Editing Cass Gilbert (section)

== Minnesota career ==
[[File:Cass Gilbert standing before partially completed Minnesota State Capitol dome.jpg|thumb|Cass Gilbert standing in front of the [[Tholobate|drum]] atop the Minnesota State Capitol before its dome was placed]]

Gilbert worked for a time with the firm of [[McKim, Mead & White]] before starting a practice in St. Paul with [[James Knox Taylor]]. He was commissioned to design a number of railroad stations, including those in [[Anoka, Minnesota|Anoka]], [[Willmar, Minnesota|Willmar]] and the extant [[Northern Pacific Railway Depot (Little Falls, Minnesota)|Little Falls depot]], all in Minnesota.<ref name=Christen_2001 />  As a Minnesota architect he was best known for his design of the [[Minnesota State Capitol]] and the downtown St. Paul [[Pioneer and Endicott Buildings|Endicott Building]].<ref name=Irish_1993 /> His goal was to move to New York City and gain a national reputation, but he remained in Minnesota from 1882 until 1898. Many of his Minnesota buildings are still standing, including more than a dozen private residences (especially those on St. Paul's [[Summit Avenue (St. Paul)|Summit Avenue]]), several churches featuring rich textures and colors, resort summer homes, and warehouses.<ref name=Irish_1993>Irish, Sharon. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070613151733/http://www.mnhs.org/market/mhspress/MinnesotaHistory/FeaturedArticles/5305196-207/ "West Hails East: Cass Gilbert in Minnesota"] ''Minnesota History,'' April 1993, Vol. 53 Issue 5, pp 196–207</ref>