Purina Grain Tower

Constructed in 1919 by Young-Sweetser Co., this tower was initially a warehouse with the grain elevator being built at a later date.

The building is significant as its steel reinforced concrete reflects a method of construction that was just  taking off at the time it was built, and the centrally located grain elevator is an example of advances in agricultural marketing during that era.

Young-Sweetser shared the building with Farm & Tack Supply starting in 1966 before ceding control to them in 1971. Farm & Tack continued to operate there until shuttering in 1992. 

A fitness entrepreneur named Carl Braun was next to own the building, but after he determined that opening a fitness club there was not economically viable, he sold it to its current owner, Harrison G. Palmer, head of HGP, Inc.

Palmer has been working on a mixed-use concept, to include retail, restaurants, and possibly residential spaces. The elevator and other elements are being removed and repurposed in order to retain facets of the building’s structural history.

Today, a popular gym called Green Fitness & Wellness occupies the adjacent warehouse. HGP Land Surveyors occupies the first floor in the tower.