Stop 18: Gate City Block – 73 Broadway (Contributing)
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This is one of the earliest buildings on Broadway, dating from the first generation of post-fire construction in 1894. It was originally built as the O’Neill Block, but in 1923 became Gate City Building and Loan, which was founded by the architect W.D. Gillespie after he left the architectural partnership of Haxby and Gillespie. In 1940, the building was totally refaced for Gate City in Art Moderne style by architects Braseth and Houkom.