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ARTHUR BISHOP CHAMBERLIN [11] Born: 12 March 1865, Solon, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA. Died: 28 September 1933, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA. Married: 18 January 1885, Georgiana Wood, daughter of Andrew Wood and Mary J. Wood. Children: Mermon C., Helene, Gladys Elizabeth, David Holmes.

The Northwest Knitting Company complex was built between 1904 and 1915 and spanned a city block covering 650,000 square feet.
Bertrand & Chamberlin worked with engineer C.A.P. Turner creating a unique reinforced concrete structural system which utilized distinctive mushroom-shaped columns.
Turner eventually patented this "Mushroom System" which became widely popular.
'The five-to-eight-story buildings featured long rows of windows and Classical Revival architectural details such as projecting cornices and fluted Doric columns.
A rare double helix stairway was designed for efficient worker flow (arriving workers went up one set of stairs and and departing workers down the other).
The Northwest Knitting Company changed it's name to Munsingwear in 1919.
The facility is now a historic landmark, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and has been renovated into the International Market Square, a hub for interior design businesses, offices, and loft apartments."

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Northwest Knitting Company Factory - 1904 - 1915
718 Glenwood Ave., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bertrand & Chamberlin Architects; Wunder, John
National Register of Historic Places #83000904



Exterior, Northwest Knitting Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.





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