Pine Tree Lumber Company Office Building

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Pine Tree Lumber Company Office Building
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Location735 1st St., NE, Little Falls, Minnesota
Coordinates 45°59′04″N94°21′37″W / 45.98444°N 94.36028°W / 45.98444; -94.36028 (Pine Tree Lumber Company Office Building) Coordinates: 45°59′04″N94°21′37″W / 45.98444°N 94.36028°W / 45.98444; -94.36028 (Pine Tree Lumber Company Office Building)
Arealess than one acre
Built1891 (1891)
Architectural style Classical Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference # 85001991 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 5, 1985

The Pine Tree Lumber Company Office Building is a historic building in Little Falls, Minnesota. It was built in 1891 as a headquarters for the Pine Tree Lumber Company, headed by Charles Weyerhaeuser and Richard Musser. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 5, 1985. [2] [3]

Little Falls was chosen as the location for the company because of its location on the Mississippi River and because of the Northern Pacific Railway that ran through the time. The business was a part of the "timber boom" years for Little Falls, a time of great development, notably reflected in the Little Falls Commercial Historic District. In the 27 years of the business' existence, it produced about 1.5 billion board feet of lumber. The building is the last remaining building associated with the business. [2]

Description

From the official nomination form [3] :

The office building of the Pine Tree Lumber Company is located on a wooded site on the east bank of the Mississippi River, approximately one-half mile north of the commercial center of Little Falls. The building faces east, overlooking 1st Street, the major north-south thoroughfare in Little Falls. On the north boundary of the site is a spur track and bridge of the Northern Pacific Railway. This line served the company's lumber processing facilities that were located on both the east and west banks of the river. The east bank mills were sited immediately north of the spur line. The building is rectangular in form and measures approximately forty feet square. It is of brick construction, and contains two stories above a raised, quarried granite foundation. The roof is hipped, with a flat section at the top. Eyebrow dormers on the north and south sides of the roof provide light to the attic. Flat arched windows are grouped in pairs, and placed in bays defined by piers. A two story extension, measuring about fifteen by twenty-five feet is centered at the rear facade. Enclosed entry porches are placed before doors that are centered on the front and south facades, and at the northwest corner of the building. The building has features that are symmetrically arranged and a cornice, headers, and sills that are defined by projecting brick courses, all of which are characteristic of the simplified Italianate and early Classical Revival styling common to commercial buildings in the area. The windows are the building's most prominent external feature, being oversized to indicate the commercial, rather than residential use of the building. Only minor modifications have been made to the building and its site since 1891. The interior office rooms were converted into apartments following the sale of the building in 1927. Windows in the enclosed porches appear to have been replaced, with the original glass upper portions being replaced with wood panels. Aluminum-framed storm windows have been added to all the window openings. The brick on the piers, sills, and headers on the front and side facades was recently painted.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "The Pine Tree Lumber Company". Forgotten Minnesota. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pine Tree Lumber Company Office Building". National Park Service . Retrieved April 14, 2020. With accompanying pictures