Northwestern Consolidated Elevator "A", 119 Fifth Ave South, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN
Completed in 1908, the Northwestern Consolidated Elevator A is historically significant for tis intimate association with Minneapolis`s "West Side Milling District," and particularly for its role in the flour-milling operations of the mills of the Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company, the third great flour-milling combine in Minneapolis. Additionally, it is significant as one of the largest perhaps the largest brick grain elevators ever built, and reportedly the largest in the world at the time of its construction. Brick grain elevators are the rarest of the basic elevator types (wood, steel, brick, tile, concrete). At present it is the only brick elevator in the Saint Anthony Falls Historic District, and one of only a handful in the state of Minnesota.
Northwestern Consolidated Elevator "A", 119 Fifth Ave South, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN
Completed in 1908, the Northwestern Consolidated Elevator A is historically significant for tis intimate association with Minneapolis`s "West Side Milling District," and particularly for its role in the flour-milling operations of the mills of the Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company, the third great flour-milling combine in Minneapolis. Additionally, it is significant as one of the largest perhaps the largest brick grain elevators ever built, and reportedly the largest in the world at the time of its construction. Brick grain elevators are the rarest of the basic elevator types (wood, steel, brick, tile, concrete). At present it is the only brick elevator in the Saint Anthony Falls Historic District, and one of only a handful in the state of Minnesota.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
