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 City: Minneapolis State: Minnesota

> 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.

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