Foshay Tower

Foshay Tower
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Minneapolis Landmark
The Foshay Tower, looking east.
Location	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°58′28″N 93°16′17.5″W / 44.97444°N 93.271528°W / 44.97444; -93.271528
Built	August 30, 1929; 95 years ago (August 30, 1929)
Architect	Léon Eugène Arnal, Magney & Tusler, Inc.
Architectural style	Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	78001538 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 20, 1978
Designated MPLSL	1984

The Foshay Tower, now the W Minneapolis – The Foshay hotel, is a skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Modeled after the Washington Monument, the building was completed in 1929, months before the stock market crash in October of that year. It has 32 floors and stands 447 feet (136 m) high, which made it one of the tallest buildings in the Midwest for 48 years. The antenna mast extends the total height of the structure to 607 feet (185 m). The building, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, is an example of Art Deco architecture. Its address is 821 Marquette Avenue, although it is set well back from the street and is actually closer to 9th Street than Marquette.