Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Building

The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Building, also known as the Northern Implement Company and the American Trio Building, is a warehouse building in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. PPG Industries of Pittsburgh constructed the structure.

Great Northern Implement Company
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Building is located in Minnesota
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Building
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Building is located in the United States
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Building
Location616 S. 3rd St.,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coordinates44°58′38″N 93°15′34″W
Built1910
ArchitectKees and Colburn
Architectural styleLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP reference No.77000745[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 13, 1977

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
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Northern Implement Company". Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission. February 2007. Retrieved August 27, 2008.
  3. Millett, Larry (2007). AIA Guide to the Twin Cities: The Essential Source on the Architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul. p. 76.


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