The Globe Building was a ten-story office building located in the American city of

Saint Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County, Minnesota, Ramsey County. Situated on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississip ...

. Located in

Downtown Saint Paul Downtown Saint Paul is the central business district of Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Its boundaries are the Mississippi River to the south, University Avenue to the north, US 52 to the east, and Kellogg Avenue to the west. It is bounded ...

, it was built to serve as the headquarters of the ''

Saint Paul Globe ''The St. Paul Globe'', at times the ''Saint Paul Globe'', the ''Daily Globe'', ''St. Paul Daily Globe'', was a newspaper in Saint Paul, Minnesota, which was published from January 15, 1878, to April 20, 1905. The newspaper's existence coincid ...

'' newspaper. Designed by

E. Townsend Mix Edward Townsend Mix (May 13, 1831 – September 2, 1890) was an Americans, American architect of the Gilded Age who designed many buildings in the Midwestern United States. His career was centered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and many of his design ...

, the building was designed in an eclectic

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...

style topped by an open-air tower that visitors could access and look out from. At the time it was built, it was the tallest office building in Saint Paul. After the ''Saint Paul Globe'' folded in 1905, the building continued on as a general office building, undergoing several rounds of renovations (including the removal of its trademark tower in 1950). In 1959, the building was demolished to make way for the Degree of Honor Building which opened in 1961.

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