Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Company
National Register of Historic Places

Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Company

Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
Listed
May 7, 2017
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
100000966

About this property

The Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Company, also known as Knutson Building, and the Chelsea, is a historic building located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1887, and it is one of the few commercial structures that remains along the west side of the Cedar River from that era. Besides the Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Company, the building was also used by the Knutsons for their junk business. It was used for storage and it was also used as a haunted house before it could no longer be occupied. The building has been transformed into 18 market-rate apartments called the Chelsea. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.

Location

525 Valor Way, SW.
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
41.97255, -91.66853

Categories

INDUSTRY
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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When was Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Company listed on the National Register?

Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Company was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 2017.

What type of historic resource is Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Company?

Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Company is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Company is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1887.

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