Pioneer and Endicott Buildings explained

Pioneer and Endicott Buildings
Coordinates:44.9469°N -93.09°W
Built:1889
Architect:Solon Spencer Beman, Cass Gilbert
Architecture:Renaissance, Romanesque
Added:July 10, 1974
Refnum:74001038

The Pioneer and Endicott Buildings are two office buildings located in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The 1890-built Endicott building forms an L-shape around the 1889-built Pioneer Building. At its completion, the Pioneer building was the tallest in Saint Paul. The Endicott building was designed by Cass Gilbert and James Knox Taylor; the Pioneer Building was designed by Solon Spencer Beman in the Romanesque style; it was the first building in the United States to have a glass elevator. Connected in the 1940s, they are together listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Pioneer Building was the tallest building in Saint Paul, Minnesota from its construction in 1889 until 1915 when the Cathedral of St. Paul was constructed. It surpassed the Globe Building.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Nord, Mary Ann. The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. 2003. 0-87351-448-3. registration.