Witwer Grocery Company Building

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Witwer Grocery Company Building
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Location905 3rd St., SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Coordinates 41°58′21″N91°39′38″W / 41.97250°N 91.66056°W / 41.97250; -91.66056
Arealess than one acre
Built1946
ArchitectBlahnik & Berger
MPS Commercial & Industrial Development of Cedar Rapids MPS
NRHP reference No. 98000386 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 1, 1998

The Witwer Grocery Company Building, also known as the Osada Building or more recently as the Bottleworks Loft Condominiums, is a historic structure located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. The building served as the grocery warehouse for the Witwer Grocery Company, a local Cedar Rapids grocer which included MeToo stores from 1946 to 1965 and had a bottling facility for Life Cola and Hires Root Beer on the first floor. The building is five stories tall and rises 55 feet (17 m) above the ground. [2] It was designed by the architectural firm of Blahnik & Berger and was completed in 1946. The building was extensively renovated from 1996 to 1997 into apartments. A full height atrium was created in the buildings core. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998, and is part of the Commercial & Industrial Development of Cedar Rapids MPS. [1] The Osada complex closed in 2007 and was remodeled into Bottleworks Loft Condominiums post-2008 flood.

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  2. 1 2 "Osada Building". Emporis. Archived from the original on April 9, 2013. Retrieved 2012-01-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)