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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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Red River Ox Cart Trail
16 Locations ~ Curated by Reggie McLeod for the Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership (Copyright 2017, Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership)South Side African-American Neighborhood
2 Locations ~ Curated by Deebaa Sirdar and Chip Gehring; Edited by Richard L. KronickFeatured Stories
1514 Dupont Avenue North: John Lohmar House
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Pillsbury Library (1904)
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First Universalist Church/Our Lady of Lourdes Church (1857 and 1880s)
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Winslow House Hotel (1856)
Woodbury Fisk House (1869)
Main Street Bridge
The first bridge here was built for a new military road from Fort Ripley (north of today’s Little Falls) to Point Douglas, where the St. Croix River joins the Mississippi, near Prescott, Wis. On old maps, the military road was often called the Red…
Coon Rapids Boulevard
The three-mile stretch of Coon Rapids Boulevard from Pheasant Ridge Drive Northwest to Egret Boulevard Northwest follows the exact route of the Ox Cart Trail.
The Red River Ox Cart Trail began as a foot path used by indigenous people to travel…