Linn County putting Witwer building on the block

You have until the end of the month to make an offer on a piece of historic downtown Cedar Rapids real estate.

Linn County is putting the Witwer Building, 303 Second Ave. SE, on the market.

“We have an ad coming out on Sunday, and we've sent out brochures to commercial realtors,” said Jan Every, an administrative secretary with the county.

Before the 2008 flood, the building housed county Community Services and the Witwer Senior Center, where noon lunches were served to area seniors. Those functions moved elsewhere post-flood, leaving the building surplus.

According to the county's brochure, the 46,316-square-foot building was built in 1908 as the city's Post Office and federal offices. The building has been secured since the flood, but electricity hasn't been restored, Every said.

Bids – minimum $450,000 – will be taken through Aug. 31.