The Fowler Company Building

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The Fowler Company Building
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Location226-228 E. 4th St.
Waterloo, Iowa
Coordinates 42°29′55.8″N92°20′06″W / 42.498833°N 92.33500°W / 42.498833; -92.33500
Arealess than one acre
Built1884
Architectural style Late Victorian
Part of Waterloo East Commercial Historic District (ID11000813)
NRHP reference No. 09000712 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 16, 2009

The Fowler Company Building is a historic building located in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1884 by the city's most successful grocery wholesale business. [2] They continued to operate from here until 1937. The three-story brick structure is an example of Late Victorian commercial architecture with Queen Anne influences. The building features pilasters, corbeling, canted-brick courses, and contrasting stone trim around and between the windows and at the street level. It is capped with an ornate metal cornice that contains pilasters, finials, pediments, floral and circle imagery, and quilted surface textures. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. [1] In 2011 it was included as a contributing property in the Waterloo East Commercial Historic District. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ Jan Olive Nash. "The Fowler Company Building". National Park Service . Retrieved November 28, 2016. with photos
  3. ↑ Jan Olive Full; Jennifer A. Price. "Waterloo East Commercial Historic District". National Archives . Retrieved July 3, 2018.
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