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Home My WebLink About52-04084_130 S Dubuque_JCPenneySite Inventory Form State Inventory No. 52-04084 New Supplemental State Historical Society of Iowa Part of a district with known boundaries (enter inventory no.) (December 1, 1999) 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 Number Non-Extant (enter year) c.2003 1. Name of Property historic name J.C. Penney Building other names/site number Lenoch & Celik Hardware Store 2. Location street & number 130 S. Dubuque 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 Original Town Block(s) 65 Lot(s) see full legal 3. State/Federal Agency Certification [Skip this Section] 4. National Park Service Certification [Skip this Section] 5. Classification Category of Property (Check only one box) Number of Resources within Property building(s) If Non-Eligible Property If Eligible Property, enter number of: district Enter number of: Contributing Noncontributing site buildings buildings structure sites sites object structures structures objects objects Total Total Name of related project report or multiple property study (Enter “N/A” if the property is not part of a multiple property examination). Title Historical Architectural Data Base Number Iowa City Central Business District Study - 2017 UPDATE 52-127 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) 02F COMMERCE/TRADE/department store 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) Materials (Enter categories from instructions) 09F COMMERCIAL foundation 10 CONCRETE walls 03 BRICK roof 17 OTHER other Narrative Description ( SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED) 8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark “x” representing your opinion of eligibility after applying relevant National Register criteria) Yes No More Research Recommended A Property is associated with significant events. Yes No More Research Recommended B Property is associated with the lives of significant persons. Yes No More Research Recommended C Property has distinctive architectural characteristics. Yes No More Research Recommended D Property yields significant information in archaeology or history. County Johnson Address 130 S. Dubuque Street Site Number 52-04084 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) Significant Dates Construction date 1957 check if circa or estimated date Other dates Significant Person Architect/Builder (Complete if National Register Criterion B is marked above) Architect N/A Henry Fisk, Iowa City Builder unknown Narrative Statement of Significance ( SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED) 9. Major Bibliographical References Bibliography See continuation sheet for citations of the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form 10. Geographic Data UTM References (OPTIONAL) Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing 1 2 3 4 See continuation sheet for additional UTM references or comments 11. Form Prepared By name/title Alexa McDowell, Historian organization AKAY Consulting date 03/2018 street & number 4252 Oakland Avenue telephone 515-491-5432 city or town Minneapolis state MN zip code 55407 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 non-contributing 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 52-04084 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Page 1 J.C. Penney Building Johnson Name of Property County 130 S. Dubuque Street Iowa City Address City 7. Narrative Description As described in the 2001 survey, the building formerly located at 130 S. Dubuque Street was a one-story brick commercial building constructed in 1957-58 on a site that previously held six separate buildings. The building had a flat roof and shallow parapet. A recessed area along DubuInque Street was set back approximately 6-ft. beneath a stucco clad overhang that originally contained the signage for the department store that occupied the building. Square columns supported the overhang and large plate glass display windows formed a wall of glass in this set- back area wrapping the southwest corner of the building. The entrance included two sets of double plate glass and metal doors. Additional windows were included along the west wall north of the entrance. The building was approximately 37-ft. across the front with a depth of 80-ft. Architect for the building was Henry Fisk of Iowa City. The J.C. Penney Building was demolished in ca.2003 and replaced with the present building. The Wedge restaurant moved into the building on S. Dubuque in 2008, remaining there through about 2014. The building was a city-owned property that was an extension of the Iowa City Public Library. After some months of vacancy, the building became MERGE, a City-University collaboration. MERGE occupied the building beginning after 2015. 01. Image - 2017 (Image by AKAY Consulting August 2017) This building replaced the 1957-58 J.C. Penney in 2003. 8. Statement of Significance The J.C. Penney Building was an example of a late 20th century department store building that replaced a series of earlier buildings. Prior to its construction in 1957-58, the site held six separate buildings. The corner building held the Rummelhart and Brothers grocery store from ca.1904 until ca.1915. Whetstone’s Drug Store No. 2 operated from the corner during the 1930s. By 1940 the 1940s #126 through #130 housed the Switzer Café, Leonard’s Jewelry Store, Condon’s Fur Shop and Gibb’s Drug Store at the corner where Whetstone’s had been located. In the 1950s prior to the construction of the new building, #126 - #130 S. Dubuque Street housed the Hock-Eye Loan Shop, the Mars Café, Leonard’s Jewelry Store, Condon’s Fur Shop, and Gibb’s Drug Store. In 1958 the J.C. Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52-04084 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Page 2 J.C. Penney Building Johnson Name of Property County 130 S. Dubuque Street Iowa City Address City Penney Company, a national franchise department store, leased space in the new building constructed for them by Roy Koza. Penneys operated from this site until 1981 when they moved to a new location in the Old Capitol Mall located along South Clinton Street between Washington and Burlington streets. In 1982 the space formerly occupied by Penneys was taken over by Lenoch and Cilek True Value Hardware Store. By the 1990s the hardware store space was reduced in size and the balance of the building was taken over be several restaurants. 9. Major Bibliographic References Iowa City city directories. Property Transfer Records, Johnson County Auditor’s Office. Tax Assessor’s Records, City of Iowa City Assessor. Sanborn maps, 1874, 1879, 1888, 1892, 1899, 1906, 1912, 1920, 1926, 1933, and 1933 updated to 1970. “Street Corner Stirs Again.” Iowa City Press-Citizen. Iowa City, Iowa, September 20, 1980. Newspapers Iowa City Press-Citizen. “Wedge could become downtown entrepreneurial center MERGE.” Sepember 16, 2015. Additional Documentation Full Legal Description: Original Town Plat, Block 82, South 37’ of Lot 5. Plat Map: