Featured Stories: 7
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 Anne-styles
• Narrated by Victoria Barlow •
From the…
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 provided important spiritual, cultural and community…
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 Easterners, came to the tiny village of St. Anthony to…
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 the edge of residential construction in 1890, and…
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 Fred Neet’s Local Heritage Preservation Designation…
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 Case, was one of the original homesteaders in the…
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 on Washington Avenue North. Lohmar sold…