Shores-Mueller Company

Shores-Mueller Company
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	700 16th St. NE Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Coordinates	41°58′47.6″N91°40′51.5″W / 41.979889°N 91.680972°W / 41.979889; -91.680972
Built	1911
NRHP reference No.	100005298 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 2020

The Shores-Mueller Company is a historic building located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. The original section of the building was completed in 1911. Its construction utilized the Turner Cap system, which is a concrete flat-slab support system. ^[2] It features concrete floors that are more than 1 foot (0.30 m) thick and are supported by large concrete columns with concrete caps. The building housed the catalog company Shores-Mueller, which produced, packaged, and sold a variety of household and farm products from here. ^[3] Two additions were built on to the original structure, the last being in 1969. The building is three-stories, constructed in brick, and lacking in ornamentation. Tom Erger, Devonna Wood, and Mike Pitzen acquired the building in 2005 and renovated it into the Shores Central Park, which hosts a variety of functions. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Program: Weekly List" (PDF). National Park Service. June 26, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
2. Dave DeWitte (August 21, 2019). "Performance center planned in CR's College District". Corridor Business Journal. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
3. "History of Shores Building". Shores Event Center. Retrieved February 11, 2021.

External links

• Media related to Shores-Mueller Company at Wikimedia Commons