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completed in 1932, the building is a block long and half a block wide and is the tallest building in Dubuque. It replaced two four-story buildings, the former Rider-Wallis dry goods building, located on the south half of the same block (demolished to complete this building), and a smaller four-story Roshek building across the alley immediately east, which was located on the southwest corner of Eighth and Main streets, which was later occupied by
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Roshek's operated for more than 40 years in a 9-story building at 700 Locust Street in Dubuque. The building was built in two halves beginning in August 1929. Originally the whole building was to be finished within a year, but as of the fall of 1931, only the north half was finished. Wholly
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On January 15, 2009, IBM announced that it will move into the building, creating a new technology service center with 1,300 employees after improving the building to make it a LEED-certified building The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 17, 2010.
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After Roshek's moved from downtown, the former department store was converted into an office building. For most of the time since conversion, it has been known as the Dubuque Building, except for a period of several years when it was called CyCare Plaza. Now it is called
820: 915: 851: 1530: 835: 825: 1525: 334:. The company was founded by J.J.and F.H. Roshek. In its prime, Roshek's was the primary shopping destination in Dubuque and was the largest department store in the state of Iowa. The building has been listed on the 1464: 910: 856: 359:. The building's architect was Charles Wheeler Nicol (1888-1953), a noted regional designer of major hotels and school buildings. This was and remains the state's largest building to be used as a department store. 497: 1025: 877: 779: 810: 744: 709: 1505: 784: 689: 649: 474: 749: 739: 734: 714: 830: 664: 579: 699: 694: 569: 789: 754: 659: 634: 774: 724: 704: 679: 669: 654: 644: 629: 609: 584: 574: 564: 1225: 794: 769: 674: 614: 594: 589: 559: 549: 729: 684: 624: 599: 554: 1235: 861: 759: 639: 604: 1389: 815: 764: 719: 619: 1490: 1220: 527: 512: 1510: 467: 1210: 1195: 543: 1495: 1200: 978: 1384: 1175: 945: 460: 1469: 1205: 1160: 1145: 935: 1170: 1399: 1394: 1352: 1515: 1230: 507: 1520: 377:, a regional shopping center on the western edge of the city. Roshek's became one of the mall's anchor tenants, along with Montgomery Ward and 1301: 1150: 1165: 987: 483: 426: 335: 241: 199: 147: 1215: 1129: 971: 898: 444: 1500: 1415: 1098: 1088: 116: 1155: 1078: 1368: 174: 964: 54: 1296: 1256: 1005: 97: 1281: 1180: 50: 69: 1441: 1083: 1342: 903: 882: 382: 76: 43: 1451: 1015: 1306: 1266: 1035: 294: 83: 1446: 1327: 1291: 517: 1251: 1436: 1332: 1052: 956: 522: 502: 431: 298: 65: 1347: 1337: 1103: 1311: 1185: 1020: 362:
Other department stores were also located downtown. In the 1960s, prior to the construction of
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In the 1960s Roshek's decided to move their operations to smaller quarters at
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was on the west side of Main Street, just north of Stampfer's.
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Roshek's is located in Iowa
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Dubuque, Iowa
42°30′1″N 90°40′8″W / 42.50028°N 90.66889°W / 42.50028; -90.66889
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