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. KronickMarcy-Holmes History: Hiding in Plain Sight
27 Locations ~ Curated by Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood AssociationFeatured Stories
1514 Dupont Avenue North: John Lohmar House
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Pillsbury Library (1904)
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Main Street Buildings (1855, 1858 and 1890)
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Random Stories
The Lumber Exchange Building
Marquette Plaza
Architect: Gunnar Birkerts & Associates, 1972
Renovation and addition by Walsh Bishop Associates, 2002
Built in 1972 and originally designed to house the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, this building began as an experiment in…
St. Anthony of Padua Church
In the 19th century, most Métis people were Catholic. St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, the territorial parish, was founded in 1849. The first of a succession of buildings on this site was dedicated in 1852 on land provided by Pierre Bottineau.…
1012 17th Avenue North: Twin Pillars
2825 Brookwood Terrace
Architect: Frederick Strauel (“spec” house for Henry M. Peterson)
Date: 1929
Style: English Cottage Revival
Primarily, this house is an essay on one of the most important components of the English Cottage Revival Style: half-timbering. Of…
1004 Summit Ave. -- Pennington House
Original Owner: Edmund Pennington
Pennington was president of the Soo Line Railroad, 1909-1922
Architect:William Kenyon
Built: 1906
Photo: courtesy Minnesota Historical Society
The Soo Line Railroad was named for the fact that it went…