Tuesday, May 22, 2012

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 22

May 22, 1888 – “Minneapolis architect LeRoy S. Buffington, the ‘Father of the Skyscraper,’ patents a construction method involving a steel skeleton that allowed structures to be built to any height.”
http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part1.pdf

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