Charles S. Frost papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: N48

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

The collection includes a complete set of plans for the St. Paul Union Depot, erected in 1918, consisting of 29 sheets of blueline prints (originals in the possession of the Minnesota Transfer Railway Company of St. Paul). There is a set of blueprints for a bank that was to be built in the Railway Headquarters Building, St. Paul (1918), the home office of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroads, an incomplete set of plans for the Great Northern depot in Minneapolis, MN, razed in 1975, and plans for the Milwaukee Road Depot and Train Shed (Minneapolis, 1898).

Dates

1898-1920

Creator

Frost, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1856-1931 (Person)

Language of Materials

English

Restrictions on Access

Available for use in the Manuscripts Division reading room. Advance notice is requested.

Restrictions on Use

There are no restrictions on the use of materials in this collection. Some of the items in this collection are very fragile and may not be available for reproduction.

Biographical Note

Charles Frost was born in Lewiston, Maine, on May 31, 1856. He studied architecture for three years in several architects' offices and completed a special course in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Frost became a draftsman in Boston and worked for three years before moving to Chicago in 1882. There, he entered a partnership with Henry Ives Cobb, establishing the architectural firm Cobb & Frost (1882-1889). Afterward, Frost practiced alone for several years until becoming a partner in the firm of Frost & Granger. This practice was highly successful with railroad commissions. In 1911, following the breakup of the partnership, he maintained a private practice for the remainder of his working life. Charles Frost died in Chicago on December 11, 1931.