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Shenandoah Terrace Neighborhood Spreadsheet
1 Locations ~ Curated by Kathleen KullbergRed River Ox Cart Trail
16 Locations ~ Curated by Reggie McLeod for the Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership (Copyright 2017, Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership)Lowry Hill
8 Locations ~ Curated by Original research by Bob Glancy - edited by Richard L. KronickRed Cedar Lane Neighborhood
14 Locations ~ Curated by Richard L. KronickUptown Theaters
6 Locations ~ Curated by Anne DroletFeatured Stories
Pillsbury Library (1904)
A GIFT FROM "THE FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY" • • •
• 100 University Avenue SE
• Charles Aldrich, architect
• Beaux Arts-style
• Narrated by Dean Phillips •
John Pillsbury, like many…
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…
1501 Dupont Avenue North: John Young House
HISTORY
Constructed in 1888 for John Young, treasurer of a Minneapolis gas company, and designed by Charles Sedgwick, this is a beautiful example of the classic Queen Anne style.
According to…
Random Stories
Burton and Geri Joseph House
Architect: Perry Larawa
Date: 1940
Style: English Cottage Revival
Perry Larawa, who designed the house at 1 Red Cedar Lane for his own family, also designed this house. It was purchased by the Joseph family in the 1950s. Burton Joseph was a…
Milwaukee Depot
The first Chicago Milwaukee Saint Paul and Pacific Depot, Freight House, and Train Shed (Washington Avenue and Third Avenue South) were built around 1879, although the Freight House is the only remaining property today. The original station was razed…
Minneapolis Armory
Architect: P.C. Bettenberg, 1936
National Register of Historic Places
The Armory was a Depression-era PWA (Public Works Administration) project and exemplifies the PWA Moderne style. Like Minneapolis’s Main Post Office (also on this tour), the…
Minneapolis Brewing Company Brew House
The Minneapolis Brewing Company Brew House was the flagship of a seven-building brewing and bottling complex. Constructed in 1891 of cream-colored Milwaukee brick on a limestone foundation, the brew house is in the Rundbogenstil or German Round Arch…
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Architects: Charles S. Sedgwick & Warren H. Hayes, 1897
1911: Kindergarten room by Purcell, Feick & Elmslie (demolished).
1937 addition: great hall, hallway, and chapel
1980s addition: offices on south side
2002 addition: Wing on Marquette Avenue…
Octavius Broughton House (1859)
ONCE OBSCURED CLASSIC ARCHITECTURE NOW SHINES BRIGHT • • •
• 511 4th Avenue SE
• Architect Unknown
• Greek Revival-style
• Narrated by Ted Tucker •
When millwright Octavius Broughton arrived from New England in 1854, sawmilling was St.…