This building stands out, and is located near downtown, on the North shore if the Mississippi River. The taller structure is the head house, it was used for loading grain into barges, the structure next to it the sack house, where grain was put into sacks, and in the foreground are some barges. The Farmers Union, under George Lambert, expanded the elevators on the Upper Levee in 1927-31, and persuaded Congress to fund the 9-foot channel in 1930. The complex eventually included 90 grain silos, a mill, the hea
d house and the sack house. They have been the subjects of architectural and design contests to decide the future uses of these
relics of past shipping and marketing practices.
They are not going to be torn down, but instead turned into a restaurant and interpretive center, both buildings are on the national register of historic places.
The head house is most often photographed from the walking paths along the river.
Wow!
I really love the drop shadows, they just make the pictures so. . . three dimensional.
Since it has been called the head house will it be called the head shop once it is done?
Dave, trust me the building is 3 dimensional. 🙂
Oh,
Good, they will be able to fit more people in it that way : )
They’ve been planning to make this into a restaurant and interpretive center since 2003. When is ADRZ going to “actually” break ground on this project? When will the Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation start communicating the progress on this project? …or better, when will the city drop the current developer and open it up to a developer with vision and capital?
Brett – I wish I had a clue what the Riverfront corp. or a developer will do. It would be nice if they would keep us updated but they don’t.