Minneapolis Historical

www.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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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…

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…