It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
In 2004 it was deemed significant as "an excellent, unaltered example of the Spanish Colonial Revival architectural design"; it was one of only two downtown commercial buildings in that style, which was popular during 1915 to 1940.
The other is the NRHP-listed Sioux City Free Public Library, two blocks south.
It was designed by Sioux City architects Beuttler and Arnold.
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