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New page: {{Infobox Building |image=ThiesenBuilding.jpg |caption=The Thiesen Building |name=Thiesen Building |location=40 S. Palafox Street |architect=Morgan and Dillion |client=[[Christen T...
{{Infobox Building
|image=ThiesenBuilding.jpg
|caption=The Thiesen Building
|name=Thiesen Building
|location=40 S. [[Palafox Street]]
|architect=[[Morgan and Dillion]]
|client=[[Christen Thiesen]]
|engineer=[[Wills and Broughton]]
|owner=[[Ray Russenberger]]
|construction_start_date=1901
|completion_date=1902
|renovations=1993-1996
|date_demolished=
|cost=
|structural_system=
|style=Renaissance Revival
|size=five stories
|mapcode=<googlemap lat="30.411346" lon="-87.21503" zoom="17" width="288" height="288">
30.411545, -87.214818, Thiesen Building
</googlemap>
}}
The [[Thiesen Building]], built in [[1901]], is Pensacola's first commercial high-rise. At the time of its construction, it was the tallest building in Pensacola and the first with a modern elevator and steam heat. It was built by Danish businessman [[Christen Thiesen]], who was reportedly warned that his venture would fail and the building would be lost to receivership; when this failed to happen, Thiesen gloated by flying the Danish flag from the building every year until his death in [[1934]]. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in December, [[1979]].
Following a period of disrepair, businessman [[Ray Russenberger]] purchased the building in [[1992]] and renovated the offices for his paging company [[Network USA]].
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[[Category:National Register of Historic Places]]
|image=ThiesenBuilding.jpg
|caption=The Thiesen Building
|name=Thiesen Building
|location=40 S. [[Palafox Street]]
|architect=[[Morgan and Dillion]]
|client=[[Christen Thiesen]]
|engineer=[[Wills and Broughton]]
|owner=[[Ray Russenberger]]
|construction_start_date=1901
|completion_date=1902
|renovations=1993-1996
|date_demolished=
|cost=
|structural_system=
|style=Renaissance Revival
|size=five stories
|mapcode=<googlemap lat="30.411346" lon="-87.21503" zoom="17" width="288" height="288">
30.411545, -87.214818, Thiesen Building
</googlemap>
}}
The [[Thiesen Building]], built in [[1901]], is Pensacola's first commercial high-rise. At the time of its construction, it was the tallest building in Pensacola and the first with a modern elevator and steam heat. It was built by Danish businessman [[Christen Thiesen]], who was reportedly warned that his venture would fail and the building would be lost to receivership; when this failed to happen, Thiesen gloated by flying the Danish flag from the building every year until his death in [[1934]]. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in December, [[1979]].
Following a period of disrepair, businessman [[Ray Russenberger]] purchased the building in [[1992]] and renovated the offices for his paging company [[Network USA]].
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[[Category:National Register of Historic Places]]
