On this date in 1910, the Henry Sibley House opens to the public after a restoration by the St. Paul Chapter of the Daughter’s of the American Revolution (DAR). The house was built in 1836 overlooking the Minnesota River in Mendota. The home’s exterior was was built from limestone cut from a nearby quarry. The […]
Architecture
1820-06-13
On this date in 1820, John Harrington Stevens is born in Brompton Falls, Quebec. He was the first authorized resident on the west bank of the Mississippi River in what would become Minneapolis. Stevens, who settled in Minnesota in 1849, was a pioneer farmer, merchant, editor and legislator. In 1850 he built a home near […]
1886-08-23
On this date in 1886, a grand opening celebration is held for the Industrial Exposition Building in Minneapolis and its first exposition. Local dignitaries such as Senator Cushman K. Davis and Archbishop John Ireland spoke at the dedication. A congratulatory telegram sent by President Grover Cleveland is read publicly. The exposition lasts until October 2. […]
1859-06-03
On this date in 1859, logs driven by floodwaters wash out the the Upper Bridge (at Plymouth Avenue) and the Lower Bridge (near the present day Stone Arch Bridge) in Minneapolis. The bridges were the second and third bridges built over the Mississippi in Minneapolis only two years prior in 1857. The first bridge, at […]
1909-06-01
On this date in 1909, the Ard Godfrey house is given to the city of Minneapolis. The home, built in 1849, was the first wood frame house built in St. Anthony (now Minneapolis). Godfrey came to Minnesota in 1847 to supervise the construction of the first commercial dam and lumber mill at St. Anthony Falls. […]
