Northwestern National Life Insurance Company Home Office
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The Northwestern National Life Insurance Company Home Office, was also known as the Loring Park Office Building, and is now a 75 unit boutique apartment complex known as 430 Oak Grove located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was designed by the architecture firm of Hewitt and Brown in the Beaux-Arts style as the headquarters of the Northwestern National Life Insurance Company. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 16, 2012.
Description
The building faces Loring Park on the north and is surrounded by residential buildings to the south, St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral to the west, and the Woman's Club of Minneapolis on the east. It has a reinforced concrete structure and is faced with gray Bedford limestone and brick. The front entrance has a Palladian loggia style, with a tall archway flanked by Ionic columns and a porch behind it.
History
The building is significant for its architecture and also for its role in the commerce of Minnesota. The company was established in 1885, and was originally named the "Northwestern Aid Association". It became the Northwestern Life Association in 1888.
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