Hennepin County, Minnesota contains 142 properties and historic districts that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A significant number of National Register properties in Hennepin County are a result of the establishment of Fort Snelling, the development of water power at Saint Anthony Falls, and the thriving city of Minneapolis that grew up around the falls. Many historic sites outside Minneapolis city limits are associated with pioneers who established missions, farms, and schools in areas that are now suburbs in a major metropolitan area.
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Father Louis Hennepin was the first European explorer to visit and name Saint Anthony Falls, the tallest waterfall on the Mississippi River, in 1680. While the falls were familiar to the Ojibwe and Sioux Indians who lived in the area, Father Hennepin spread word of the falls when he returned to France in 1683. The land east of the Mississippi came under England's control in 1763, and then became American territory after the American Revolutionary War in 1783. After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the western side of the falls became American territory as well.[1]
Zebulon Pike explored the Mississippi River in 1805 and made a treaty with the Sioux to acquire land on either side of the Mississippi River from its confluence with the Minnesota River to Saint Anthony Falls. The United States did not do much to occupy the land until 1819, when Lieutenant Colonel Henry Leavenworth was ordered to establish a military post in the area. The following year, Colonel Josiah Snelling established a permanent fort at a blufftop site overlooking Pike Island and the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers. The fort, first named Fort Saint Anthony and later Fort Snelling, became an island of civilization in the wilderness.[1]
In 1837, Franklin Steele established a claim for the land on the east side of Saint Anthony Falls. Within the next ten years, he established a sawmill at the falls, and lumbermen from the north began cutting trees and sending them to Steele's sawmill. In 1849, Steele subdivided his property and filed a plat for the town of Saint Anthony. Sawmilling and early flour milling attempts proved successful, and by 1855 the fledgling town of Saint Anthony had more than three thousand residents.[1] The west side of the river was part of the Fort Snelling military reservation until it was released for development in 1854. In 1849, John H. Stevens obtained 160 acres (0.65 km2) of land on the west side of the falls in exchange for maintaining a ferry at the falls. Hennepin County was established in 1852, and the settlement on the west side of the river was given the name Minneapolis, as coined by Charles Hoag. The two towns prospered as a result of industries and businesses based around the falls, but business was better on the west side of the falls. Minneapolis incorporated as a city in 1867, and three years later it merged with the village of Saint Anthony.[1]
Eventually, flour mills overtook sawmills as a dominant industry at the falls. In 1860, flour production stood at 30,000 barrels; it reached 256,100 barrels in 1869. By 1874, Charles A. Pillsbury and Company owned five mills at the falls, and in 1879, Washburn-Crosby Company (now General Mills) owned four mills. The former Washburn "A" Mill building on the west side of the falls exploded on May 2, 1878, but its owners quickly rebuilt the west side district, including a new, larger Washburn "A" Mill. Meanwhile, in 1880, Pillsbury began building the huge Pillsbury "A" Mill on the east side of the falls. It had a capacity of 4,000 barrels per day when it first opened.[2] Improvements in milling technology made it possible to grind the tougher spring wheat into a finer product, producing Minnesota "patent" flour, the finest bread flour in the world at that time. By 1900, Minneapolis was grinding 14.1 percent of the world's grain.[3]
[5] | Landmark name | Image | Date listed | Location | City or town | Summary |
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1 | Abbott Hospital | June 1, 2011 | 110 E. 18th St. |
Minneapolis | Hospital building built in five phases between 1910 and 1958, showing an architectural view of the progression of the medical industry[6] | |
2 | Advance Thresher/Emerson-Newton Implement Company | September 20, 1977 | 700-704 S. 3rd St. |
Minneapolis | Commercial buildings influenced by Louis Sullivan, with Classical Revival-style ornamentation[7] | |
3 | Ames-Florida House | October 16, 1979 | 8131 Bridge St. |
Rockford | House built by George F. Ames and Joel Florida, the founders of Rockford, in 1856. They produced all the structural materials on site and built their own furniture.[8] | |
4 | Anoka-Champlin Mississippi River Bridge | December 31, 1979 | U.S. Route 169 |
Champlin | Bridge built in 1929, was torn down to its piers and rebuilt. | |
5 | Architects and Engineers Building | February 23, 1984 | 1200 2nd Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Renaissance Revival-style building with offices and shared spaces for design professionals[9] | |
6 | George W. Baird House | March 27, 1980 | 4400 W. 50th St. |
Edina | Brick farmstead built in 1886 by prominent farmer in the Edina Mills community[10] | |
7 | Bardwell-Ferrant House | August 9, 1984 | 2500 Portland Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Queen Anne-style house with a Moorish Revival makeover[11] | |
8 | Riley Lucas Bartholomew House | November 28, 1978 | 6901 Lyndale Ave., S. |
Richfield | 1852 home built by early Richfield settler, legislative representative, and a framer of the state constitution[12] | |
9 | Basilica of St. Mary | March 26, 1975 | Hennepin Ave. at 16th St. |
Minneapolis | Beaux-Arts basilica; by same architect as the Cathedral of St. Paul[13] | |
10 | Bennett-McBride House | September 19, 1977 | 3116 3rd Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Queen Anne style house with a variety of turned, sawn, and beaded wood ornament[14] | |
11 | Fredrika Bremer Intermediate School | January 31, 1978 | 1214 Lowry Ave., N. |
Minneapolis | One of the oldest (1888) school buildings in Minneapolis. | |
12 | Charles H. Burwell House | May 2, 1974 | County Highway 5 and McGinty Rd. |
Minnetonka | Home of the secretary and manager of the Minnetonka Mills company[15] | |
13 | Butler Brothers Company | March 11, 1971 | 518 1st Ave., N. |
Minneapolis | Outstanding work of the career of Harry Wild Jones; 1976 renovation paved the way for more historic building renovations in Minneapolis[16] | |
14 | Cahill School | October 9, 1970 | Eden Ave. and Minnesota Highway 100 |
Edina | Oldest standing building in Edina; used as a school from 1864 until 1958[17] | |
15 | Calhoun Beach Club | December 23, 2003 | 2730 W. Lake St. |
Minneapolis | Lakeside beach club combining residences, entertainment, and recreational facilities in one building; once served as a hotel and as radio and TV studios[18][19] | |
16 | Cappelen Memorial Bridge | November 28, 1978 | Franklin Ave. and the Mississippi River |
Minneapolis | Elegant concrete arch bridge spanning the Mississippi River and final work of Minneapolis city engineer Frederick William Cappelen[20] | |
17 | Elbert L. Carpenter House | September 13, 1977 | 314 Clifton Ave. |
Minneapolis | Georgian Revival brick house built in 1906 for the organizer of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra[21] | |
18 | Eugene J. Carpenter House | September 13, 1977 | 300 Clifton Ave. |
Minneapolis | Georgian Revival house built by Edwin H. Hewitt for a lumberman and patron of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts[21] | |
19 | Cedar Avenue Bridge | November 6, 1989 | 10th Ave. over the Mississippi River |
Minneapolis | Monumental reinforced concrete arch bridge spanning high above the Mississippi River; crowning achievement of architect Kristoffer Olsen Oustad[22] | |
20 | Cedar Square West | December 28, 2010 | 1600 S. Sixth St. |
Minneapolis | Nationally significant example of urban "New Towns-In Town" redevelopment under Title VII of the National Urban Policy and New Community Development Act of 1970[23] | |
21 | Loren L. Chadwick Cottages | February 9, 1984 | 2617 W. 40th St. |
Minneapolis | Two small cottages built as part of a planned development of cottages between Lake Calhoun and Lake Harriet[24] | |
22 | Chamber of Commerce Building | November 23, 1977 | 400 4th St., S. |
Minneapolis | First skyscraper in Minneapolis with an all-steel frame, designed by Kees and Colburn[25] | |
23 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Grade Separation | June 1, 2005 | Parallel to 29th St. between Humboldt and 20th Aves., S. |
Minneapolis | Grade-separated railroad corridor mandated by the City of Minneapolis to route the Milwaukee Road railroad tracks below street level and eliminate grade crossings[26] | |
24 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Depot | November 25, 1969 | W. 37th St. and Brunswick Ave. |
St. Louis Park | Eastlake style railroad depot built in 1887[27] | |
25 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Depot Freight House and Train Shed | November 28, 1978 | 201 3rd Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Large Renaissance Revival passenger depot and freight house; train shed is one of only a dozen remaining in the United States[28] | |
26 | Christ Church Lutheran | June 20, 2001 | 3244 34th Ave., S |
Minneapolis | Eliel Saarinen-designed modern-style church,[29] designated a National Historic Landmark in 2009[30] | |
27 | Church of St. Stephen (Catholic) | August 15, 1991 | 2201 Clinton Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Richardsonian Romanesque church designed by Frederick G. Corser and built in 1889-1991[31] | |
28 | Amos B. Coe House | January 12, 1984 | 1700 S. 3rd Ave. |
Minneapolis | Eastlake Style brick house built for a Minneapolis real estate dealer[32] | |
29 | Como-Harriet Streetcar Line and Trolley | October 17, 1977 | 42nd St., W. and Queen Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Preserved segment of a streetcar line that operated between 1880 and 1954, now operated by the Minnesota Transportation Museum[33] | |
30 | Country Club Historic District | April 26, 1982 | Roughly bounded by 45th St., Arden Ave., 50th St., and Browndale Ave. |
Edina | Early planned community designed around the automobile, with high architectural design standards; helped to establish Edina's reputation as one of the Twin Cities' ritziest suburbs[34] | |
31 | Crane Island Historic District | August 5, 1991 | Crane Island in Lake Minnetonka |
Minnetrista | Summer resort community in Lake Minnetonka with individually-owned cottages and common spaces, built largely before 1915[21] | |
32 | John R. Cummins Farmhouse | September 2, 1982 | 13600 Pioneer Trail |
Eden Prairie | Brick farmhouse combining Greek Revival and Italianate styles built by a local horticulturalist[35] | |
33 | B. O. Cutter House | January 30, 1976 | 400 10th Ave., SE. |
Minneapolis | House built by a master carpenter with intricate hand-carved moldings; later sold to John Gilfillan, a regent of the University of Minnesota and a member of the House of Representatives[36] | |
34 | East Lake Branch Library | May 26, 2000 | 2916 E. Lake St. |
Minneapolis | Former Minneapolis branch library with hints of Tudor Revival styling[37] | |
35 | Eitel Hospital | December 27, 2007 | 1367 Willow St. |
Minneapolis | Established by a doctor as "a first rate hospital" adjacent to Loring Park, with beautifully furnished private rooms[38] | |
36 | Excelsior Public School | November 13, 1980 | 261 School Ave. |
Excelsior | Georgian Revival school building with bell tower built in 1899-1901,[39] once considered the finest rural school in Hennepin County[40] | |
37 | Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank | January 12, 1984 | 115 S. 4th St. |
Minneapolis | Beaux-Arts/Classical Revival-styled bank building[39] | |
38 | Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank | March 2, 2006 | 88 S. 6th St. |
Minneapolis | Moderne-style bank building with sculptures of a farmer and a mechanic; now converted to a hotel[41] | |
39 | Fire Station No. 19 | January 14, 1982 | 2001 University Ave., SE. |
Minneapolis | Queen Anne Style firehouse built in 1893; birthplace of kittenball, forerunner of modern softball.[39] | |
40 | First Church of Christ, Scientist | June 20, 1986 | 614-620 E. 15th St. |
Minneapolis | Beaux-Arts style church building; first Christian Science church in the Upper Midwest[39] | |
41 | First Congregational Church | January 15, 1979 | 500 8th Ave., SE. |
Minneapolis | Richardsonian Romanesque church designed by Warren H. Hayes, built in 1886[39] | |
42 | First National Bank-Soo Line Building | May 12, 2008 | 101 S. 5th St. |
Minneapolis | Designed by École des Beaux-Arts-trained architect Robert Gibson, incorporating Second Renaissance Revival details; tallest building in Minneapolis when built in 1915[42] | |
43 | Woodbury Fisk House | October 6, 1983 | 424 5th St., SE. |
Minneapolis | Italian villa-style house built in 1870 for a partner in a local flour milling firm[43] | |
44 | Flour Exchange Building | August 29, 1977 | 310 4th Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Long and Kees-designed brick office building inspired by Chicago skyscrapers[25] | |
45 | Fort Snelling | October 15, 1966 | Bounded by Minnehaha Park, the Mississippi River, the airport, and Bloomington Rd. |
Minneapolis | First American fort in modern Minnesota, spurring the development of the Northwest region; also marked the transition of the United States Army from a small frontier force into a major army[44][45]; listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1960[30] | |
46 | Fort Snelling-Mendota Bridge | December 1, 1978 | Minnesota Highway 55 over the Mississippi River |
Minneapolis | 4,119-foot (1,255 m) reinforced concrete arch bridge, the longest continuous concrete arch bridge in the world when built in 1925[46] | |
47 | Foshay Tower | September 20, 1978 | 821 Marquette Ave. |
Minneapolis | Office building modeled after the Washington Monument; was the tallest building in Minneapolis for over 40 years[47] | |
48 | Lawrence A. and Mary Fournier House | May 18, 1995 | 3505 Sheridan Ave. N. |
Minneapolis | Bungalow mixing Prairie School and Arts and Crafts styles, designed by draftsman who later worked with Purcell and Elmslie[48] | |
49 | Fowler Methodist Episcopal Church | January 30, 1976 | 2011 Dupont Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Romanesque Revival church with two massive stone towers[49] | |
50 | Franklin Branch Library | May 26, 2000 | 1314 W. Franklin Ave. |
Minneapolis | 1914 building is oldest of three existing Carnegie libraries in Minneapolis[50] | |
51 | Gethsemane Episcopal Church | March 8, 1984 | 901-905 4th Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | One of the oldest churches in Minneapolis, significant for its Gothic Revival style[51] | |
52 | Peter Gideon Farmhouse | September 17, 1974 | 24590 Glen Rd. |
Shorewood | Home of a horticulturalist who bred winter-hardy apples in Minnesota[52] | |
53 | Glen Lake Children's Camp | August 5, 1999 | 6350 Indian Chief Rd. |
Eden Prairie | Minnesota's only known surviving summer camp for children with tuberculosis[53] | |
54 | John G. and Minnie Gluek House and Carriage House | February 9, 1990 | 2447 Bryant Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | House built in the Victorian style with Georgian Revival elements; owner was a son of prominent Minnesota brewery owners[54] | |
55 | Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church | January 9, 1997 | 324 Harvard St., SE. |
Minneapolis | Gothic Revival church built in 1915-17 by a Swedish Lutheran congregation to serve university students[52] | |
56 | Great Northern Railroad Depot | July 7, 1981 | 402 E. Lake St. |
Wayzata | Wood-framed depot built in 1906 to serve commuter and resort traffic to a Lake Minnetonka town[52] | |
57 | Jonathan Taylor Grimes House | March 16, 1976 | 4200 W. 44th St. |
Edina | Gothic Revival house built in 1869 by an agriculturist who introduced ginkgo and catalpa trees to Minnesota.[52] | |
58 | Hagel Family Farm | December 27, 2006 | 11475 Tilton Trail, S. |
Hassan Township | 150-year old farmstead with a high degree of historic integrity[55] | |
59 | Hanover Bridge | December 11, 1979 | Off County Highway 19 over the Crow River |
Rogers | One of the last remaining wrought iron pin-connected Pratt truss bridges in the state[56] | |
60 | Healy Block Residential Historic District | May 27, 1993 | 3101-3145 2nd Ave., S. and 3116-3124 3rd Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Group of 14 Queen Anne style houses by builder Theron P. Healy; readily visible from Interstate 35W[14] | |
61 | Hennepin County Library | October 2, 1978 | 4915 N. 42nd Ave. |
Robbinsdale | Local library built in 1925 by Robbinsdale Library Club[57] | |
62 | Hennepin Theatre | January 19, 1996 | 910 Hennepin Ave. |
Minneapolis | Renovated vaudeville theater and the largest of three restored theaters on Hennepin Avenue; elaborately decorated interior with terra cotta sculptures[58] | |
63 | Edwin H. Hewitt House | April 6, 1978 | 126 E. Franklin Ave. |
Minneapolis | House built by a local architect blending Arts and Crafts and Tudor Revival styles[59] | |
64 | Hinkle-Murphy House | September 20, 1984 | 619 10th St., S. |
Minneapolis | Finest example of a Georgian Revival mansion in Minneapolis[60] | |
65 | Intercity Bridge | November 6, 1989 | Ford Parkway over the Mississippi River |
Minneapolis | The most classical looking monumental concrete deck arch bridge crossing the Mississippi River in Minneapolis-St. Paul[56] | |
66 | Interlachen Bridge | November 6, 1989 | William Berry Dr. over a Minnesota Transportation Museum street railway track in William Berry Park |
Minneapolis | Built in 1900 and virtually unaltered since then; earliest documented reinforced concrete bridge in Minnesota[61] | |
67 | Harry W. Jones House | June 7, 1976 | 5101 Nicollet Ave. |
Minneapolis | Shingle Style house built by Harry Wild Jones, one of the city's most prominent architects[62] | |
68 | Lakewood Cemetery Memorial Chapel | October 20, 1983 | 3600 Hennepin Ave. |
Minneapolis | Domed chapel modeled on the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul; interior tiled with mosaics built by Italian artists[63] | |
69 | Harry F. Legg House | June 3, 1976 | 1601 Park Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Queen Anne style house in Elliott Park[64] | |
70 | Linden Hills Branch Library | May 26, 2000 | 2900 W. 43rd St. |
Minneapolis | Tudor Revival library with spacious reading rooms[65] | |
71 | Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged | September 21, 1978 | 215 Broadway Ave., NE. |
Minneapolis | Romanesque Revival building designed by Frederick Corser with later additions by Kees and Colburn, built by a religious order as a home for the elderly[66] | |
72 | Lock and Dam No. 2 | June 13, 2003 | Mississippi River north of Lake St/Marshall Ave. |
Minneapolis | First lock and dam built on the Mississippi River, in 1907; later demolished when the Ford Dam was built[67] | |
73 | John Lohmar House | April 18, 1977 | 1514 Dupont Ave., N. |
Minneapolis | Queen Anne residence of a local businessman and milliner[68] | |
74 | Lumber Exchange Building | May 19, 1983 | 425 Hennepin Ave., 10 S. 5th St. |
Minneapolis | 1886 Richardsonian Romanesque tower by Long and Kees; the tallest building in Minneapolis when it was built[69] | |
75 | Charles J. Martin House | April 26, 1978 | 1300 Mount Curve Ave. |
Minneapolis | Renaissance palace-like house built for the secretary and treasurer of the Washburn Crosby Company in 1904[70] | |
76 | Masonic Temple | September 5, 1975 | 528 Hennepin Ave. |
Minneapolis | Long and Kees-designed Masonic hall, ornamented with intricate carvings, faux-Egyptian columns, projecting bays, and balconies[71] | |
77 | Maternity Hospital | March 27, 1980 | 300 Queen Ave., N. |
Minneapolis | Women's hospital founded by social reformer and women's rights advocate Martha Ripley[72] | |
78 | Milwaukee Avenue Historic District | May 2, 1974 | Milwaukee Ave. from Franklin Ave. to 24th St. |
Minneapolis | Planned community of small homes on quarter-sized lots, intended for the working class; preserved because of their architectural consistency[73] | |
79 | Minneapolis Armory | September 26, 1985 | 500-530 6th St., S. |
Minneapolis | Nationally-significant example of the Streamline Moderne phase of Art Deco, built by the Public Works Administration[74] | |
80 | Minneapolis Brewing Company | June 21, 1990 | Junction of Marshall St. and 13th Ave., NE. |
Minneapolis | Large landmark brewery building in northeast Minneapolis; vacant 1975-1999 and now remodeled for use as offices[75] | |
81 | Minneapolis City Hall-Hennepin County Courthouse | December 4, 1974 | 400 S. 4th Ave. |
Minneapolis | Richardsonian Romanesque city hall and courthouse patterned after the Allegheny County Courthouse[76] | |
82 | Minneapolis Fire Department Repair Shop | May 19, 2005 | 24 University Ave., NE. and 222 1st Ave., NE. |
Minneapolis | Repair and maintenance shop where the city of Minneapolis converted horse-drawn equipment to motorized vehicles, representing city government's efforts to reorganize and consolidate services[77] | |
83 | Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery | June 6, 2002 | 2925 Cedar Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Oldest extant cemetery in Minneapolis; final resting place of many city pioneers | |
84 | Minneapolis Public Library, North Branch | December 7, 1977 | 1834 Emerson Ave., N. |
Minneapolis | First branch library designed specifically as an open-shelf public library, in 1893[78] | |
85 | Minneapolis Warehouse Historic District | November 3, 1989 | Roughly bounded by River St., 1st Ave., N., 6th St., N., 2nd Ave., N., 5th St., N., 5th Ave., N., 3rd St. N., and 10th Ave., N. |
Minneapolis | Major concentration of warehouse buildings representing Minneapolis' prominence as a distribution center, with buildings designed by prominent local architects in a wide range of architectural styles[79] | |
86 | Minneapolis YMCA Central Building | November 29, 1995 | 36 S. 9th St. (formerly 30 S. 9th St.) |
Minneapolis | Long, Lamoreaux, and Long-designed YMCA building in the Gothic Revival style[80] | |
87 | Minnehaha Grange Hall | October 9, 1970 | Eden Ave. at Minnesota Highway 100 |
Edina | 1879 Grange hall, also served as the village hall from 1888 through 1942[17] | |
88 | Minnehaha Historic District | November 25, 1969 | Roughly Hiawatha and Minnehaha Aves. and Godfrey Rd. |
Minneapolis | Early city park containing historic houses and sites, Minnehaha Falls, and an 1870s railroad station[81] | |
89 | Minnesota Soldiers' Home Historic District | March 2, 1989 | Roughly bounded by Minnehaha Ave., the Mississippi River, and Godfrey Parkway |
Minneapolis | Home for veterans with master plan designed by landscape architect Horace Cleveland in 1887; buildings by Warren B. Dunnell[81] | |
90 | Moline, Milburn and Stoddard Company | February 20, 1975 | 250 3rd Ave., N. |
Minneapolis | Limestone factory/showroom building built for a farm equipment company[81] | |
91 | Elisha and Lizzie Morse Jr. House | July 28, 1995 | 2325-2327 Pillsbury Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Italian Villa-styled house with a distinctive cupola[82] | |
92 | Frieda and Henry J. Neils House | May 26, 2004 | 2801 Burnham Boulevard |
Minneapolis | 1949 Frank Lloyd Wright house near Cedar Lake designed in the Usonian style[83] | |
93 | New Main-Augsburg Seminary | October 6, 1983 | 731 21st Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | 1901 building originally part of Augsburg Seminary; ornamented with granite columns and terra cotta; known as "Old Main" to Augsburg College communities members[84] | |
94 | George R. Newell House | September 15, 1977 | 1818 LaSalle Ave. |
Minneapolis | Imposing Romanesque Revival house with a rusticated sandstone exterior, extensive interior woodwork, and Tiffany lamps[85] | |
95 | Nokomis Knoll Residential Historic District | August 5, 1999 | Bounded by W. 52nd St., West Lake Nokomis Parkway, E. 54th St., and Bloomington Ave. |
Minneapolis | Middle-class residential development with Tudor Revival and other period revival styles popular in the 1920s and 1930s[86][87] | |
96 | North East Neighborhood House | July 19, 2001 | 1929 2nd St., NE. |
Minneapolis | Georgian Revival settlement house built in 1919 to serve immigrants and the unemployed[88] | |
97 | Northwestern Knitting Company Factory building | June 3, 1983 | 718 Glenwood Ave. |
Minneapolis | Manufacturer of "itchless" woolen underwear, plated with silk and cotton; became the leading national manufacturer of underwear in 1912[89] | |
98 | Ogden Apartment Hotel | January 13, 1992 | 66-68 S. 12th St. |
Minneapolis | Unusual housing type for middle-class residents during the early 20th century: apartments with a common restaurant instead of kitchens[90] | |
99 | Floyd B. Olson House | December 31, 1974 | 1914 W. 49th St. |
Minneapolis | Home of Minnesota governor Floyd B. Olson, a leader in the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party and a crusader for social justice[91] | |
100 | Dr. Oscar Owre House | March 8, 1984 | 2625 Newton Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Purcell & Elmslie-designed Prairie School house overlooking Lake of the Isles[92] | |
101 | Charles and Grace Parker House | June 11, 1992 | 4829 Colfax Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Purcell & Elmslie-designed Prairie School house for a local businessman[93] | |
102 | Peavey–Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator | December 19, 1978 | Junction of Minnesota Highways 7 and 100 |
St. Louis Park | First circular-shaped reinforced concrete grain elevator in the United States and possibly in the world[94]; listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1981[30] | |
103 | Pence Automobile Company Building | December 27, 2007 | 800 Hennepin Ave. |
Minneapolis | Office building, with terra cotta ornamentation inspired by Louis Sullivan's work, of an early 20th century automobile dealer and banker[95] | |
104 | Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity House | September 15, 2005 | 1129 University Ave., SE. |
Minneapolis | Fraternity house designed by Viennese architect Carl B. Stravs, inspired by the Vienna Secession; unusual design at a time when most houses were built in period revival styles[96] | |
105 | Pillsbury A Mill | November 13, 1966 | 301 Main St., SE. |
Minneapolis | Built in 1881 and was the largest flour mill in the world for 40 years[97];listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1966[30] | |
106 | Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Building | September 13, 1977 | 616 S. 3rd St. |
Minneapolis | Brick warehouse building showing influences of Henry Hobson Richardson, Louis Sullivan, and John Wellborn Root[98] | |
107 | Gideon H. Pond House | July 16, 1970 | 401 E. 104th St. |
Bloomington | House of an early missionary to the Dakota tribe in Minnesota who wrote a Dakota language dictionary[99] | |
108 | Prospect Park Water Tower and Tower Hill Park | November 13, 1997 | 55 Malcolm Ave., SE. |
Minneapolis | Distinctive water tower with "witch's hat" design built by Frederick W. Cappelen in 1913 at the highest elevation in Minneapolis[100] | |
109 | William Gray Purcell House | October 29, 1974 | 2328 Lake Pl. |
Minneapolis | Purcell & Elmslie-designed Prairie School house, regarded as one of the firm's best works[101] | |
110 | Queen Avenue Bridge | November 6, 1989 | W. Lake Harriet Boulevard over a Minnesota Transportation Museum street railway track |
Minneapolis | Third-oldest reinforced concrete arch bridge in Minnesota[102] | |
111 | Rand Tower | April 14, 1994 | 527-529 Marquette Ave. |
Minneapolis | Holabird & Root-designed Moderne-style skyscraper built in 1928-1929[103] | |
112 | Roosevelt Community Library | May 26, 2000 | 4026 28th Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | A small Minneapolis Public Library, built in the Tudor Revival style, modeled after the original East Lake Community Library building.[104] | |
113 | Sears, Roebuck and Company Mail-Order Warehouse and Retail Store | July 29, 2005 | 2929 Chicago Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Large warehouse building that supported the enormous growth of Sears, Roebuck and Company in the early 20th century, symbolizing the increase of consumer capitalism in America[105] | |
114 | Anne C. and Frank B. Semple House | February 26, 1998 | 100-104 W. Franklin Ave. |
Minneapolis | Beaux-Arts mansion built for a prosperous hardware merchant and his wife[106][107] | |
115 | Sam S. Shubert Theatre | October 31, 1995 | 516 Hennepin Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Classical Revival theatre with terra cotta facade designed by William Albert Swasey and built in 1910 for The Shubert Organization[107] | |
116 | H. Alden Smith House | March 16, 1976 | 1403 Harmon Pl. |
Minneapolis | Brownstone mansion in the Richardsonian Romanesque style for sash and door salesman[108] | |
117 | Lena O. Smith House | September 26, 1991 | 3905 5th Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Home of a prominent African American civil rights lawyer, founder of the Minneapolis Urban League, and first woman president of the local NAACP chapter[107] | |
118 | St. Anthony Falls Historic District | March 11, 1971 | Around the Mississippi River between Plymouth and S. 10th Aves. |
Minneapolis | Only major waterfall on the Mississippi River, discovered by Europeans in 1680; use of its water power fueled sawmills, flour mills, and hydroelectric power generation, and led to the establishment of the town of St. Anthony in 1849 and of Minneapolis in 1857[109] | |
119 | Station 13 Minneapolis Fire Department | December 23, 2003 | 4201 Cedar Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Fire station designed in a Craftsman/Bungalow style to blend into its residential neighborhood, rapidly expanding at the time[110] | |
120 | Station 28 Minneapolis Fire Department | November 12, 1993 | 2724 W. 43rd St. |
Minneapolis | Fire station built in the Linden Hills neighborhood of Minneapolis when it was transforming from a summer lakeside community into a neighborhood of permanent residents[111] | |
121 | Stevens Square Historic District | July 1, 1993 | Roughly bounded by E. 17th St., 3rd Ave., S., Franklin Ave., and 1st Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | District of apartment buildings and single-family homes with consistent architectural themes surrounding a public park, reflecting the rapid growth in housing development before and after World War I[112] | |
122 | Stewart Memorial Presbyterian Church | November 28, 1978 | 116 E. 32nd St. |
Minneapolis | Prairie School church designed by William Gray Purcell, one of only a few Prairie School churches, influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple[113] | |
123 | Sumner Branch Library | May 26, 2000 | 611 Emerson Ave., N. |
Minneapolis | Minneapolis Public Library branch, it was a Carnegie library and a haven for Jewish immigrants of the early 1900s.[104] | |
124 | Swinford Townhouses and Apartments | October 25, 1990 | 1213–1221 and 1225 Hawthorne Ave. |
Minneapolis | Rowhouses and apartment building with many architectural details, designed as upper-class apartments in the 1880s and 1890s[114] | |
125 | Thirty-sixth Street Branch Library | May 26, 2000 | 347 E. 36th St. |
Minneapolis | Minneapolis Public Library branch now known as 'Hosmer Community Library'.[104] | |
126 | Thompson Summer House | January 15, 1998 | 3012 Shoreline Dr. |
Minnetonka Beach | Wood-frame summer residence built in 1887 in an affluent lakeshore resort community for a prominent attorney/civic leader[115] | |
127 | Swan Turnblad House | August 26, 1971 | 2600 Park Ave. |
Minneapolis | Mansion with several Exotic Revival influences built by a Swedish-American newspaper publisher; built between 1903 and 1910 at a cost of $1.5 million[116] | |
128 | Twin City Rapid Transit Company Steam Power Plant | November 25, 1994 | 12-20 6th Ave., SE. |
Minneapolis | Renaissance Revival power plant built in 1903 to power the Twin City Rapid Transit streetcar system[117] | |
129 | United States Post Office | April 1, 2010 | 212 3rd Ave. S. |
Minneapolis | Now the United States Federal Office Building (also known as the "Old" Federal Building)[118] | |
130 | University of Minnesota Old Campus Historic District | August 23, 1984 | University Ave. and 15th Ave. |
Minneapolis | Thirteen buildings designed by noted architects in a variety of styles between 1886 and 1907, representing a major period of expansion of the University of Minnesota[117] | |
131 | Horatio P. Van Cleve House | March 16, 1976 | 603 5th St., SE, |
Minneapolis | 1858 residence of Horatio P. Van Cleve, an American Civil War general and the commander of the 2nd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry[117] | |
132 | George W. and Nancy B. Van Dusen House | May 18, 1995 | 1900 LaSalle Ave. |
Minneapolis | Massive 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m2) mansion built by a prosperous owner of a chain of grain elevators[119] | |
133 | Walker Branch Library | May 26, 2000 | 2901 Hennepin Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Beaux-Arts library building funded by T. B. Walker to improve library service in a then-sparsely populated section of Minneapolis[120] | |
134 | Washburn "A" Mill | May 4, 1983 | 1st St., S. at Portland Ave. |
Minneapolis | Largest mill of the Washburn Crosby Company, a forerunner of General Mills; represents the growth and transformation of flour milling into a mass-production industry[44]; listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1983[30] | |
135 | Washburn Park Water Tower | October 6, 1983 | 401 Prospect Ave. |
Minneapolis | Harry Wild Jones-designed water tower, ornamented with sculptured eagles and "guardians of health"[121] | |
136 | Washburn-Fair Oaks Mansion District | February 17, 1978 | 1st and 2nd Aves., 22nd St., and Stevens Ave. |
Minneapolis | Grouping of mansions clustered around Washburn-Fair Oaks Park built by prominent Minneapolis families and displaying a variety of popular architectural styles[122] | |
137 | Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church | February 9, 1984 | 101 E. Grant St. |
Minneapolis | Elaborate Richardsonian Romanesque church building designed in 1880 by Warren H. Hayes[123] | |
138 | Westminster Presbyterian Church | June 26, 1998 | 83 12th St., S. |
Minneapolis | Stone church with twin towers designed by Charles S. Sedgwick and Warren H. Hayes in 1896-1897[124] | |
139 | White Castle Building No. 8 | October 16, 1986 | 3252 Lyndale Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | Portable prefabricated steel building that housed the first fast food restaurant in Minneapolis, built in 1936[125] | |
140 | Malcolm Willey House | February 23, 1984 | 255 Bedford St., SE. |
Minneapolis | 1934 Frank Lloyd Wright house in a transition from Prairie School to Usonian design[126] | |
141 | Theodore Wirth House-Administration Building | June 7, 2002 | 3954 Bryant Ave., S. |
Minneapolis | House built for Theodore Wirth, influential superintendent of the Minneapolis Parks system who presided over the modernization and expansion of the system from 1,810 acres (7.3 km2) in 1906 to 5,241 in 1935[127] | |
142 | Allemarinda and James Wyer House | April 18, 1977 | 201 Mill St. |
Excelsior | Victorian lakeside cottage near Lake Minnetonka built in 1887, which served as the home for managers of the Excelsior Amusement Park from 1925 through 1974[128] |
[5] | Landmark name | Image | Date listed/removed | Location | City or town | Summary |
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1 | New Century Mill | April 29, 1993 | Oak and 5th Streets | Minneapolis | Originally listed 1980 and expanded 1987. Ref #80002070 and 87002302. | |
2 | Nicollet Hotel | March 15, 1993 | 235 Hennepin Avenue | Minneapolis | Originally listed 1987. Ref #87002008. |
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