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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.
Date Taken in November 1960
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Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress HABS MINN,27-MINAP,13-1

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Author
Jack Boucher  (1931–2012)  wikidata:Q6111338
 
Alternative names
Jack E. Boucher; Jack Edward Boucher
Description American photographer and architectural photographer
HABS, HAER and HALS photographer, National Park Service
Date of birth/death 4 September 1931 Edit this at Wikidata 2 September 2012 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Buffalo Edit this at Wikidata Holy Cross Hospital Edit this at Wikidata
Work period from 1949 until 2009
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Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; Atlantic City Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q6111338
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