Schramm Building

Schramm Building, also known as Jochims Building, is a historic building located in the central business district of Burlington, Iowa, United States. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, and it was included as a contributing property in the Downtown Commercial Historic District in 2015.[1][2]

Schramm Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Location	212 Jefferson St. Burlington, Iowa
Coordinates	40°48′36″N 91°06′07″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1878
Architectural style	Late Victorian Gothic Revival
Part of	Downtown Commercial Historic District (ID14001168)
NRHP reference No.	99000310[1]
Added to NRHP	March 12, 1999

The brick commercial building was constructed in 1878 in a Late Victorian Gothic Revival style. It is a three-story structure for the front 68 feet (21 m) and then two-story from that point to the rear of the building.[3] An ornamental cornice tops the facade, and each of the front windows feature ornamental trim. The building next door (214 Jefferson Street) has a twin facade to this building. This building housed the first dry-goods millinery store in Burlington.[3] A mesh concrete veneer was placed over the facade in the late 1950s. The storefront on the main level was altered in the 1960s. In the 1970s it was part of a complex of six buildings that housed the J.S. Schramm Department Store. The building was extensively renovated in 1995. The facade was restored, and the second floor was renovated to create an apartment.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Rebecca Lawin McCarley. "Downtown Commercial Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
3. Debra Jochims; Janet McCannon. "Schramm Building". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-12-01. with photos