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Marcy-Holmes History: Hiding in Plain Sight
27 Locations ~ Curated by Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood AssociationSouth Side African-American Neighborhood
2 Locations ~ Curated by Deebaa Sirdar and Chip Gehring; Edited by Richard L. KronickSynagogues
4 Locations ~ Curated by Macalester College Students and Richard L. KronickArchitect Biographies
1 Locations ~ Curated by Kathleen Kullberg, edited by Richard L. KronickTangletown
4 Locations ~ Curated by Individual building descriptions by Macalester College students in 2019Featured Stories
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…
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…
Main Street Buildings (1855, 1858 and 1890)
MINNEAPOLIS' OLDEST MASONRY COMMERCIAL BUILDING • • •
• 117, 123-27, 129 Main Street
• Benjamin Cutter, Unknown and Carl Struck, architects
• Greek Revival, Italianate Revival and Queen…
Random Stories
Marcy-Holmes Today
WELCOME TO MARCY-HOLMES • • •
Narrated by Doug Carlson •
Originally the town of St. Anthony Falls, Marcy-Holmes is the oldest neighborhood in Minneapolis. It is east of the Mississippi and south of East Hennepin Avenue, which is why it’s…
Thomas Andrews House (1866)
THE MANSION HE OWNED TWICE • • •
• 527 5th Street SE
• Architect Unknown
• Italianate-style
• Narrated by Larry Prinds
When Thomas Andrews built this Italianate Revival house at 527 5th Street SE, he was following in the footsteps of other…
Loring Greenway
Architect: M. Paul Friedberg and Associates, 1976
By the 1960s, the once fashionable Loring Park area had become run down. In response, both the Minneapolis City Council and the Downtown Council (a business leaders’ group) put forward plans in the…
Shir Tikvah Synagogue (originally First Universalist Church of the Redeemer)
1341 West Minnehaha Parkway
1949
Architect unknown
This building is home to the congregation called Shir Tikvah (Hebrew for “Song of Hope”; pronounced "sheer TEEK-vah"), which is affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism, a national…
1617 Dupont Avenue North: Randolph Ertl House
Norwegian architects and immigrants Diedrik Omeyer and Martin Thori designed this home built in 1889. Omeyer and Thori designed a number of other structures currently on the National Register of Historic Places, including courthouses, seminaries, and…
1716 Colfax Ave. So.
Original owner: Helene Hawley
Architect: William Channing Whitney
Built 1904