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National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 expiration date 03/31/2022 SUnited States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. 1. Name of Property Historic name: _St. Paul Casket Company ___________________________ __________ Other names/site number: ______________________________________ Name of related multiple property listing: ___N/A________________________________________________________ (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Location Street & number: _1222 West University Ave____________________________________ City or town: _St. Paul________ State: _MN________ County: _Ramsey___________ Not For Publication: Vicinity: ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property ___ meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: ___national ___statewide ___local Applicable National Register Criteria: ___A ___B ___C ___D Signature of certifying official/Title: Date ______________________________________________ State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official: Date Title : State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government Sections 1-3 page 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 St. Paul Casket Company Building Ramsey, Minnesota Name of Property County and State ____________________________________________________________________________ 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Private: X Public – Local Public – State Public – Federal Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) X District Site Structure Object Sections 4-5 page 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 St. Paul Casket Company Building Ramsey, Minnesota Name of Property County and State Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing Noncontributing ______1______ ______0______ buildings _____________ _____________ sites _____________ _____________ structures _____________ _____________ objects _____1________ _______0______ Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register ___N/A_____ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) _COMMERCE/warehouse__________________ _INDUSTRY/manufacturing facility__________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) _COMMERCE/warehouse_ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Sections 5-6 page 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 St. Paul Casket Company Building Ramsey, Minnesota Name of Property County and State ___________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN MOVEMENTS/ Commercial Style_______________ ___________________ ___________________ Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: ___CONCRETE; STUCCO_______ THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY REFERENCING WITH PERMISSION AN EARLIER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM PREPARED BY MARJORIE PEARSON, PH.D OF SUMMIT ENVIROSOLUTIONS INC. IN MAY 2015. Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.) ______________________________________________________________________________ Summary Paragraph The four-story St. Paul Casket Company Building is located on the south side of University Avenue between Griggs and Syndicate Streets. Designed in a commercial style with Modern Gothic detail by the Saint Paul architectural firm of Allen H. Stem, it was built in 1922-1923 of reinforced concrete flat slab construction with structural clay tile partitions, roof, and walls. The exterior walls are covered by light gray-beige stucco. Piers modeled as buttresses and a tall central tower housing a water tank accentuate the structure designed as a vertical urban factory. The building retains integrity of design and materials, as well as integrity of feeling, all of which are reinforced by the prominent central tower. The building retains its integrity of location, although the integrity of setting has been changed over the years by new commercial and institutional building construction. It is located along one of Saint Paul’s major commercial avenues at the southwest corner of University Avenue and Griggs Street. The remainder of the University Avenue blockfront is occupied by a four-story commercial building, a parking lot, and a three-story modern office building. Set back from the modern office building is a surviving building from the Brown and Bigelow Company complex. Two one-story mid-twentieth century commercial buildings and a parking lot are located on the north side of University Avenue. The Section 7 page 4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 St. Paul Casket Company Building Ramsey, Minnesota Name of Property County and State tracks of the Green Line light rail extend down the middle of University Avenue. Historically, a major streetcar line followed this route between 1890 and 1953. The building has changed its manufacturing function since the period of significance, although it retains its warehouse and related office function. Consequently it has diminished integrity of association. ______________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description University Avenue Façade (Photos 1, 2 and 4) The four-story University Avenue façade is organized into nine bays with slightly projecting pavilions at the corners and a slightly projecting centered entrance pavilion that rises to a multistory tower, 104 feet high. The single windows in the corner pavilions are flanked by shallow piers that rise to stylized pointed-arch tops, giving the effect of buttresses. Balustrades formed of short piers and latticework fronts are placed at the bases of second-story windows (Photo 6). The fourth-story windows are set below pointed-arch panels. The sections flanking the center pavilion are articulated by shallow piers, similar to the corner piers, with single windows flanking triple-window groups. The shallow piers of the center pavilion flank a deeply recessed entrance set in a shallow arch and triple window groups. A balustrade similar to that at the corners is placed at the base of the second-story windows above the entrance. The entrance is approached by a center concrete walkway leading to shallow steps flanked by low wing walls. The urns which once adorned the wing walls have been removed. The double wood and glass doors, now painted, appear to be original. The piers rise up the tower in shallow setbacks, accentuating its verticality (Photo 7). A clock face is set in a square surround at the base of the tower, while a narrow vertical window opening rises above it. The tower is similarly articulated on all four sides. The windows
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