Lyndale and the Basilica Then and Now
You can’t tell by looking at this old photo, but the place where Hennepin and Lyndale Avenues meet was almost as big a traffic snarl in 1943 as it is today. It may have been worse. Back then Minneapolis had close to 100,000 more residents and many more shopping working and living close to [...]
The Edna S. Purcell House Then and Now
The Edna S. Purcell house was designed by William Gray Purcell & George Grant Elmslie for Purcell and his family in 1913. The house is considered on of the finest examples of work done by the local architecture firm of Purcell and Elmslie. The structure’s horizontal plane, flat roof, use of natural materials and colors [...]
The Granada on Lagoon Then and Now
The Mediterranean Revival was first introduced in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century. It became popular during the 1920s and 1930s. The style evolved from renewed interest in the Italian Renaissance architecture of palaces and seaside villas dating from the sixteenth century. The Grananda was built in 1929. For many [...]
St. Clement’s Then and Now
The Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota purchased three lots on Portland Avenue between Milton and Victoria Streets and ground was broken for St. Clement’s Memorial Church on November 5, 1894. The cornerstone was laid on April 17, 1895, and the building was consecrated on October 6, 1895. The church was built with a $25,000 gift [...]
On Lake of the Isles Boulevard Then and Now
Peavey Fountain was given to the people of Minneapolis in 1891 as a drinking fountain for horses. The monument wast rededicated as a memorial to the horses of the 151st field artillery of the Minnesota National Guard killed in action during the First World War in 1917 and 1918. [...]
