Schulze Baking Company Plant

Schulze Baking Company Plant
Schulze Baking Company Factory (c.1914-15)
Schulze Baking Company Plant is located in Greater Chicago
Schulze Baking Company Plant
Location40 East Garfield Boulevard
(Garfield Boulevard and Wabash Avenue)
Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°47′44″N 87°37′29″W / 41.79556°N 87.62472°W / 41.79556; -87.62472
Built1913
ArchitectJohn Ahlschlager & Son
NRHP reference No.82000393 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1982

Schulze Baking Company Plant is a factory building located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located at 40 East Garfield Boulevard (also described as 55th Street and Wabash Avenue)[2] in the Washington Park community area in Cook County. Built in 1914, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 12, 1982. Originally built for the Schulze Baking Company, it was the home of the Hostess Brands' Butternut Bread until 2004.[3]

The building features a terra cotta exterior with ornamentation that pays tribute to Louis Sullivan.[4] The original flooring is made of reinforced concrete.[2] In the early 21st century, the building fell into a state of disrepair.[5] In 2016, however, a developer stated that the building was being rehabilitated for adaptive reuse in 2017 and following years as a data center.[6]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b Talbot, Arthur N. and Willis A. Slater (January 1916). "Tests of Reinforced Concrete Flat Slab Structures". University of Illinois. Archived from the original on December 15, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2008.
  3. ^ "Butternut bread-maker closing Chicago bakery". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on July 18, 2015. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
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  6. ^ "Garfield & Wabash". South Side Weekly. February 9, 2016. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016.