May 22, 1937 – The Iowa City Press-Citizen celebrates by publishing a 92-page special edition dedicated to its new state-of-the-art building on East Washington Street.
Seventeen years after Iowa City’s two major newspapers merged to form The Press-Citizen, owner Merritt Spiedel hired one of Iowa City’s first registered architects – Henry L. Fisk – to be the local agent in designing and the construction of one of the finest state-of-the-art newspaper production facilities in the Midwest. Opening in May 1937, The Press-Citizen celebrated by publishing a 92-page special edition packed with everything you’d want to know about this new building on East Washington Street in Iowa City.
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