| Additional Information: | City of Green Bay, Wisconsin - Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report Phase 1 - 2021
LARGE RECTANGULAR GLASS AND CONCRETE FACTORY. Reinforced concrete floors and walls visible as exposed exterior framing pattern evidenced in concrete pilasters. Curtain wall panels between pilasters and floors consists of hallow tile with industrial sash ribbon windows on first and second floors. Related buildings: industrial building, factory building at 1412 State Street (28/30).
NAER INVENTORY (08/1979):
This structure was built in 1920 for the Automatic file & Index Co. The two smaller storage sheds predate the larger structure and were probably originally owned by the Diamond Lumber Co. The Automatic file & Index Co. manufactured fireproof metal containers, file cabinets and office furniture at this site until 1967. It is a 3-story building, with reinforced concrete columns and slabs, brick curtain walls, and projecting pilasters.
Fox River Valley Industrial Survey
Frederick Straubel established the Automatic File and Index Company in 1901 following the development of the automatic expanding filing system. In 1920, the company moved into a new building at 1402 South State Street in Green Bay. The concrete frame and brick three-story industrial loft contained an office, manufacturing line, and warehouse. Straubel, the founder and inventor, developed rolling bearing extension slides, among forty other mechanized inventions, and the company produced complex wood filing cabinets and other devices, some of which were custom-made to specific purposes and scales. Straubel sold the company in 1928.
The Automatic File and Index Company is significant under Criterion A: History in the area of Industry for its role in the Green Bay manufactured goods industry. The period of significance for the property would extend from 1920 to 1928.
Frederick Straubel established the Automatic File and Index Company in 1901 following the development of the automatic expanding filing system. The company found rapid success, but a series of fires at their original non-extant location along Pearl Street encouraged the company to expand. In 1920, the company moved into a new building at 1402 South State Street in Green Bay. The concrete frame and brick three-story industrial loft contained an office, manufacturing line, and warehouse. The building was constructed by the Ludolf Hansen Contractors Company. Straubel, the founder and inventor, developed rolling bearing extension slides, among forty other mechanized inventions, and the company produced complex wood filing cabinets and other devices, some of which were custom-made to specific purposes and scales. Straubel sold the company in 1928. The Automatic File and Index Company is significant under Criterion A: History in Industry for its role in the Green Bay manufactured goods industry. The period of significance for the property would extend from 1920 to 1928. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Abrahams, Paul P. Industrial Survey of Brown County Industrial Sites, Historical Industrial Survey. Unpublished manuscript on file, Historic Preservation Division, State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
(B) Sanborn-Perris Map Co., Inc. Fire Insurance Map of Green Bay, Wisconsin. New York, 1957.
(C.) City of Green Bay, Tax Rolls, 1919-1920, S.D.1 P.C. 4-11 part of P.G. 10.
(D.) Wright's Green Bay City Directory, 1966-7. |
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