Rand Tower, Minneapolis, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel

Minneapolis, United States

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The Rand Tower is an aviation-inspired Art Deco skyscraper completed in 1929 in downtown Minneapolis's financial district, designed by the Chicago firm Holabird & Root. Briefly the city's tallest building before the Foshay Tower opened later that year, it was commissioned by Rufus Rand, Jr., a World War I aviator with the Lafayette Flying Corps, to serve as headquarters for Minneapolis Gas and Light Company. Rand's passion for aviation permeates the building's design: limestone carvings above the Marquette Street entrance depict Mercury with winged helmets and ankles, each holding a biplane, while the lobby features terrazzo floors with celestial inlays and Oskar J. W. Hansen's Wings sculpture. References to Rand's Lafayette squadron mascots, Whiskey and Soda, appear throughout. Connected to the Minneapolis Skyway System via walkways added in 1963 and 1969, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 for its architectural significance.