Stories by author "Old Highland Neighborhood Association": 32
Introduction
The residential mix of architecture and lifestyles which resulted has produced the diversity that makes the Old Highland neighborhood today unique and vital, offering character and quality which fosters both progressive thinking and reverence for…
Introduction
As in many urban neighborhoods across the nation, people began to move out of the neighborhood during the 1950s and 1960s. Many wanted newer homes in the suburbs...but there were two developments during the 1960s and ‘70s that accelerated the…
Introduction
The area known today as Old Highland was originally part of the Fort Snelling Military Reservation, which was claimed for the United States in 1809 by Lt. Zebulon Pike. In 1857, the area immediately north of Bassett Creek was separated from the…
1834 Emerson Avenue North: North Branch Library
HISTORY
In 1890, at the request of the North Minneapolis Improvement Association, a horse-and-buggy tour sang the praises of the North Side to Minneapolis librarian Herbert Putnam. Putnam reputedly had said that only six books had gone “north of the…
1624 Emerson Avenue North
HISTORY
This 1904 two-and-a-half-story Classical Revival home was built as a duplex and was apparently intended to be used as a rental property. It has belonged to three generations of one family since 1951.
The current owners' grandparents…
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…
1607 Emerson Avenue North: Henry S. Miller House
HISTORY
The estimated building cost was listed as $6,000 on the building permit when this house was built in 1900.
The original owner of this home owned a dairy on Golden Valley Road, on the western edge of the city limits. This dairy was…
1527 Fremont Avenue North: Fred S. Thompson House
HISTORY
This home was built for F.S. Thompson, a member of the Minneapolis Real Estate Board, in 1902.
Like the St. Jane House at 1403 Emerson, this building is owned by the Visitation Monastery of Minneapolis. This urban monastery is a unique…
1411 Fremont Avenue North: Frank Gross House
The first owner of this Prairie School home was Frank Gross, the second Minneapolis Parks Commissioner (after Theodore Wirth).
As parks commissioner, Gross had access to several species of ornamental tree. The gingko located between the front…
1407 Fremont Avenue North: John W. Pauly House
HISTORY
The first owner of this two-and-a-half-story home with Classical Revival and Victorian influences was John W. Pauly, a cigar manufacturer who also served as a state senator. The home was built in 1901.
Pauly's daughter discovered his…