page_title: Metropolitan Building (Minneapolis)
hierarchical_section_title: Metropolitan Building (Minneapolis)
caption_attribution_description: English: The Metropolitan Building, 308 Second Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Designed by E. Townsend Mix in Richardsonian Romanesque style with rusticated lower stories. Built 1888, razed 1961. Height: 220 feet. Materials: green granite, red sandstone. This twelve-story building featured a roof garden with a restaurant patronized by Minneapolis' high society, an observation tower, and a skylight over an atrium with iron balconies. Commissioned by Louis Menage (1850-1924) for his various businesses as well as for rental to other businesses. Photo taken November 1960 by Jack E. Boucher. Photographer's note: "Overall elevation, taken from east". HABS No. MN-49-1.
context_page_description: The Metropolitan Building, originally known as the Northwestern Guaranty Loan Building, is considered to be one of the most architecturally significant structures in the history of Minneapolis, Minnesota. It stood from 1890 until it was torn down starting in 1961 as part of major urban renewal efforts in the city that saw about 40% of the downtown district razed and replaced with new structures. At the time, the pending destruction of the Richardsonian Romanesque building provided a catalyst for historic preservation movements in the city and across the state.
context_section_description: The Metropolitan Building, originally known as the Northwestern Guaranty Loan Building, is considered to be one of the most architecturally significant structures in the history of Minneapolis, Minnesota.  It stood from 1890 until it was torn down starting in 1961 as part of major urban renewal efforts in the city that saw about 40% of the downtown district razed and replaced with new structures.  At the time, the pending destruction of the Richardsonian Romanesque building provided a catalyst for historic preservation movements in the city and across the state.
caption: The Metropolitan Building in November 1960
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