Stories tagged "University District": 26
Marcy-Holmes Today
WELCOME TO MARCY-HOLMES • • •
Narrated by Doug Carlson •
Originally the town of St. Anthony Falls, Marcy-Holmes is the oldest neighborhood in Minneapolis. It is east of the Mississippi and south of East Hennepin Avenue, which is why it’s…
Winslow House Hotel (1856)
LUXURY ACCOMMODATIONS ON THE RIVER • • •
• Main Street and Central Avenue (no longer exists)
• Robert Alden, architect
• Colonial Revival-style
• Narrated by Nancy Hovanes •
In 1856, St. Paul businessman James Winslow constructed his…
Pillsbury "A" Mill (1881)
THE LARGEST FLOUR MILL IN THE WORLD • • •
• 3rd Avenue and Main Street SE
• Leroy Buffington and W. F. Gunn, architects
• Heavy mill construction
• Narrated by John "Pat" Patricelli •
The pride of John Pillsbury’s flour business, the…
Mississippi River Gorge
THE BIRTHPLACE OF MINNEAPOLIS • • •
• Narrated by Cordelia Pierson •
St. Anthony Falls is the most abrupt drop in the Mississippi River’s entire 2,200-mile length. Here, the river drops nearly 75 feet in just a few blocks: 49 feet from the…
Sawmills at the Falls (1848-1887)
THE POWER THAT CREATED ST. ANTHONY • • •
• View from Main Street, just north of Hennepin Island (no longer exists)
• Ard Godfrey, architect
• Narrated by David Wiggins •
Maine millwright Ard Godfrey spent only six years in the young town of…
John Dudley House (1856)
DIVERSIFICATION: ONE MAN'S ROAD TO SUCCESS • • •
• 701 5th Street SE
• Architect Unknown
• Greek and Italianate Revival styles
• Narrated by Linda Messenger •
John Dudley arrived in St. Anthony in 1852—not to make his fortune, but to…
First Congregational Church (1886)
A MARCY-HOLMES LANDMARK SINCE THE 1880s • • •
• 800 5th Street SE
• Warren Hayes, architect
• Richardsonian Romanesque and Gothic Revival styles
• Narrated by Jane McBride •
The roots of First Congregational Church go back almost to the…
Main Street Buildings (1855, 1858 and 1890)
MINNEAPOLIS' OLDEST MASONRY COMMERCIAL BUILDING • • •
• 117, 123-27, 129 Main Street
• Benjamin Cutter, Unknown and Carl Struck, architects
• Greek Revival, Italianate Revival and Queen Anne-styles
• Narrated by Victoria Barlow •
From the…
Winthrop School/East High School (1867 and 1900)
ONE OF OUR FIRST SCHOOLS • • •
• 25 University Avenue SE
• Edward Stebbins, architect
• French Second Empire and Classical Revival styles
• Narrated by Beatrice Kennedy-Logan •
Schools were among the first public institutions to be…
Exposition Hall (1896)
AN EVENT SPACE BIGGER THAN A CITY BLOCK • • •
• 2nd Street between 3rd Avenue and Bank Street; (no longer exists)
• Isaac Hodgson, architect
• French Classicism and Gothic styles
• Narrated by Jacob Frey •
In 1886, a group of Minneapolis…