Beginning at Bridge Square Nicollet Avenue takes a southwesterly course to Grant Street and thence due south to the city limits. It is the most prominent street in the city. From 1st to 8th Street it is crowded with retail stores and in fact almost monopolizes this class of trade.
Architecturally the street is above the average. Its chief structures are the Andrus Building, Syndicate Block, Minnesota Loan and Trust Company’s building, The Glass Block, Donaldson building, Dayton Building and Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Nicollet Avenue is 80 feet wide. It is paved with granite below Washington Avenue with asphalt from Washington to 10th Street and with brick from 10th to Grant Street. From Grant Street. It is the route of the electric line to Washburn Park.
-Hudson’s Dictionary of Minneapolis and Vicinity
A Handbook for Strangers and Residents
The Hudson Publishing Company, 1909
