Loop Back: From Heavy Hardware To International Design
Built in 1890, this four-story brick and stone warehouse at the corner of North 1st St and 2nd Ave North was home to The Williams Hardware Company for more than...
Historic North Loop
Loop Back: Home Improvements
Built in 1916 for the Maytag Company of Iowa--when it was still best-known as a farm machinery manufacturer, this four-story warehouse and showroom would ultimately become a key regional branch...
Loop Back: Assorted Chocolates
For more than 50 years, mouth-watering chocolates and other sweets rolled off the production lines of this candy factory at 900 North 3rd Street. Built by the Gurley Candy Company of...
Loop Back: Ford Plant, Obsolete Before It Even Opened
When it opened in 1914 as a Model T Ford assembly plant, this 10-story building set a record. “It is the tallest building ever constructed for the purpose of assembling automobiles,”...
Loop Back: TractorWorks
The Deere and Webber building, with its iconic deer heads adorning the entrance, opened in 1902 as a huge farm machinery distribution center at 800 North Washington. [caption id="attachment_9283" align="alignright" width="1024"]...