Heart of St. Paul: A History of the Pioneer and Endicott Buildings

Description

When the Pioneer Press Building opened its doors in 1889, it was news. The twelve-story skyscraper, the tallest at the time in the heart of St. Paul featuring the first glass elevator in the country merited a forty-page special edition of the "Pioneer Press," whose editors modestly proclaimed it the greatest newspaper building mother earth carries.

Larry Millett, a Minneapolis native, spent much of his career as a writer, reporter, and editor for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, where in 1985 he became the newspaper's first architecture critic, a post he held until his retirement in 2002. His many works include Minnesota's Own: Preserving Our Grand Homes, Once There Were Castles: Lost Mansions and Estates of the Twin Cities, and Minnesota Modern: Architecture and Life at Midcentury, also from Minnesota.

"If a building's famous for its height or style, someone may tell its tale. If a building's lucky, it gets Larry Millett. The Pioneer Endicott at 4th and Roberts streets in St. Paul is lucky."-Star Tribune "Millett explores more than the history and architecture of this St.Paul landmark, telling the human stories behind the buildings, from the architects to the tenants to the elevator operators."-Midwest Home