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17 Locations ~ Curated by by Anders Christensen; edited by Richard L. KronickRed 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 TeamTangletown
4 Locations ~ Curated by Individual building descriptions by Macalester College students in 2019Bryn Mawr Neighborhood
1 Locations ~ Curated by Kathleen KullbergFeatured Stories
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…
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…
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…
Random Stories
1787 Colfax Ave. So.
Original owner: Thomas Hurley
Architect/builder: Theron Potter Healey
Built 1895
Original cost: $7,000
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…
3139 2nd Ave. So.: Welcome & Caroline Johnston House
(also called the George H. Bates House)
Built: 1886
Cost estimate on building permit: $3,500
This is the second house built in Minneapolis by T. P. Healy (see 3137 2nd Ave. So. for his first). The original clients were Welcome and Caroline Johnston. Welcome Johnston’s occupation in…
Woodbury Fisk House (1869)
A PRIME EXAMPLE OF ITALIANATE REVIVAL-STYLE ARCHITECTURE • • •
• 424 5th Street SE
• Architect Unknown
• Italianate Revival-style
• Narrated by Sally French •
Woodbury Fisk arrived in St. Anthony with his friend Thomas Andrews and his…
1619 Emerson Avenue North
HISTORY
The historical building permit notes that the first owner was Nellie D. Webster, and that the house was built in 1910.
The home's current owners are only the third owners of the home in its entire history of over 100 years. They have…
3107 2nd Ave. So.: Andrew H. & Elizabeth Adams House
Built 1891
Cost estimate on building permit: $5,000
This is the eighteenth house that Healy built in the district and one of six houses he started in 1891. The first owners were Herman C. and Bess Evers, who lived here from 1892 to 1896. Herman…
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