The building was an industrial facility for the company, which made the Linograph typesetting machine.

The machines were distributed internationally, as well as across the country, and they "contributed significantly to the advancement of the typesetting process.

"[3] The company occupied the building until 1944 when it was sold to a competitor, Intertype Corporation and Englehart Manufacturing Co.

In 1954 The Salvation Army acquired the building, and used it for a variety of purposes, including an Adult Rehabilitation Center, which relocated in 2004.

[5] Extensions were added to the east of the original structure, which altered the building's main entrance.