Built in 1983 (modern architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.
“The Amhoist Tower is an office tower on the west side of downtown St. The tower was built in 1983-1984 and is adjacent to the St.”
Wikipedia article Amhoist Tower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 134 National Register listings published here for Ramsey County · listed in 2022 · category: Building · built in 1983, modern architecture.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
This property stands in St. Paul City. History of Ramsey County and the City of St. Paul, Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, published 1881; HIstory of Ramsey County and the CIty of St. Paul, published 1881 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers the township.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on St. Paul City - 13,839 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Amhoist Tower between 1994 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | SAND DUNES |
| 21 October 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Amhoist Tower: 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin City Brick Co. Clay Pit | Kaolin | Producer | Kaolinite | |
| Dakota County Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Twin City Brick Co Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. Paul Women's City Club | under 500 feet | 1982 |
 | St. Paul Public/James J. Hill Reference Library | under 500 feet | 1975 |
 | Germania Bank Building | under 500 feet | 1977 |
 | Old Federal Courts Building | under 500 feet | 1969 |
 | St. Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse | 0.1 miles | 1983 |
 | Commerce Building | 0.1 miles | 2007 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007789 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Ramsey County | All 134 listed properties in this county. |
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