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Home My WebLink About03-01-2013 Historic Preservation Commissionf�A IOWA CITY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Friday, March 1, 2013 City Hall, 410 E. Washington Street Emma J Hai -vat Hall 12:15 p.m. A) Call to Order B) Roll Call C) Public hearing on the designation of 529 South Gilbert Street as a historic landmark D) Adjournment r CITY �� //II( T Y�� //((OF ��991 jO Val A CITY �� I T�� //Y(( Date: February 26, 2013 To: Historic Preservation Commission From: Robert Miklo, Senior Planner Re: 529 S. Gilbert Street JMK Holdings LC — The Vine Tavern has requested that their property at 529 S. Gilbert Street be designated as an Iowa City Historic Landmark. The enclosed Iowa Site Inventory Form provides a detailed discussion of the building's history and architecture. Indications are that the building was built early in the 201h century, c. 1905, Designation of the property as an Iowa City Historic Landmark will require Commission approval of any significant changes to the exterior of the building. Landmark status will also make the property eligible for special exceptions that would allow the Board of Adjustment to waive or modify certain zoning requirements. The Commission should determine if the property meets at least one of the criteria for local designation listed below: a. Significant to American and/or Iowa City history, architecture, archaeology and culture; b. Possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship, c. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; d. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; e. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction; or represents the work of a master; or possesses high artistic values; or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction, f. Has yielded or may likely yield information important in prehistory or history. Note that eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places has not yet been determined by the State Historical Society of Iowa. Recommended Motion: Move to approve the designation of 529 S. Gilbert Street as an Iowa City Historic Landmark based on the following criteria for local designation: criteria a, b, c. Architect John F. Shaw AIA, LEED AP, INC Suite 305 221-Y. east February 15, 2013 Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 iohn9johntshaw,eorn Ms. Ginalie Swaim Chair: Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission City Hall 0O1r 410 East Washington Street 319,338.4344 Iowa City, Iowa 52240 RE: Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co. / Schrader Drug Co. Building 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City, Iowa Dear Ms. Swaim, With this letter I request that the Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co. / Schrader Drug Co. Building be accepted and placed in the list of Iowa City Local Historic Landmarks. It is the intent of the Owner to place this building in the National Register of Historic Places; the nomination is currently in process. I have attached a copy of the Iowa Site Inventory Form, authored by Ms. Marlys Swenson, which was submitted to the State Historic Preservation Office in conjunction with the Owner's application for Historic Preservation Tax Incentives. I believe this document adequately supports the significance of the property, and my request the property be placed in the local list. Sincerely, John F. Shaw AIA, LEED AP Architect John F. Shaw AIA, LEED AP, INC CC: Bob Miklo Site Inventory Form State Inventory No. 52- 05128 ® New ❑ Supplemental State Historical Society of Iowa ❑Part of a district with known boundaries (enter inventory no.) (November 2005) Relationship: ❑ Contributing ❑ Noncontributing ❑ Contributes to a potential district with yet unknown boundaries National Register Status:(any that apply) ❑ Listed ❑ De -listed ❑ NHL ❑ DOE 9-Digit SHPO Review & Compliance (R&C) Number _ ❑ Non -Extant (enter year) 1. Name of Property historic name Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building other names/site number Howell-Shrader Drug Co. Building Howell-Shrader Co. Building: Whipple House, Inc. Building 2. Location street & number 529 South Gilbert Street city or town Iowa City ❑ vicinity, county Johnson Legal Description: (If Rural) Township Name Township No. Range No. Section Quarter of Quarter (If Urban) Subdivision Lvon's 1L� Addition Block(s) 5 Lot(s) N 35.72' of Lot 8 & S 12.5' of Lot 7 3. State/Federal Agency Certification [Skip this Section] 4. National Park Service Certification [Skip this Section] 5. Classification (Check only one box) N building(s) If Non -Eligible Property IfEligible Property, enter number of, ❑ district Enter number of: Contributing Noncontributing ❑ site _ buildings 1 buildings ❑ structure sites _ _ sites El object _ structures _ _ _ structures _ objects _ _ objects _ Total 1 Total Name of related project report or multiple property study (Enter "NIA" if the property is not part of a multiple property examination). Title Historical Architectural Data Base Number 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) 10A02 Manufacturing Facility/Factory 99 Other (artist studios) 02E09 Specialty Store/Furniture 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) Materials (Enter categories from instructions) 09D01 Flat Roof foundation 04 Stone walls (visible material) 03 Brick roof 15C Rubber other Narrative Description (N SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED) 8. Statement of Significance Nppucame Nanonai negisier emerla (marK xrepresenting your opmen of eligibility after applying relevant National Register criteria) N Yes ❑ No ❑ More Research Recommended A Property is associated with significant events. ❑ Yes N No ❑ More Research Recommended B Property is associated with the lives of significant persons. N Yes ❑ No ❑ More Research Recommended C Property has distinctive architectural characteristics. ❑ Yes N No ❑ More Research Recommended D Property yields significant information in archaeology or history. County Johnson Address 529 South Gilbert Street Site Number 52-05128 Reference source not found. City Iowa City District Number Criteria Considerations ❑ A Owned by a religious institution or used ❑ E A reconstructed building, object, or structure. for religious purposes. ❑ F A commemorative property, ❑ B Removed from its original location. ❑ G Less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past ❑ C A birthplace or grave. 50 years. ❑ D A cemetery Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) 171NDUSTRY Significant Person (Complete if National Register Criterion B is marked above) Significant Dates Construction date 1905 ®check if circa or estimated date Other dates, including renovation Architect/Builder Architect Builder Narrative Statement of Significance (® SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED) 9. Major Bibliographical References Bibliography 1251 See continuation sheet for citations of the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form 10. Geographic Data UTM References (OPT(ONAL) Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing 4 See continuation sheet for additional UTM references 11. Form Prepared By name/title Marlys Svendsen Svendsen Tyler Inc. organization John Shaw, AIA date 5/2012 street & number N3834 Deep Lake Road telephone 7151469-3300 city or town Sarona state WI zip code 54870 ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION (Submit the following items with the completed form) FOR ALL PROPERTIES 1. Map: showing the property's location in a town/city or township, 2. Site plan: showing position of buildings and structures on the site in relation to public road(s). 3. Photographs: representative black and white photos. If the photos are taken as part of a survey for which the Society is to be curator of the negatives or color slides, a photo/catalog sheet needs to be included with the negatives/slides and the following needs to be provided below on this particular inventory site. Roll/slide sheet # Frame/slot # Date Taken Roll/slide sheet # Frame/slot # Date Taken Roll/slide sheet # Frame/slot # Date Taken ❑ See continuation sheet or attached photo & slide catalog sheet for list of photo roll or slide entries. ❑ Photos/illustrations without negatives are also in this site inventory file. FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF PROPERTIES, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AS WELL 1. Farmstead & District: (List of structures and buildings, known or estimated year built, and contributing or noncontributing status) 2. Barn: a. A sketch of the frame/truss configuration in the form of drawing a typical middle bent of the barn. b. A photograph of the loft showing the frame configuration along one side. c. A sketch floor plan of the interior space arrangements along with the barn's exterior dimensions in feet. State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Use Only Below This Line Concur with above survey opinion on National Register eligibility. ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ More Research Recommended ❑ This is a locally designated property or part of a locally designated district. Comments: Evaluated by (name/title): Date: Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co /Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City 7. Descriotion The Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building at 529 South Gilbert Street is estimated by the Johnson County Assessor to have been constructed in 1890, However, a newspaper account from September 1903 identifies the new building planned for the site at the northwest corner of East Prentiss Street and South Gilbert Street as the Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co. Construction was to begin in the fall of 1903. Two years later, a fire destroyed the building but it was immediately rebuilt. Sanborn maps further confirm the construction time frame with the 1899 map showing the lot as a vacant parcel and the 1906 map depicting the completed 3-story brick building. Two small brick and concrete block additions were added to the 1905 main building in ca.1960 and after 1970 respectively. The older addition originally served as a garage according to the 1970 Sanborn map and was later converted to retail/storage space. The second addition was developed as the kitchen for a restaurant/bar developed in the 1980s. The Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building is an example of an early 201h century three-story industrial building form. It has a rectangular footprint for the original block measuring 37 feet across the front and a depth of 77 feet. The brick building has three levels with 12-inch thick solid brick walls on the ground, first and second floors, 8-inch thick solid brick wall on the third floor, and a rubble stone foundation, a brick and stone basement level is exposed on the west facade. The low end of the basement level is also exposed along the sloped south facade as well. The rear facade faces an alley officially designated "Maiden Lane" that contained railroad siding that paralleled the main line track of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern RR (later, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific RR), which passed north and south along the right-of-way Maiden Lane - all a half block west of Gilbert Street. The basement wall is constructed of locally quarried limestone and the upper level walls are constructed of mottled reddish -brown colored brick laid in a variation of American bond with seven courses of stretchers separated by header courses. A salt glazed ceramic coping tops the short parapet. Brick decoration is limited to the corbeled brick rectangular patternwork along the parapet level of the front facade. The building originally had painted advertisement company signs along three facades (south, east and west) with remnants of signs surviving on some wall sections. The building is divided into four bays across the front and rear facades with the upper levels containing tall 2/2 double -hung wood windows in each bay. The slightly recessed window openings have stone sills and flat brick arches set over a metal plate. On the first floor, the main entrance is at the north end and is reached by a flight of poured concrete steps. The intact original entrance door has a tall single -light in the upper portion and a single horizontal wood panel below. A narrow two -light transom is above the entrance. The remainder of the first floor has two large 1/1 double -windows, each set beneath molded cast-iron lintels with stone sills. The south bay contains no opening. On the rear facade, the four bays of the upper two levels have a similar spacing of 2/2 double -hung windows. The main level has original window units set in the first and third openings with an exterior metal staircase leading to a rear entrance in the fourth or south bay added in ca. 1985. The second bay originally held a double -width opening containing either a tall, wide single window with a transom or a pair of narrower double -hung sash. The wide stone sill and narrow wood lintel remain but the window(s) were replaced with a pair of smaller 1/1 double -hung units surrounded by brick infill sometime prior to 1966. On the basement walk -out level, a pair of wood doors in in the north or first bay have been replaced with a single pedestrian slab door surrounded by narrow tongue -and -groove bead board infill. A limestone lintel for this entrance opening and a section of brick wall have been replaced with matching stone and brick. Two small openings with stone lintels and sills Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City centered along the wall above the coursed stone foundation have replacement stone elements. The new windows are single light sash replacing earlier 2/2 configurations. The new metal stairs contain a single flight leading to the main level door in the south end of the rear wall. On the north and south facades, the walls are divided into nine bays. Matching 2/2 double -hung wood windows are found in bays two through eight for the second and third floors of the north fagade and first through third floors on the south facade, On the south fagade, the only exception is for the sixth and seventh bays on the first floor. The sixth bay has had the 2/2 window replaced by a pair of small 1 /1 double -hung sash and the seventh bay has a small 1/1 double -hung unit replacing an earlier small 2/2 unit. Stone sills and flat brick arches above metal plates are retained for all of the openings on the south fagade except the pair of new windows on the first floor in the sixth bay. On the basement level, one door was originally located in the second bay. Following conversion of the basement level to a restaurant/bar in 1983, a new entrance was added immediately to the east and the original wider opening was infilled with bead board. The new passage door in the third bay serves as the primary entrance for the basement level retail space. The metal replacement doors has vertical panels in the lower half and two tall vertical lights in the upper section. A small modern semi -circular canopy supported by pipes extends over the entranceway. On the north fagade, the center six bays on the second and third floors retain the flat brick arches, metal plates, stone sills and 2/2 double -hung wood windows. On the first floor, several of the openings have been partially or completely blocked by the 1-story north addition with the remaining wall without windows. It should be noted that the original footprint of the building and parcel allowed for the installation of windows on all four sides by retaining a 12-foot wide protected "window well" strip for the existing one-story building located to the north. In ca. 1960, a one-story addition was added at grade level on the east end of the north facade. In 1983 when the restaurant/bar was established, an addition housing the kitchen was added at the west end of this 12-foot wide strip. An examination of Sanborn Maps compiled during the building's early use as a factory building identifies the general construction features of the building and how it was used over time. The first year the new building was depicted in 1906, the map shows it occupied by the Hawthorne Glove and Novelty Company. The building was heated by steam, fueled by coal and had electric lights throughout. Iron columns were identified as vertical supports on the first, second and third floors though later maps show the third floor contained wood supports. The east quarter of the first floor served as office space opening directly onto South Gilbert Street and the rear lower level opened onto the siding and main line rail tracks of the railroad; there was no loading platform access to the siding. A second entrance was located along the south fagade west of the current pedestrian entrance with a small 1-story enclosure in place. This entrance likely provided access for local transfers. On the interior the map designates the use for each floor beginning with storage on the first floor, stock and materials on the second and third floors, and cutting rooms on various levels. No use was designated for the basement level and the east end of the first floor was reserved for office use. By 1912, the glove and novelty factory no longer operated from the building having been taken over by the Shrader Drug Company for the manufacturing of "stock powders," most likely drug powders in concentrated forms. The Sanborn map published that year shows the basement floor finished in concrete, the presence of electric motors , a water protection hose system, and the installation on the exterior south fagade of a metal stairs in the vicinity of where a window access fire escape ladder is located in 2012, On the interior, the basement and first floors were designated for mixing stock powders, the second floor for "business Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City handling" or packaging, and the third floor for storage with the main level office space still in use in the east end. The reconfiguration of the factory interior demonstrates the overall flexibility of the open well -lighted factory spaces. Operable double -hung sash provided the only means of ventilation but the addition of the window access fire escape on the south fagade by 1912 was a nod to modernization. It should be noted that the disastrous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City took place in 1911 prompting such changes around the country for multi -story factory buildings. Subsequent Sanborn maps for 1920, 1926, 1933 and 1948 when Shrader Drug Company or Howell- Shrader Drug Company remained in operation saw only a few changes made to the building over time. In 1920, the second floor was designated as an assembly area for boxes with the use of "box nailing" shown. By 1926, a more substantial change noted the addition of wood posts for roof supports on the third floor. This may have been a correction of the original 1906 depiction of iron columns on all three floors. A freight elevator (nonextant) was also installed in the southwest corner of the building. The office space was no longer designated as such. The interior uses remained the same in 1926, 1933 and 1948. By the mid- 1950s the building was being used as general storage and transfer space. In ca. 1959 the building's use changed to "The Whipple House" furniture store according to city directories. This was noted on the 1970 Sanborn map along with the construction of the east half of the 1-story addition along the north fagade. This space was identified as a garage bay. A series of retail and manufacturing operations were housed in the building from ca. 1970 until 1983 when it saw the establishment of "The Vine Tavern and Eatery" in the basement level. Leased space on the upper three levels was used subsequently by a motorcycle shop, printing and binding companies, a carpet shop, a local food cooperative, and an electronics company. These uses continued until ca. 1998 when the upper three levels were converted to use as individual artist studios. The retail tavern/restaurant space on the basement level continued. Rentable spaces were established along a double -load central corridor that extended east -west through each floor with short hallways accessing stairwells in the northeast and southwest corners. A single shared restroom is used by the tenants on each level. New wood stud walls for each one -room unit were clad in gypsum board with the interior surfaces of the original brick walls in each studio painted or repainted. Wood slab doors were installed for each unit and the corridors were carpeted. The original wood floors were painted within the units with some surfaces finished in tile and carpet. In 2012, the building retains all four levels of the original building with a restaurant/bar space on the basement level containing table and booth seating, a U-shaped counter and back bar, storage rooms, and restrooms. The main prep kitchen and freezer are in the west half of the north addition and a cooler is in the east half. It should be noted that when originally constructed in ca. 1960, the east half was used as a single -bay garage. The overhead door was replaced with a passage door and fixed glass window in ca, 1985. On the upper three levels, art studios outfitted with no build -outs but ample natural lighting are retained. Access to the upper levels is from enclosed and partially enclosed stairwells in the northeast and southwest corridors that are reached via exterior concrete and metal staircases. 8. Significance The Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co. Building that later housed the Shrader Drug Company /Howell- Shrader Drug Company, is significant under Criterion A for its association with two early 20"' century Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa Address City manufacturing concerns that operated from Iowa City's original railroad and industrial corridor. This corridor flourished during the late 191" and early to mid-20r centuries. The first company, the Hawthorne Glove and Novelty Company was one of several noteworthy firms that manufactured gloves in Iowa City before World War I. A regional market was served by other local firms such as the E.F. Rate Glove Company and the Iowa Glove Company from the late 1880s into the 1950s. The multi -floor masonry building was constructed to house the Hawthorne Glove Company's manufacturing and wholesale warehouse. It took advantage of its site along the north -south railroad spur along Maiden Lane at the building's rear for both the off-loading of tanned hides and other supplies associated with glove manufacturing and for product shipping. The second longer -lived firm, the Shrader Drug Company/Howell-Shrader Drug Company, began operations in 1899 at another location in Iowa City in the 400 block of East Washington Street. It moved to 529 South Gilbert Street in ca. 1911 and continued here through 1956. Owned by William E. Shrader when the company moved, it was one of several local drug and toiletry manufacturing companies that prospered in Iowa City in the 20`h century. The Shrader Drug Company was a manufacturer of stock powders - drug powders in concentrated forms — and stock remedies that gradually focused on veterinary use and feed compounds. The company traced its roots in the retail drug store of the same name founded in 1880 in downtown Iowa City. Production of over-the-counter remedy powders was carried out in a back room of the store. As this aspect of the business grew, manufacturing relocated first from the northeast corner of South Clinton and East College streets later to a building in the 400 block of East Washington Street opposite the present Iowa City Civic Center. Finally in 1911, the expanding business moved to the former glove factory along the Maiden Lane -South Gilbert Street railroad and industrial corridor. The turn -of -the -century factory design of the building also derives significance under Criterion C. Its setting adjacent to both a railroad line and spur and intersecting streets provided for good receiving and delivery points. Though the railroad line has been abandoned the wide Maiden Lane alleyway continues. The building's multi -level configuration was typical of the period providing for isolation of manufacturing activities and warehousing by floor levels and an economic use of the building site. The inclusion of a generous number of large, operable double -hung windows on four sides, all available for providing passive ventilation and good lighting looked back to 19°i century building practices while the installation of electricity and central heating were part of modern factory construction. By 1912, the development of a second exit for upper levels was handled by the installation of a fire escape at the corner diagonally opposite from the main entrance stairs, likely demonstrating the factory's response to the Triangle Shirtwast Factory Fire in 1911. Together these two successive manufacturing concerns — a glove factory and stock drug company - were representative examples of the medium -scale factories to locate in Iowa City's Maiden Lane -Gilbert Street industrial corridor during this time period. The Shrader Drug Co./Howell-Shrader Drug Co. saw greater success, but both derive significance from their moderate size of operation typical of Iowa City factories, their proximity to the well -established railroad and industrial corridor, and the multi -story factory form occupied for more than a century. Together, these aspects of the building's history makes it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and C. Historical Background of Hawthorne Glove and Novelty Company and Shrader Drug Company: Hawthorne Glove and Novelty Company was formed in Iowa City shortly after the turn of the 20" century as a stock corporation headed by D.F. Sawyer. Sawyer was a civic leader as well as an Iowa City clothing merchant, president of the Iowa City Light and Power Company, and sponsor of and uniform supplier for the well -respected Sawyer Hose Company No. 2. Sawyer served as president for the glove and novelty company, D.A. Reese was vice president, W.H. Bailey (a lawyer) was secretary, and Frank K. Stebbins Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Cc /Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City was manager. In September 1904 the local newspaper announced plans for the construction of a new building on South Gilbert Street. At the time, Stebbins was concluding a seven year term (1897-1904) as Iowa City mayor. Prior to becoming manager for the glove and novelty company, Stebbins had operated a meat market on South Dubuque Street beginning in the 1870s and continuing through ca.1894 when the shop was known as "Franklin Market." The business likely brought him into contact with Sawyer as a fellow downtown merchant and Stebbin's term as mayor likely connected him to the other incorporators of Hawthorne Glove and Novelty Company. The new factory building was to be located near the south end of a three to four block -long industrial corridor that extended south along Gilbert Street from South Market Square (just north of Burlington Street between Gilbert and Van Buren streets) at the south edge of the central business district to the main line tracks of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (Rock Island RR). The corridor varied from 1 to 1'/2 blocks in width and was defined by the generally north -south course of Ralston Creek that it followed and the paralleling route of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad (B,CR & N RR) line. At the north end, South Market Square was the site of the B,CR, & N RR passenger depot and freight house (both nonextant) and at the south end it crossed the main line tracks of the Rock Island RR between the Rock Island Passenger Station and the west end of the four -block long railroad grounds. The Maiden Lane -Gilbert Street industrial corridor hosted a number of manufacturing, milling, warehouse, and commercial concerns from the 1870s through the 1940s. Most of these concerns took advantage of the proximity of this corridor to the B, CR, & N RR route and its connection to the main line of the Rock Island RR via a series of Y-tracks and spur lines that formed a giant X in the center of Iowa City. Beginning at the north end of the corridor just south of Burlington Street and extending south, the decade of the1890s saw industrial concerns include Hawkeye/Dalschind & Schmidt Foundry; the Iowa City Gas & Light Company, Sheets and Freyder Planning Mill, blacksmith, carpenter and machine shops; a cooper shop and barrel warehouse; the Iowa City Mills flour mill; E.J. Regan Wire Fence Company; and the most substantial factory site along the corridor located north of the vacant lot eventually occupied by the glove factory — the Close Linseed Oil Works. Residences were scattered east of Gilbert Street with the Close House (NRHP- listed) at 539 S. Gilbert Street. In June 1905, local and regional newspapers wrote about a major fire experienced by the Hawthorne Glove and Novelty Company costing the firm $60,000 in losses for the building and completed stock on site. The account on June 22, 1905 in the Oskaloosa Herald indicated that the company planned to rebuild and that sufficient insurance was available to cover the loss. By 1906 when the new glove factory building was completed, Sanborn Maps show the industrial corridor contained most of the same concerns as earlier decades but with changes in ownership for the flour mill and a major change in use for the linseed oil works, which was converted to several van and storage warehouses and a factory. The new glove factory prominently occupied a new section of Prentiss Street extending west of South Gilbert Street. The B,CR & N RR Passenger Depot and Freight House along with the three -bay round house continued in place north of the new factory as did the palatial residence of the Close family on the opposite side of Gilbert Street. Modest -scale residences occupied scattered sites south of the glove factory with a new tin shop immediately south of the Prentiss and Gilbert intersection. During the decade leading up to World War I, the new building occupant — Shrader Drug Company — was one of three pharmaceutical and drug related factories located along the South Gilbert Street corridor. At the far north end, the Boerner-Fry Company (322 E. Washington Street, NRHP-listed) manufactured perfumes and extracts, which were regionally distributed. Immediately north of Shrader, the Central Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of perfumes and toiletries, occupied a multi -story building on the former linseed oil works site. Shrader Drug Company originally established in 1899, joined their competitors by 1911 along Gilbert Street converting the former glove factory to a facility for manufacturing, Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City packaging and distributing drug powders and veterinary remedies for direct sale throughout the state. The company added the manufacture of mineral stock feeds under the brand name "San -Tone" as additives for farm livestock, especially poultry, hogs and sheep. W.E. Shrader and A.C. Howell were the joint owners at the time. By 1923, Andrew C. Howell was president of the company and Lloyd A. Howell had purchased Shrader's shares and was serving as secretary. In 1929 the Howells had paid off their mortgage and business acquisition costs to Shrader. The following year March 17, 1930, the name of the firm was formerly changed to "Howell-Shrader Drug Company." During the 1920s and 1930s, major manufacturing concerns in the Gilbert St. -Maiden Lane corridor remained the same as previous decades with only a few changes in ownership and operators recorded. The planning mill, flour mill, foundry, wholesale grocery warehouse, drug companies, and sheet metal works remained while the storage and transfer business in the former linseed oil works building was expanded and reconfigured. The Howell-Shrader Drug Company continued to see its drummers selling product along the extensive system of rail lines extending outside of Iowa City and into surrounding states. In 1945, the drug company saw another name change when on February 7, 1945 it became the "Howell- Shrader Company." The 1948 Sanborn Map continues to show the company producing stock remedies from its South Gilbert Street factory and warehouse. Another product line added was farm fertilizer. Advertisements and at least one law -suit suggest the company was concentrating on stock powders for mixing with feeds during the 1930s — 1950s. In 1956, Henrietta Howell, Lloyd Howell's widow for nearly a decade, closed the Howell-Shrader Company and sold the building to neighboring business owner Charles Whipple who operated Thompson Transfer and Storage Company warehouse. Three years later in 1959, the former glove factory and drug company building became "Whipple House Furniture Store" run by Charles Whipple and his wife Claire. The Whipple House remained in operation for nearly two decades until 1975 when the building was sold to James E. Truitt for $75,000. Truitt initially operated The Cycle Barn for motorcycle sales, and the retail sale of motorcycle apparel and service. A portion of an upper floor was occupied by the New Pioneer Coop, a wholesale and retail food company. During the balance of the 1970s and early 1980s, tenants in the building changed including the Iowa City Women's Press on the first and second floors, several book binders in smaller locations, and Titronics Company, an electronics firm, on the upper level. These uses continued when Truitt sold the building to Edwin and Helen O'Brien in 1882. After a period when the building stood vacant in the mid-1980s, "The Vine Tavern" was established in the basement level. In ca. 1998 the building was passed to Joseph M. Kennedy and a short time later to J.M.K. Holdings. The Vine Tavern remained under Kennedy's ownership but the upper three levels were converted to use as individual artist studios. This combination of uses remains in place in 2012, 9. Ma or Bibliographic References Abstract of Title, Lot 8, Block 5, Lyon's First Addition to the Original Town of Iowa City (529 South Gilbert Street). Advertising pamplet for Howell-Shrader Drug Co. agent, Fred Knabel, Big Rock Iowa, ca. 1941. Available online at: http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOWELL-SHRADER-DRUG-CO-Iowa-City-F-Knabel-Agent- /290695660053; accessed 5/14/2012, Advertisement for Howell-Shrader Drug Company, Iowa City Press -Citizen, July 1, 1939 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address C ity "Brick or Stone Building Next Hawthorne Company." Iowa State Press, September 5, 1903, p. 4. "Hawthorne Novelty Co. Day Book," May 1900 — June 1901, State Historical Society of Iowa Collection, Iowa City, Iowa. Iowa City city directories, 1899 through 1985. Mead, Mildred. Photographs taken March 31, 1966, PA 74, State Historical Society of Iowa Collection, Iowa City, Iowa, Property Transfer Records, Johnson County Auditor's Office. Tax Assessor's Records, City of Iowa City Assessor. Sanborn maps, 1899, 1906, 1912, 1920, 926, 1933, 1933 updated to 1948, and 1933 updated to 1970. Weber, Irving. "Article 392, 40 Years Key Dates in Iowa City History' (Iowa City Press -Citizen, November 28, 1981); Historical Stories about Iowa City, Volume 5, pp. 35-38; available online at: http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/weber/index.php. Weber, Irving. Historical Stories about Iowa City, Volume 1, pp. 238-240; available online at: http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/weber/index.php. Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co /Shrader Drug Co Building Johnson Name of Property County Address Advertisement for Howell-Shrader Drug Company, Iowa City Press -Citizen, July 1, 1939 (reprinted in Irving Weber's "Article 392, 40 Years Key Dates in Iowa City History," Iowa City Press -Citizen, November 28, 1981). VgJher -� ItNew ,4 "You In 1880- '11A t$rD you i{c'. tl%'te 4't' � I`htough, AH Thnr;t Years _..,. 411WE�L-RE UB DR Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co /Shrader Drug Co Building Johnson Name of Property County City Advertising pamplet for Howell-Shrader Drug Co., Agent, Fred Knabel, Big Rock Iowa, ca. 1941. Available online at: http://www.ebay_com/itm/HOVVELL-SHRADER-DRUG-CO-Iowa-City-F-Knabel-Agent- /290695660053: accessed 5/14/2012. Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Page 10 Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County City Historic Photos: The Whipple House Furniture Store Building, 529 So. Gilbert St., March 31, 1966, front -looking northwest and rear -looking northeast (Mildred Mead, photographer, PA 74, Mildred Mead Photograph Collection, State Historical Society of Iowa Library, Iowa City, IA) Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Page 11 Site Number 52- 05128 Related District Number Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Cc /Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City Sanborn Map: Iowa City, 1899 crVA, p � 631001, h ti n 1 v f w 4{ b ❑ R 9,Wti n p I C u y C C n of ._..'l� ng 4 Vacant-fuuret factor) site, Lot Ayrand oft 7 f�r — i m ,y �q9 iy I � w � Close louse, National Register listed Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet Site Number 52- 05128 Related District Number Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. 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T M!N)rY 3J/ G 1 Nnu � ^fy t- �I w "4 / p d Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co /Shrader Drug Co Building Johnson Name of Property County City Historic Photos: The Whipple House Furniture Store Building, 529 So. Gilbert St., March 31, 1966, front -looking northwest and rear -looking northeast (Mildred Mead, photographer, PA 74, Mildred Mead Photograph Collection, State Historical Society of Iowa Library, Iowa City, IA) Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co /Shrader Drug Co Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City _ Address City Elevations: East Elevation (top) and South Elevation (bottom), John F. Shaw, architect, June 2012. OExlnnq Enst HevaMr Ealon South Elevation Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County Address Elevations: West Elevation (top) and North Elevation (bottom), John F. Shaw, architect, June 2012. j Existing west Elevation �,r li lsw ng Noll Elevodor_ Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City Existing Lower Level Floor Plan, John F. Shaw, architect, June 2012. 1 n Exlsting Lower Floor Plan _, 1 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City Existing First Floor Plan, John F. Shaw, architect, June 2012. 1 r,,,Cxisting First loci plan Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City Existing Second Floor Plan, John F. Shaw, architect, June 2012. 1 Lxisting Second floor Plan Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City Existing Third Floor Plan, John F. Shaw, architect, June 2012. 1 (@ Lxlsting. l hird floor Plan Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co /Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City Site Plan: map source - Iowa City Assessor's web site available at: http://iowacity.iowaassessors.com/paroe1.php?gid=109931; accessed 6/10/2012. Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co /Shrader Drug Co Building Johnson Name of Property County City Photos: front (top) and south (bottom) fagades, looking west and north (John Shaw, photographer, 3-2012) Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City Photos: clockwise - west and south facades, looking northeast; fire escape and window details on south facade, looking north, west or rear facade, looking east (John Shaw, photographer, 5-14-2012) Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co /Shrader Drug Co Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City Photos: clockwise - front facade details: entrance steps, railing & door, looking west; entrance door, looking west, and window detail, looking west (John Shaw, t ., Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City Photos: front facade of north garage addition (top), looking west, north garage addition (bottom), looking southwest (John Shaw, photographer, 3-2012) Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Page 31 Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City Photos: window details along north fagade, looking south and southwest (John Shaw, photographer, 6-6-2012) Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City Photos: rear or west facade (top), looking east and north addition rear wall detail (bottom), looking east (John Shaw, photographer,3-2012) Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co /Shrader Drug Co Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City Photos: window and south entrance door details, south fagade, looking north (John Shaw, photographer, 5-14-2012) Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City Photographs: Interior seating area of the Vine Tavern, basement level, looking northwest and west (John Shaw, photographer,5-14-2012). Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City Photographs Interior, counter looking towards back bar of the Vine Tavern, basement level, looking northwest (John Shaw, photographer, 6-6- 2012). wards )king west Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City Photographs: First Floor, looking northwest (top), southeast and restroom door detail (middle), and northeast (bottom), (John Shaw, photographer, 6-6-2012). Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City Photographs: northeast staircase, 1" floor, looking east at foot of stairs and look west towards second floor (John Shaw, photographer, 5-14-2012) Hallway leading from staircase to central east -west corridor, looking south. (John Shaw, photographer, 6-6- 2012) Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52- 05128 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Hawthorne Glove & Novelty Co./Shrader Drug Co. Building Johnson Name of Property County 529 South Gilbert Street Iowa City Address City Photographs: Central corridor (looking west) and representative studio spaces, 1't through 3Yd floors, with wood and tile floors, gypsum board walls, and brick walls (John Shaw, photographer, 5-14-2012)