Pence Automobile Company Building
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Pence Automobile Company Building | |
 The Pence Automobile Company Building from the east | |
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| Location | 800 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 44°58′38″N 93°16′33″W / 44.97722°N 93.27583°W |
| Built | 1909 |
| Architect | Long, Franklin; et al. |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 07001314[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 27, 2007 |
The Pence Automobile Company Building is a building in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designed in the Classical Revival style by the Minneapolis architectural practice of Long and Long and built in 1909. The building housed sales showrooms and offices, automobile repair and service, and storage for parts, accessories, and finished vehicles. It was listed on the National Register as a commemoration of the extraordinary growth of the auto industry during the early 20th century.[2]
The building resembles the work of Louis Sullivan and George Grant Elmslie and other skyscraper pioneers. It has a common arrangement of a base, shaft, and column, with a rather plain shaft but a good assortment of detail around the base.[3] The applied ornamentation around the base has classical sculptural details, but also has terra cotta ornamentation more in line with Louis Sullivan's work.[4]
