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MILK HOUSE
MILK HOUSE. A familiar sight at 620 South Grandview, the corner of Bryant and South Grandview, the Milkhouse prior to 1900 housed the T.J. Donahue Grocery Store. Sometime later the store was operated by George Helbing. The store later was operated as Hilken-Sullivan Grocery until it was purchased by the Sullivan family (Emmett, Libby, Leo, and Tom) in the late 1930s. (1)
When the building was sold to Clem Welsh, it was called the Grandview Milkhouse. In 1972 the business was called the GRANDVIEW DAIRY. In 1977 the building was sold to Earl Tegler from Dyersville. It was open in 1980.
The building for many years until around 2013 served as the headquarters of TWO BY TWO.
Milk House (No. 2) was listed in the 1972 through 1980 Dubuque City Directory at 2311 Windsor. Milk House (No. 3) was located at 1540 Central Avenue.
The 1983 through 1993 Dubuque City Directory listed Milk House #2 at 2311 Windsor and Milk House at 620 S. Grandview.
The Milk House on University and Windsor were operated by Clem POLFER and his wife, Angie. (2)
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Source:
1. Katherine Sullivan, interview, January 16, 2019
2. "Applewood II Resident Celebrates 100th Birthday," The Golden View, September 2015, p. 3