Hamm Building

Infobox_nrhp | name =Hamm Building
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location=408 Saint Peter Street Saint Paul, Minnesota
lat_degrees = 44
lat_minutes = 56
lat_seconds = 48
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 93
long_minutes = 5
long_seconds = 46
long_direction = W
locmapin = Minnesota
area =
built =1915
architect= multiple
architecture= Early Commercial
added = May 30, 1997
governing_body = Private
refnum=97000499cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Hamm Building is a 1915 limestone, terra cotta, and brick commercial building in Saint Paul, Minnesota; its ornamentation is exceptional. It is a Registered Historic Place. Being in the heart of Saint Paul's theatre district, the Capitol Theatre was built into the Hamm building in 1920. It was the largest, most costly, and most elaborate movie palace in the Upper Midwest.cite book| last = Kunz| first = Virginia Brainard| title =Saint Paul - The First 150 Years| publisher = The Saint Paul Foundation| date = 1991| isbn = 0-9630690-0-4] cite book|title=The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota|last=Nord|first=Mary Ann|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|date=2003|isbn=0-87351-448-3]

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