque, IA 52001-4864 Dear Chairperson Wand: As a developer and owner of a number of properties li'TIou/ši':1out Dubuque's downtown, I value our corn1l1unity's historic resources as a means for economic .development. I apologize I could not attend the hearing in person, but I wish to express my full support for the creation of a Warehouse Demolition District. Dubuque's history as a world leader in sash and door production is seated at the warehouse district. This area is enormously important to our history as a 19th & 20th century industrial city. Some of the buildings on their own may not seem to warrant a strong call for preservation, but as a collection, this is a highly intact group of buildings with a common theme. The sense of place and history that these buildings convey can be attractive to business, shoppers, and residents alike. Other cities across the United States that have comparable districts are working hard to preserve them-and it is paying off. One only needs to look at Omaha's Old Market and Warehouse district to look at the potential impact sensitive stewardship and development can have. These buildings' particularly large floorplates, high ceilings and open floorplans make them especially attractive to developers who want both flexibility in design and historic character. As well, with the nearby development at Lower and Upper Main Street and the Port of Dubuque, the time is right for moving ahead to ensure stability. Thank you for your attention and your continued service to the City of Dubuque. ¡::¡Ù. . rõ)~@~U\Yl~rm I1ll JUL 1 1 2003 lYJ '" ' '. v Ubuq ~ C 01M1ty H f4'torícaJ., S ocie:ty MEMO TO: Local History Committee FROM: Jerry Enzler DATE: July 8, 2003 RE: July Meeting In lieu of a Local History Committee meeting this month, you are encouraged to attend a public meeting regarding the Historic Preservation Commission's proposed warehouse demolition district The meeting will be held on Thursday, July 17th at 5:00 p.m. at the Carnegie Stout Public Library Auditorium. (see attached information) If you are unable to attend, you can forward your comments to the following: Tacie Campbell, Curator National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium 350 E. Third St Dubuque, IA 52001 Fax: 563-583-1241 (563) 557 9545 fax (563) 583 1241 350 East Third Street Dubuque, 1A 52001 National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium' Mathias Ham House 'Ryan House 'Old County Jail Planning Services Department City Hall 50 West 13th Street Dubuque, Iowa 52001-4864 (563) 589-4210 office (563) 5S9-4221 fax (563) 690-6678 TDD P lanning@dtyofdubuque.org +~ Du~ ~c/k.~ " January 15, 2004 Rick Dickinson Greater Dubuque Development Corporation 300 Main Street, Suite 120 Dubuque, IA 52001 RE: Proposed Warehouse Demolition District Dear Rick: The Historic Preservation Commission has reviewed your letter of December 3, 2003 addressed to Mayor Terry Duggan regarding the proposed Warehouse Demolition District with City Legal and Planning Services staff. It appears from this letter that you may not have received adequate information about the proposal. The Commission would like to provide you with additional information about the proposed district, and address your concerns. Your first concern was that there is not an economic feasibilitv study for the proposed action. . An economic feasibility study is not required to establish a demolition district. The City Council has established 8 demolition districts (see enclosed map) without an economic feasibility study. The last demolition district established was for the Downtown Neighborhood. This demolition district is the largest in land area. It was established at the initiative of the City Council. For the proposed warehouse district, an economic analysis has been conducted in terms of the retail trade inventory, residential development inventory, and target industry analysis prepared for the Downtown Master Plan. In the Plan, the warehouse district is identified as a contiguous area of influence for the central business district. Your second concern was that the proposed district is ex post facto zoninq. The City Legal Department provided oversight to the creation of the 8 demolition districts. They have determined that the districts are not ex post facto zoning. The Zoning Ordinance regulates the uses of land, as well as bulk regulations pertaining to lot size and area, setbacks, and building height. The Zoning Ordinance also establishes requirements for parking, landscaping and signs. Sernce People Integrity Re'poruribility Innovation Teamwork Proposed Warehouse Demolition District Page 2 A demolition district regulates none of these things. The demolition district does not pertain to improvements to the exterior or interior of buildings. It does not pertain to upgrades and investments to facilities, equipment, or infrastructure. It only applies to demolition requests. Your third concern was that the proposed district lacks financial investment and intent from the private sector to re-develop the area. A lack of financial investment and intent from the private sector to re-develop, and anticipated demolition of historic structures, were factors that led the City Council to create the Downtown Neighborhood Demolition District. During the Commission's public meetings on the proposed Warehouse Demolition District, there was interest expressed by some property owners in re-developing their properties. Please contact me if you have any questions or need more information. Sincerely, ~Çl4Ù2 Christopher Wand, Chairperson Historic Preservation Commission cc Mayor and City Council Members GDDC Board Members Proposed Warehouse Demolition District Page 2 A demolition district regulates none of these things. The demolition district does not pertain to improvements to the exterior or interior of buildings. It does not pertain to upgrades and investments to facilities, equipment, or infrastructure. It only applies to demolition requests. Your third concern was that the prooosed district lacks financial investment and intent from the private sector to re-develop the area. A lack of financial investment and interit from the private sector to re-develop, and anticipated demolition of historic structures, were factors that led the City Council to create the Downtown Neighborhood Demolition District During the Commission's public meetings on the proposed Warehouse Demolition District, there was interest expressed by some property owners in re-developing their properties. Please contact me if you have any questions or need more information. Sincerely, C4ul~ Christopher Wand, Chairperson Historic Preservation Commission cc Mayor and City Council Members GDDC Board Members F?FC'EIVED HPC q GreaterDubuque Development Corporation December 3, 2003 03 ore - <:; ¡.¡".¡' 0", , - " , v 41 Terry Duggan Mayor City of Dubuque 50 West 13th Street Dubuque, IA 52001 City Cic';'s Office DubuCì! '" it:' ,_.OJ, " 0 Mayor Duggan: On behalf of the Greater Dubuque Development Corporation, I am writing to go on record in opposition to the Historic Preservation District's proposed Warehouse Demolition District. In addition to the specific concerns and potential limitations on expansion that Jeld-Wen shared with our office (three of their four buildings are located in the proposed area), consider the following as well: 1) There is not an economic feasibility study for the proposed action. Regardless of one's position (either in favor of or in opposition to this proposal), an economic impact analysis should, at the very least, be conducted to determine the real dollar cost/impact. 2) The proposed district is a form of ex post facto zoning. Companies, like Jeld Wen, have had the appropriate zoning in place for years. As a result, investments and upgrades have' been made tò facilities, equipment, and infrastructure. The proposed change would, in effect, rezone numerous properties after the fact, 3) The proposed district lacks financial investment and intent from the private sector to re-develop the area. That is, the proposal has been driven by the Historic Preservation Commission, not real dollars from the private sector. We ask that this proposal be denied. In Jeld Wen's case, it's a matter of taking care of a loyal, existing business that provides 89 quality jobs in our community and wants nothing more, than the flexibility to expand and update when needed. Please contact me if you have any questions or need clarification. C3?~ Rick Dickinson Director cc: Mr. Michael Van Milligen, City Manager, City of Dubuque Mr. Chris Wand, Chair, Dubuque Historic Preservation Commission Mr. Steve Wolf, Manager, Jeld-Wen of Dubuque Mr. Darin Harmon, Jeld-Wen Legal Counsel, Kintzinger Law Firm e.meil gdd,~greate",ub"Q"e.o,g pheoe563.557.9009 300 Mal" Street. Suite 120. OubuQ"e, Iowa 52001 ~....ate""b"que.o,g fe, 563.557.1059 ifffõacì)on Mo"o, """"OS, (OMam 2000 Feet ~ N 'P ,. .. ,,- ,'. ~ <)' " JELDWEN" m,od Fiber Division 250 East 8" St. Dubuque. IA 52001.7049 USA 563557-1603 Tel 563557.9732 Fax www.jeld.wen.com July 25, 2003 Christopher Wand Historic Preservation Commission Planning Services Department City Hall 50 West 13th Street Dubuque, Iowa 52001 Dear Mr. Wand, I am responding to your letter dated July 2, 2003. It was in regards to a Proposed Warehouse Demolition District. According to your letter three of our four buildings located in the vicinity of250 East 8th street will be in the proposed demolition district. JELD- WEN is a heavy industrial manufacturer of doors and door components. We currently employ 90 people at the facility in Dubuque. After reviewing your letter along with the attachments defining demolition districts, historic districts and the National Register of Historic Places, we have concluded that this will not be in the best interest ofJELD-WEN... This type of designation will not fit into a site that is zoned for heavy industrial use. The buildings are actively being used for production seven days a week 24 hours per day. To list these buildings as historic sites would not be complimentary with their current use. This type of designation will only lead to conflicts in the future, as JELD- WEN will continue to modernize our facilities while the city will desire to preserve the old. Please continue to keep us informed of any upcoming meetings or discussions in regards to this proposed demolition district We definitely want to have our opinion heard. ~Best RE18.ard~ \~~); sieven Wolf v General Manager c.c. Rick Dickinson, Greater Dubuque Development Corp. Darin Harmon, Kintzinger Law Firm David Stork, JELD- WEN Legal Division lo...U:íC',- Planning Services Department City HaIl 50 West 13th Street Dubuque, Iowa 52001-4864 (563) 5S9-4210 office (563) 5S9-4221 fax (563) 690-667S TDD planning@cityofdubuque.org I)~ ~c/k.~ October 13, 2003 «FirsLname» «Lastname» «Address» «City» «State» «Postal code» Subject: Proposed Warehouse Demolition District Dear «Title» «Lastname», This letter is to inform you that the City Council will review the request from the Historic Preservation Commission to establish the Warehouse Demolition District (see enclosed map). The City Council will review the request at the October 20, 2003 meeting. The meeting will be held at 6:30 pm in the 3rd Floor Auditorium at the Carnegie Stout Public Library, 360 W. 11th Street, Dubuque, Iowa. If the City Council approves the Warehouse Demolition District, the Building Official cannot issue a demolition permit without review by the Historic Preservation Commission and final approval by the City Council. Structures located in these demolition districts are not subject to a design review by the Historic Preservation Commission. The property owner may make exterior and interior alterations to the structure without Historic Preservation Commission review. Creation of this demolition district will help protect the large brick warehouses that represent the industrial heritage of Dubuque, and that are considered eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Sincerely, ~y~ Christopher Wand, Chairperson Historic Preservation Commission enclosure cc: Michael Van Milligen, City Manager Rich Russell, Building Services Manager Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager Smiœ P~ple IntegÚty R"'poroibility Innovation Teamwmk Title First name Lastname Companv2 Address City State Postalcode American Architectural Property Owner 6500 Brooktree Wexford PA 15090 Products Inc. Road Suite 202 Design Center Property Owner 290 Main Street Dubuaue IA 52001 Mr. Michael Fincel 850 Jackson Dubuaue IA 52001 Mr.& James & Julie Gross 2345 Clarke Dubuque IA 52001 Mrs. Crest Drive Jeld-Wen Inc Attn: Prop Tax Property Owner P.O. Box 1329 Klamath OR 97601 Falls Plastic Center Inc. Property Owner 290 Main Street DubuQue IA 52001 Mr. Mark Redmond 1905 Asbury Dubuque IA 52001 Road Mr. John Rettenmaier 1105 Loras Dubuque IA 52001 Boulevard State of Iowa Property Owner 800 Lincoln Ames IA 50010 Deot of Transoortation Way Mr. Wayne Stewart P.O. Box 49 East IL 61025 Dubuaue Tschiggfrie Excavating Property Owner 400 Julien Dubuque IA 52003 Dubuaue Drive Wilmac Prooertv Property Owner 801 Jackson Dubuaue IA 52001 Jeld-Wen Fiber of Iowa Property Owner 250 E 8m Street DubuQue IA 52001 Montague Group Inc Property Owner 6306610 Cedar IA 52404 Avenue SW Raoids Ryman Corporation Property Owner 6306610 Cedar IA 52404 Avenue SW Rapids Mr. Lyle Whalen 16786 Middle Dubuque IA 52002 Road Mr. John White 409 Burch Dubuaue IA 52001 Planning Services Department City Hall 50 West 13th Street Dubuque, Iowa 52001-4864 (563) 589-4210 office (563) 589-4221 fax (563) 690.6678 TDD P 1annin g@cityofdubuque.org D~ ~c/k.~ October 24, 2003 The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members City of Dubuque City Hall-50 W. 13th Street Dubuque, IA 52001 RE: Warehouse Demolition District Dear Mayor and City Council Members: At the October 20, 2003, City Council meeting, the Council tabled the Warehouse Demolition District. The Historic Preservation Commission respectfully requests that the City Council provide them with direction about what information they would like the HPC to submit in order to make an informed decision about the Warehouse Demolition District Respectfully submitted, ~JfÝZ~ Historic Preservation Commission Attachments Service People Integrity Re'poroibility InnQvation Teamwork