Stockyards Exchange - South St. Paul, MN
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This is the Stockyards Exchange building in South St. Paul, MN - listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Building #79001235.
Waymark Code: WM4BBJ
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2008
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The Stockyards Exchange building was constructed in 1887 by the recently-formed Union Stockyards Company. The building housed businesses associated with the nearby stockyards, which later became the largest stockyards in the United States. It also housed a post office, city offices, and the city's first bank, Stockyards National Bank.
The stockyards were organized in 1886 by Alpheus Beede Stickney, who was the president of the Chicago Great Western Railway. The stockyards attracted four major meatpacking plants, including Swift & Company in 1897 and Armour and Company in 1919. During the World War II years, the stockyards operated at their peak. Due to changing market forces and the decentralization of the industry, the stockyards declined during the 1960s and 1970s. Swift closed their plant in 1969, while Armour closed their plant in the 1970s.
In 1976, the South St. Paul City Council gave its Housing and Redevelopment Authority permission to buy the building. Colonial Properties bought the build in October 1979, but two months later, vandals caused major damage to the building by flooding it with fire hoses in the attic. The building was later purchased by a private developer, who was unable to raise the money to finish the renovation as scheduled. A couple opened the building in 1998 as the Castle Hotel, but it was only open a year and today the building houses a restaurant and nightclub.
Source: modified from Wikipedia
Street address:
200 N. Concord St.
South St. Paul, MN USA
55075
County / Borough / Parish: Dakota
Year listed: 1979
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924
Historic function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Government, Social
Current function: Commerce/Trade, Restaurant
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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