Witwer Grocery Company Building
Witwer Grocery Company Building | |
| Location | 905 3rd St., SE Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 41°58′21″N 91°39′38″W / 41.97250°N 91.66056°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1946 |
| Architect | Blahnik & Berger |
| MPS | Commercial & Industrial Development of Cedar Rapids MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 98000386[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 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.
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "Osada Building". Emporis. Archived from the original on April 9, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2012.