Lowertown’s railroad, manufacturing, and wholesaling companies expressed their pride and permanence in the structures they erected, beginning in the 1880s. A significant concentration of these buildings survive, unified by similar architectural styles and construction materials. Many were designed by the city’s most prestigious architects, including Cass Gilbert and Clarence Johnston. Each of the buildings listed below has a page devoted to them. Please click on their respective links to learn more. 

• Brooks Building (Previously known as: Merchants National Bank and McColl Building - 366 Jackson St.)
   
• Cass Gilbert Building (Previously known as: Gilbert Building - 413 Wacouta St.)
   
• Cray Plaza (Previously known as: Galtier Plaza - 380 Jackson St.) 
   
• Fire Station Number 2 (412 Wacouta St.)
   
• First Trust Center (Previously known as The Railroad and Bank Building - 176 E. 5th St.)
   
• Great Northern Lofts (Previously known as: The Great Northern Building - 300 E. Kellogg Blvd.)
   
• Hackett Block (Previously known as: Hackett Block - 262-270 E. 4th St.)
   
• Jax Building (Previously known as: Michaud Brothers Building - 249-253 E. 4th St.)
   
• Kohler and Hinrichs Co.   (Previously known as: Margoles Leather Company 235-27 E. 6th St.)
   
• Lowertown Commons (Previously known as: Saint Paul Rubber Company - 300 E. 4th St.)
   
• Lowertown Lofts  (Previously known as: Powers Dry Goods and Globe Business College - 240 E. 5th St.) 
   
• Lowertown Lofts Artists' Cooperative (Previously known as: Weyerhauser-Denkman Building - 255 E. Kellogg Boulevard)

• Market House (300 E. 5th St.)
   
• Northern Warehouse Artist Cooperative (Previously known as: Foley Brothers and Kelley Warehouse - 308 Prince St.)

• Northwestern Building (Previously known as The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Building, 275 E. 4th Street)
   
• Parkside Apartments (Previously known as: Western Supply Co., Gotzian Shoe Co., and J. H. Mahler Co. - 250 E. 5th St.)
   
• Park Square Court  (Previously known as: Noyes Brothers - 400 Sibley St.)
   
• River Park Lofts  (Previously known as: Sommers Co. and Lowertown Business Center - 406 Wacouta St.) 
   
• Strauss Lofts  (Previously known as: John Wann Building, Fairbanks-Morse Co., Powers Dry Goods Co., and Mears Park Center - 350 N. Sibley St.)
   
• Tilsner  (Previously known as: Griggs and Fosters F.O.K. Building - 300 Broadway St.)
   
• The Cosmopolitan  (Previously known as: Finch, Van Slyck, and McConville Dry Goods Co. - 366 Wacouta St.)
   
• Union Depot  (214 E. 4th St.)