Growing up in Dallas, Ga., Susan Cox never imagined she’d one day own a business inside an elephant-shaped building. How could she? Yet, that’s where life’s path took her. Cox, who moved to ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — The historic White Elephant building took a three-block trek to salvation Monday — a day before the 135-year-old structure could have fallen to a wrecking ball. The building was ...

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CEDAR RAPIDS - The 135 year old building that housed a long standing thrift store - The White Elephant - is up for demolition, but city officials want to put on the brakes to see if it can be moved.

The soft substrate floors in the elephant building, for example, are 4 ft thick, with foundations below that and a sub-slab beneath depressed areas so that elephants can't get to the pipes under ...

A later owner, Sophia Gertzen, dubbed it Lucy the Elephant in 1902, when the building held a short-lived tavern, according to history compiled by members of the committee. The Gertzen family in ...