- Mueller Lumber Company
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Mueller Lumber CompanyFormerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location: 501 W. 2nd St., Davenport, Iowa MPS: Davenport MRA NRHP Reference#: 83002474[1] Significant dates Added to NRHP: July 7, 1983 Removed from NRHP: August 26, 2005 The Mueller Lumber Company was located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1] It has since been torn down and it was delisted from the NRHP in 2005.[2]The site is now the main clinic for Community Health Care.
History
The Mueller Lumber Company started as Burnell, Gillett & Company in 1850. In eight years it became one of the largest firms in Davenport employing 90 workers.[3] The company went through several ownership changes after the Civil War. It became DesSaint & Schricker around 1865 and then Schricker & Mueller in 1868 when Christian Mueller, an immigrant from Holstein in present-day Germany, bought out Mr. DesSaint’s share of the business. When Mr. Schricker died in July 1883 he became the sole proprietor of the company.[4] The firm led local production figures by the 1870s, but fire destroyed the mill in 1885 and Mueller had to rebuild. [5]
In 1895 he was joined by his three sons, Frank, Edward and William, as partners. The company’s name was changed to Chris Mueller & Sons. Christian Mueller died in September 1901 and his three sons continued to run the business. [4]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-24. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "Weekly List". National Park Service. September 2, 2005. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20050902.HTM. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ^ Svendsen, Marls A., Bowers, Martha H (1982). Davenport where the Mississippi runs west: A Survey of Davenport History & Architecture. Davenport, Iowa: City of Davenport. p. 4-4.
- ^ a b Downer, Harry E.. "History of Davenport and Scott County, Iowa". The Internet Archive. http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924028914384/cu31924028914384_djvu.txt. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ^ Svendsen, 4-5
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