Turning off Central Avenue onto 15th Street, we head into what I believe was an Irish Catholic workers’ neighborhood. St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, which I did not get a chance to photograph, faces Jackson Park, which is the centerpiece of the area. The houses all tend to be duplexes, where the houses are mirror…
Tag: Dubuque
The Slipcover Removed, Central Avenue, Dubuque, Iowa
Well, then. As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t use Google Street View images on this site, unless I absolutely have to, as I feel it’s imperative for me to get out there in the field and actually photograph buildings myself. But every so often, I see a need to go back and look at a…
Central Avenue Between 13th and 15th Streets, Dubuque, Iowa
There’s a sort of “second downtown” in Dubuque, up north away from the other downtown south of 10th Street. This northern downtown doesn’t have as much rehabbing (but it does have some, such as the beautiful row above), but it does lay claim to having Dubuque’s lovely City Hall, which you can see below. I…
Jackson, East 12th and White Streets, Dubuque, Iowa
North of the planing mills and woodworking factories lie the workers’ houses. They are elegant, well-kept and down to earth houses. Above is Jackson Street, with a style of Italianate house with a gable roof, which we don’t see many of in St. Louis examples of that style. Again, as seen around the courthouse, many…
Carr, Adams & Collier Company, Dubuque, Iowa, Part Two
We continue to look at the Carr, Adams & Collier Company buildings and some of their neighbors, many of which have already been rehabbed successfully, or await redevelopment. We looked at more yesterday. The building below, I believe, was a power plant. I like this reuse of the bridge between buildings, which has been done…
Carr, Adams & Collier Company, Dubuque, Iowa, Part One
The massive complex of the Carr, Adams & Collier Company, taking up multiple blocks of the woodworking district of Dubuque, was once one of the largest supplier of millwork in the city. It became Caradco, apparently, before eventually going broke. The revitalization and adaptive reuse of its old buildings is perhaps one of the great…
Jeld-Wen Factory, Dubuque, Iowa
If you ever wondered where Jeld-Wen Windows came from, this is the factory where Richard Wendt started his company back in 1960. Unlike many factories and mills which were being driven out of business in the mid-Twentieth Century, this was one company that bucked that trend. Unfortunately, as of 2014, it looks like this factory…
Alliant Energy Power Plant Under Demolition, Dubuque, Iowa
This power plant is no longer standing; it was being demolished when I walked by in the afternoon. It was not the largest power plant in the world, but it sure seems huge when I was standing near it. Back in 2008, before it was slated for demolition, it was the feature of a power…
Farley and Loetscher Manufacturing Company, Dubuque, Iowa
The Farley and Loetscher Manufacturing Company was once the largest millworking plant in the world, apparently, and as such took up several blocks of the industrial area along the riverfront in Dubuque. As we see more commonly with banks, the date of the founding is listed below, and the date of the construction of the building…
Central Avenue Between 5th and 9th Streets, Dubuque, Iowa
The downtown area of Dubuque is large, reflecting its historically large economy and importance in the lumber and woodworking business. Central Avenue is one of several north-south arteries that run between the Mississippi River and the bluffs, making the downtown area long and slender. South of the Dubuque County Courthouse, there are some amazing buildings,…