In May 1905, David F. Ede purchased property on the corner of Shields and Jones Street in Dubuque, Iowa for $3,000 from the heirs of early Dubuque capitalist John D. Bush. Soon thereafter he began construction of a substantial brick block to house his growing hide tanning business. The building was completed in June 1906 at a cost of about $17,000. Located on the former site of the Bush Brothers’ planning mill, the two-story structure was slightly wedge-shaped to conform with the acute angle of the street intersection. Ede’s business thrived, and in 1909 a large, two-story side addition was built for $15,000 that almost doubled the building’s square footage. The building was organized with business office, main tanning room and finishing room on the first floor of the original section and the dye department in the side wing.
Drying, cutting and sewing rooms occupied the second floor of the main building, with the stock room upstairs in the addition. Ede operated in this building for over thirty years. Around 1938 the company was renamed Ede’s King-O-Fur Tanning Company, and within two years the building was occupied by the Julian Moes Wholesale Beverage Company. This was soon followed by the Dubuque Wholesale Grocery Company, which was in turn followed by the Sloan Wholesale Grocery Distributing Company.
In 1969 this building was occupied by Linehan and Molo, plumbing contractors who since 1900 have dealt in coal, cement, salt, steam and gas fittings and electrical supplies. Throughout this time the structure has undergone relatively minor exteriors alterations, most notable of which are the demolition of the rear part of the original building and the side addition, infill of the two doorways with brick and infill of several sidewalk-level basement windows with stone.
Ede located his factory propitiously at the corner of Shields and Jones Streets near the William Ryan and Son Packing Company (a ready supplier of hides) and the Illinois Central depot (a ready shipping point). His business included tanning hides – primarily horse and cow – and manufacturing fur robes, garments and rugs. “Ede furs are scientifically cut and there is no expense saved that would make them equal to the best furs produced anywhere in the world,” a 1911 business gazette stated. “Their stock of furs includes nearly every native and foreign skin in their various grades, thus making it possible to handle a large quantity of repair work with entire satisfaction.
Visitors are made welcome to the plant, as the firm takes just pride in showing customers a complete and up-to-date institution, and want them to see how clean and free from things offensive a tannery can be and under what favorable conditions the employees work.” In addition to fur tanning and clothing manufacturing, Ede employed taxidermists to mount game trophies. Staff by some 40 to 60 people, the company grew into one of the largest of its type in the country and eventually established branch plants in St. Paul, Omaha and Sioux Falls. The home office remained in Dubuque, where Ede maintained a high civic profile.
Robe tanning was a major industry in Dubuque, and firms such as Ede’s and the Dubuque Tanning and Robe Company contributed to make the city a nationally important tanning center. This building is thus historically significant as the site of one of the city’s major early 20th century industries. It’s architecture typifies factory design of the period and, although altered somewhat, the factory retains a degree of integrity.
The story above is from:
Historic American Buildings Survey
Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Rocky Mountain Regional Office, Denver, Colorado
Building and Lot information:
41 Main Street, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa
Architecture Style: 19th Century Functional
DOT designation: Resource Site No. 5.9
Cadastral grid: SE1/4 NE1/4 S25 T89N R2E
USGS quadrangle: Dubuque South Iowa 7.5’
UTN coordinates: 15.691990.4707010
Lot dimensions: 54.9’x140’: .18 acre
Lot description: Lots 1 and 2 of City Lot 540
Present owner: Iowa Department of Transportation
Building demolished for highway
References:
Dubuque City Directories: 1857 – 1970.
Sanborn Insurance Map: 1879, 1884, 1891, 1909, 1972.
Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory: 1882-1921.
Dubuque County Assessment Record: 3-17-6-10.
Land Title Abstract (located at Iowa Department of Transportation, Ames, Iowa).
Iowa Department of Transportation, “Draft Environmental Impact Statement – Cultural Resources Assessment.”
H.W. Gardner, Greater Dubuque (Dubuque: The Times Journal, 1911), page 54.
Franklin T. Oldt and P.J. Quigley, History of Dubuque County, Iowa (Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911), page 678.
Descriptive Survey of Dubuque (Dubuque: Dubuque Chamber of Commerce, 1911).
Winnipeg History:
Built by its designer, David Ede, as a speculative venture during Winnipeg's 1881-82 land boom, this three-storey brick warehouse is the oldest of the six buildings on the north side of McDermot Avenue between Main and Rorie streets.
A series of occupants followed -- the Montreal-based fruit and produce firm, Vipond, McBride and Company; Rublee, Riddell and Company, a local business which purchased Vipond, McBride's Winnipeg interests; and Love, McAlister and Company, a stationery wholesaler that took over the building in 1895, sharing space with the Manitoba Produce Commission.
In 1898, the Toronto Type Foundry, an eastern firm which had established its Winnipeg branch five years earlier, purchased the warehouse to be closer to the centre of the city’s printing trade. Whereas, McDermot Avenue west of Main Street enjoyed historical stature as “Newspaper Row,” the designation of “Printer’s Row” could apply to this block east of Main. T.W. Taylor's printing plant and book bindery were next door at 177 McDermot and the Manitoba Free Press was at 183 McDermot.
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Toronto Type Foundry Building (175 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg)
Canada's Historic Place
Joined his uncle David Ede in the real estate business.
Note: J.A. Osborne later moved to Williamsburg, Virginia and published a local newspaper called “The Virginia Gazette”.
Partnership with David Ede mentioned in this article.
Drying, cutting and sewing rooms occupied the second floor of the main building, with the stock room upstairs in the addition. Ede operated in this building for over thirty years. Around 1938 the company was renamed Ede’s King-O-Fur Tanning Company, and within two years the building was occupied by the Julian Moes Wholesale Beverage Company. This was soon followed by the Dubuque Wholesale Grocery Company, which was in turn followed by the Sloan Wholesale Grocery Distributing Company.
In 1969 this building was occupied by Linehan and Molo, plumbing contractors who since 1900 have dealt in coal, cement, salt, steam and gas fittings and electrical supplies. Throughout this time the structure has undergone relatively minor exteriors alterations, most notable of which are the demolition of the rear part of the original building and the side addition, infill of the two doorways with brick and infill of several sidewalk-level basement windows with stone.
Ede located his factory propitiously at the corner of Shields and Jones Streets near the William Ryan and Son Packing Company (a ready supplier of hides) and the Illinois Central depot (a ready shipping point). His business included tanning hides – primarily horse and cow – and manufacturing fur robes, garments and rugs. “Ede furs are scientifically cut and there is no expense saved that would make them equal to the best furs produced anywhere in the world,” a 1911 business gazette stated. “Their stock of furs includes nearly every native and foreign skin in their various grades, thus making it possible to handle a large quantity of repair work with entire satisfaction.
Visitors are made welcome to the plant, as the firm takes just pride in showing customers a complete and up-to-date institution, and want them to see how clean and free from things offensive a tannery can be and under what favorable conditions the employees work.” In addition to fur tanning and clothing manufacturing, Ede employed taxidermists to mount game trophies. Staff by some 40 to 60 people, the company grew into one of the largest of its type in the country and eventually established branch plants in St. Paul, Omaha and Sioux Falls. The home office remained in Dubuque, where Ede maintained a high civic profile.
Robe tanning was a major industry in Dubuque, and firms such as Ede’s and the Dubuque Tanning and Robe Company contributed to make the city a nationally important tanning center. This building is thus historically significant as the site of one of the city’s major early 20th century industries. It’s architecture typifies factory design of the period and, although altered somewhat, the factory retains a degree of integrity.
The story above is from:
Historic American Buildings Survey
Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Rocky Mountain Regional Office, Denver, Colorado
Building and Lot information:
41 Main Street, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa
Architecture Style: 19th Century Functional
DOT designation: Resource Site No. 5.9
Cadastral grid: SE1/4 NE1/4 S25 T89N R2E
USGS quadrangle: Dubuque South Iowa 7.5’
UTN coordinates: 15.691990.4707010
Lot dimensions: 54.9’x140’: .18 acre
Lot description: Lots 1 and 2 of City Lot 540
Present owner: Iowa Department of Transportation
Building demolished for highway
References:
Dubuque City Directories: 1857 – 1970.
Sanborn Insurance Map: 1879, 1884, 1891, 1909, 1972.
Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory: 1882-1921.
Dubuque County Assessment Record: 3-17-6-10.
Land Title Abstract (located at Iowa Department of Transportation, Ames, Iowa).
Iowa Department of Transportation, “Draft Environmental Impact Statement – Cultural Resources Assessment.”
H.W. Gardner, Greater Dubuque (Dubuque: The Times Journal, 1911), page 54.
Franklin T. Oldt and P.J. Quigley, History of Dubuque County, Iowa (Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911), page 678.
Descriptive Survey of Dubuque (Dubuque: Dubuque Chamber of Commerce, 1911).
Winnipeg Marble Works
Winnipeg History:
Brick Warehouse on 175 McDermot Avenue designed by David Ede.
In this article it mentions a Montreal based fruit and produce firm Vipond, McBride and Company. Note: Viponds married into the Ede family via Tuer family (Mary Vipond - born 1809 married William Tuer who is Margaret Ellen Tuer father. Margaret Ellen Tuer married David Ede.
In this article it mentions a Montreal based fruit and produce firm Vipond, McBride and Company. Note: Viponds married into the Ede family via Tuer family (Mary Vipond - born 1809 married William Tuer who is Margaret Ellen Tuer father. Margaret Ellen Tuer married David Ede.
A series of occupants followed -- the Montreal-based fruit and produce firm, Vipond, McBride and Company; Rublee, Riddell and Company, a local business which purchased Vipond, McBride's Winnipeg interests; and Love, McAlister and Company, a stationery wholesaler that took over the building in 1895, sharing space with the Manitoba Produce Commission.
In 1898, the Toronto Type Foundry, an eastern firm which had established its Winnipeg branch five years earlier, purchased the warehouse to be closer to the centre of the city’s printing trade. Whereas, McDermot Avenue west of Main Street enjoyed historical stature as “Newspaper Row,” the designation of “Printer’s Row” could apply to this block east of Main. T.W. Taylor's printing plant and book bindery were next door at 177 McDermot and the Manitoba Free Press was at 183 McDermot.
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Toronto Type Foundry Building (175 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg)
Canada's Historic Place
Joined his uncle David Ede in the real estate business.
Note: J.A. Osborne later moved to Williamsburg, Virginia and published a local newspaper called “The Virginia Gazette”.
David Ede's wife, Margaret Ellen (Tuer) Ede's sister Mary Tuer married Alexandar Osborne.
Partnership with David Ede mentioned in this article.
Samuel Hooper and David Ede’s monument firm
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474 HARGRAVE STREET – MANITOBA TELEPHONE SYSTEM – GARRY EXCHANGE
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
