Set of 12 architectural drawings showing both exterior and interior features of Brainard Hall on the campus of the St. Cloud State Teachers College (St. Cloud State University) in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The drawings show the plot plan (how the building would be placed on the property), foundation, basement, and first floor, detailed floor construction, north, south, east, and front elevation views, front elevation of east and west wings, lounge and ends of building, cross sections and longitudinal views of sections of the buildings, including fireplaces, walls, and cupolas on top of wings and lounge (which includes a clock), detail views of lounge and dormitory entrance, and details of the truss.
Designed by architects Polivka and McMahon, the building was constructed and opened in the early 1940s, then used by the National Youth Administration, a branch of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In 1947, the building reopened as a men's dormitory for St. Cloud State and renamed Brainard Hall in honor of faculty member and acting president Dudley Brainard. Brainard Hall closed in 1958 and was demolished in 1960.
Set of 15 architectural drawings showing both exterior and interior features of Shoemaker Hall on the campus of the State Normal School at St. Cloud (St. Cloud State University) in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The drawings show the plot plan (how the building would be placed on the property), foundation, first, second, third floors, roof, south and west elevations, elevation of doors, lounge, and dining room, as well as details for front entrance, corner bay, porches, second floor window frames, and door frames, and plans for kitchenettes and linen and wardrobe closets. Designed by state architect Clarence H. Johnston (1859-1936), Shoemaker Hall, which was named for alum, faculty member, and president Waite Shoemaker, opened in the fall of 1915 as a women�s dormitory. In 1960, two wings were added to the south side of the 1915 building. The 1915 building was extensively remodeled in 2011.
Set of seven architectural drawings showing both exterior and interior features of Riverview on the campus of the State Normal School at St. Cloud (St. Cloud State University) in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The drawings show the front elevation (including the exterior color of the building), side elevation, cross section and longitudinal section, basement, first, second floors, attic/roof, detailed views of various parts of building including front entrance. Designed by state architect Clarence H. Johnston (1859-1936), Riverview, which opened in the fall of 1913, initially housed the campus laboratory school. In 1958, the campus laboratory school moved out of Riverview. Since then Riverview has housed classrooms and faculty offices. Riverview was extensively remodeled in 2009.
Set of 12 architectural drawings showing both exterior and interior features of Lawrence Hall on the campus of the State Normal School at St. Cloud (St. Cloud State University) in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The drawings show the north, south, east and west elevations of the building, longitudinal and transverse sections, foundation, first, second, third floors, attic and roof, and detail of the front side of the building and its main entrance. Designed by state architect Clarence H. Johnston (1859-1936), Lawrence Hall, which was named for faculty member and acting president Isabel Lawrence, opened in the fall of 1905 as a women's dormitory. The building was extensively renovated in 2003. It replaced the first Lawrence Hall, which was built in 1885 and destroyed by fire in January 1905.
Set of 37 sheets of architectural drawings accepted for the City of Duluth by Samuel F. Snively, Mayor, and John Wilson, City Engineer, Plans Accompanying Specifications of January 1929. Technical drawings with varying degrees of legibility. There is only one elevation in the set; Sheet 1. The original bridge was the Aerial Bridge constructed in 1904-1905. The bridge was modified in 1929 with a lift span and subsequently called the Aerial Lift Bridge. These plans are highly technical and were designed for the use of engineers and specialty contractors. Each drawing indicates that certain features of the structure have been revised. This set appears to represent the final revision. The Lift Bridge was designed by Harrington, Howard and Ash Consulting Engineers, Kansas City and New York. Patented in the United States from 1909-1925.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A Fourth of July, 1890 picnic gathering at home the Theodore H. Barrett house, located in Section 9, Donnelly Township, Stevens County, Minnesota. People are gathered in the front of the house, on porches, on the secnd floor balcony and on the balcony of the observation level.
Eagan Minnesota's first fire station, built in 1963 still stands on Rahn Road and was sold in 2018 after the city built a new station as a replacement.
View of Vine Street (later renamed Ottawa Avenue) Savage, Minnesota. Businesses shown include: the Savage Cafe, Razors Edge Barbershop, the Savage Post Office, Dan Patch Bowling Lanes, and Norm's Watch and Clock Repair. Del Stelling worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering Savage, Burnsville, Eagan and other areas of Dakota County, Minnesota from 1959 - 1984.
Minnesota Street (renamed 123rd Street West) Savage, Minnesota. Businesses include the Glendale Township Hall, Gopher Heating and Cooling, the Savage Barbershop, Ekstrom Television, George Allen Dodge, Savage lumber and the Municipal Liquor Store. Also visible is the downtown water tower.
Minnesota Street (renamed 123rd Street West). Businesses include the Glendale Township Hall, Gopher Heating and Cooling, the Savage Barbershop, Ekstrom Television, George Allen Dodge and Savage lumber. Also visible is the downtown water tower.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1899-09-15
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: Eleventh Street, Lot 3, Block 14 of Staples and May. Owner: Gustav Holmber, Builder: C. L. Johnson.
Larson Brothers Construction (Starbuck, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1920 - 1930
Description:
Three pages of original drawing for the Jacob "John" and George Bjokne house in Lowry. It was designed and built by Larson Brothers Construction of Starbuck. The house stands at 221 Florence Avenue in Lowry. There is a history of the ownership of the house in the book "Our Home Town, Lowry, Minnesota." The pages include: Floor plans for the basement, 1st and 2nd floor - 38 x 75 cm, front elevation 35.5 x 44 cm, and south side elevation 35 x 31 cm.
Larson Brothers Construction (Starbuck, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1925 - 1935
Description:
Original drawings for Court Building at Peters Sunset Beach Resort near Glenwood, Minnesota. The drawings are not dated or labeled, but they came from Larson Brothers Construction in Starbuck. The building was identified by Pope County Historical Society staff members. There are 4 pages, including: Front elevation 50 x 90.5 cm, 1st Floor Plan 49 x 90 cm, 2nd Floor plan 49 x 90 cm, and Basement & Foundation plan 49.5 x 90 cm.
Larson Brothers Construction (Starbuck, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1925
Description:
Blueprints for the Alfred Erickson Home designed by Larson Brothers Construction in Starbuck in 1925. There are 6 pages of blueprints. Each of them is 36 x 46 cm.
Larson Brothers Construction (Starbuck, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1928
Description:
Blueprints for Cottage at Peters Sunset Beach Resort in Glenwood, Minnesota. The finished building is known as the Annex. Drawn by Larson Brothers Construction April 21, 1928. There are two pages: One with the floorplan for the basement, first floor, and second floor. The other page has the front elevation. We have both the original drawing and a blueprint copy of both pages.
Blueprints for the Swanson Bakery Addition in Glenwood, Minnesota. The plans were drawn b W. R. Dennis Architect from Fergus Falls, Minnesota on March 23, 1927. There are two pages of blueprints and a specification booklet. The spec book is 8 pages long with a cover.
Jackson, Frank W., Architects (St. Cloud, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1939
Description:
Blueprints for the Westport Public School 1939. The school was also known as School District #63 in Pope County, Minnesota. Designed by Frank W. Jackson, Architect, St. Cloud, Minnesota, June 8, 1939. There are 12 pages in the roll showing various elevations and floor plans.
Blueprints and original drawings for the East Zion Church Norwegian Lutheran Congregation near Starbuck, Minnesota. The drawings were done by O.E. Larson in 1920 and the building was built by Larson Brothers Construction. There are 12 large sheets that include original drawings and blueprints of various elevations and details. There is also an 11 page specification book.
Blueprints for the First National Bank in Farwell, Minnesota 1921, drawn by O. E. Larson, Architect from Starbuck, Minnesota. The plans were drawn September 5, 1921 and include front, south, and rear elevations as well as a cross section, floor plan, and basement plan.
Larson Brothers Construction (Starbuck, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1928
Description:
Blueprints for the Farmers Co-op Creamery in Lowry drawn by Larson Brothers Construction September 18, 1928. This set has both the original drawings on onion skin paper and the blueprint copies.
Blueprints of Methodist Church Glenwood, Minnesota, drawn by Foss & Foss Architects of St. Cloud. There are 7 sheets of blueprints and the specification book.
Built during World War 1 as the community's first electric plant, it became the Savage Fire Hall located on Elm Street (renamed Quentin Avenue South) Savage Minnesota. It was torn down to construct a combine City Hall and Fire Station. Del Stelling worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering Savage, Burnsville, Eagan and other areas of Dakota County, Minnesota from 1959 - 1984.
Built in 1880, the Savage Minnesota Railroad Depot closed in 1970. During 1973 the Depot, (without the outhouse building), was purchased and moved to Murphy's Landing in Shakopee Minnesota. In 2005 the City of Savage Minnesota repurchased the building and returned it to Savage's Town Square, across from its original location. Del Stelling worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering Savage, Burnsville, Eagan and other areas of Dakota County, Minnesota from 1959 - 1984.
The Windmill House was built in 1927 by Willard and Sadie Sneller, south of Jens Embassy Restaurant and Bar on Interstate 35W and Embassy Road, Burnsville Minnesota. Dorothy Wolff purchased the house in 1957 and in 1965 sold the property to Ed Kraemer and Sons, a gravel and sand company, which tore it down. Del Stelling worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering Savage, Burnsville, Eagan and other areas of Dakota County, Minnesota from 1959 - 1984.
The Savage Water Tower stood near the City Hall and Fire Department on Elm Street (renamed Quentin Avenue South) Savage Minnesota. Del Stelling worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering Savage, Burnsville, Eagan and other areas of Dakota County, Minnesota from 1959 - 1984.
Built during World War 1 as the community's first electric plant, it became the Savage Fire Hall located on Elm Street (renamed Quentin Avenue South) Savage Minnesota. It was torn down to construct a combine City Hall and Fire Station. Del Stelling worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering Savage, Burnsville, Eagan and other areas of Dakota County, Minnesota from 1959 - 1984.
Built during World War I, as the community's first electric plant, it became the Savage Fire Hall located on Elm Street (renamed Quentin Avenue South) Savage Minnesota. It was torn down to construct a combine City Hall and Fire Station. Del Stelling worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering Savage, Burnsville, Eagan and other areas of Dakota County, Minnesota from 1959 - 1984.
Initially a one-room school, this became the Lebanon Minnesota (now Apple Valley Minnesota) Township Hall located at the Intersection of County Road 42 and Pilot Knob Road. The building was moved to the Dakota City Heritage Village at the Dakota County Fair Grounds, Farmington Minnesota. Del Stelling worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering Savage, Burnsville, Eagan and other areas of Dakota County, Minnesota from 1959 - 1984.
This book of one folded sheet with ten plates that provide small drawings of Duluth buildings, including offices, factories, schools, churches, and residences. Images include the Masonic Temple Opera House, the Woodbridge Building, the Incline Railway, the Lyceum Theater, the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, and homes of G.C. Hartley, A.T. Crosley, Charles D'Autremont, and E.C. Gridley.
Set of architectural drawings shows both exterior and interior features of the Nicollet Hotel in St. Peter. The hotel opened in 1873 as the Nicollet House, and was one of the finest hotels in southern Minnesota. Edward P. Bassford was the hotel's architect. The building ceased to be used as a hotel in 1974. Saved from impending demolition following the 1998 tornado in St. Peter, the building survived to become an apartment building, as well as the home of various businesses.
Birdseye view of the Stillwater Lift Bridge and the Commander Building in Stillwater, Minnesota. The Stillwater Lift Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge crossing the St. Croix River between Stillwater, Minnesota, and Houlton, Wisconsin. It first opened to traffic in 1931.
The Roscoe Hersey home at 414 South Fourth Street is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Eastlake/early Queen Anne style Roscoe Hersey House is an irregular plan 18 room structure made by machine-produced decorative woodwork. Roscoe Hersey played an important role in the early development of Stillwater's lumber and mercantile development. His house reflects the commercial success of the Hersey-Staples partnership, the strong link between the St. Croix Valley and Maine capital and personalities, and the boom years of Stillwater's lumber years. Roscoe Hersey was the eldest son of Samuel F. Hersey, Isaac Staples financial partner. Roscoe Hersey moved to Minnesota in 1867, after serving in the Civil War at the age of 26 to look after his family's business. He took charge of the Lake City branch of the Hersey, Staples and Co. In 1872 he moved to Stillwater and entered the firm of Hersey, Bean and Brown, a land, lumber, merchandise firm. In 1878 he was elected and served one term as a state senator. Hersey built the house in 1879-1880 and occupied it for seven years.
The home of Gustaf Erickson at 218 Everett Street North in Stillwater, Minnesota. Erickson, the proprietor of Erickson Furniture, was the father-in-law of the Frederick Holcombe, the photographer. Holcombe marred Elizabeth Erickson in the house.
View of 3rd Street South and Myrtle Street West in Stillwater, Minnesota. Historic Hassoy block in background; Steeple Town Commons condominium ( formerly First Presbyterian Church) in foreground. Building constructed in 1851.
Historic home at 118 Oak St. W in Stillwater, Minnesota was built between 1860 and 1872. Seth and Elizabeth Sawyer first owned the home (they're not listed on the sign), selling it to Philomena Potts. Owned by lumber merchant Samuel McClure in 1888. And then Reginald ""RA"" Kilty bought the home in the 1920s after emigrating from Ireland. He and his brother ran an oil and coal distribution business in Stillwater called JJ Kilty Company. RA's son, Richard Kilty bought the property.
The Ann Bean house is located at 319 Pine Street West in Stillwater, Minnesota. In 1879, the Stillwater Lumberman in noted ""Edward Hersey about to build on lots at Pine and Sixth."" Behind those few words are numerous associations: the construction of another opulent home for another of Stillwater's well-to-do lumber families, the possible involvement of architect George Orff in his second home for a Hersey brother, and the abundant use of large, eye-catching architectural elements. The Victorian home offers a virtual laundry list of stylistic elements: a tower, a veranda, a gable, a large chimney, and a two-story bay. While calling such an elaborate structure a ""starter home"" seems strange, Edward Hersey did indeed decide to start over with a new home, selling the house to fellow lumberman Jacob Bean in May, 1881 and building a new home at 320 Pine in 1883. In 1889, Jacob Bean was appointed to the prestigious and powerful position of surveyor general of logs, with the St. Paul Daily globe noting he was ""considerably more than half millionaire, and one of the heaviest log dealers in the Northwest. "" (February 3, 1889) As a political appointment, he held this position until 1893. Cynthia and Jacob made a permanent move to the Alhambra home in Stillwater in 1901, and the Lehmicke family became the home's long-term residents. In recognition of Ann Bean Lehmicke's long association with the house, it became known as the Ann Bean Mansion over time.
Judge Hollis R. Murdock built the original house in 1859 at 210 Laurel Street East in Stillwater, Minnesota. Also known as the Mildred Houghton Comfort home.
Ivory McKusick's small French Second Empire bluff-top home reflects McKusick's successes in lumbering and government supply contracts during the Civil War. The heavy mansard roof was the height of style during the era, and the home is on the National Register of Historic Places. The original house was built in 1866, with a prominent addition in 1872 becoming the front, or main, part of the home. Ivory was one of several McKusick brothers who established themselves in lumbering in Stillwater. The house is located at the corner of North Second Street.
The John and Mary Curtis House is located at 706 West Churchill Street, Stillwater. Constructed in 1858 by John Curtis, a stone mason from Ireland. By 1894, Charles Jackson and Claude Jackson were residents. Charles Jackson was one of the few black men in Nineteenth Century Stillwater. He was born a slave in central Georgia about 1851. After the Civil War, he followed the Union Army north, and eventually ended up in St. Paul, Minnesota. While working in a livery stable in St. Paul, he met Albert Lowell, proprietor of the Sawyer House, Stillwater's grand hotel. Lowell offered him a job, and Jackson came to Stillwater to work as a barber, first for Lowell, later on his own, and at one time, as a partner with Samuel Hadley, another black barber. His son Claude, also a barber in 1894, was also a longtime choir director at the Church of St. Michael in Stillwater.
North exterior view of the Isaac Staples Sawmill Building in Stillwater, Minnesota. Also known as the St. Croix Lumber Mills- Stillwater Manufacturing Company on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Mulvey House is located at 622 Churchill Street West in Stillwater, Minnesota. The refined, well-executed and respectfully preserved exterior of this Italianate home makes this one of the finest examples of its kind in Stillwater, Minnesota. The Mulveys owned a small, one-story house before the Civil War. Over time, other additions were made to the rear of the home. The site also includes a stone carriage house, built to house James Mulvey's horses and carriage collection.
The Brunswick Inn is located at 114 Chestnut Street East Stillwater, Minnesota. Known as the Brunswick House, this building was constructed by William C. Penny, a carpenter by trade, about 1848, the same year in which Stillwater was platted as a town and the year the territorial convention took place. In 1849 the first meeting of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) in Minnesota took place in the upstairs of the house. The Pennys sold the house in 1863 to Julius Brunswick. Brunswick, from Switzerland, worked in the mercantile trade.
The one and one-half story Ray Anderson house at 1901 North Second Street in Stillwater, Minnesota is one of a few remaining examples of a typical worker's cottage from the nineteenth century in the city.
Freight House in Stillwater, Minnesota. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Freight House and Depot is overlooking the St. Croix River on the eastern fringe of Stillwater. The freight house and depot, built in 1883, is a simple vernacular building. Exterior ornamentation consists of a series of arched doors and windows on both sides of the building. Constructed of limestone and brick the building measures 200 feet by 40 feet. The limestone foundation walls measure approximately two feet thick. The brick bearing walls are eighteen inches thick and thirty feet high. (The limestone was quarried in the nearby North Quarry.) Date of its construction is 1883. The mill construction and truss system of the building are significant as examples of .wood structural engineering. The first map of Stillwater (1848) indicates that the present site of the building was once Lake St. Croix. Therefore, the building required elaborately engineered pilings to support the tremendous weight of the limestone foundation and brick walls. One of the most interesting features of the building was its dual use - passenger and freight. The building served as a freight house and passenger depot until 1955.
View of 3rd Street South and Myrtle Street West in Stillwater, Minnesota. Historic Hassoy block in background; Steeple Town Commons condominium ( formerly First Presbyterian Church) in foreground. Building constructed in 1851.
Located at 626 4th Street North in Stillwater, Minnesota, William Sauntry's house might be considered a Queen Anne, but was constructed with the enthusiastic use of other architectural style elements, including Eastlake millwork, a mansard-roofed tower common to Italianate villas, and hints of the Gothic in the gable. The house reflects the Sauntry lumbering fortune and the range of architectural fashion during its construction in 1881-1883. Wiliam Sauntry, raised in New Brunswick, Canada, came to Stillwater in a second generation of St. Croix loggers and began a career in a partnership with Albert Tozer, gaining the trust of the Weyerhauser interests, and leasing stock in the St. Croix Boom company. He also built and managed the Nevers Dam and had interests in other lumbering companies, with his wealth eventually estimated at two million dollars.
The Rivertown Inn, also known as John and Anna O'Brien House, in Stillwater, Minnesota. John O'Brien was born in Maine in 1849. Anna was born in New York State in 1855. They were married in 1879. In 1870, when John was 21, the logging firm of the O'Brien Brothers [James and John] was formed, which later merged into the firm of Anderson [James] & O'Briens. The firm did well, and by all accounts John was a prosperous man. The house has been called the first full-fledged Queen Anne style house in Stillwater, the purest specimen of that style, relatively simple and impressive. In 1896, according to a building permit application, the Stillwater Manufacturing Company added a two-story, six-by-sixteen-foot addition on the west side of the O'Brien house, and a two-story fourteen-by-thirty-foot addition on the north side, requiring rebuilding the roof. William and Mary Bean lived in the house at 306 West Olive Street into the late 1930s, moving to Pine Street shortly before William's death in 1944. The house later became the Rivertown Inn.
This one-and-a-half-story, rectangular-shaped frame house was built on a different site circa 1900 at 451 Everett Street North in Stillwater, Minnesota. . This house is a successful example of historic preservation in Stillwater, as the dwelling was relocated instead of being demolished and the style, form, and material of the house fit in with the Sabbin's Addition neighborhood.
A postcard highlighting attractions in Fergus Falls. The center of the postcard reads ""Greetings from Fergus Falls Minn."" Surrounding that phrase are photographs of St. Luke's Hospital, the Wright Water Power dam, the main business district, the City Light Station dam, Wright Memorial Hospital, the Woolen Mill Power dam, the State Hospital, and a river.
The Kikhorn residence in Rustad, Minnesota. The home is two stories with windows in the attic and basement. A widow's walk is on top of the house, behind a chimney. There is a porch on the first floor and a balcony on the second floor.
A view of Harwood, North Dakota. Power line poles can be seen on the left hand side, a dirt road down the middle, and a row of houses on the right hand side.
A man stands in front of the Co-operative Creamery building in Vining. He stands next to two milk cans. The building has a very tall smoke stack, and stands in the middle of a field, with trees in the background.
A descriptive and photographic booklet about the Winona Free Public Library's Laird Library Building, Winona, Minnesota. The booklet includes floor plans and photographs of notable architectural features of the library.
Second edition. A selection of a few designs of attractive homes, including bungalows, semi-bungalows, houses and two- and four-unit apartment buildings. Working drawings and specifications available for each house.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
A compilation of original home designs showing actual photogrpahs of exteriors and accurate floor plans of moderately priced residences, cottages, bungalows, garages, and farm buildings.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Princess Theater program listing events the week of January 2, 1909: the southern romance "Texas" by Jane Maudlin Fieige, performed by the Neill Stock Company. Also articles on "The Wild Orochs" and "Plays and Players," and advertisements, drawings and photographs.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Second edition of Keith's Interiors Beautiful, featuring artistic interior views of American homes. Rooms include halls and stairways, living rooms, music rooms, libraries, dining rooms, bedroom, billiard rooms, porches, and more.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Twelfth edition of Sedgwick's Best House Plans. The plans are for one-story bungalows, cottages, frame cemented houses, brick houses, and other styles of houses. The designs are done by Charles Sedgwick and have been built across the United States and Canada.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1888-09-11
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, South Second Street, Lot 3 and 4, Block 3 of Churchill, Nelson and Slaughters. Owner: Fred Pennigton, Builder: Northey Brothers. Permit granted on September 11, 1888.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1888-09-17
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, Everett Street, Lot 9 and 10, Block 3 of Thompson, Parkers and Mowers. Owner: Ellen Sullivan, Builder: S. Berglund. Permit granted on September 17, 1888.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1887-04-15
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, Fourth Street. Owner: Art Sanftenberg, Builder: N. F. Fredrickson. Permit granted on April 15, 1887.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1887-04-16
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: North side, Laurell Street, Lot 21, Block 1 of Sabins. Owner: G. Evans, Builder: R. W. Phelps. Permit granted on April 16, 1887.