Pillsbury Milling Complex, Tile Elevator, Southeast Main Street between Southeast Third & Fifth Avenues, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Significance: The Pillsbury Tile Elevator is significant primarily in relationship to the Pillsbury Milling Complex. The Pillsbury "A" Mill was constructed in 1881 and was one of the first United States Mils to utilize a Hungarian milling process with rollers and not mill stones. As the complex expanded it retained the image of invention. Invention allowed it to become an international leader in flour output per day by 1882. In 1889 Frank H. Peavey, an engineer, performed experiments on cylindrical masonry grain storage facilities. Mention of the Pillsbury Company by Peavey in relation to the construction of this type of storage facility would indicate that the tile elevator could be one of the first storage facilities of this type to be used commercially.
Survey number: HABS MN-29-5-E
Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction