St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23

! ing 5000, are the most prominent
| buildings of the year. The Sisters of
the Visitation are building three-story
! brick convent on Robert street to cost
! S5O. 900. The Burlington Heights com
| pany have erected Il brick store and
/ tenement at Newport, costing $4,000.
THE GREAT BLOCKS.
The great business blocks of the year
great by reason of their size and cost
are the Hale. Mutual Life, Endicott, Ger
mania Life, Germania Bank and Pho
neer Press. The Hale block, located on
the west side of Jackson. near Seventh,
continues the building of the square of
great buildings first commenced by the
Ryan. then added to by the Ryan block,
and then the Schultz, at Seventh and
Jackson. 1t is only question OF time
! when the four sides bounded by Robert,
Seventh, Jackson and Sixth will be in
closed, forming one of the most magnifi-
cent and substantial blocks OF buildings
ever erected in the Northwest. The
Hale block is six stories high, brick
front ana stone trimmings. The interior
is of stone, brick and iron, and the
structure fire-proof. The frontage is 135
feet, depth 90 feet, the whole to be
divided into three double stores. The
total cost will be In the neighbOrhOOd of
SIR, 900.
The foundations for the Germana
bank building were laid this summer;
the SuperStructure to be commenced
next spring. The size of the building
will be 50X100, eight stories high. The
first two stories will be of dark stone
and the remaining six OF brick. The
cost is estimated at $3.50, 900 to $4,000.
The architectural design will he of the
massive English order, style just gain
ing a foothold in the Northwest. By its
natural elevation and architectural de-
sign the Germania will be one of the
With the GLOBE and new city hall, it
will complete the first trio of fine build
ings in the heart of st. Paul Proper.
The German Life Insurance company
of New York has we'll under way its
nine-Story tire-proof block at the corner
of Minnesota and Fourth, and which
will cost S350,000 OF brick and
red stone exterior, stone and
iron interior, it will take rank with the
best Office blocks i'll st. Paul.
The Endicott block, facing on Fourth
and Robert streets. will be l. shaped
and cost S570,OO0. Ii VIII be six and
half stories in heighth, of brick and
stone, and designed for offices and
banks. The foundations are just being
completed.
The New York Life is complete as to
exterior work, and its twelve stories,
rising from the level of Sixth and Min
nesota streets, look arrOgantly down
upon the two. four, six and eight-story
structures that surround it. The archi
tectural design has been combination
in iron. brick and stone of the plain and
ornamental. with the happy result of
producing as beautiful and substantial
a structure as any city might desire.
While the massiveness is there and felt
by the observer, the sweep of the eye
up the great front does not fail to catch
thousand little details that give an ap-
pearance of lightness and delicacy to
every part of the structure. For its |
base and height the proportions of the |
building are unusually we'll maintained
to please the eye. The cost will be |
$500, 900. it is estimated.
The Pioneer Press, at Fourth and |
Robert, will be twelve stories, brick, |
stone and iron. English design, and |
cost $3.50, 600. 1t will be completed next |
year.