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- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building abstract "The Pence Automobile Company Building is a building in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designed in the Classical Revival style by the Minneapolis architectural practice of Long and Long and built in 1909. The building housed sales showrooms and offices, automobile repair and service, and storage for parts, accessories, and finished vehicles. It was listed on the National Register as a commemoration of the extraordinary growth of the auto industry during the early 20th century.The owner of the company, Harry Pence, was born in Springboro, Ohio. He moved to Minneapolis at age 18 to join his uncle, John Wesley Pence, who had various business interests in the area. In June 1902, Harry Pence attended an auto race between Minneapolis and Lake Minneapolis (sic) and decided to go into business selling automobiles. He decided on selling the Cadillac based on his perceptions of its good service and reliability. His dealership was the second auto dealership in Minneapolis, and in 1903 he sold 83 cars. Pence eventually decided that automobiles should have larger engines than one cylinder, but Cadillac turned his idea down. Buick agreed to make a larger engine, so Pence switched to selling Buicks. Pence's dealership grew to sell, at one time, 29 percent of all Buicks that were being manufactured.The building resembles the work of Louis Sullivan and George Grant Elmslie and other skyscraper pioneers. It has a common arrangement of a base, shaft, and column, with a rather plain shaft but a good assortment of detail around the base. The applied ornamentation around the base has classical sculptural details, but also has terra cotta ornamentation more in line with Louis Sullivan's work.".
- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building added "2007-12-27".
- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building architecturalStyle Neoclassicism.
- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building location Minneapolis.
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- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building wikiPageWikiLink Minneapolis.
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- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building wikiPageWikiLink Neoclassicism.
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- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building wikiPageWikiLinkText "Pence Automobile Company Building".
- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building added "2007-12-27".
- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building architect "Long, Franklin; et al.".
- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building architecture "Classical Revival".
- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building caption "The Pence Automobile Company Building from the east".
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- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building latDegrees "44".
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- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building name "Pence Automobile Company Building".
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- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building subject Category:Auto_dealerships_of_the_United_States.
- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building subject Category:Buick.
- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building subject Category:Commercial_buildings_on_the_National_Register_of_Historic_Places_in_Minnesota.
- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building subject Category:Former_auto_dealerships.
- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building subject Category:National_Register_of_Historic_Places_in_Minneapolis,_Minnesota.
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- Pence_Automobile_Company_Building comment "The Pence Automobile Company Building is a building in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designed in the Classical Revival style by the Minneapolis architectural practice of Long and Long and built in 1909. The building housed sales showrooms and offices, automobile repair and service, and storage for parts, accessories, and finished vehicles.".
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