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Barnett and Record Company collection

 Collection
Identifier: N149

Scope and Content Note

The collection contains the plans for the North Star Malting Company's Tile Tank Storage facility in Minneapolis (1906-1907) and the North Western Fuel Company's Dock No. 1 in West Superior, Wisconsin (1900, 1902).

Dates

  • 1900-1907

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Restrictions on Access

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

Restrictions on Use

Please contact staff regarding copyright status of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Biographical Note

Louis Barnett was born about 1850 in Kentucky. He founded a construction firm in Minneapolis that specialized in grain elevators and related facilities. In 1881, James Record became an employee in Barnett's construction firm and became a partner in 1885. The firm of Barnett & Record was one of the major contractors in the field of grain elevator and warehouse design and construction. Barnett served as a director of the Security National Bank of Minneapolis and the First & Security National Bank after its merger with First National Bank in 1915. He retired in 1916 and died on May 18, 1936, in Washington, DC.

James Record was born on April 15, 1857 in Franklin, Vermont. He moved to Lake City, Minnesota in 1874 and worked as a carpenter and contractor there and later in La Crosse, Wisconsin before moving to Minneapolis and going to work for Louis C. Barnett in 1881. In 1885 he became a partner and continued in the firm until 1902. That year, he formed the Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Company with L.S. and G.M. Gillette (subsequently known as Minneapolis Moline Power Implement Company). Record served as chairman of the board of the latter from 1929 to 1944. He died in Minneapolis on March 2, 1944.

Extent

0.5 Cubic Feet

Abstract

Collection contains plans for two buildings designed by the Barnett & Record Company.

Arrangement

The collection is organized alphabetically by commission name.

Physical Location

High Bay

Additional Finding Aid

An unpublished finding aid with detailed contents is available in the Manuscripts Division.

Related Material

Researchers should consult the C.F. Haglin Company papers (N33)for an additional set of plans by the firm of Barnett and Record.

Title
Barnett and Record Company collection
Author
Archives Staff
Date
undated
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Collecting Area Details

Contact The Northwest Architectural Archives Collecting Area

Contact:

612-625-3550