The Iowa Building is a historic structure located in downtown
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids () is the second-largest city in Iowa, United States and is the county seat of Linn County, Iowa, Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River (Iowa River), Cedar River, north of Iowa City, Iowa, Iowa City and north ...
,
United States
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. It was individually listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1983.
In 2015 it was included as a
contributing property
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distri ...
in the
.
History
The building is seven stories tall and rises above the ground.
Seven construction workers were killed in 1913 when the top two floors collapsed during construction. The building was completed the following year. It housed a
millinery company named the Lyman Company until the building was bought and renamed in 1933.
References
{{NRHP in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Commercial buildings completed in 1914
Renaissance Revival architecture in Iowa
Buildings and structures in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
National Register of Historic Places in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Iowa