naa120 Flour City Ornamental Iron Works Company records Karen Spilman University of Minnesota Libraries March 2005

University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455

EAD encoding by Karen Spilman, March 2005 English Flour City Ornamental Iron Company Flour City Ornamental Iron Works Company records circa 1893-1971 University of Minnesota Libraries. Northwest Architectural Archives, Manuscripts Division [naa] 8 boxes Collection contains photographs, certificates and account books of the Flour City Ornamental Iron Works Company. N 120 English Mezzanine, A-V Room Administrative Information Restrictions on Access

Available for use in the Manuscripts Division reading room. Advance notice is requested.

Restrictions on Use

There are no restrictions on the use of materials in this collection. Copies can be requested if the condition of the originals warrants it.

Preferred Citation

Flour City Ornamental Iron Works Company records (N 120), Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.

Arrangement

The photographs are assembled into six categories; each group is arranged in alphabetical order.

Photos Photos, small Photos, oversize Photos, General Bronze Corporation (Division of Flour City Ornamental Iron) Photos, Plant and Employees Certificates Historical Note

The Flour City Ornamental Iron Works Company was founded by Eugene Tetzlaff in 1893 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company was originally a blacksmith shop, but later became a manufacturer of wrought and cast iron. During World War II, Flour City produced aluminum bridge pontoons and aircraft parts. In 1945, Henry J. Neils, first president of the Flour City Ornamental Iron Works Company, began production of aluminum boats. The first aluminum boat produced by Flour City subsidiary, Alumacraft, came off the production line in 1946. Hupp Corporation bought Alumacraft from Flour City in 1960.

Flour City Ornamental Iron Works, later known as Flour City Architectural Metal Works, continued its production of ornamental and architectural metal products. In the early 1990s(?), Flour City became a part of Flour City International, Inc., and its headquarters moved from Minnesota to Tennessee.

Scope and Content Note

The collection contains photographs, certificates and account books of the Flour City Ornamental Iron Works Company. Two xeroxed account books (1893-1895) contain sketches with dimensions, names, job numbers and charges. Six certificates (1945-1971) are also included in the collection.

The bulk of the collection consists of five boxes of photographs, assembled into three groups. The first three boxes comprise the first group and include buildings or subjects for which 8 x 10" photographs and/or negatives may also be included. The second group is contained in Box 4. These are exclusively small format (usually 4 x 5") prints and negatives. The prints are mounted on needle-indexed cards and cannot be removed in most cases without recourse to a professional conservator. The third group is contained in Box 5. These are large format photographs mounted on boards stock, probably made for display or presentation purposes in the company. Most of these are duplicates of photographs to be found in the other four boxes.

Related Materials

The Minnesota Historical Society holds the Henry J. Neils papers, which document his tenure with the Flour City Ornamental Iron Works Company.

Additional Finding Aid

An unpublished finding aid with detailed contents is available in the Manuscripts Division.

Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Flour City Ornamental Iron Company (Minneapolis, Minn.) -- Archives Architectural ironwork -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis Detailed Contents

The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the collection.

Photos Alcoa Building 1

Pittsburgh

American Embassy 1

London

England

American Hospital Association Headquarters Building 1

Chicago

Bankers Life Building 1

Des Moines

Barnett National Bank 1

(location unknown)

Basilica of St. Mary 1

Minneapolis

Basilica of the Sacred Heart (negatives) 1

St. Cloud

Bon Air memorial plaque 1

(loc. unknown)

Bovey Service Club memorial plaque 1

(loc. unknown)

Busch Memorial 1

St. Louis

Cardinal Stritch College 1

Milwaukee

Cathedral of St. Paul 1

St. Paul

Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, (negatives) 1

Baltimore

Catholic Church of the Resurrection, (negatives) 1

Minneapolis

Central High School plaque, 1

St. Paul

Chemical Engineering Building, University of Minnesota (negatives) 1

Minneapolis

Crestview County plaque (1949) 1

Okaloosa

Drake Hotel 1

Chicago

Eisenhower Library 1

Abilene

Ewa memorial plaque 1

(loc. unknown)

Federal Reserve Council Chamber plaque 1

(loc. unknown)

Field-Schlick plaque, 1

St. Paul

First National Auto Bank, 1

St. Paul

Flour City Ornamental Iron Works, (photos of offices andshops) (negatives) 1

Minneapolis

Geology of Minnesota 2

Lake Minnetonka Region

Geology of Minnesota 2

Elk River Region

General Bronze Corporation

See separate category for these photos.

Gordon White Hall plaque 2

(loc. unknown)

Griswold Bank 2

Detroit

(SmithHinchman and Grylls, architects)

Haley Mausoleum 2

Duluth

(O’Meara and Hills architects)

Hallmark Card Company 2

Kansas City

Hecla Iron Works 2

Brooklyn

(brass clock)

Heinz Building 2

Pittsburgh

Henry Neils portraits 2

House Office Building 2

Washington

(negatives)

International Harvester Indianapolis Works memorial plaque 2

Katherine Thorburn Richards memorial plaque 2

(loc. unknown)

Library of Congress 2

Washington

Lima Trust Co. 2

Lima

Lincoln National Bank 2

Fort Wayne

(Walker and Weeks A.M. Strauss architects)

Lino Lakes Residential Treatment Center 2

Lino Lakes

Los Angeles Statler Hotel 2

Los Angeles

Lutheran Brotherhood Bldg. 2

Minneapolis

(negative)

Mayo Clinic—Diagnostic Bldg. 2

Rochester

Mayo Clinic—Library 2

Rochester

Mayo Clinic—Plummer Building 2

Rochester

Metropolitan Building 2

Minneapolis

Midway Hospital 2

St. Paul

Milwaukee Public Museum 2

Milwaukee

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport terminal 2

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company 2

St. Paul

Minnesota State Capitol 2

St. Paul

Minot Federal Savings and Loan Assn. 2

Minot

Miscellaneous altar fixtures 2

Miscellaneous windows 2

Mt. Carmel Hospital 2

Columbus

National Bank of Detroit 2

Detroit

Neils house 2

Minneapolis

North Star Center 2

Minneapolis

Northern National Gas 2

Omaha

Northern Trust Bank 2

Chicago

Northwestern National Bank 2

Minneapolis

O’Hare Terminal test cell, Flour City works 2

Minneapolis

(negatives)

Ohio Bank Building—Boody Building 2

Toledo

P and G Building 2

New York

Pennsylvania Hospital 2

Philadelphia

Peoria (IL) airport 2

Phillips Petroleum Bldg. 2

Bartlesville

Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel 2

Pittsburgh

Republic National Bank 2

Dallas

TX (negative)

Riverside Medical Group 2

New York

Roswell Park Memorial Institute 2

Buffalo

Sears Roebuck 3

Chicago

(escalators)

Senate Office Building 3

Washington

(negatives)

Shamrock Hotel 3

Houston

Sheraton Hotel 3

Minneapolis

Solidarity House 3

Detroit

AFL-CIO

South Texas National Bank 3

Houston

Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. 3

St. Louis

MO MO

(Mauran Russell and Crowell architects)

Spring Cotton Mills 3

(loc. unknown)

St. John’s 3

Rochester

(negative)

St. John’s Seminary 3

Brighton

St. Mary’s Hospital 3

Decatur

(negatives)

St. Peter’s Church 3

Chicago

(negatives)

Swedesboro Service Club memorial plaque 3

(loc. unknown)

Temple Israel 3

Detroit

Tetzlaff and Neils—25 Year Club Round Robin plaque 3

(loc. unknown)

Texas National Bank 3

Houston

(negative)

Travelers Insurance Co. 3

Hartford

Twenty Broad Street 3

New York

(negatives)

Unidentifed photos 3

(loc. unknown)

University of Chicago dormitory 3

Chicago

University of Michigan Administration Building 3

Ann Arbor

(Harley Ellington and Day Inc. architects)

Venetian blind window 3

(loc. unknown)

Walworth County Court House 3

Elkhorn

Walworth County Home for the Aged 3

Elkhorn

Washington National Airport 3

Washington

(negatives)

West Bend Aluminum Co. 3

Milwaukee

Wisconsin State College plaques 3

(loc. unknown)

Wisconsin State Office Building 3

Milwaukee

Woodruff penthouse 3

Chicago

(McNally and Quinn architects)

World War II bronzes #1-20 3

(loc. unknown)

World War II bronzes #21-32 (list in folder) 3

(loc. unknown)

World War II bronzes—eagles #401-423 (list in folder) 3

(loc. unknown)

World War II bronzes—insignias #101-137 (list in folder) 3

(loc. unknown)

World War II bronzes—statues #301-322 (list in folder) 3

(loc. unknown)

World War II memorial plaques 3

(loc. unknown)

Zuhrah Shrine 3

(loc. unknown)

Joseph C. Ste. Marie plaque (1949)

Photos, small Allegheny Ludlum Corp. 4

(loc. unknown)

Altarware 4

(loc. unknown)

American Fidelity 4

Manchester

American Stove Co. 4

St. Louis

Balanced door 4

(loc. unknown)

Baylor University Medical Building 4

Houston

Bell Telephone Building 4

Pittsburgh

(negatives)

Bloomington Volunteer Fire Department plaque 4

Bloomington

(1947)

Brookdale Camden Covenant Church plaque 4

(loc. unknown)

Calvary Cemetery 4

St. Louis

Capt. George F. Jacobs 4

(loc. unknown)

USN plaque

Christ of the Nations Chapel 4

(loc. unknown)

Walter A. Maier plaque

City Hall 4

Kansas City

(negative)

City National Bank 4

Houston

City National Bank 4

Kansas City

City of Omaha plaque 4

Omaha

Court House 4

Little Rock

Cox’s Department Store 4

Ft. Worth

Curtis plaque 4

(loc. unknown)

Des Moines Art Center 4

Des Moines

Details of combination windows 4

(loc. unknown)

Details of pull and push plates on door 4

(loc. unknown)

Detroit Historical Museum 4

Detroit

Extruded panel 4

(loc. unknown)

Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance 4

Columbus

Farmers and Mechanics Bank 4

Minneapolis

Federal Reserve Bank 4

Detroit

Finance Building 4

Harrisburg

(negatives) (Gehrow and Ross architects; Karl Millis Sculptor)

First National Bank 4

Minneapolis

First National Bank 4

Boston

Flour City logo 4

(loc. unknown)

(negatives)

Folding window 4

(loc. unknown)

Foley’s 4

Houston

Fort Worth Public Library 4

Fort Worth

Gen. Hanford MacNider 4

(loc. unknown)

Margaret MacNider plaques