Thursday, September 20, 2012

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 20


September 20, 1977 – The Advance Thresher/Emerson-Newton Implement Company buildings in downtown Minneapolis were put on the National Register of Historical Places on this date.1 Designed by the architectural firm of Kees and Colburn, what looks like one building was “actually conceived as two manufacturing buildings. The Emerson-Newton Plow Company Building, built in 1904, mimicked the design of the Advance Thresher Building of 1900. 

At first glance, it is difficult to discern the difference in storiation, but in fact, the Emerson-Newton Building is six stories, whereas the Advance Thresher is five.”2

1http://nrhp.mnhs.org/NRDetails.cfm?NPSNum=77000736
2http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3FXD_Advance_Thresher_Emerson_Newton_Implement_Company_Minneapolis_MN



The Advance Thresher/Emerson-Newton Implement Company Buildings

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain September 20, 2012, as long as acknowledgement included.  


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