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MAIZEWOOD INSULATION COMPANY
MAIZEWOOD INSULATION COMPANY.
The 1934 Dubuque City Directory listed Maizewood Building Company at 9 LINCOLN BUILDING.
The 1939 Dubuque City Directory through 1948 Dubuque Classified Business Directory listed Maizewood Insulation Company at 275 Salina.
In 1931 the business, which had been busy providing insulation board for the Chicago World's Fair, was destroyed by fire. (1)
The manufacturing plant was later purchased by the Celotex Corporation.
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Source:
1. "Cornstalk Factory Destroyed by Fire," Milwaukee Journal, Dec. 8, 1931, p. 17. Online: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0LJQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OyIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3236,4482393&dq=maizewood+dubuque&hl=en
See: MAIZEWOOD