Message #232273

[Athena Goldsmith]

Pillsbury "A" Mill Complex, Minnesota

Photograph courtesy City of Minneapolis/NTHP

"A masterpiece of industrial architecture," the Pillsbury "A" Mill Complex was once a state-of-the-art Minneapolis operation on the banks of the Mississippi River in Minnesota.

The largest and most advanced facility in the world at the time of its completion in 1881, the flour mill now stands vacant (above, a recent picture of a mill water tunnel).

The complex is in danger of piecemeal development, which could strip this U.S. National Historic Landmark of its potential for reuse and rehabilitation, according to the trust.

Published June 23, 2011