Woolworth Building, NYC

Cass Gilbert-Designed Buildings

Below is a selected sample from hundreds of Cass Gilbert architectural works. Information found on each specific building page is from original research by Tom Blanck and Charles Locks unless otherwise noted. In many instances, related Gilbert buildings are displayed for comparison based mostly on visual qualities, type and use. References to Irish and Christen are from their books.

Government
Minnesota State Capitol	1895	(1895-1905 Irish; 1895-1906 Christen)
U.S. Custom House, NYC	1899	(1899-1907 Irish; 1899 Christen)
Essex County, NJ Courthouse	1904	(1901-1902 Irish; 1904-1908 Christen)
U.S. Treasury Annex	1917
U.S. Supreme Court	1928	(1928-1935 Irish, & Christen)
U.S. Federal Courthouse, NYC	1929	(1929-1936)
Institutional
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin	1917	(1916 Christen)
Palace of Fine Arts, LA Purchase Expo	1904	(1904 Irish)
St. Louis Public Library	1907	(1907-1912 Irish & Christen)
University of Minnesota Campus Plan	1907
University of Texas Library	1910	(1909-1911 Irish; 1911 Christen)
Detroit Public Library	1913	(1913-1921 Irish)
Church
Virginia Street Church	1886
Dayton Ave Presbyterian Church	1886	(1886 Irish; 1886-88 Christen)
German Bethlehem Presbyterian	1890	(1887 Christen)
St. Clement's Church	1894	(1894-1895 Irish)
Residential
St. Paul-J.Q. Adams House	1883
WBL-Charles Noyes Cottage	1884
WBL-Jasper Tarbox Cottage	1889	(1889 Irish)
St. Paul-Lightner House-318 Summit	1893	(1893 Irish)
WBL-James Skinner Cottage	1894
St. Paul-Livingston House-339 Summit	1898
St. Paul-Driscoll House-312 Summit	1900
Commercial
Brainerd Hospital-GNPR	1883
Missoula Hospital-GNPR	1883
St. Paul-Endicott Bldg-4th Street	1889	(1889-1891 Irish; 1888-1890 Christen)
St. Paul-Town & Country Club	1890
Grand Forks-GNPD	1891
St. Paul-Gotzian Building	1895	(1895 Irish)
Boston-Brazer Building	1896	(1896-1897 Irish; 1895 Christen)
NYC-Broadway Chambers Building	1899	(1899-1900 Irish)
Yakima-GNPD	1899
Bismarck-GNPD	1899
Little Falls-GNPD	1899	(1899-1900)
Duluth-Glass Block	1902
Minneapolis-U.S. Realty Warehouse	1895- 1909	(1902 Christen)
Helena-Montana Club	1903
NYC-West Street Building	1907
NYC-Woolworth Building	1910- 1913	(1910-1913 Irish)
NYC-New York Life Building	1928

Note: photo credits on building pages belong to various individuals:

Tom Blanck is a professional architect who has compiled an extensive collection through personal research and combing the archives of many state historical societies and the shops of antique dealers.

Carol M. Highsmith, is a professional photographer who has donated a number of pictures included on the Cass Gilbert Society website, and is featured during Women's History Month, 2008 at the Library of Congress.

Charles Locks collaborated for six years with Tom Blanck and others to find and catalog projects designed in Cass Gilbert’s St. Paul office from 1882 to 1911.

Nick Marcucci, AIA is a professional architect with Wold Architects and Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Marjorie Pearson, PhD., is an architectural historian and historic preservation consultant as well as past president of the Cass Gilbert Society.