Security Building (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

	Security Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
Location	2nd Ave. and 2nd St., SE; Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Coordinates	41°58′40″N 91°40′3″W / 41.97778°N 91.66750°W
Built	1908
Architect	Josselyn & Taylor
Part of	Cedar Rapids Central Business District Commercial Historic District (ID15000757)
NRHP reference No.	77000536
Added to NRHP	December 7, 1977

Location2nd Ave. and 2nd St., SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Coordinates41°58′40″N 91°40′3″W / 41.97778°N 91.66750°W

Built1908

ArchitectJosselyn & Taylor

The Security Building is a historic structure located in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. The building is eight stories tall and rises 117 feet (36 m) above the ground.^[2] It was designed by the Cedar Rapids architectural firm of Josselyn & Taylor, and it was completed in 1908. The building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.^[1] In 2015 it was included as a contributing property in the Cedar Rapids Central Business District Commercial Historic District.^[3]

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Agriculture	Seminole Valley Farmstead
Apartment buildings	Ausadie Building Brown Apartments
Civic buildings	Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station Cedar Rapids Post Office and Public Building Iowa State Highway Commission, District 6 Building Linn County Courthouse Veterans Memorial Building
Clubhouses	C.S.P.S. Hall Consistory Building No. 2 Sokol Gymnasium
Commercial buildings	Best Oil and Refining Company Service Station Hotel Roosevelt Iowa Building Lattner Auditorium Building Lesinger Block Paramount Theater Building Peoples Savings Bank Security Building Sinclair Building-Smulekoffs Furniture Store
Historic districts	B Avenue NE Historic District Bever Woods Historic District Bohemian Commercial Historic District Cedar Rapids 2nd Avenue SE. Automobile Row Historic District Cedar Rapids Central Business District Commercial Historic District Mays Island Historic District Monroe Elementary School Historic District Oak Hill Cemetery Historic District Our Mother of Sorrows Grotto Historic District Redmond Park-Grande Avenue Historic District Second and Third Avenue Historic District West Side Third Avenue SW Commercial Historic District
Houses	Robert and Esther Armstrong House A. T. Averill House Glenn M. and Edith Averill House Calder Houses William and Sue Damour House George B. Douglas House Dr. Percy and Lileah Harris House Lustron Home No. 02102 Charles W. and Nellie Perkins House T. M. Sinclair Mansion Taylor-Van Note Philip A. Wolff House and Carriage House
Industrial buildings	Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Company Cedar Rapids Pump Company Factory and Warehouse Evans Manufacturing Company Building Hamilton Brothers Building Harper and McIntire Company Warehouse Iowa Wind Mill and Pump Company Office and Warehouse Shores-Mueller Company Witwer Grocery Company Building
Religious buildings	Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church First Church of Christ, Scientist First Universalist Church of Cedar Rapids Moslem Temple St. James United Methodist Church St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church
Schools	Grant Vocational High School
Transportation	First Avenue Bridge Highwater Rock IANR Railroad Underpass
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Security Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property


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Location	2nd Ave. and 2nd St., SE Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Coordinates	41°58′40″N 91°40′3″W / 41.97778°N 91.66750°W / 41.97778; -91.66750
Built	1908
Architect	Josselyn & Taylor
Part of	Cedar Rapids Central Business District Commercial Historic District (ID15000757)
NRHP reference No.	77000536 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 7, 1977

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