| 2730 W. Lake St.<br/><small>{{coord|44|57|10.44|N|93|18|38.44|W|name=Calhoun Beach Club}}</small>
| 2730 W. Lake St.<br/><small>{{coord|44|57|10.44|N|93|18|38.44|W|name=Calhoun Beach Club}}</small>
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| Lakeside beach club combining residences, entertainment, and recreational facilities in one building; once served as a hotel, radio, and TV studios<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mnhs.org/about/publications/planner/Fall2006.pdf|title=Minnesota Preservation Planner: Fall 2006|publisher=[[Minnesota Historical Society]]|accessdate=2008-03-05}}</ref><ref name="tc">{{cite web|url=http://guides.travelchannel.com/minneapolis/business-travel/personal-business/public-access-sports-grounds/282922.html|title = Travel Channel Destination Guides: Minneapolis-St. Paul|accessdate=2008-03-05}}</ref>
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! {{NRHP color}} | <small>15</small>
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>15</small>
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| Franklin Ave. and Mississippi River<br/><small>{{coord|44|57|53.06|N|93|13|16.09|W|name=Cappelen Memorial Bridge}}</small>
| Franklin Ave. and Mississippi River<br/><small>{{coord|44|57|53.06|N|93|13|16.09|W|name=Cappelen Memorial Bridge}}</small>
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| Elegant concrete arch bridge spanning the Mississippi River and final work of Minneapolis city engineer Frederick William Cappelen<ref name="Millett"/>
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! {{NRHP color}} | <small>16</small>
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>16</small>
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| 2617 W. 40th St.<br/><small>{{coord|44|55|49.46|N|93|18|49.55|W|name=Chadwick, Loren L., Cottages}}</small>
| 2617 W. 40th St.<br/><small>{{coord|44|55|49.46|N|93|18|49.55|W|name=Chadwick, Loren L., Cottages}}</small>
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| Two small cottages built as part of a planned development of cottages between [[Lake Calhoun]] and [[Lake Harriet]]<ref name="Millett"/>
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! {{NRHP color}} | <small>20</small>
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| 3244 34th Ave. S<br/><small>{{coord|44|56|37.54|N|93|13|23.55|W|name=Christ Church Lutheran}}</small>
| 3244 34th Ave. S<br/><small>{{coord|44|56|37.54|N|93|13|23.55|W|name=Christ Church Lutheran}}</small>
| 1700 S. 3rd Ave.<br/><small>{{coord|44|57|58.49|N|93|16|23.26|W|name=Coe, Amos B., House}}</small>
| 1700 S. 3rd Ave.<br/><small>{{coord|44|57|58.49|N|93|16|23.26|W|name=Coe, Amos B., House}}</small>
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| [[Queen Anne Style architecture#Eastlake Style|Eastlake Style]] brick house built for a Minneapolis real estate dealer<ref name="Millett"/>
| <!-- Description goes here -->
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! {{NRHP color}} | <small>27</small>
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>27</small>
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| 42nd St., W. and Queen Ave., S.<br/><small>{{coord|44|55|58.91|N|93|18|29.53|W|name=Como-Harriet Streetcar Line and Trolley}}</small>
| 42nd St., W. and Queen Ave., S.<br/><small>{{coord|44|55|58.91|N|93|18|29.53|W|name=Como-Harriet Streetcar Line and Trolley}}</small>
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| Preserved segment of a streetcar line that operated between 1880 and 1954, now operated by the Minnesota Transportation Museum<ref name="Millett"/>
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! {{HD color}} | <small>28</small>
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| 2916 E. Lake St.<br/><small>{{coord|44|56|55.65|N|93|13|43.7|W|name=East Lake Branch Library}}</small>
| 2916 E. Lake St.<br/><small>{{coord|44|56|55.65|N|93|13|43.7|W|name=East Lake Branch Library}}</small>
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| Former Minneapolis branch library with hints of Tudor Revival styling<ref name="Millett"/>
| <!-- Description goes here -->
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! {{NRHP color}} | <small>33</small>
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>33</small>
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| 88 S. 6th St.<br/><small>{{coord|44|58|39.35|N|93|16|11.59|W|name=Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank}}</small>
| 88 S. 6th St.<br/><small>{{coord|44|58|39.35|N|93|16|11.59|W|name=Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank}}</small>
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| [[Streamline Moderne|Moderne]]-style bank building with sculptures of a farmer and a mechanic; now converted to a hotel<ref name="Millett"/>
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! {{NRHP color}} | <small>37</small>
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| 2001 University Ave., SE<br/><small>{{coord|44|58|34.51|N|93|13|34.51|W|name=Fire Station No. 19}}</small>
| 2001 University Ave., SE<br/><small>{{coord|44|58|34.51|N|93|13|34.51|W|name=Fire Station No. 19}}</small>
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| [[Queen Anne Style architecture|Queen Anne Style]] firehouse built in 1893; birthplace of kittenball, forerunner of modern softball<ref name="Nord"/>
| <!-- Description goes here -->
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! {{NRHP color}} | <small>38</small>
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| 614-620 E. Fifteenth St.<br/><small>{{coord|44|58|6|N|93|15|57.74|W|name=First Church of Christ Scientist}}</small>
| 614-620 E. Fifteenth St.<br/><small>{{coord|44|58|6|N|93|15|57.74|W|name=First Church of Christ Scientist}}</small>
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts style]] church building; first Christian Science church in the Upper Midwest<ref name="Nord"/>
Father Louis Hennepin was the first European explorer to visit and name Saint Anthony Falls, the tallest waterfall on the Mississippi River, in 1680. While the falls were familiar to the Ojibwe and Sioux Indians who lived in the area, Father Hennepin spread word of the falls when he returned to France in 1683. The land east of the Mississippi came under England's control in 1763, and then became American territory after the American Revolutionary War in 1783. After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the western side of the falls became American territory as well.[1]
Zebulon Pike explored the Mississippi River in 1805 and made a treaty with the Sioux to acquire land on either side of the Mississippi River from its confluence with the Minnesota River to Saint Anthony Falls. The United States did not do much to occupy the land until 1819, when Lieutenant Colonel Henry Leavenworth was ordered to establish a military post in the area. The following year, Colonel Josiah Snelling established a permanent fort at a blufftop site overlooking Pike Island and the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers. The fort, first named Fort Saint Anthony and later Fort Snelling, became an island of civilization in the wilderness.[1]
In 1837, Franklin Steele established a claim for the land on the east side of Saint Anthony Falls. Within the next ten years, he established a sawmill at the falls, and lumbermen from the north began cutting trees and sending them to Steele's sawmill. In 1849, Steele subdivided his property and filed a plat for the town of Saint Anthony. Sawmilling and early flour milling attempts proved successful, and by 1855 the fledgling town of Saint Anthony had more than three thousand residents.[1] The west side of the river was part of the Fort Snelling military reservation until it was released for development in 1854. In 1849, John H. Stevens obtained 160 acres of land on the west side of the falls in exchange for maintaining a ferry at the falls. Hennepin County was established in 1852, and the settlement on the west side of the river was given the name Minneapolis, as coined by Charles Hoag. The two towns prospered as a result of industries and businesses based around the falls, but business was better on the west side of the falls. Minneapolis incorporated as a city in 1867, and three years later it merged with the village of Saint Anthony.[1]
Eventually, flour mills overtook sawmills as a dominant industry at the falls. In 1860, flour production stood at 30,000 barrels; it reached 256,100 barrels in 1869. By 1874, Charles A. Pillsbury and Company owned five mills at the falls, and in 1879, Washburn-Crosby Company (now General Mills) owned four mills. The former Washburn "A" Mill building on the west side of the falls exploded on May 2, 1878, but its owners quickly rebuilt the west side district, including a new, larger Washburn "A" Mill. Meanwhile, in 1880, Pillsbury began building the huge Pillsbury "A" Mill on the east side of the falls. It had a capacity of 4,000 barrels per day when it first opened.[2] Improvements in milling technology made it possible to grind the tougher spring wheat into a finer product, producing Minnesota "patent" flour, the finest bread flour in the world at that time. By 1900, Minneapolis was grinding 14.1 percent of the world's grain.[3]
A significant number of Registered Historic Places in Hennepin County are a result of the establishment of Fort Snelling, the development of water power at Saint Anthony Falls, and the thriving city of Minneapolis that grew up around the falls. Many historic sites outside Minneapolis city limits are associated with pioneers who established missions, farms, and schools in areas that are now suburbs in a major metropolitan area.
House built by George F. Ames and Joel Florida, the founders of Rockford, in 1856. They produced all the structural materials on site and built their own furniture.[6]
Lakeside beach club combining residences, entertainment, and recreational facilities in one building; once served as a hotel, radio, and TV studios[10][11]
Grade-separated railroad corridor mandated by the City of Minneapolis to route the Milwaukee Road railroad tracks below street level and eliminate grade crossings[14]
First American fort in modern Minnesota, spurring the development of the Northwest region; also marked the transition of the United States Army from a small frontier force into a major army[15],[16]
Largest mill of the Washburn Crosby Company, a forerunner of General Mills; represents the growth and transformation of flour milling into a mass-production industry[15]
^Anfinson, John O. (2003). "Spiritual Power to Industrial Might: 12,000 Years at St. Anthony Falls". Minnesota History. 58 (5): 252–269. ISSN0026-5497. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
^Danbom, David B. (2003). "Flour Power: The Significance of Flour Milling at the Falls". Minnesota History. 58 (5): 271–285. ISSN0026-5497. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
^ ab"Fort Snelling". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-10-03. Cite error: The named reference "nhlsum" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ abcMarilynn Larew (March 15, 1978), Template:PDFlink, National Park Service Cite error: The named reference "nrhpinv" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
