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Frink national bank building1/28/2024 ![]() ![]() 1887 Great Northern Building at 300 Wall Street in St. Hill sought to build a new headquarters building for his empire around this time, to replace the c. : 25 Hill took control of the First National Bank and Northwest Trust Company around 1912. Justice Department invoked the Sherman Antitrust Act. Both attempts were blocked by the Supreme Court after the U.S. ![]() Morgan, tried to merge the two railroads in 1895 and again in the early 1900s, into the Northern Securities Company railroad trust. Hill took control of the Northern Pacific Railway, a competing line, around 1900. Hill was the majority owner of the Great Northern Railway since he and a group of investors purchased the predecessor company in the late 1870s. After the decline of the railroads in the United States, the building has been used as leased office space with some retail operations on the lower floors. The building is the work of architect Charles Sumner Frost and is a contributing property of the St. For most of its existence, it was the headquarters of the business empire created by 19th century railroad entrepreneur James J. Paul, Minnesota, renamed Great Northern Building in 2019, was the largest office building in the Upper Midwest from its completion in 1914 until 1973. The southwest corner Jackson Street (west) facade Note the Shiely Company horse and buggy in the bottom left. Great Northern building mid-construction circa 1915. Location in United States Show map of the United States ![]()
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