The Hamm Building Then and Now
Built in 1915, the limestone, terra cotta, and brick Hamm Building in downtown Saint Paul was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.When the Capitol Theatre was built into the Hamm building in 1920. It was the largest, most costly, and most elaborate movie palace in the Upper Midwest. Today the [...]
Westminster Presbyterian Church Then and Now
In 1857 a small gathering of eight people raised $2,000 and built the first Westminster Presbyterian Church on Fourth Street in Minneapolis. The Westminster congregation grew rapidly and in 1883 a new larger church was built on Seventh Street and Nicollet Avenue. Some twelve years later the building was heavily damaged by fire, forcing [...]
Landmark Center Then and Now
St. Paul’s historic Landmark Center was completed in 1902. Originally, the building served as the United States Post Office, Court House, and Custom House. It was designed by Willoughby J. Edbrooke, who served as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury Department in 1891-92. The exterior is pink granite ashlar with a hipped red tile [...]
Church of Saint Stephen Then And Now
The Church of Saint Stephen is an historic Roman Catholic church located in Whittier. The neighborhood is where entrepreneurs and businessmen built their mansions. The church was built with sandstone, brick, concrete, and copper in 1889-1891. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Building Then and Now
The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Building was designed by locally notable firm Kees and Colburn.The arches in the top floor windows are modeled after Louis Sullivan’s designs. The corners of the building are subtly furrowed in at the bottom and rise toward a flaring cornice at the top, echoing John Wellborn Root’s design of the [...]
