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Qwest Building (Minneapolis)

Formerly: U.S. West Building
Formerly: Northwestern Bell Telephone Building
Built: 1932
Cost: $3,000,000
Designed by: Hewitt & Brown
Type: Skyscraper
Stories: 26
Maximum Height: 416 feet / 127 meters
Location: 224 Fifth Street South, Minneapolis, United States
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  • 1958 - The antenna array is added to the roof, replacing an American flag.
  • 1984 - This building is added to the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Before the current building was erected in the 1930's, there was already a Northwestern Bell building on this site. It was stripped to its steel frame, and incorporated into the current building.

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    > Lightning bolts that decorate the facade, and an Art Deco eagle above the doorway on the Fifth Street side of the building.

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