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Security Building
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National Register of Historic Places

Security Building

Also known as Iowa Power and Light Building

On the National Register since 197749 years
Listed 1977Cedar Rapids
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About Security Building

Security Building, at 2nd Ave. and 2nd St., SE, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Dec 7, 1977. It was among the first 5 of Cedar Rapids’s 63 listings. The Register lists it for its architecture, at the local level. 11 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isBuilding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 14 MB · National Archives↗
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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

2nd Ave. and 2nd St., SE, Cedar Rapids · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Security BuildingStart here
  2. 2Cedar Rapids Central Business District Commercial Historic DistrictDistrict · next door
  3. 3Cedar Rapids Post Office and Public BuildingRenaissance Revival · next door
  4. 4Paramount Theater BuildingDecorated Commercial · 0.1 mi on
  5. 5Sinclair Building-Smulekoffs Furniture StoreBuilt 1901 · next door
Around it

24 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BLattner Auditorium BuildingClassical0.1 miBHotel RooseveltGeorgian Revival · Built 19270.1 miBCedar Rapids Central Fire StationBuilt 19180.2 miBHamilton Brothers BuildingRomanesque · Built 18990.2 miBSokol GymnasiumBuilt 19080.2 miBIowa BuildingRenaissance Revival0.2 miOHighwater RockObject0.2 miBPeople's Savings BankBuilding0.3 miBEvans Manufacturing Company BuildingModern Movement0.3 miBHarper and McIntire Company WarehouseBuilt 19220.3 miStFirst Avenue BridgeConcrete Open Spandrel Arch0.3 miBGlenn M. and Edith Averill HouseBuilt 19060.3 miBFirst Universalist Church of Cedar RapidsVernacular0.3 miDMay's Island Historic DistrictBeaux Arts0.3 miBIowa Wind Mill and Pump Company Office and WarehouseLate Victorian · Built 19020.4 miBCedar Rapids Milk Condensing CompanyBuilt 18870.4 miDWest Side Third Avenue SW. Commercial Historic DistrictDistrict0.4 miBBethel African Methodist Episcopal ChurchBuilding0.4 mi
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DCedar Rapids 2nd Avenue SE. Automobile Row Historic DistrictDistrict0.4 miBConsistory Building No. 2Classical Revival0.4 miBWitwer Grocery Company BuildingBuilding0.5 miBGrant Vocational High SchoolBuilt 19150.5 miBGeorge B. Douglas HouseGeorgian Revival0.5 miBAusadie BuildingColonial Revival0.5 mi

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Questions about Security Building

Is Security Building on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Dec 7, 1977 (Register number 77000536).

Is Security Building a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Iowa has 22 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Amana Villages, 21.3 miles away.

Can you visit Security Building?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Security Building?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 14 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 75339410 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.