The Pioneer and Endicott Buildings are two office buildings located in downtown

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Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

, United States. The 1890-built Endicott building forms an L-shape around the 1889-built Pioneer Building. At its completion, the Pioneer building was the tallest in Saint Paul. The Endicott building was designed by

Cass Gilbert Cass Gilbert (November 24, 1859 – May 17, 1934) was an American architect. An early proponent of skyscrapers, his works include the Woolworth Building, the United States Supreme Court building, the state capitols of Minnesota, Arkansas and We ...

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James Knox Taylor James Knox Taylor (October 11, 1857 – August 27, 1929) was Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury from 1897 to 1912. His name is listed '' ex officio'' as supervising architect of hundreds of federal buildings ...

; the Pioneer Building was designed by

Solon Spencer Beman Solon Spencer Beman (October 1, 1853 – April 23, 1914) was an American architect based in Chicago, Illinois and best known as the architect of the Urban planning, planned Pullman, Chicago, Pullman community and adjacent Pullman Company factory ...

in the Romanesque style; it was the first building in the United States to have a glass elevator. Connected in the 1940s, they are together listed in the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

. The Pioneer Building was the tallest building in Saint Paul, Minnesota from its construction in 1889 until 1915 when the Cathedral of St. Paul was constructed. It surpassed the Globe Building. File:2009-0811-StP-EndicottBuilding.jpg, Endicott Building Pioneer Building main entrance.jpg, Detail of the main entry to the Pioneer Press Building File:Endicott Building Saint Paul MN Entrance.jpg, An exterior photo of the entrance of the Endicott Building

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Pioneer Building photos
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Minnesota Historical Society The Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) is a nonprofit educational and cultural institution dedicated to preserving the history of the U.S. state of Minnesota. It was founded by the territorial legislature in 1849, almost a decade before statehoo ...

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Endicott Building photos
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. Cass Gilbert buildings National Register of Historic Places in Saint Paul, Minnesota Office buildings completed in 1890 Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Renaissance Revival architecture in Minnesota Romanesque Revival architecture in Minnesota Solon Spencer Beman buildings {{SaintPaulMN-stub