Lumber Exchange Building
This article is missing information about Is it still active? Do people still trade lumber there? In fact, did people ever exchange securities there? There's no info at all about finance here.(December 2018) |
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Lumber Exchange Building | |
Location | 423-25 Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
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Coordinates | 44°58′47.76″N 93°16′18.02″W / 44.9799333°N 93.2716722°W |
Built | 1885 |
Architect | Long and Kees |
Architectural style | Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 83000903 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 19, 1983 |
The Lumber Exchange Building was the first skyscraper built in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, dating to 1885. It was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by Franklin B. Long and Frederick Kees and was billed as one of the first fireproof buildings in the country.[2] It is the oldest high-rise building standing in Minneapolis, and is the oldest building outside of New York City with 12 or more floors.[3]
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The building was built in multiple stages. Originally a tall, thin structure, an additional wing was added in 1890.[3] Later, two stories were added at the top of the building. James Lileks, Minneapolis writer and architectural critic, says,
It's one of the few survivors from the early skyscraper era – and perhaps the ugliest. Of all the buildings on Hennepin, it's the least significant; across the street, the Masonic Temple – a near contemporary – is far more intriguing. The Lumber Exchange survived, though; perhaps it was just too big to knock down. It survived a fire, disrepair, neglect … it just won't go away."[5]
The Lumber Exchange Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
- ^ "1885 - Lumber Exchange Building, Minneapolis - Architecture of Minnesota". Retrieved 2015-01-12.
- ^ a b "Lumber Exchange/Edison Building, Minneapolis". Emporis Buildings. Archived from the original on February 23, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
- ^ "Long and Kees collection". Northwest Architectural Archives, Manuscripts Division, University of Minnesota Libraries. 2004. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
- ^ Lileks, James. "LILEKS (James) Mpls: Lumber Exchange". Retrieved 2007-05-10.