Flour City Ornamental Iron Works Company

Flour City Ornamental Iron Works Company

Flour City Ornamental Iron Works Company was an early pioneer in the manufacturing of architectural wrought and cast iron building components.

Historical significance

Flour City Ornamental Iron Works Company was founded by Eugene Tetzlaff in 1893 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company was originally a blacksmith shop, but later became a manufacturer of wrought and cast iron. During World War II, Flour City produced aluminum bridge pontoons and aircraft parts. In 1945, Henry J. Neils, first president of the Flour City Ornamental Iron Works Company, began production of aluminum boats. The first aluminum boat produced by Flour City subsidiary, Alumacraft, came off the production line in 1946. Hupp Corporation bought Alumacraft from Flour City in 1960.

Later History

Flour City Ornamental Iron Works, later known as Flour City Architectural Metal Works, continued its production of ornamental and architectural metal products. In the early 1990s, Flour City became a part of Flour City International, Inc., and its headquarters moved from Minnesota to Tennessee.

List of Buildings with Flour City Ornamental Iron

• The Department of Veterans Affairs Building, Washington, DC
• Drake Hotel, Chicago, IL
• Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
• Nissen Building, Winston-Salem, NC
• The Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL

List of Buildings with Flour City Architectural Metals, TN

• Key Towers, Cincinnati, OH
• Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cincinnati, OH
• Trump World Tower, Manhattan, NY

External links

• Flour City Ornamental Iron Works catalog
• The 1935 Flour City Ornamental Iron Works strike

Photos

• Flour City Ornamental Iron Works at the Hennepin County Library
• Flour City Ornamental Iron Works at the Minnesota Historical Society