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1425 Dupont Avenue North: Frederick Stevens House
HISTORY
Lumberman Frederick S. Stevens owned a sawmill on the river at Plymouth Avenue, and chose prolific Minneapolis contractor Theron P. Healy to build this home for him in 1890. This block was on…
First Universalist Church/Our Lady of Lourdes Church (1857 and 1880s)
DESIGNED FOR MORE CATHOLIC TASTES • • •
• 1 Lourdes Place
• Architect Unknown
• Greek Revival, Gothic Revival and French Second Empire-styles
• Narrated by Michael Rainville •
Churches…
1508 Dupont Avenue North: Case-Lang House
HISTORY
Associated with one of Minneapolis’ pioneering merchants and farmers, the Case-Lang House is a key surviving example of a first-generation Minneapolis residence.
Its first owner, Emanuel…
Random Stories
Rand Tower
527 Marquette Avenue
Holabird and Root
Streamline Moderne - Art Deco
Rand Tower is the ambitious project of Minnesota aviation pioneer Rufus R. Rand. Rand, a family member of The Minneapolis Gas Company, served in WWI as a pilot and once back…
1605-1607 Dupont Avenue North
HISTORY
This Classical Revival frame duplex was constructed in 1899 at 1837 Bryant Avenue North. In 1986, it was moved to its current location on Dupont to make room for off-street parking for businesses on Broadway. This has happened several times…
Peavey Plaza
Peavey Plaza
1100 Marquette Avenue
Landscape Architect: M. Paul Friedberg (New York City), 1975
Peavey Plaza was an instant hit. Downtown workers on lunch break and children of all ages enjoyed its water works and multiple subterranean levels.…
3124 3rd Ave. So.: Arthur E. & Carrie E. Holbrook House
Built: 1898
Cost estimated on building permit: $4,000
This is the last house Healy built in the Healy Block Historic District. The first owners were Arthur and Carrie Holbrook. Arthur was president of the Glenwood-Inglewood Water Company. The…
Disciples Ministry Church (originally Mikro Kodesh Synagogue)
1000 Oliver Avenue No.
Architect: Septimus J. Bowler
1927
The story of Mikro Kodesh (Hebrew for “holy assembly”; pronounced MICK-ro KO-desh) exemplifies the ups and downs of many U.S. Jewish congregations. In 1958 Mikro Kodesh was the largest…
1731 Dupont Avenue North: Former Ascension Parsonage
HISTORY:
Now a private home, this building was the first parsonage for the Church of the Ascension.
Records show that it was moved twice: First from the corner of 18th Street and Bryant Avenue, where it was built in 1890 (the site of the present…