W Minneapolis - The Foshay (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
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Marquette Avenue, 821
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hotel, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic landmark
821 South Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 215-3700
www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/mspwh-w-minneapolis-the-...
229 room luxury boutique hotel located in a restored landmark office building designed by Magney and Tusler with Hooper and Janusch and completed in 1929. It has 32 floors and stands 447 feet (136m) high, plus an antenna mast that brings the total height of the structure to 607 feet (185m). The building, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, is an example of Art Deco architecture. Its address is 821 Marquette Avenue, although it is set well back from the street and is actually closer to 9th Street than Marquette.
The tower was the first in the city to surpass the height of Minneapolis City Hall and remained the tallest building in Minneapolis until the IDS Center reached the same height during construction circa 1972. It remains one of the tallest concrete skyscrapers to this day, second only in height to the Empire State Building in New York City.
Foshay Tower is the namesake of Wilbur Foshay, a businessman who bought and sold utilties companies in order to build his fortune. The building has the name "FOSHAY" in capital letters on all four sides just below the top. The top few floors of the building were designed as Foshay's business office and personal residence.
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 215-3700
www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/mspwh-w-minneapolis-the-...
229 room luxury boutique hotel located in a restored landmark office building designed by Magney and Tusler with Hooper and Janusch and completed in 1929. It has 32 floors and stands 447 feet (136m) high, plus an antenna mast that brings the total height of the structure to 607 feet (185m). The building, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, is an example of Art Deco architecture. Its address is 821 Marquette Avenue, although it is set well back from the street and is actually closer to 9th Street than Marquette.
The tower was the first in the city to surpass the height of Minneapolis City Hall and remained the tallest building in Minneapolis until the IDS Center reached the same height during construction circa 1972. It remains one of the tallest concrete skyscrapers to this day, second only in height to the Empire State Building in New York City.
Foshay Tower is the namesake of Wilbur Foshay, a businessman who bought and sold utilties companies in order to build his fortune. The building has the name "FOSHAY" in capital letters on all four sides just below the top. The top few floors of the building were designed as Foshay's business office and personal residence.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foshay_Tower
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 44°58'28"N 93°16'18"W
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Depot Freight House and Train Shed 0.9 km
- Bandana Square 9 km
- Minneapolis Marriott West Hotel 11 km
- Sheraton Minneapolis West Hotel 13 km
- Minneapolis Marriott Northwest 16 km
- Americas Best Value Inn 26 km
- Oak Ridge Hotel & Conference Center 30 km
- Mystic Lake Casino/Hotel 31 km
- McStop 37 km
- Prairies Edge Casino/Hotel 180 km
- Downtown West Neighborhood 0.5 km
- Downtown Minneapolis 0.6 km
- Loring Park Neighborhood 0.7 km
- Elliot Park Neighborhood 0.9 km
- North Loop Neighborhood/Warehouse District 1.1 km
- Ventura Village Neighborhood 1.7 km
- Cedar-Riverside Neighborhood 2.5 km
- Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood 2.5 km
- Southeast Minneapolis 2.9 km
- North Minneapolis 4.7 km
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