The first is the Nebraska Motor Mart Building, located at 1221 Pierce St. Built in 1919 by the Nebraska Buick Company very little is known about the company an dnothing is known about the architect of the structure. As a motor mart it was designed to display & repair automobiles. The building is clad with 3 facade of terra cotta, Beux Arts, Sullivanesque and Art Deco.
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The next building on Pierce St is the Grain Exchange Building located at 7th & Pierce. The current building was constructed in 1914 after the first Grain Exchange building burned down.Designed by Beuttle and ARnold, architects the building has prefabricated Sullivanesque terra cotta. The building was used because of Sioux City's booming grain business. The building is part of the Pierce Street Walking Tour. The building is now called the Insurance Exchange Building.
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A half a block south from the Grain Exchange Building is the Willegs Building. The Williges was desgined by William L. Steele, built in 1930 & has an excellen example of Sullivanesque terra cotta. It was built by furrier August Williges who had it built to sell furs. The building is one of the last built with Sullivanesque in the United States. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. Up until then the building was under threat of being torn down to make way for more parking. This would have been a sad loss of a beautiful building. A group got together & fought the powers that be, a local bank company, to preven tit form being torn down. Now the inside is being renovated for businesses to use. The Williges is part of the Pierce Street Walking Tour and is located at 613 Pierce St.
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About a block south of the Williges Building is the Frances Orpheum Building. Located at 510 Pierce & built in 1927 this building is a large theater surrounded by a 4 story office space. The Orpheum was funded by Arthur Sanford & is so named because of the adjoining Frances Building. Rapp and Rapp, architects designed the building with Art Deco style terra cotta. The building now stands at 8 floors tall & is one of the crown jewels of Sioux City. It is also part of the Pierce Street Walking Tour.
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At 414 Pierce is the Hills Block building. Built in 1885 by priminent Sioux City booster & businessesman F.C. Hills. Hills was largley responsible for railroad building and promotion in the later 1880's to early 1890's. The building was purchased in 1916 by Schmoller abd Mueller Piano Company & altered with a new terra cotta facade. They enlisted the help of William Beuttler and Ralph Arnold for the new building front. The remodeled facade of the Hills Block is an eclectic mix of Sullivanesque and Greek Revival.
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