Crane Co., Davenport, IA
Crane Company building, 217 East 2nd Street, Davenport, Iowa. The first recorded structure on this site is a residence numbered 219. The building was home to Dr. John Emerson, the owner of the slave Dred Scott, from 1842 to 1843. A structure similar in size to that of the Crane Co. building first appears at this location on Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. maps in 1892. Reimers & Fernald (formerly located at the west end of the block) had their crackers and candy factory in a three-story, doublewide structure at this location. Founded in 1871 by Capt. August
Reimers, the company became known as Reimers & Fernald in 1874. The business specialized in the “Poetless” brand of crackers, with a distribution throughout much of the Midwest. It appears that Reimers & Fernald remained in the building through 1909, and in 1910 a washing machine warehouse (Lasher Manufacturing Co.) was the occupant. In September 1921, the local architectural firm of Clausen & Kruse
designed “alterations” of the building for the Crane Co. Crane Co., a heating supply distributor, occupied the structure through at least 1940.
Crane Co., Davenport, IA
Crane Company building, 217 East 2nd Street, Davenport, Iowa. The first recorded structure on this site is a residence numbered 219. The building was home to Dr. John Emerson, the owner of the slave Dred Scott, from 1842 to 1843. A structure similar in size to that of the Crane Co. building first appears at this location on Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. maps in 1892. Reimers & Fernald (formerly located at the west end of the block) had their crackers and candy factory in a three-story, doublewide structure at this location. Founded in 1871 by Capt. August
Reimers, the company became known as Reimers & Fernald in 1874. The business specialized in the “Poetless” brand of crackers, with a distribution throughout much of the Midwest. It appears that Reimers & Fernald remained in the building through 1909, and in 1910 a washing machine warehouse (Lasher Manufacturing Co.) was the occupant. In September 1921, the local architectural firm of Clausen & Kruse
designed “alterations” of the building for the Crane Co. Crane Co., a heating supply distributor, occupied the structure through at least 1940.