Minneapolis City Hall in 1905

I remember this building because I used to drive past it on my way to/from work iin downtown Mpls 50 years ago.  (I've embedded the smaller version of the photo to save bandwidth; those who enjoy viewing architecture are invited to peruse the impressive wallpaper version at Shorpy.)

Until the Foshay Tower was constructed in 1929, this was the tallest building in Minnesota.  The tower still houses a 15-bell carillon.

Addendum:  An anonymous commenter noted the remarkable similarity of this building to the old post office/clock tower in Washington, D.C.  I agree.  It doesn't appear to be coincidental.

Also, Mieke notes the resemblance of this building to the Amsterdam post office building.

And here's the quite similar Toronto City Hall, which predates the Mpls one by half a century (hat tip to ToOnCa).

And Angella submits the Erie Community College building (built in 1901).

Interesting how a successful architectural design got cloned - and how durable the resulting buildings turned out to be.  This might be material for an interesting paper by some design student who could track down the histories of the buildings.

Yet another addendum:  Union Station in Nashville is in the same pattern.