List of City of Minneapolis designated landmarks explained

Designated landmarks of the City of Minneapolis are determined by the Heritage Preservation Commission, which is overseen by the Community Planning & Economic Development (CPED). Many of these landmarks are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The City of Minneapolis has over 175 landmarks and 18 historic districts.^[1]

Heritage Preservation Commission

The heritage preservation commission was established by Minnesota Statutes sections 138.71 through 138.75, Minnesota Historic District Act of 1971, and Minnesota Statutes section 471.193, Municipal Heritage Preservation, Code of Ordinance § 599.120 of the Heritage Preservation Ordinance.^[2]

Criteria

Criteria is established in Code of Ordinance § 599.210.^[3]

List of landmarks

Individual landmarks^[4]

!Historic Property Name!Image!Address!Built!Style!Designation date!NRHP date

Adath Jeshurun Synagogue		3400 Dupont Avenue South	1927	Classical Revival	1998	N/A
Advance Thresher/Emerson-Newton Co.		700–08 3rd Street South	1901–1904	Chicago Commercial	1977	1977
Architects and Engineers Building		1200–08 2nd Avenue South	1920	Renaissance Revival	1980	1984
Augsburg Old Main		731 21st Avenue South	1901	Renaissance Revival	1984	1983
Avalon Theater		1500 Lake Street East	1924/1937	Streamline Moderne	1990	N/A
Charles T. Backus House		212 West 36th Street	1915	Prairie School	1987	N/A
Baker-Emerson House		2215 Dupont Avenue North	1883	Queen Anne/Eastlake	1995	N/A
Band Box Diner		729 10th Street South	1929	Vernacular/Programmatic	2000	N/A
Bardwell–Ferrant House		2500 Portland Avenue South	1883/1890	Queen Anne, Moorish	1983	1984
Basilica of St. Mary		88 North 17th Street	1907–13	Classical Revival/Baroque Revival	1986	1975
Harington Beard House		5100 Nicollet Avenue South	1888	Shingle	1995	N/A
Bennett-McBride House		3116 3rd Avenue South	1891	Queen Anne	1976	N/A
Charles C. Bovey House		400 Clifton Avenue	1916	Colonial Revival	1986	N/A
Fredrika Bremer Intermediate School		1214 Lowry Avenue North	1888	Romanesque Revival	1985	1978
Frank and Karen Brooberg Residence		727 East 24th Street	1905	Classical Revival	1998	N/A
Brooks Mansion		2445 Park Avenue	1907	Venetian Gothic	2015	N/A
Butler Brothers Company Building		518 1st Avenue North and 100/116 6th Street North	1906–1908	Chicago Commercial, Sullivanesque, and Gothic influences	1973	1971
Calvary Baptist Church		2608 Blaisdell Avenue South	1889	Romanesque Revival	1995	2021
Camden Park State Bank		705 42nd Avenue North	1910, 1920	Vernacular Neoclassical	2015	N/A
Elbert L. Carpenter House		314 Clifton Avenue	1906	Georgian Revival	1978	1977
Eugene J. Carpenter House		300 Clifton Avenue	1906	Georgian Revival	1978	1977
Case-Lang House		1508 Dupont Avenue North	1865–85	Greek Revival/Italianate	1983	N/A
Donald Cattanach House		1031 13th Avenue S.E.		Cottage	1985	N/A
Chadwick Cottages		2617 West 40th Street	1902	Cottage	1983	1984
Chase House		3045 5th Avenue South	1904	Shingle	2012	N/A
Christ Church Lutheran		3244 34th Avenue South	1949	Modern/International	1978	2001
Amos B. Coe House		1700 3rd Avenue South	1884, 1886	Queen Anne	1983	1984
Como-Harriet Streetcar Line		42nd Street West at Queen Avenue South	1887/1908		1986	1977
Concrete Block House - 2611 3rd St N		2611 Third Street North	1885		1984	N/A
Concrete Block House - 2617 3rd St N		2617 Third Street North	1885		1984	N/A
Concrete Block House - 2619 3rd St N		2619 Third Street North	1885		1984	N/A
Concrete Block House - 2705 3rd St N		2705 Third Street North	1885		1984	N/A
Concrete Block House - 2729 3rd St N		2729 Third Street North	1885	Demolished in 1996	1984	N/A
Concrete Block House - 2831 3rd St N		2831 Third Street North	1885		1984	N/A
Concrete Block House - 2826 4th St N		2826 Fourth Street North	1885		1984	N/A
Concrete Block House - 2828 4th St N		2828 Fourth Street North	1885		1984	N/A
Concrete Block Rowhouses		300–314½ 26th Avenue North	1885		1984	N/A
Cream of Wheat Building		730 Stinson Boulevard NE	1928	Moderne	2005	N/A
Crowell Block		2957 Lyndale Avenue South	1888	Richardsonian Romanesque	1985	N/A
B.O. Cutter House		400 10th Avenue S.E.		Carpenter Gothic	1976	N/A
Dania Hall		427 Cedar Avenue	1886	Burned and demolished in 2000	1976	1974, de-listed in 2000
F.E. Day House		1900 Colfax Avenue South		Colonial Revival	2009	N/A
Despatch Laundry		2611 1st Avenue South	1929	Moorish Revival	1984	N/A
Dunn Mansion		337 Oak Grove Street	1893	Richardsonian Romanesque	2011	N/A
Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank		115 4th Street South	1891–92, 1908	Beaux-Arts Classical	1980	1984
Fire Station #13		4201 Cedar Avenue	1923	Craftsman/Bungalow	2003	2003
Fire Station #19		2001 University Avenue S.E.	1893		1982	1982
Fire Station #28		2724 West 43rd Street	1914	20th Century Period Revival	1995	1993
First Church of Christ Scientist		614–20 East 15th Street		Doric order	1986	1986
Florence Court		1022 University Avenue S.E.	1886	Queen Anne	1983	N/A
Flour Exchange Building		310 4th Avenue South	1892, 1909	Chicago Commercial	1980	1977
Forum Cafeteria		36–40 7th Street South	1929	Art Deco, Modern	1975	N/A (removed in 1987)
Foshay Tower		821–37 Marquette Avenue	1927–29	Art Deco	1984	1978
Fournier House		3505 Sheridan Avenue North	1910	Bungalow/Craftsman	1995	1995
Fowler Methodist and Episcopal Church		2011 Dupont Avenue South	1894/1906	Romanesque Revival	1986	1976
Franklin Avenue Bridge		Franklin Avenue at the Mississippi River	1919–1923		1985	1978
Franklin Library		1314 Franklin Avenue East	1914	Renaissance Revival	1997	2000
Benjamin and Cora Franklin House		2405 West 22nd Street	1915	Prairie Style	1996	N/A
Aaron and Naomi Friedell House		2700 Chowen Avenue South	1940	Streamlined Moderne	1996	N/A
Garlick-Magney House		5329 Washburn Avenue South	1922	Medieval Cottage	1987	N/A
Gethsemane Episcopal Church		901 4th Avenue South	1883–84	Gothic Revival	1983	1984
Gluek Building		14 6th Street North	1902	Renaissance Revival	1984	N/A
John G. Gluek House and Carriage House		2447 Bryant Avenue South	1902	Georgian Revival/Queen Anne	1987	1990
Grain Exchange Building		400–412 4th Street South	1900–1902, 1909, 1928	Chicago Commercial/Renaissance Revival	1977	1977
Granada Theater		3022 Hennepin Avenue	1927	Exotic Revival	1991	N/A
Green DeLaittre Warehouse		500 North 3rd Street			2010	1989 as contributing resource to Minneapolis Warehouse Historic District
Frank M. Groves House		4885 East Lake Harriet Parkway	1928	Mediterranean Villa	1987	N/A
Jacob Hafstad House		159 Arthur Avenue S.E.	1894	Queen Anne/Eastlake	1983	2015 as contributing resource to Prospect Park Residential Historic District
Handicraft Guild Building		89–91 10th Street South		Arts & Crafts	1998	N/A
Charles M. Harrington House		2540 Park Avenue South	1902	Renaissance Revival	1988	N/A
Hennepin Theatre		910 Hennepin Avenue	1920–21	Beaux-Arts	1986	1996
Edwin H. Hewitt House		126 Franklin Avenue East	1906	Tudor Revival	1986	1978
Samuel J. Hewson House		2008 Pillsbury Avenue	1905	Colonial Revival	2011	N/A
William H. Hinkle House		619–621 South 10th Street	1886–7		1998	1984
Hollywood Theater		2815 Johnson Street N.E.	1935	Art Deco	1990	2014
Hosmer Library		347 East 36th Street	1916	Tudor Revival	1997	1990
I.O.O.F Hennepin Lodge No. 4		404 West Broadway	1897		2016	N/A
Harry W. Jones House		5101 Nicollet Avenue South	1887	Shingle; Norman Chateau	1986	1976
Joyce Memorial Methodist Church		1219 West 31st Street	1907	California Mission Revival	2020	N/A
V.M.S. Kaufmann House		20 Park Lane	1935–36	International	1987	N/A
Kenwood Water Tower		1724 Kenwood Parkway	1910	Gothic Revival	1980	N/A
Keyes House		2225 East Lake of the Isles Parkway	1904	Craftsman/Queen Anne transitional	1998	N/A
Kinnard-Haines Press Company		826 44th Avenue North	1902	Commercial Utilitarian	1995	N/A
Henry E. Ladd House		131 Oak Grove Street		Richardsonian Romanesque	2011	N/A
Lake Harriet Park Picnic Pavilion, and Women's and Men's Rest Buildings		4525 Upton Avenue South	1891 (Rest Buildings), 1904 (Picnic Pavilion)	Shingle/Bavarian	1980	N/A
Lakewood Memorial Chapel		3600 Hennepin Avenue		Byzantine	1984	1983
		2925 Cedar Avenue	1853		2006	2002
		4600 Columbus Avenue South	1923	Vernacular	2016	2014
		1601 Park Avenue South	1887	Queen Anne	1984	1976
P.W. Lein Duplex		444–446 Madison Street N.E.	1888	Italianate	1985	N/A
John Lind House		1775 Colfax Avenue South	1905–1907	Georgian Revival	1985	N/A
Linden Hills Library		2900 West 43rd Street	1931	Tudor Revival	1997	2000
Linden Hills Methodist and Episcopal Church		3118 West 49th Street	1907	Tudor Revival, Craftsman	1987	N/A
Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged		215 Broadway Street N.E.	1895; 1905; 1914	Romanesque Revival	1979	1978
John Lohmar House		1514 Dupont Avenue North	1898	Queen Anne	1983	1987
Frank B. Long House		25 Groveland Terrace	1894	Romanesque Revival	1984	N/A
Loring Theater		1407 Nicollet Avenue South	1920	Classical Revival	1990	N/A
Lumber Exchange Building		423–25 Hennepin Avenue	1885–90	Richardsonian Romanesque	1983	1983
Charles B. Lyon House		425 Oak Grove Street	1890	Shingle	2011	N/A
Daniel B. Lyon House		419 Oak Grove Street	1892	Neoclassical	2011	N/A
MacPhail School of Music		1128 La Salle Avenue South	1923	Gothic Revival	2001	N/A
Madison School		501 East 15th Street	1887–89		1983	N/A
Charles J. Martin House		1300 Mount Curve Avenue	1903	Renaissance Revival	1986	1978
Masonic Temple		524–30 Hennepin Avenue	1888–90	Richardsonian Romanesque	1980	1975
Maternity Hospital		300 Queen Avenue North	1909–11, 1916	Utilitarian (hospital), Elizabethan (cottage), Bungalow	1986	1980
Mayhew Rowhouses		614–626 9th Street South	1886	Richardsonian Romanesque and Queen Anne	2022 (1988 as contributing resource to Ninth Street South Historic District)	N/A
McKnight Mansion		2200 Park Avenue	1892	Richardsonian Romanesque	2016	N/A
Melrose Flats		13–23 5th Street N.E.	1890–92	Chicago Commercial	1985	N/A
Louis Menage Cottage		1808 4th Avenue South	1878	Gothic Revival	1983	N/A
Mikro Kodesh Synagogue		1000 Oliver Avenue North	1926	Exotic Revival	1998	N/A
Milwaukee Road Depot and Freight House		300 Washington Avenue South	1897–99	Renaissance Revival	1979	1978
Minneapolis Armory		500–530 6th Street South	1935–1936	PWA Moderne	2017	1985
Minneapolis Brewing and Malting Company		1220–1224 Marshall Street	1891	Richardsonian Romanesque
Minneapolis City Hall/The Municipal Building		315 4th Street South	1889–1905	Richardsonian Romanesque	1977	1974
Minnesota Spokesman Recorder Building		3744 4th Avenue South	1958	Modern	2015	N/A
Montefiore Cemetery and Chapel		4153 3rd Avenue South	1890	Richardsonian Romanesque	2000	N/A
Moorish Mansion Apartments		3028 James Avenue South	1929	Exotic Revival – Moorish Revival	1985	N/A
Elisha Morse House		2325-27 Pillsbury Avenue South	1870	Italianate	1974	1995
Henry Neils House		2801 Burnham Boulevard	1950–1951	Usonian Style	1986	2004
New Century Mill		545 Oak Street Southeast	1900	Burned and demolished in 1990	1984	1980, de-listed in 1993
George R. Newell House		1818 La Salle Avenue South	1888	Richardsonian Romanesque	1985	1977
John Nordstrom Store		2110 24th Avenue South	1883	Italianate, "Boom Town"	1983	N/A
North Branch Library		1834 Emerson Avenue North	1893/1914	Medieval Revival	1984	1977
North Side Station		2418 Washington Avenue North	1914	Vernacular Industrial with Neoclassical influences	2015	N/A
Northern Implement Company		616 3rd Street South	1910	Chicago Commercial	1977	1977
Northwestern Knitting Co. (Munsingwear)		718 Glenwood Avenue/275 Market Street	1910–1915	Classical Revival	1984	1983
Nott House		15 Groveland Terrace	1893–94	Romanesque Revival	1984	N/A
Oakland Apartments		213 9th Street South	1889	Richardsonian Romanesque	2019	N/A
Ogden Apartment Hotel		66–68 12th Street South			1992	1992
Old East Lake Library		2916 Lake Street East		Utilitarian	1997	N/A
Old Walker Library		2901 Hennepin Avenue	1911	Beaux-Arts	1997	2000
Floyd B. Olson House		1914 West 49th Street	1922	Bungalow	1986	1974
Dr. Oscar Owre House		2625 Newton Avenue South	1912	Prairie School	1983	1984
Pantages Theater		708 Hennepin Avenue	1916	Beaux-Arts (auditorium), Modern (lobby)	1997	N/A
Charles and Grace Parker House		4829 Colfax Avenue South	1913	Prairie School	1996	1992
Pierson-Wold House		1779 Emerson Avenue South	1892	Colonial Revival	2008	N/A
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church		5100 James Avenue North	Unknown (moved onsite in 1968)	Vernacular with Gothic Revival influences	2017	N/A
Prospect Park Water Tower		55 Malcolm Avenue S.E.	1914	20th Century Revivals	1984	1997
William Gray Purcell House		2328 Lake Place	1913	Prairie School		1974
Elizabeth C. Quinlan House		1711 Emerson Avenue South	1925	Italian Renaissance Revival	2010	2012
		527–529 Marquette Avenue	1929	Moderne	1994	1994
Rappaport Residence		636 Elwood Avenue North	1912	Vernacular with Colonial Revival, Prairie, and Craftsman influences	2011	N/A
Roosevelt Library		4026 28th Avenue South	1927	Tudor Revival	1997	N/A
Sears, Roebuck and Co. Mail Order Warehouse and Retail Store		2843 Elliot Avenue South	1927	Moderne	2005	2005
Second Church of Christ Scientist Tower		1115 2nd Avenue South	1930	Moderne	1986	N/A
Anne C. and Frank B. Semple House		100–04 Franklin Avenue West	1901	Renaissance Revival	2006	1998
Sharei Zedeck Synagogue		1119 Morgan Avenue North	1936	Utilitarian	1998	N/A
Shoreham Yards Roundhouse		2800 Central Avenue	1887–1919 Demolished 2019	Commercial Railroad	2000	N/A
Shubert Theater		22 7th Street North	1910	Beaux-Arts	1990	1995
H. Alden Smith House		1400–10 Harmon Place	1886	Richardsonian Romanesque	1980	1976
Lena O. Smith House		3905 5th Avenue South	1912	Classical Revival	1996	1991
John P. and Nelle Snyder Mansion		2118 Blaisdell Avenue	1913		2016^[5]	N/A
Soo Line Building		105 5th Street South	1914–15	Renaissance Revival	1996	N/A
St. James AME Church		3600 Snelling Avenue	1958–1959	Vernacular with Mid-Century Modern Influences	2018	N/A
State Theater		805 Hennepin Avenue	1920–21	Renaissance Revival	1986	N/A
Stewart Memorial Church		116 East 32nd Street	1909	Prairie Style	1984	1978
Sumner Library		611 Emerson Avenue North	1915	Tudor Revival	1997	2000
Swinford Townhouses/Apartments		1213–21, 1225 Hawthorne Avenue	1886 (Townhomes)/ 1897 (Apartments)	Romanesque Revival (Townhomes)/Richardsonian Romanesque (Apartments)	1980	1990
Thomas Lowry Memorial		2330 Hennepin Avenue South	1915		2015	N/A
Town Talk Diner		2707½ East Lake Street	1946	Streamline Moderne	2013	N/A
Swan Turnblad House		2600 Park Avenue South	1903–10	French Chateau	1974	1970
Uptown Theater		2900 Hennepin Avenue	1939	Streamlined Moderne	1990	N/A
George W. Van Dusen Mansion		1900 LaSalle Avenue South	1891	Richardsonian Romanesque	1995	1995
Viehman House		2006 Laurel Avenue West	1888	Queen Anne	2012	N/A
Lyman E. Wakefield House		4700 Fremont Avenue South	1912	Prairie School	1987	N/A
Walling House		4850 West Lake Harriet Parkway	1930	Tudor Revival	1987	1983
Washburn Park Water Tower		401 Prospect Avenue	1931–1932	Medieval Revival	1980	1983
Webster–Deinard House		1729 Morgan Avenue South	1924	Tudor Revival	2014	N/A
Wesley Methodist Church		101 Grant Street East	1891	Richardsonian Romanesque	1984	1984
West Fifteenth Street Rowhouses		115–29 West 15th Street	1886		1985	N/A
White Castle #8		3252 Lyndale Avenue South	1936	Vernacular - Programmatic	1984	1986
John A. Widstrom Tenement		617–21 19th Avenue South	1886	Italianate	1985	N/A
Malcolm Willey House		255 Bedford Street S.E.	1934	Prairie School	1984	1984
Winton House		1324 Mount Curve Avenue	1910	Prairie School	1987	N/A
Theodore Wirth House		3954 Bryant Avenue South	1910	Colonial Revival	1998	2002
Woman's Club of Minneapolis		410 Oak Grove Street	1927	Renaissance Revival	1998	2022
YMCA Central Building		36 9th Street South	1917–19	Gothic Revival	1996	1995
Young-Quinlan Department Store		901–915 Nicollet Mall	1926	Chicago Commercial, Renaissance Revival details	1988	N/A

Historic Districts

National Historic Districts

• Healy Block Historic District
• Milwaukee Avenue Historic District
• Minnehaha Historic District
• St. Anthony Falls Historic District
• Stevens Square Historic District
• Washburn-Fair Oaks Historic District

Local Historic Districts

• C.A. Smith Lumber Historic District
• Church of the Incarnation Historic District
• Dinkytown Commercial Historic District
• Fifth Street Southeast Historic District
• Golden Valley Road Apartments Historic District
• Harmon Place Historic District
• Lowry Hill East Residential Historic District
• Minneapolis Warehouse Historic District
• Ninth Street South Historic District
• Tilsenbilt Homes Historic District
• University of Minnesota Greek Letter Chapter House Historic District
• Victory Memorial Drive Historic District

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota

External links

• Minneapolis Landmarks and Historic Districts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Minneapolis . City of . Landmarks and historic districts . 2023-10-10 . www2.minneapolismn.gov . en.
2. Web site: Municode Library . 2023-10-10 . library.municode.com.
3. Web site: Municode Library . 2023-10-10 . library.municode.com.
4. Web site: Minneapolis . City of . Alphabetical list . 2023-10-10 . www2.minneapolismn.gov . en.
5. https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/PriorFileDocument/-63422/WCMSP-182148.PDF