National Register of Historic Places

Cedar Rapids Pump Company Factory and Warehouse

Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
Listed
November 6, 2012
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
12000907

About this property

The Cedar Rapids Pump Company Factory and Warehouse are two historic buildings located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. The company began in 1881. They manufactured and distributed water pumps and windmills throughout the Midwest from this facility from 1884 to 1929. They completed the first floor of the factory building along the Chicago and North Western Railroad tracks in 1884. The second floor was added to the building around 1894, and in 1901 the warehouse building was completed. The Cedar Rapids Community School District used both buildings for storage from 1974 to about 2008. The buildings were affected by the 2008 flood. The two-story brick factory building features a monitor roof, and is otherwise "purely utilitarian in appearance with no particular stylistic or decorative tendency." The warehouse is also two-stories, constructed in brick, and lacking in ornamentation. The buildings were listed together on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

Location

605 G Ave., NW.
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
41.98189, -91.68192

Categories

INDUSTRY
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Sources

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

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When was Cedar Rapids Pump Company Factory and Warehouse listed on the National Register?

Cedar Rapids Pump Company Factory and Warehouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 6, 2012.

What type of historic resource is Cedar Rapids Pump Company Factory and Warehouse?

Cedar Rapids Pump Company Factory and Warehouse is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Cedar Rapids Pump Company Factory and Warehouse is recorded as the industrial era.

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