Minneapolis Historical
A project by Preserve Minneapoliswww.MinneapolisHistorical.org is Preserve Minneapolis’s guide to our city’s historic architecture. To start, click the Stories or Tours buttons or use the Search function – all at the top of this page. You can also click the "expand" icon in the map above to see the locations of all described buildings and landscapes. Preserve Minneapolis, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization, is dedicated to improving the quality of life in Minneapolis by recognizing, preserving, and describing the architectural and related cultural resources of our city. Click here to donate to Preserve Minneapolis.
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South Side African-American Neighborhood
2 Locations ~ Curated by Deebaa Sirdar and Chip Gehring; Edited by Richard L. KronickFeatured Stories
Main Street Buildings (1855, 1858 and 1890)
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1501 Dupont Avenue North: John Young House
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First Universalist Church/Our Lady of Lourdes Church (1857 and 1880s)
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Random Stories
1506 Emerson Avenue North: C.W. Sawyer House
Rand Tower
1625-1627 Dupont Avenue North: Kost-Brombach House
New Lagoon Theater
Landmark Lagoon Cinema
1320 Lagoon Ave,
Opened: February 16, 1995
Owner: Landmark Theaters
Architectural style: Postmodern with Neoclassical accents
The Landmark Theater Corporation built the Lagoon Cinema in 1995 to be the “sister theater”…
1624 Emerson Avenue North
Peninsula Point in Two Rivers Park, Anoka
In 1849, when E. S. Seymour arrived near the mouth of the Rum River while traveling north on the trail, he paid the ferrymen three shillings to cross and recalled: “Here was a small log-cabin occupied by two bachelors, who kept the ferry: they had…