Monday, August 30th, 2010
Reader Mike recently emailed me;
I found your great house blog the other day! I’m also working on renovating a S. Minneapolis bungalow and I’ve been trying to find out the history of the house. What resources did you use to find out your house’s history?
Well, Mike, although I hardly consider ...
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Friday, February 24th, 2006
For weeks I was consumed with guilt for not writing back to Ms. J (daughter of the original owner of this house) after she so generously mailed me a lovely letter and photos from when her family built and lived in this house.
So about ten days ago I finally got ...
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Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
At a time when Minneapolis’ suburban fringe consists of cul-de-sacs connected by miles and miles of highways, it’s hard to imagine that 80 years ago our house a few dozen blocks from downtown represented the edge of suburban development.
Today’s large lots in far-flung suburbs would be unthinkable without two or ...
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Friday, January 20th, 2006
While dismantling the storage drawers and shelves in the basement workshop, I found some interesting old paper lining a couple of the drawers.
The papers date from the house’s “parsonage era” from 1952 to 1973 when it was owned by the last Norwegian-language Lutheran church in the city and occupied by ...
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Sunday, December 18th, 2005
I was cruising through Uptown the other day and noticed a couple antique shops I’d never visited. I had a couple minutes to spare, so I decided to check out their wares.
Whenever I visit a local antique dealer, I look for a cool old map of our neighborhood from ...
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