Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged (Minneapolis, Minnesota) explained

Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged
Location:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coordinates:44.9989°N -93.2653°W
Built:1895
Architect:Frederick Corser
Kees & Colburn
Added:September 21, 1978
Refnum:78001540

The Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged is a building in northeast Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, built by a charitable organization, the Little Sisters of the Poor. They came to Minneapolis in 1889 to build a home for the aged. Architect Frederick Corser designed the first part of the building in 1895, consisting of a -story building with an attached chapel. Corser's design was based more on its scale and proportion than on its ornamentation.[1]

The home needed more space, so in 1905 Corser designed an east wing of the structure, following the original design principles. In 1914 still more space was added in a west wing, this time designed by Frederick Kees and Serenus Colburn, but following the same design. The Sisters and their patients later moved in 1977 to a new building in Saint Paul. The old building, on Broadway Street Northeast between Second and Third Avenues, was renovated into a 71-unit apartment complex.[1] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged. Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission. February 2007. 2008-06-05.