Projects
Zinsmaster Baking Company
In preparation for a future rehabilitation project, Hess Roise wrote the National Register nomination for the Zinsmaster Baking Company building on Minneapolis’ Park Avenue. Founded in Duluth in 1913 as…
Sawyer County, Wisconsin Resorts
Hess Roise partnered with MartinRiley Associates to conduct a survey of historical recreational properties in Sawyer County, Wisconsin. Located in the heavily wooded northwest portion of the state, Sawyer County…
Saint Paul Public School Historic Context
The Saint Paul Public Schools selected Hess Roise to write a historic context of the district. The project, funded by a Legacy Grant, studied the history of the Saint Paul…
Glensheen Cultural Landscape Report
The Glensheen Estate, built by mining magnate Chester Congdon and his wife, Clara, is well known for its historic mansion. The estate’s setting on the rocky, wooded shore of Lake…
Smyth Lofts
The Baker Importing Company, now the Smyth Lofts, is one of the smaller historic warehouses in the Minneapolis Warehouse Historic District. Hess Roise led the historic tax credit process for…
Spring Brook Bridge
Rock County, in the southwest corner of Minnesota, has a remarkable collection of small concrete bridges. Many were the work of Perley Gillham, a self-taught architect and engineer active in…
Euclid View Flats
Euclid View Flats were constructed in 1895 in the up-and-coming Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood on Saint Paul’s east side. The apartment building joined a growing collection of houses and apartments that…
Thresher Square
The Canopy by Hilton Minneapolis Mill District brings new life to a pair of historic buildings in the East Town neighborhood of Minneapolis. Hess Roise managed the historic design review…
Weyerhaeuser Lumber Yard
The Weyerhaeuser Timber Company—one of the most successful logging companies in the country—built a lumberyard in the Midway to take advantage of the nearby network of railroads. The yard served…
The Stillwater Lift Bridge and the Saint Croix Crossing: A History
In the second half of the nineteenth century, the lumber industry transformed Stillwater into a bustling community. The Saint Croix River crossing was first served by a ferry then, by…