Laughter, Falling Water and Time
Wildwood Bathing Facilities-A Boat Ride to, Lake Shore—White Bear. You will be pleased after making this trip. White Boar is twelve miles from the Court House. To secure seats. let us go to the starting point on Cedar street, – near Seventh. The cars go every half hour, and if we are ahead of time, … Read more
The Masonic Temple is the finest structure of its kind in the West, and is surpassed by but few in the country. Covering a ground space of 88 feet on Hennepin Av. and 153 feet on 6th St., it rises eight stories in height. The walls are of Ohio sand- stone. The building is fire … Read more
The larger part of the passenger traffic of the city is handled at the Great Northern Passenger station, at the foot of Hennepin and Nicollet Avs. This completely modern station was begun in 1912 and opened for traffic early in 1914 taking the place of the old “union station” built in 1884. The exterior of … Read more
Revisit America’s Finest Theatre! Upstairs Gallery of the Hennepin History Museum Exhibition Dates: February 5, 2020 – August 9, 2020 When the Terrace opened in Robbinsdale in 1951 it was called “America’s Finest Theatre.” The claim wasn’t just hype; early patrons of the cinema would assure you that it was one of our nation’s finest. … Read more
Harry E. Pence is the president and general manager of the Pence Automobile Company, was born on October 7, 1867, in the state of Ohio, at the town of Springboro. His father, Charles N. Pence, was a farmer in the vicinity of Springboro, and his son spent his early life on the farm and began … Read more
The name Minnesota means ” sky-tinted waters,” and within the limits of the city of Minneapolis may be found more beautiful lakes, streams, and waterfalls than in any other city in the world. In this pamphlet will be found illustrations — both summer and winter views— embracing some of these most charming interurban fairy scenes. … Read more
Completed in 1964, the ReliaStar Building, formally known as the Northwestern National Life Building, designed by Minoru Yamasaki and Associates, opened at the end of Nicollet Avenue in 1965. The low-rise structure’s 85 foot portico contains a colonnade of 21 quartz-faced concrete columns in the east-west direction and 9 columns in the north-south direction on … Read more
The New Arion Theater opened on Central Avenue near 23rd strteet in 1914. The venue made headlines in 1915 when the owners, Kaplan , Rubenstien and Goldman entered into a temporary business contract with a couple teachers of the younger grades at the Prescott School. The Arion began a series of children’s matinees . Teachers … Read more
In 1905 W. J. Keith announced that he had led a contract to see. F. Haglin for a Modern Family hotel and apartment house to cost $225,000. It was to be a 6 story and basement fireproof structure facing Loring park where Kenwood Parkway joins Hennepin and Lyndale Avenues. Already excavation was finished. Mr. Haglin … Read more