Minneapolis Historical
A project by Preserve Minneapoliswww.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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1514 Dupont Avenue North: John Lohmar House
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Main Street Buildings (1855, 1858 and 1890)
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1425 Dupont Avenue North: Frederick Stevens House
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Random Stories
3137 2nd Ave. So.: Healy-Forbes House
Built: 1886
Cost estimate on building permit: $2,200
T.P. Healy built this, his first house in Minneapolis, for his own family, which in 1886 consisted of his wife, Mary Anne, and their nine children—Lena (19), Alice (18), Charles (16), Dora…
Hosmer Librray
Hosmer Library was built in 1913 during a period of rapid immigration into Minneapolis. The library was used often by students from Central High School, one block away, which opened in 1916. (Central High was closed and mostly demolished in 1982;…
3119 2nd Ave. So.: Harry A. & Mae Murphy House
Built: 1892
Cost estimated on building permit: $6,000
This is the twenty-third house that Healy erected in the district, built in the winter of 1891-92. The house was built immediately after the Healy family’s last home on the block, next door…