Grover W. Dimond Associates papers, 1912-1971.

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Grover W. Dimond Associates papers, 1912-1971.

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The collection contains original drawings for nearly 100 structures designed by the firm from the 1950s to the 1970s. Included are blueprints for the St. Paul Capitol Skyway Building, Lakewood Community College (1971), Griggs-Midway Building in St. Paul (1955-56), and the Hoerner Waldorf Corporation Building in St. Paul (1960). In addition, the collection has plans of buildings by other firms, including the State School for Girls (Sauk Centre MN, 1912) by Clarence H. Johnston, Sr., and Dayton's Department Store (1963) by Victor Gruen of Los Angeles.

36.5 cubic ft.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7884896

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Grover W. Dimond Associates

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Grover Dimond, Sr., was born in 1888. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1912 and was active in his firm for more than thirty years. In 1941, he established Grover Dimond Associates, a St. Paul architectural and engineering firm which was eventually taken over by his son. Grover Dimond died in 1977. Grover Dimond, Jr. was born in Minneapolis on May 21, 1915. During World War II he worked for Curtiss Wright ...

Johnston, Clarence H. (Clarence Howard), 1859-1936

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Clarence Johnston was born in Waseca County MN. After apprenticeship training in architecture in the St. Paul offices of A. Radcliffe and E.P. Bassford, Johnston studied architecture at MIT and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Johnston worked for Herter Brothers, and C.B. Atwood in New York City, where he also helped found the New York Sketch Club (later known as the Architectural League of New York). In 1883, Johnston opened an office in St. Paul, and had a partnership for a time...

Dimond, Grover W. (Grover Willard), 1888-1977.

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Dimond, Grover W. (Grover Willard), 1915-1993.

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Gruen, Victor, 1903-1980

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Victor Gruen (1903-1980) was born Victor David Gruenbaum in Vienna, Austria. He worked as an architect in Vienna until 1938 when he emigrated to the U.S. to escape World War II. He first worked as a set and store designer in New York City and then established Victor Gruen Associates, one of the nation's leading architectural, planning and engineering firms. Gruen Associates designed the first regional shopping center, the Northland Shopping Center in Detroit in 1954 and the first fully enclosed ...