Overland Waterloo Company Building

Overland Waterloo Company Building

The side and back of the building
Location 500 E. 4th St.
Waterloo, Iowa
Coordinates 42°03′02.3″N 92°19′57.5″W / 42.050639°N 92.332639°W / 42.050639; -92.332639Coordinates: 42°03′02.3″N 92°19′57.5″W / 42.050639°N 92.332639°W / 42.050639; -92.332639
Area less than one acre
Built 1916
Built by H.A. Maine
Architect Clinton P. Shockley
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS Downtown Waterloo MPS
NRHP Reference # 14000663[1]
Added to NRHP September 22, 2014

The Overland Waterloo Company Building is a historic building located in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. Built in 1916 by the Corn Belt Auto Company, the four-story, brick structure housed the Northeast Iowa distributorship for Willys-Overland Motors.[2] Designed by Waterloo architect Clinton P. Shockley, it features brick and terra cotta pilasters, terra cotta plaques with swag motif, molding, and a balconet. The first floor housed the sales offices and a service garage. The second floor was occupied by a clubroom/lounge, a display room for used cars, a battery-charging room, a workroom, stockroom, shop and employees' room. The third and fourth floors were used to store automobiles to be delivered to dealers and customers. Corn Belt lost their distributorship by way of a corporate restructuring in 1921, but maintained an Overland dealership here until 1927 when they moved to a different building. The building housed other automobile related business until 1955. In that year KWWL radio and KWWL-TV moved into the main floor and other businesses occupied the other floors. Black Hawk Broadcasting Company, which owned the stations, converted the entire building for use as a broadcast facility in 1965. The building continues to function for that purpose.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Camilla R. Deiber. "Overland Waterloo Company Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-11-30.


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