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4 Locations ~ Curated by Macalester College Students and Richard L. KronickTangletown
4 Locations ~ Curated by Individual building descriptions by Macalester College students in 2019Marcy-Holmes History: Hiding in Plain Sight
27 Locations ~ Curated by Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood AssociationHealy Block
17 Locations ~ Curated by by Anders Christensen; edited by Richard L. KronickArchitect Biographies
1 Locations ~ Curated by Kathleen Kullberg, edited by Richard L. KronickFeatured Stories
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…
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…
Random Stories
401 Groveland Avenue
In 1854 Joseph and Ann Johnson arrived in Minneapolis from Farmington, Maine, with their daughters, Nellie and Annie. They purchased 160 acres from the US government bordered approximately by today’s Nicollet, Grant, Lyndale, and Franklin Avenues for…
3131 2nd Ave. So.: Healy-Haynes House
(also called Healy-Rea House)
Built: 1890
Cost estimate on building permit: $5,000
This is the twelfth house Healy built in the district. As explained in the text for 3137 2nd Ave. So., in 1886 the Healy family first lived at 3137 2nd Ave. So. Then, in 1888, they moved across…
5309 Upton Ave. So.
Architects: Purcell and Strauel (“spec” house for Henry M. Peterson)
Date: 1932
Style: English Cottage Fantasy Revival
This is one of seven speculative houses designed for developer Henry M. Peterson, who owned the house at 3 Red Cedar Lane. …
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…
1787 Colfax Ave. So.
Original owner: Thomas Hurley
Architect/builder: Theron Potter Healey
Built 1895
Original cost: $7,000
Red Cedar Lane neighborhood
Red Cedar Lane – an Introduction
The story of Red Cedar Lane revolves around John Jager (pronounced yăger) who was born in Slovenia in 1871 and died in Minneapolis in 1959. In 1898, Jager received a degree in architecture from the Vienna…