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Pillsbury tunnel
Dan Pratt headshot 
SAINT PAUL • CHICAGO

  • Documentation and large format photography to HABS, HAER, HALS, and MHPR standards

  • Complete darkroom facilities for archival black and white processing and printing

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DANIEL R. PRATT is a federally qualified architectural historian and archaeologist. Skilled in large format photography, he has an extensive background as a HABS, HAER, and HALS photographer.

This experience is complemented by his expertise in determining the eligibility of historic buildings and structures for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Dan’s knowledge and 35 years’ experience give him a unique ability to create images that effectively convey a property’s historical significance.

ARCH³ is celebrating 20 years of providing knowledgeable solutions for the identification, evaluation, and documentation of historic properties under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the Library of Congress’s Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) programs, and the Minnesota Historic Property Record (MHPR).

CV - All projects
CV - Documentary Photography
Library of Congress
MN History Center 
Impact Award Winner
Scotts Bluff landscape
North Pier Light lighthouse 
Clients

Bolton and Menk, Inc.
Brockington and Associates, Inc.
Century College, MN
Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind & Hard of Hearing
Edina Realty
Florin Cultural Resource Services
Gemini Research
HDR, Inc.
Keller Williams Realty
Landscape Research, LLC
Mead & Hunt, Inc.
Minneapolis Metropolitan Council
MN Dept. of Natural Resources
MN Dept. of Transportation
Moore Engineering, Inc.
National Park Service
Olmsted Co., MN Dept. Public Works
Pathfinder CRM, LLC
Plymouth, MN Environmental Quality Committee
Preservation Design Works, LLC
Schafer Richardson, Inc.
Short, Elliot, and Hendrickson, Inc.
Stark Preservation Planning, LLC
Stinson, Leonard, Street, Inc.
Summit Envirosolutions, Inc.
Tetra Tech, Inc.
The 106 Group, Ltd.
US Army Corps of Engineers
US Coast Guard
Yaggy-Colby Associates, Inc.

I recommend Daniel Pratt’s work as a photographer and architectural historian with great enthusiasm. He has tremendous knowledge and experience in photographic documentation of historic buildings and structures, and is ready, willing, and able to overcome difficult settings and logistics. He is easy to work with and produces a high quality product, and I look forward to working with Dan again in the future.

Lucy Jones – Senior Associate,  STANTEC

Dan Pratt created remarkable photographs of otherwise unremarkable places. He will go the extra mile to deliver a great product. He’s a pleasure to work with.

Will Stark – Owner, Stark Preservation Planning

Dan and I worked on one of his historic documentation projects in an extremely demanding environment; 30 feet underground in a completely blacked out tunnel with water flowing through it. Over two days I experienced Dan’s professionalism, knowledge of history and archaeology as well as his energy and enthusiasm. He solved several very challenging technical photography problems using wit, planning and discipline. As a fellow photographer, I have no hesitation in recommending his work; especially where innovation and dedication are required.

Daniel Life – Sierra Turbines
Lafayette bridge

Daniel did all of the [photographic] work for our nomination of Thompson Hall, the only Deaf club in the United States designed by the Deaf architect, Olaf Hanson, to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The passion, skill and care he put into the work was impressive. I cannot imagine anyone doing a better job. Thompson Hall is now on the Register primarily because of the advocacy of the Deaf community and Daniel’s excellent work. I highly recommend him.

Mary Hartnett – Former Executive Director, Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans

The company I work for, Summit Envirosolutions, Inc, has subcontracted Daniel for development of archival black & white photographs for various projects, including national and state documentation. He is always ready and available to fulfill difficult deadlines. He has put in long hours to meet those deadlines while supplying a superlative final product. He is also willing to communicate with me to achieve reaching a final product that will be a good reflection on both companies. He is consistent and reliable in all the work he provides Summit. We consistently return to him for his expertise.

Renee Barnes – Historian, Summit Envirosolutions

I have hired Dan several times to photograph my listings before they are presented to the marketplace. Dan’s photos always turn out excellent the first time and I am able to rely on his expertise and I do not feel I have to ”direct” him in any way. I have worked with MANY real estate photographers over the years and Dan’s background in architecture sets him far apart from the rest. Dan is honest, reliable, creative, and offers far more value than many others in his field.

Angela Hames – Real Estate Professional
Pipestone steps

PROJECT ARCHIVE

  • ♦ Minot Flour Mill, Minot, North Dakota
    ♦ Pipestone National Monument Mission 66 Exhibits, Pipestone Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Scotts Bluff National Monument Mission 66 Exhibits, Scotts Bluff Co., Nebraska
    ♦ US Navy Administration and Communications Building, St. Petersburg, Florida

  • ♦ Arkadelphia Road Underpass, Bessemer, Alabama
    ♦ Braxton Bragg Comer Memorial Bridge, Scottsboro, Alabama
    ♦ Central of Georgia Railroad Company Flint River Bridge, Dothan, Alabama
    ♦ Chicago Great Western Railroad Bridge, Des Moines, Iowa
    ♦ Fort Des Moines Historic Complex Building No. 106, Des Moines, Iowa
    ♦ Fort Des Moines Historic Complex Building No. 117, Des Moines, Iowa
    ♦ Fort Jackson Division Store House No. 5, Richland Co., South Carolina
    ♦ Franklin County Highway 90 (Cedar Creek) Bridge, Franklin Co., Alabama
    ♦ Gardiner-Warring Knitting Mill Building, Florence, Alabama
    ♦ Julia Strudwick Tutwiler Memorial Bridge, Gainesville, Alabama
    ♦ Kansas, Texas, and Missouri Railroad Vertical Lift Bridge, Boonville, Missouri
    ♦ Kate Shelley Railroad Bridge, Boone Vicinity, Iowa
    ♦ Minnesota railroad structures for proposed extension to Powder River Basin, Wyoming
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 9065, Winona Co., Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 9412, Baudette, Minnesota and Rainy River, Ontario
    ♦ Saint Anthony Parkway Bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    ♦ Venus Point Lighthouse, Jasper Co., South Carolina
    ♦ Washington Bryan Crumpton Memorial Bridge, Butler, Alabama
    ♦ William Rufus King Memorial Bridge, Demopolis, Alabama

  • ♦ Bloomington Road, Fort Snelling, Saint Paul, Minnesota
    ♦ Brainerd & Northern Minnesota Railway Culvert, Hubbard Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Building No. 9 at the Minnesota Veterans Home, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    ♦ Camden State Park Lifeguard Cabin, Lyon Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Cedar Avenue/Midtown Greenway Bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    ♦ Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Culvert, Olmsted Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Culvert, Winona Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Culvert, Fillmore Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Chicago, Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railroad Bridge L-152, Wabasha Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Fort Snelling, Saint Paul, Minnesota
    ♦ Fuji Ya Restaurant, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    ♦ Grain Belt Brewery Warehouses, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    ♦ Historic Mining Landscapes near Mountain Iron, Minnesota
    ♦ Minnehaha Avenue, Fort Snelling, Saint Paul, Minnesota
    ♦ Minnesota Forestry Division Boathouse No. 214, Tower, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 3130, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridges 5374, 5699, and 5700, Austin, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 5882, Watertown, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 6580, Saint Paul, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 6748 (De Soto Bridge), St. Cloud, Stearns Co.
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 9086 and Lake George Lift Station, St. Cloud, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 9176, Austin, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 9177, Austin, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 9487, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 9782, Hinckley Vicinity, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 92297, Saint Paul, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge L3275 (Waterford Bridge), Dakota Co., Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge L4885, Fillmore Co., Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Chaska Historic Wayside Marker, Chaska Vicinity, Minnesota
    ♦ Ostrander Elevated Water Tank, Ostrander, Minnesota
    ♦ Portland Avenue/Midtown Greenway Bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    ♦ Saint Anthony Commercial Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    ♦ Union Pacific Railroad Bridge, Carver, Minnesota
    ♦ Wheelock Parkway, Saint Paul, Minnesota

  • ♦ MnDOT Bridge 5388 update to NRHP Nomination Form, Mower Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Underwood Church and Patten School Building, White Lake, South Dakota

  • ♦ Arkadelphia Road Underpass, Bessemer, Alabama
    ♦ Braxton Bragg Comer Memorial Bridge, Scottsboro, Alabama
    ♦ Cedar Avenue/Midtown Greenway Bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    ♦ Central of Georgia Railroad Company Flint River Bridge, Dothan, Alabama
    ♦ Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Culvert, Olmsted Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Culvert, Winona Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Culvert, Fillmore Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Chicago, Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railroad Bridge L-152, Wabasha Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Franklin County Highway 90 (Cedar Creek) Bridge, Franklin Co., Alabama
    ♦ Julia Strudwick Tutwiler Memorial Bridge, Gainesville, Alabama
    ♦ Kansas, Texas, and Missouri Railroad Vertical Lift Bridge, Boonville, Missouri
    ♦ Kate Shelley Railroad Bridge, Boone Vicinity, Iowa
    ♦ Minot Flour Mill, Minot, North Dakota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 3130, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridges 5374, 5699, and 5700, Austin, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 5882, Watertown, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 6580, Saint Paul, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 6748 (De Soto Bridge), St. Cloud, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 9065, Winona Co., Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 9086 and Lake George Lift Station, St. Cloud, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 9176, Austin, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 9177, Austin, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 9412, Baudette, Minnesota and Rainy River, Ontario
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 9487, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 9782, Hinckley Vicinity, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 92297, Saint Paul, Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge L3275 (Waterford Bridge), Dakota Co., Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge L4885, Fillmore Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Portland Avenue/Midtown Greenway Bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    ♦ Union Pacific Railroad Bridge, Carver, Minnesota
    ♦ Washington Bryan Crumpton Memorial Bridge, Butler, Alabama
    ♦ William Rufus King Memorial Bridge, Demopolis, Alabama
    ♦ Winona & St. Peter Railroad Stone Box Culvert, Courtland, Minnesota

  • ♦ Building No. 9, Minnesota Veterans Home, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    ♦ Camden State Park Lifeguard Cabin, Lyon Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Fort Des Moines Historic Complex Building No. 106, Des Moines, Iowa
    ♦ Fort Des Moines Historic Complex Building No. 117, Des Moines, Iowa
    ♦ Fort Jackson Division Store House No. 5, Richland Co., South Carolina
    ♦ Fuji Ya Restaurant, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    ♦ Gardiner-Warring Knitting Mill Building, Florence, Alabama
    ♦ Grain Belt Brewery Warehouses, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    ♦ Minnesota Forestry Division Boathouse No. 214, Tower, Minnesota
    ♦ Pipestone National Monument Mission 66 Exhibits, Pipestone Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Saint Anthony Commercial Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    ♦ Scotts Bluff National Monument Mission 66 Exhibits, Scotts Bluff Co., Nebraska
    ♦ Underwood Church and Patten School Building, White Lake, South Dakota
    ♦ US Navy Administration/Communications Building, St. Petersburg, Florida

  • ♦ Pisgah Dam and Hydroelectric Plant, Fergus Falls, Minnesota

  • ♦ Bloomington Road, Fort Snelling, Saint Paul, Minnesota
    ♦ Fort Snelling, Saint Paul, Minnesota
    ♦ Historic Mining Landscapes near Mountain Iron, Minnesota
    ♦ Minnehaha Avenue, Fort Snelling, Saint Paul, Minnesota
    ♦ Wheelock Parkway, Saint Paul, Minnesota

  • ♦ Venus Point Lighthouse, Jasper Co., South Carolina

  • ♦ Brainerd & Northern Minnesota Railway Culvert, Hubbard Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Central of Georgia Railroad Company Flint River Bridge, Dothan, Alabama
    ♦ Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Culvert, Olmsted Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Culvert, Winona Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Culvert, Fillmore Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Chicago, Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railroad Bridge L-152, Wabasha Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Kansas, Texas, and Missouri Railroad Vertical Lift Bridge, Boonville, Missouri
    ♦ Kate Shelley Railroad Bridge, Boone Vicinity, Iowa
    ♦ Union Pacific Railroad Bridge, Carver, Minnesota

  • ♦ Ostrander Elevated Water Tank, Ostrander, Minnesota

  • ♦ 55th Street NW Extension, Rochester, Olmsted Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Baltimore & Ohio Railroad survey, Washington, DC to Baltimore, Maryland
    ♦ Blossburg and Cougar Hollow Coal Mining Complex, Jefferson Co., Alabama
    ♦ Briggs Dairy Barn and Milk House, Bessemer, Jefferson Co., Alabama
    ♦ Elyton Village Public Housing Units, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Alabama (co-author)
    ♦ Bridge JTR4B, Joliet Arsenal, Illinois
    ♦ Chisago County Highway 17 reroute, Chisago Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Highway 50 Bypass farmstead survey, Louisville, Nebraska
    ♦ Mendota Hills Windfarm farmstead survey, Lee Co., Illinois
    ♦ Mines of Spain National Historic Landmark boundary recommendations, Dubuque, Iowa
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 7191 Replacement, Waseca Co., Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 28502 Replacement, Houston Co., Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 92462 Replacement, Fillmore Co., Minnesota
    ♦ MnDOT Bridge 92467 Replacement, McLeod Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Old West Main Street survey, Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Seavey Bog Study Area, Aitkin Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Sites along CSX Transportation railroad corridor, Richmond, Virginia to Washington, DC
    ♦ Trimont Windfarm farmstead survey, Jackson, Minnesota
    ♦ Trunk Highway 14 Expansion, Nicollet Co., Minnesota
    ♦ Trunk Highway 63 Expansion to the 55th Street NW Extension, Rochester, Minnesota
    ♦ Westinghouse Electric Company Warehouse, Seattle, Washington