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DUBUQUE ALTAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY
DUBUQUE ALTAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
With its offices located at 19th and Pine STREETS, the Dubuque Altar Manufacturing Company manufactured statuary, altars and pews offering more than fifty styles of ends. Statuary included stations of the cross, Christmas and other groupings, reliefs, brackets, vases, pedestals, baptismals and holy water fonts.
The company had two factories. One produced the statuary while the other was dedicated to manufacturing church furniture. The factories and buildings covered 90,000 square feet and the company had its own side racks for receiving and shipping. Officers included J.J. Ott, President; M.J. Mulgrew, vice-president; W.H. Meuser, secretary, and P.F. Ryder, treasurer.
The 1909 Dubuque City Directory located this business at 860 19th.
The 1911-1912 Dubuque City Directory and 1913 Dubuque and Dubuque County Directory stated that this business was located at 19th and Pine.
The 1923 Dubuque City Directory listed 860 E. 19th.
The 1929 Dubuque City Directory 400-98 E. 19th.