Historic Homes of Minnesota
Title | Historic Homes of Minnesota PDF eBook |
Author | Roger G. Kennedy |
Publisher | Minnesota Historical Society |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Architecture, Domestic |
ISBN | 9780873515573 |
Great Houses of Minnesota is the engaging story of the evolution of architectural styles in Minnesota from 1830 to 1914--from the influence of the early French traders along the Mississippi and St. Croix to the emergence of the school of Frank Lloyd Wright. Through photographs and colorfully informative text, internationally known historian Roger Kennedy helps readers understand the unique styles of Minnesota's first homes, including the Mower House in Arcola, the first large house on the St. Croix; Alexander Ramsey's "Mansion House" in St. Paul, influenced by Pennsylvania Dutch virtues; the whimsical Charles C. Clement house in Fergus Falls, clearly Norse in spirit; and the Purcell House in Minneapolis, a fine example of the Prairie School design. On a broad plane these architectural eras reflected social customs, politics, commerce, religion, and literature. On a personal level they often revealed the national origin and character of the families that made the house a home. In short, this is in large measure a history of the people. Kennedy has considered their heritage and traditions as carefully as he has examined the architecture they created, and he offers a fresh, wholistic approach to the study of our state's great houses.
Minnesota Open House
Title | Minnesota Open House PDF eBook |
Author | Krista Finstad Hanson |
Publisher | Minnesota Historical Society |
Pages | 142 |
Release | 2009-06-25 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0873517431 |
The user-friendly guide to nearly two-hundred breathtaking historic house museums across Minnesota.
National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
Title | National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Ann Nord |
Publisher | Minnesota Historical Society Press |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2009-10-07 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0873517458 |
A county-by-county guide to Minnesota's more than 1,500 holdings on the National Register of Historic Places, the country's official list of historic properties.
St. Paul's Historic Summit Avenue
Title | St. Paul's Historic Summit Avenue PDF eBook |
Author | Ernest Robert Sandeen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 110 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780816644094 |
Well known as the most prestigious and beautiful street in the Twin Cities, Summit Avenue runs past the opulent mansion of railroad tycoon James J. Hill, an early home of F. Scott Fitzgerald, and several residences designed by renowned architect Cass Gilbert. In its heyday the four-and-one-half-mile-long boulevard included 13 churches, 9 schools, and 440 residences, 373 of which survive. St. Paul's Historic Summit Avenue highlights the fascinating story of this boulevard, from its pre-Civil War origins, when the area was still considered wilderness, to its fashionable height at the turn of the century. Ernest R. Sandeen discusses the preservation of Summit Avenue and takes readers on a walking tour of the first and grandest mile of the street, beginning with the Cathedral of St. Paul. A second walking tour gives the reader Fitzgerald's Summit Avenue, including excerpts from his notebooks and stories describing the area. The book concludes with an index of Summit Avenue houses built through the 1970s. Before his death in 1982, Ernest R. Sandeen was the James Wallace Professor of History and codirector of the Living Historical Museum at Macalester College. He served as a member of St. Paul's Historic Preservation Commission and as a partner in Lanegran, Richter, and Sandeen, an architectural preservation, design, and land-use firm.
Legendary Homes of the Minneapolis Lakes
Title | Legendary Homes of the Minneapolis Lakes PDF eBook |
Author | Bette Jones Hammel |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780873518635 |
An architectural tour of some of the finest homes in Minnesota situated around Minneapolis's famed Chain of Lakes.
Historic Buildings in Minnesota
Title | Historic Buildings in Minnesota PDF eBook |
Author | Jo Lutz Rollins |
Publisher | |
Pages | 30 |
Release | 1949 |
Genre | Historic buildings |
ISBN |
Minnesota Houses
Title | Minnesota Houses PDF eBook |
Author | Roger G. Kennedy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Architecture, Domestic |
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