Rand Tower


Rand Tower
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Rand Tower in 2006. The skyway at lower left was attached to the building in 1969.^[1]
Location	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°58′38.5″N 93°16′11″W / 44.977361°N 93.26972°W / 44.977361; -93.26972Coordinates: 44°58′38.5″N 93°16′11″W / 44.977361°N 93.26972°W / 44.977361; -93.26972
Built	1928
Architect	Holabird & Root; C.F. Haglin & Sons
Architectural style	Moderne
NRHP Reference #	84003937 ^[2]
Added to NRHP	April 14, 1994

Rand Tower is a 26-story high rise in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA that was one of the city's tallest structures when it was completed in 1929. It was designed by Holabird & Root for Rufus R. Rand, a World War I aviator who was part of the family that owned the Minneapolis Gas Company (Minnegasco), now part of CenterPoint Energy. Rand had flown in the Lafayette Flying Corps during the war. Much of the building is covered in Art Deco ornamentation that follows an aviation theme, and there is a sculpture Wings in the lobby by Oskar J. W. Hansen. Hansen is perhaps best known for his sculptures at Hoover Dam in the Southwestern United States.

The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. It was known for a time as the Dain Tower, until Dain Rauscher relocated to the Dain Rauscher Plaza just down the street in 1992. The building has been undergoing renovations since Gaughan Companies purchased it in 2004. In 2008, Hempel Properties purchased the Rand Tower to house its headquarters and for the general market.^[3] The building is located at 527 Marquette Avenue.

References

↑ Beach, James. The skyways turn 40. Skyway News. Published May 13, 2002, retrieved on November 28, 2006.
↑ Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Grayson, Katherine (September 3, 2008). "Rand Tower tower sold for $10.2M". Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal (Advance Publications). Retrieved 2008-09-04.

External links

Rand Tower

Oskar J.W. Hansen

Rufus R. Rand

Rufus R. Rand at the Minnesota Aviation Hall Of Fame. Scroll down to bottom of page.
Rand Mansion in Wayzata, Minnesota

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rand Tower.

Skyscrapers and major buildings in Minneapolis

Commercial	100 Washington Square 33 South Sixth 50 South Sixth Accenture Tower Ameriprise Financial Center AT&T Tower Campbell Mithun Tower Canadian Pacific Plaza CenturyLink Building Capella Tower RBC Plaza Fifth Street Towers II IDS Center McGladrey Plaza Plaza VII Rand Tower Target Plaza South Wells Fargo Center US Bancorp Center US Bank Plaza I US Bank Plaza II LaSalle Plaza

Residential	110 Grant Apartments The Carlyle Centre Village Churchill Apartments Fifth Street Towers I Hennepin Crossings La Rive Condominiums Lake Point Condominiums Loring Park Tower The Nic on Fifth Riverside Plaza Skyscape Condominiums Summit House East

Hospitality	Graves 601 Hotel Hilton Minneapolis Hotel Hyatt Regency Minneapolis IVY Hotel + Residences Marriott Hotel City Center Marquette Hotel Radisson Plaza Foshay Tower

Sports	Mariucci Arena Target Center Target Field TCF Bank Stadium Williams Arena U.S. Bank Stadium

Government	Hennepin County Government Center Minneapolis City Hall U.S. Courthouse

Pending	10th & Marquette Apartment Tower 4Marq Downtown East Mixed-Use Tower A Downtown East Mixed-Use Tower B Eclipse Towers Portland Tower Nicollet Hotel Block Tower Ritz Block Towers

See also	List of tallest buildings in Minneapolis

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Topics	Architectural style categories Contributing property Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places Keeper of the Register National Park Service Property types

Lists by states	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Lists by insular areas	American Samoa Guam Minor Outlying Islands Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands

Lists by associated states	Federated States of Micronesia Marshall Islands Palau

Other areas	District of Columbia Morocco

Category Portal WikiProject

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, April 06, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.

Rand Tower

See also

References

External links