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The following is a list of buildings sorted by date built: |
The following is a list of buildings sorted by date built: |
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*[[General Land Office Building (Austin, Texas)]], first building designed by a university-trained architect, built in 1857 |
*[[General Land Office Building (Austin, Texas)]], first building designed by a university-trained architect,{{dubious|date=November 2015}} built in 1857 |
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* [[Pioneer building]], was the tallest building west of Chicago, surpassing St. Paul's previous tallest, the Globe Building when it was completed in 1889. |
* [[Pioneer building]], was the tallest building west of Chicago, surpassing St. Paul's previous tallest, the Globe Building when it was completed in 1889. |
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Also early home of Minnesota's first newspaper, now known as the Pioneer Press, and home of the world's first telephone answering service, implemented in 1927 <ref>http://www.emporis.com/buildings/128104/pioneer-building-st-paul-mn-usa</ref> |
Also early home of Minnesota's first newspaper, now known as the Pioneer Press, and home of the world's first telephone answering service, implemented in 1927 <ref>http://www.emporis.com/buildings/128104/pioneer-building-st-paul-mn-usa</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:20, 2 November 2015
The following is a list of buildings sorted by date built:
- General Land Office Building (Austin, Texas), first building designed by a university-trained architect,[dubious – discuss] built in 1857
- Pioneer building, was the tallest building west of Chicago, surpassing St. Paul's previous tallest, the Globe Building when it was completed in 1889.
Also early home of Minnesota's first newspaper, now known as the Pioneer Press, and home of the world's first telephone answering service, implemented in 1927 [1]
- Torrey Building, Duluth's first high rise. It was the first building in Minnesota outside the Twin Cities to reach 12 floors aboveground. Completed in 1892[2]
- Hamilton Building,first building in Portland designed in the Classical Revival style, completed in 1893
- Missouri State Teachers Association Building , first building in the United States built specifically to house a state teachers association built in 1927
- Roosevelt Park (senior housing), first senior housing project in the United States, built in 1936
- Roy G. Cullen Building, first building on a campus of higher education in the United States with air conditioning, built in 1938
- Man Yee Building, first building in Hong Kong with escalators, built in 1957.
- Greystone Manor , the first condominium in the Continental United States was built in Salt Lake City, Utahn by attorney Keith B. Romney built In 1960
- P2 (panel building), type of residential panel building found in former East Germany, first building of this type was built in 1961
- Brentwood Village in Edmonton, Alberta, the first condominium development in Canada registered in 1967.
- Horizon House, Ottawa The first high-rise condominium development in Ontario registered in 1967.[3]