By the end of the 1930s, the Streamline Moderne had become increasingly less exuberant. The two-story Red Cross building in Dubuque still retains a few hallmarks of this popular style—the curved central parapets and the marquee faced with stainless steel, as well as the glass brick panel on the central bay. Also very much in the style is the yellow tile sheathing.
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