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Red River Ox Cart Trail
16 Locations ~ Curated by Reggie McLeod for the Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership (Copyright 2017, Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership)Downtown Minneapolis
21 Locations ~ Curated by The Minneapolis Historical TeamHealy Block
17 Locations ~ Curated by by Anders Christensen; edited by Richard L. KronickRed Cedar Lane Neighborhood
14 Locations ~ Curated by Richard L. KronickShenandoah Terrace Neighborhood
1 Locations ~ Curated by Kathleen KullbergFeatured Stories
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…
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…
1514 Dupont Avenue North: John Lohmar House
HISTORY
The incised letter "L" you see on the cartouche above the front porch stand for "Lohmar"--original owner John Lohmar, a German merchant and milliner who owned and operated a dry goods store…
Random Stories
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
While working in the late 1940s as associate architects with Eliel Saarinen on Christ Lutheran Church (3244 34th Avenue South in Minneapolis), the Minneapolis firm, Hills Gilbertson Architects (James Hills and Victor Gilbertson, principals), was…
Renaissance Square (formerly Andrus Building)
Architects: Long & Long, 1898
Renovation by Miller, Hanson, Westerbeck & Bell, 1983
The original name of Renaissance Square was the Andrus Building. It was named for one of the richest men in the world: New Yorker John Emory Andrus, who financed…
Tilsenbilt Homes Historic District
Beginning with the New Deal in the Great Depression, the Federal Housing Administration and the Veterans Administration encouraged redlining and racial/ethnic covenants to enforce housing segregation. In Minneapolis, with cooperation among realtors,…
1623 Dupont Avenue: Brombach House
HISTORY
Frank Raidt, the first owner and a local contractor, built this Colonial Revival home in 1903 with central heating. The home had no fireplace, which was unusual, but the rooms are highlighted by prominent, highly-decorative radiators. Raidt…
Coon Rapids Boulevard
The three-mile stretch of Coon Rapids Boulevard from Pheasant Ridge Drive Northwest to Egret Boulevard Northwest follows the exact route of the Ox Cart Trail.
The Red River Ox Cart Trail began as a foot path used by indigenous people to travel…
5319 Upton Ave. So.
Architects: William Purcell and Frederick Strauel (“spec” house for Henry M. Peterson)
Date: 1928
Style: English Cottage Revival
The dominant feature of this house is its two-story polygonal bay. As with the other houses in the neighborhood,…