Advocating for the preservation of Duluth’s historic architecture.
The Ames’ two-story house is designed in the Prairie style and constructed of blonde Roman bricks with red sandstone trim. Ward Ames Jr. was active in the Duluth grain trade and a partner with Julius Barnes in the Barnes-Ames Co. (Barnes would become the president of the U.S. Chamber of […]
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The restrained elegance of the Renaissance Revival style—based on palaces built in northern Italy during the Italian Renaissance—is apparent in this home’s yellow brick façade adorned with classical brackets, dentils, and balustrades. A corporate law attorney specializing in iron mining and railroads, Cotton represented John D. Rockefeller against the Merritt […]
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