Minneapolis Historical

www.MinneapolisHistorical.org is Preserve Minneapolis’s guide to our city’s historic architecture.  To start, click the Stories or Tours buttons or use the Search function – all at the top of this page.  You can also click the "expand" icon in the map above to see the locations of all described buildings and landscapes. Preserve Minneapolis, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization, is dedicated to improving the quality of life in Minneapolis by recognizing, preserving, and describing the architectural and related cultural resources of our city. Click here to donate to Preserve Minneapolis

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Synagogues

4 Locations ~ Curated by Macalester College Students and Richard L. Kronick

Red River Ox Cart Trail

16 Locations ~ Curated by Reggie McLeod for the Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership (Copyright 2017, Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership)

Healy Block

17 Locations ~ Curated by by Anders Christensen; edited by Richard L. Kronick

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Architect: William Gray Purcell Date: 1928 Style: English Cottage Revival William Purcell, who is best known for the Prairie School buildings he designed with his partner, George Elmslie, designed this house after the Purcell & Elmslie…

Architect: Perry Larawa Date: 1940 Style: English Cottage Revival This house of several gables is sheathed in two colors of brick, some of which were intentionally “aged” with dashes of mortar. The front door is surrounded by a sheltering…

Architect: Perry Larawa Date: 1940 Style: English Cottage Revival Perry Larawa, who designed the house at 1 Red Cedar Lane for his own family, also designed this house. It was purchased by the Joseph family in the 1950s. Burton Joseph was a…