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Architecture of Minnesota

04 November 2010
1874 – Church of the Assumption, St. Paul, Minnesota

1874 – Church of the Assumption, St. Paul, Minnesota

Architect: Joseph Reidel The Church of the Assumption was founded in 1856 by Bishop Joseph Cretin and served newly arrived immigrants from Ireland, France and Germany. Ground was broken for the first church...

10 November 2010
1883 – Stone Arch Bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1883 – Stone Arch Bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Architect: Railroad baron James J. Hill built the bridge in 1883 for his Great Northern Railway to allow for increased movement of people and goods across the Mississippi River. The Stone Arch Bridge...

17 September 2009
1885 – Lumber Exchange Building, Minneapolis

1885 – Lumber Exchange Building, Minneapolis

Architect: Long & Kees The Lumber Exchange was designed in 1885 by architects Franklin B. Long (1842-1912) and Frederick Kees (1852-1927). Designed in a Richardsonian Romanesque style, the Lumber Exchange was the first...

04 November 2010
1887 – Andrew Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1887 – Andrew Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Architect: Warren H. Hayes Published in American Architect and Building News.

03 November 2010
1888 – Bank of St. Paul Building, St. Paul, Minnesota

1888 – Bank of St. Paul Building, St. Paul, Minnesota

Architect: J. Walter Stevens Built as a bank, this is a fine red sandstone example of Richardson Romanesque. Formerly also known as the Germania Bank Building, it was added to the National Register...

04 November 2010
1888 – First Congregational Church of Minneapolis, Minnesota

1888 – First Congregational Church of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Architect: Warren H. Hayes In 1886 it laid the cornerstone of its present building. Built of red sandstone in Gothic-Romanesque style, with round-arched windows and semi-circular rows of pews, it still is one...

06 July 2011
1889 – Residence, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1889 – Residence, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Architect: J.W. & F.D. Orff Designed for lawyer J. Frank Collom, who later the same year, confessed to forging client signatures to appropriate their funds to the tune of $227,000. At the time...

08 July 2011
1889 – Small Hotel, Minneapolis

1889 – Small Hotel, Minneapolis

Architect: Harry Wild Jones Published in the American Architect and Building News. Harry Wild Jones was a Minneapolis based architect, who worked in Richardson’s Boston office, before staring practice on his own in...

04 November 2010
1890 – Central Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, Minnesota

1890 – Central Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, Minnesota

Architect: Warren H. Hayes Designed by Warren H. Hayes, a leading architect of churches in the United States and Canada during the late 19th century. Hayes’ work holds a significant place in its...