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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SRO_pillsbury-a-mill_Minneapolis-MN.html
Has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
Under the provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating or illustrating
the History of the United States
U.S. De…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYGK_the-church-of-our-lady-of-lourdes_Minneapolis-MN.html
Near this spot in 1630 Father Louis Hennepin first sighted and named the Falls of Saint Anthony.
This is the oldest standing church in the city of Minneapolis. The front rectangular nave, built of native limestone, was opened by the First Unive…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXW9_symbols-on-the-skyline_Minneapolis-MN.html
Several structures have dominated the crest of the hill above this spot. The first was a luxury hotel named the Winslow House, built in 1857 by James M. Winslow while St. Anthony was still a favorite resort and health spa. Its style of architectur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSOE_the-whirlpool_Minneapolis-MN.html
"The falls are going out!" cried the alarmed citizens of St. Anthony on October 5, 1869. A tunnel being dug under the river bed to bring waterpower to Nicollet Island had collapsed. A giant whirlpool formed below the island as the river rushed int…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSNR_eliza-winston_Minneapolis-MN.html
By 1860 St. Anthony had become a favorite summer resort for wealthy southerners who traveled on steamboats up the Mississippi. Often they and their black slaves stayed at the Winslow House. One such slave was Eliza Winston. Slavery was illegal in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR8O_the-pillsbury-a-mill_Minneapolis-MN.html
The Pillsbury A Mill, built of Platteville limestone, was the world's largest flour mill when it was completed in 1881. The design by LeRoy S. Buffington is considered a classic of industrial architecture, and the interior of the mill boasted stat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPB1_richard-chute-square_Minneapolis-MN.html
The University of Minnesota's first building, a preparatory school, was located on this site from 1851 until the University moved to its present location in 1855.
When the city of Minneapolis acquired the land for a park in 1903, it was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP9P_the-ard-godfrey-house_Minneapolis-MN.html
Built in 1848, the Ard Godfrey House is the earliest frame house still standing in Minneapolis. An example of Greek Revival architecture, it originally occupied a site in the vicinity of Main and Second Streets Southeast.
Ard Godfrey, a millwri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDV4_pettingills-wonderful-water_Minneapolis-MN.html
A natural spring flows from the rock at the base of Hennepin Bluff below this spot. According to tradition the iron-red mud at the spring provided pigment for Native Americans. White settlers of the 1850s believed the water had medicinal qualities…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDV3_portaging-around-the-falls_Minneapolis-MN.html
For untold generations of Indian people the Mississippi River was an important canoe route. To pass around the falls, the Dakota (Sioux) and Ojibway (Chippewa) used a well-established portage trail. Starting at a landing below the site now occupie…