Hamm Building Explained

Hamm Building
Location:408 Saint Peter Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Coordinates:44.9467°N -93.0967°W
Built:1920
Architect:multiple
Architecture:Early Commercial
Added:May 30, 1997
Refnum:97000499

The Hamm Building is a 1920 limestone, terra cotta, and brick commercial building in Saint Paul, Minnesota; its ornamentation is exceptional. The engineers and architects were Toltz, King and Day, Inc. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Being in the heart of Saint Paul's theatre district, 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.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kunz, Virginia Brainard . Saint Paul - The First 150 Years . The Saint Paul Foundation . 1991 . 0-9630690-0-4.
  2. Book: Nord, Mary Ann. The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. 2003. 0-87351-448-3. registration .