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United States historic place
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Building is located in IowaMcCormick Harvesting Machine Company BuildingShow map of IowaMcCormick Harvesting Machine Company Building is located in the United StatesMcCormick Harvesting Machine Company BuildingShow map of the United States
Location1001 S. 6th St.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Coordinates41°15′07.8″N 95°51′09.7″W / 41.252167°N 95.852694°W / 41.252167; -95.852694
Arealess than one acre
Built1894
Architectural styleLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP reference No.12000780
Added to NRHPSeptember 10, 2012

The McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Building, also known as the International Harvester Transfer House is an historic building located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States. The first railroad arrived in the city in 1867, and by 1898 there were 11 truck line railroads that terminated here. That made Council Bluffs an excellent place for the transfer and distribution of goods. Chicago based McCormick Harvesting Machine Company had this four-story brick structure built in 1894 as one of their branch houses. Those facilities acted as a dealership for the company's products. In the 1902 McCormick and four other companies merged to form International Harvester (IH). By 1922, this building became one of IH's four domestic transfer house facilities. Those facilities received large stocks of the company's products by train and distributed them to the branch houses. IH continued to use this building until 1964. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Christina A. Jansen. "McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Building". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
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National Register of Historic Places in Pottawattamie County, Iowa
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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Pottawattamie County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa


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