Iowa historic property study
Subtitle: Iowana Farms Milk Company, 1416 State Street, City of Bettendorf, Scott County, Iowa
By: by Jennifer A. Price and Leah D. Rogers
Contributors: Rogers, Leah D.; Iowa. Department of Transportation; Iowa. Office of Historic Preservation
Series: Iowa historic property study; Iowa historic property study
Publisher: Tallgrass Historians L.C.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Iowa City, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: Buildings, structures; Historic sites; Dairy plants; Iowana Farms Milk Company; Historic buildings; History
Other titles: Iowana Farms Milk Company, 1416 State Street, City of Bettendorf, Scott County, Iowa.
Description: The Iowana Farms Milk Company factory building was considered to retain sufficient integrity and possess sufficient significance to be considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criteria A and C for its historical and architectural significance in the Bettendorf community. The Iowana Farms Milk Company was an important early to mid-twentieth-century business in Bettendorf, and was among the few that was not owned or operated by the Bettendorf Company. It was a strong and thriving business for many years, and its products were well known in the Quad Cities region. The importance of this property becomes even more significant when one considers that most of the buildings once associated with the actual Bettendorf Company, which was undeniably the most important business and industry in town, are now gone. As a result, the Iowana Farms Milk Company factory building was a physical vestige of the once-thriving commercial industries that made Bettendorf into a city in the twentieth century. This property was further significant for its representation of the evolution of the dairy industry in the twentieth century from farm to factory production. It also reflected the changes to the industry based on scientific discoveries, mechanical innovations, and governmental regulations related to improved sanitation and the pure milk movement. The Iowana Farms Milk Company represented a model plant for the time, and the marketing strategies it employed followed the trends of the industry. The Iowana Farms Milk Company plant had to be removed to make room for a new I-74 bridge over the Mississippi River at Bettendorf. The construction of the new bridge also required removal of the historic Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge. The documentation reported herein and for that of the Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge fulfills the requirements of the Memorandum of Agreement regarding the removal of these historic properties.
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Sponsored by the Iowa Dept. of Transportation and the State Historic Preservation Office project no. IM-74-1 (122) 9-13-82 R&C no. 980282048 HADB no. 82-060