Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Building
Great Northern Implement Company | |
Kees and Colburn | |
Architectural style | Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements |
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NRHP reference No. | 77000745[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 13, 1977 |
The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Building, also known as the Northern Implement Company and the American Trio Building, is a
Minneapolis, Minnesota. PPG Industries of Pittsburgh
constructed the structure.
Background
It was designed by the architectural firm
Kees and Colburn and shows strong influences of architect Louis Sullivan.[2] The arches in the top floor windows are modeled after Louis Sullivan's designs, which in turn were influenced by Henry Hobson Richardson's Richardsonian Romanesque style. The corners of the building are subtly chamfered in at the bottom and rise toward a flaring cornice at the top, echoing John Wellborn Root's design of the Monadnock Building in Chicago.[3]
The building has now been converted to loft apartments.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Northern Implement Company". Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission. February 2007. Retrieved August 27, 2008.
- ^ Millett, Larry (2007). AIA Guide to the Twin Cities: The Essential Source on the Architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul. p. 76.