On this date in 1982, the Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day fire destroyed two buildings, covering an entire block of Downtown Minneapolis. The fire took 150 firefighters until the following day to put out and burned the 16-story headquarters of Northwestern National Bank and the vacant, partially demolished location formerly occupied by Donaldson’s department store.
Architecture
1859-11-24
On this date in 1859, prominent American architect Cass Gilbert is born in Zanesville Ohio. In 1868, when Cass was nine years old, his family left Ohio to join his father, Samuel, who was working as a surveyor in St. Paul, Minnesota.
1908-11-20
On this date in 1908, George W. Wentworth, one of the original organizers of the city of South St. Paul and one of its first aldermen, dies. Wentworth, who emigrated from England in the 1860s, was a horse trader at the South St. Paul livestock market.
1940-01-03
On this date in 1940, a fire broke out in the aging Marlborough Hotel in Minneapolis. The hotel, located at Third Avenue South and Fifteenth Street in Minneapolis burst into flames after a pre-dawn explosion.
1904-09-15
On this date in 1904, the historic wooden bridge over the St. Croix River in Stillwater collapses and burns. At 3:10 PM that day, the east end of the bridge was found to be on fire. The fire department responded quickly and during the fire-fighting, the hose cart ventured out to the burning span. Suddenly […]
