NRHP: Thiessen Pickle Company

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Thiessen Pickle Company

NRHP Reference #: 11000887

NRHP Listing Date: 20111213

Location

3101 S 24th Street, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska

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Summary

The H. Thiessen Pickle Company building, designed by Harvey C. Peterson and constructed in 1933, is located in Omaha at the end of a former spur for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The company manufactured pickles from cucumbers grown in Minnesota and Colorado, and produced vinegar and other condiments under its own name, as well as for other labels. Its adjacency to both the railroad and the paved streets was important for shipping raw materials in and processed goods out. The company survived WWI and WWII rationing, and even grew during the Great Depression, but eventually succumbed to economies of scale (and its larger competitors) in 1960.

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