Laughter, Falling Water and Time
On May 5, 1905, John Haven, Austin B. Morse and E. J. Cranston set up and the State Bank of Maple Plain. The first bank building was built the same year. The bank assumed the assets and liabilities of the State Bank of Lyndale, Minnesota in 1927. A new facility was built on the east … Read more
Way back in 1875, Minneapolis Township built a two-room, wooden school on the southwest corner of Minnehaha Avenue and 38th Street. At that time the school was part of what was District #113, It became part of the city school system when the neighborhood was annexed in 1887, and was named “Bancroft” the same year. … Read more
The five sided, fourteen floor Pentagon Apartment at 1415 East 22nd Street, with its imaginative design and consideration for comfort was one of 12 structures in the 10-million dollar Minneapolis Model City Senior Citizen program. Completed in 1963, the unique structure was built to provide low rent housing for seniors. This 100 unit building was … Read more
Built around the corner from the old Minnesota State Capital building in 1889, the Colonnade Apartment building was originally a 6 story structure. The top two floors were removed following a tragic fire on December 13th, 1955. This fine pile of bricks has changed names a few times over the years. Originally opened as the … Read more
Built along Washington between 2nd and 3rd Avenue South, the new Minneapolis Post Office, designed by James Knox Taylor, was completed in 1915. Construction involved clearing an acre of land and took almost two years. The “Temple of Mail” was used as a United States Post Office until 1936 when it was converted into a … Read more
The Pillsbury A Mill, situated along Saint Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, held the title of largest flour mill in the world for 40 years. Completed in 1881, the building housed two of the most powerful direct-drive waterwheels ever built, each generating 1,200 horsepower.The building was added to the National Register … Read more
Originally called Calhoun Terrace Apartments, this building is surrounded by gardens and outdoor terraces. Windows offer views the parkway, Bde Maka Ska and Lake of the Isles. Architect, Jack Liebenberg of Liebenberg & Kaplan, designed a variety of layouts. Most of the buildings 100 units have two bedrooms and two baths, a few have three … Read more
Built by a guy from Philedelphia named James Ogden, the Continental Hotel opened in 1910 as the Ogden Apartments. The building was designed local architect, Adam Dorr. A 1911-12 city directory, lists 35 residents at the Ogden Apartments. 10 worked as schoolteachers, two were lawyers. Other occupants included, the owner of the Minneapolis Lumber Co., … Read more
The Robin Hotel in 1980 and 2014 The Elwood Hotel was already 15 years old when Allan and Agnes MacDonald bought the place in 1932. the couple ran the hotel as a boarding house for 25 years. The rooms were rented to railroad men, older people and two families from Holland. There were ten rooms … Read more