Lowry Hill, Minneapolis Explained

Official Name:Lowry Hill
Motto:In Omnibus Caritas
Settlement Type:Neighborhood
Mapsize:200px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Type3:City
Subdivision Type4:Community
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Name1:Minnesota
Subdivision Name2:Hennepin
Subdivision Name3:Minneapolis
Subdivision Name4:Calhoun-Isles
Seat Type:City Council Ward
Seat:7
Leader Title:Council Member
Leader Name:Katie Cashman
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:1846
Unit Pref:US
Area Total Sq Mi:0.622
Area Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:3,877
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Population Footnotes:[2]
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:55403, 55405
Area Code:612

Lowry Hill is a neighborhood within the Calhoun-Isles community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The neighborhood is regarded as being one of the city’s most upscale and wealthy neighborhoods.[3] It was historically the home of Minneapolis’s most prominent milling and lumber families.[4]

Although secluded by trees and parkways up on the hill, its boundaries are Interstate 394 to the north, Interstate 94 to the east, Hennepin Avenue to the southeast, West 22nd Street to the south, Lake of the Isles Parkway to the southwest, and Logan Avenue South and Morgan Avenue South to the west. Lowry Hill is northwest of Lowry Hill East; the two neighborhoods are separated by Hennepin Avenue.

Lowry Hill is part of Ward 7, represented by council member Katie Cashman.[5]

History

The neighborhood is named for the terminal moraine on which it sits, a hill named after late nineteenth century real estate mogul and trolley tycoon Thomas Lowry. The hill was described as swampy and covered in a thick old-growth forest during Minneapolis’s early years. The hill eventually became a small farming area overlooking Minneapolis in the mid 1800s.

Many houses in Lowry Hill were built in the Victorian style before 1900. However, the Colonial, Mediterranean, English Tudor, Richardsonian Romanesque, Rambler, and Prairie style make appearances as well. A majority of those homes were constructed shortly after the neighborhood's establishment as a preferred residential area for many of the wealthiest of Minneapolis' citizens. In over 100 years, the look of Lowry Hill has remained almost unchanged, however, some of the large homes built by original owners have been converted to condominia.

References

  1. Web site: Lowry Hill neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota (MN), 55403, 55405 detailed profile . 2011 . . 2013-11-12.
  2. Web site: Lowry Hill neighborhood data . Minnesota Compass . 2023-02-19.
  3. Web site: Welcome to the Wedge. 2021-11-09. LHENA. en.
  4. Web site: Landscape Research LLC. Lowry Hill Neighborhood: Historical Context Study. November 8, 2021.
  5. Web site: Find My Ward . City of Minneapolis . 23 April 2024.

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