Charles Loring

Franklin Steele Squared

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Franklin Steele Square was named in honor of Franklin Steele, one of Minneapolis’s first European settlers and a civic leader who built the first bridge over the Mississippi River at Nicollet Island. He also served as the president of the first Board of Regents for the University of Minnesota. In 1882, Steele’s daughters—Mary C. Morris, … Read more

Redeeming Saint Olaf

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There has been a big church on corner of 2nd Avenue South and 8th Street as long anybody living can remember.The Universalist Society built their first building on this corner way back in 1876. The Church of the Redeemer was attended by some of the distinguished Minneapolis residents, including Charles Loring, John Crosby, William Washburn, … Read more