St. Paul, Its Past and Present: Being an Historical, Financial, and Commercial Compend, Showing the Growth, Prosperity, and Resources of the Great Commercial Emporium of the Northwest

by Frank Chapman Bliss

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ...in height, fire proof, and built in the very best manner. The basement and two stories will be of stone, and the balance of brick, with granite facings. The estimated cost of the building alone, not including the land, is about $600,000. Its site is on the corner of Robert and Fourth streets. The new Gerrnania Bank building will be 50x100 feet, and erected on the corner of Fifth and Wabasha streets. It will be eight stories in height, two being of stone, and balance of brick. It will be occupied by the bank, with other offices. It will cost $150,000, 'and will be completed by October, 1889. Excavation for the same has been done, and the foundation is now being laid. The Gerrnania Insurance Company's new building will soon be erected on the corner of Minnesota and Fourth streets, and will be a beautiful structure of stone, seven stories high, with all the modern improvements. Its cost will be about $250,000. The New York Life Insurance Company had the shrewdness to realize that St. Paul was the great point in the northwest where its general surplus could be invested most profitably. They purchased, some time since, a site on the corner of Sixth and Minnesota streets, 100 feet square, on which they are erecting a BUILDERS' BOARD OF TRADE. 117 magnificent stone structure, which, when completed, will be the finest insurance office in the northwest, costing from $500,000 to $800,000. These are but few of the many elegant buildings now being erected in this saintly city, and with these are a countless number of beautiful residences, both on the east and west sides, besides many spacious business blocks, and the plants and works of many new business firms. This great increase of building improvements in the city the past year is a very gratifying proof of the conf... Read Less

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ...in height, fire proof, and built in the very best manner. The basement and two stories will be of stone, and the balance of brick, with granite facings. The estimated cost of the building alone, not including the land, is about $600,000. Its site is on the corner of Robert and Fourth streets. The new Gerrnania Bank ... Read More