Tangletown

Curated by Individual building descriptions by Macalester College students in 2019

Tangletown is the colloquial name for what was formally called Washburn Park.

This upper-middle class neighborhood of winding streets overlooking Minnehaha Creek was developed beginning in 1886 by milling executive and politician Cadwallader Washburn and his brother, milling executive and Soo Line Railroad founder, William D. Washburn.

The milling company founded by the Washburns eventually became known as General Mills.

Tangletown Spreadsheet

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Washburn Water Tower

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Washburn Memorial Orphanage

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Lustron Homes

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