Northwest Airways Hangar Passenger Terminal

Northwest Airways Hangar Passenger Terminal. Constructed 1930 · Demolished 1988. , Northwest Airways Hangar was the airline's first corporate headquarters expressly built for that purpose. The building helped establish the Twin Cities as Northwest's center of operations for almost 85 years. In its materials, structural engineering, and layout, the building was highly representative of American hangar design during the early years of commercial aviation. As one of the few remaining examples of its type, Northwest Airlines Hangar and Administration Building was declared eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in the spring of 1988, however was demolished to make way for the reconfiguration of the airports [sic] runways in late 1988.