2100 Sunnyside Avenue, Forsyth Iron Bed Company, c.1905

A one-story L-plan front-gable building with a blank brick facade (not original), side elevations with a historic rolled asphalt sheathing, and a brick pier foundation. The Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of 1907 indicates that this building was used for chipping and enameling as well as packing and shipping. The wing on its south, rear corner was the foundry. The Forsyth Iron Bed Company appears in the city directory from 1902 through 1922 and on the Sanborn maps from 1907 through at least 1917. It was probably a sister company with Forsyth Chair (northwest corner of Sunnyside and Acadia Streets) and Forsyth Manufacturing (southwest corner of Sunnyside and Acadia Streets). This property is the only remaining building from what was a large complex of furniture-related buildings that stretched along Sunnyside and Junia.

The officers of Forsyth Iron Bed at various times were W. A. Blair (VP, 1902-1922), Henry E. Fries (VP, 1910-1918), H. A. Phfol (Sec., 1910-1918), Charles Siewers (Pres., 1902-1918), E. Mickey (Sec., 1913-1918), and R. H. Rice (Sec., 1902-1918). The first two of these men were also involved in the Forsyth Manufacturing Company while the next two were also part of the Forsyth Chair Company. The Forsyth Chair and Forsyth Manufacturing facilities on Junia Avenue were demolished in 2001-2002.