mid-century modern: st. paul suburban database - Larry Millett

MID-CENTURY MODERN: ST. PAUL SUBURBAN DATABASE 

(G) Building or place with an entry in the AIA Guide to the Twin Cities or in one of the four 

neighborhood guidebooks 

* Indicates where a photo or other illustration of the building may be found 

+ A building likely to be included in the book 

Italics indicate a lost building or place 

Underlining indicates groupings under which multiple buildings are listed 

KEY 

SOURCES 

AAD56, AAD62, AAD70 (American Architects Directory, 1956, 1962 or 1970) 

AAG (Thomas J. Baerwald and Karen L. Harrington, Association of American Geographers, 1986 

Twin Cities Field Trip Guide) 

AIAG (Larry Millett, AIA Guide to the Twin Cities; mentioned, but not with its own entry) 

AIAH (list of American Institute of Architects Minnesota honors awards, 1954 to 2006) 

AM (Architecture Minnesota magazine) 

AHW (Merrill E. Jarchow, Amherst H. Wilder and His Enduring Legacy to Saint Paul) 

AW (Doug Hoverson, Land of Amber Waters: The History of Brewing in Minnesota) 

BFOP (Old Town Restorations, Inc., Building the Future from Our Past: A Report on the Saint Paul 

Historic Hill District Planning Program) 

BHG (Better Homes and Gardens magazine) 

BOC (Mary Kaeding, Building on a Century: The Kraus-Anderson Story) 

BR (Karal Ann Marling, Blue Ribbon: A Social and Pictorial History of the Minnesota State Fair) 

BST (“Buildings of the University of St. Thomas,” web site) 

CAAM (Donald R. Torbert, A Century of Art and Architecture in Minnesota) 

CCDS (James M. Reardon, The Catholic Church in the Diocese of St. Paul) 

CH (website, closehomes.org) 

CHCH (Lawrence A Martin, “Thursday Night Hikes: Capitol Hill/Cathedral Hill Hike Architecture 

Notes, Part 1,” web site) 

CJ (Paul Larson, Minnesota Architect: The Life and Work of Clarence Johnston) 

CM (John Hassler and Doug Ohman, Churches of Minnesota) 

COM (Alan Lathrop, The Churches of Minnesota) 

CSP (John M. Lindley, Celebrate Saint Paul: 150 Years of History) 

CW (David Vassar Taylor with Paul Larson, Cap Wigington: An Architectural Legacy in Ice and 

Stone) 

DBA(1-9.6) (Lawrence Martin, “Thursday Night Hikes: Dayton’s Bluff Hike Architecture Notes,” 

parts 1-9.6, web site) 

DBHP (Carole Zellie, “Dayton’s Bluff Heritage Preservation District,” nomination form) 

DBSS (Paul Larson, “Dayton’s Bluff Historic Site Survey,” final report) 

DCTC (David Schreier, Dakota County in the Twentieth Century) 

DSPA (St. Paul Chapter, AIA, Downtown Saint Paul Architecture and Public Art, pamphlet) 

DT (David Anderson, ed., Downtown) 

EAQ (Everyday Art Quarterly, 22, Spring 1952) 

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EHL (“800 List: Potential Local/National Historic Sites in Minneapolis,” list prepared for 

Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission, ca. 1981, updated 2000) 

EL (Dale Mulfinger, The Architecture of Edwin Lundie) 

EMP (website, emporis.com ) 

ET (Thomas Ellerbe, The Ellerbe Tradition: Seventy Years of Architecture and Engineering) 

FBTB (Bette Jones Hammel, From Bauhaus to Bowties: HGA Celebrates 35 Years) 

FLWC (William Allin Storer, The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion) 

GA (Billie Young and David Lanegran, Grand Avenue: The Renaissance of an Urban Street) 

GAM (David Gebhard and Tom Martinson, A Guide to the Architecture of Minnesota) 

GATC (Harlan McClure, A Guide to the Architecture of the Twin Cities, booklet) 

GIA (Nicholas Westbrook, ed., A Guide to the Industrial Archeology of the Twin Cities) 

GRAF (website, carlgraffunder.wordpress.com) 

HCSC (Carole Zellie and Garneth Peterson, “St. Paul Historic Context Study, Churches, 

Synagogues and Religious Buildings: 1849-1950,” report) 

HCSD (Carole Zellie and Garneth Peterson, “St. Paul Historic Context Study, Downtown St. Paul: 

1849-1975,” report) 

HCSH (Carole Zellie and Garneth Peterson, “St. Paul Historic Context Study, Pioneer Houses: 

1854-1880,” report) 

HCSN (Carole Zellie and Garneth Peterson, “St. Paul Historic Context Study, Neighborhood 

Commercial Centers: 1874-1960,” report) 

HCSR (Carole Zellie and Garneth Peterson, “St. Paul Historic Context Study, Residential Real 

Estate Development: 1880-1950,” report) 

HCST (Carole Zellie and Garneth Peterson, “St. Paul Historic Context Study, Transportation 

Corridors, 1857-1950,” report) 

HGA (information from HGA web site) 

HGH (“Hills Gilbertson and Hayes,” project list from Nick Hayes) 

HH (House and Home magazine) 

HMCA (Gary Phelps, History of the Minnesota State Capitol Area, booklet) 

HMIM (Krista Hanson, “Hamline Midway in Motion,” map pamphlet) 

HMRB (Donald Empson, The History of the Mississippi River Boulevard in St. Paul, booklet) 

HPM (Mary Ann Nord, Historic Places in Minnesota: A Guide) 

HSS (Patricia Murphy and Susan Granger, Historic Sites Survey of St. Paul and Ramsey County) 

HSSC (Historic Sites Survey of St. Paul and Ramsey County, copy of survey form in files) 

ICP1 ((Lawrence Martin, “Thursday Night Hikes: Irvine/Cherokee Park Architecture Notes,” part 

1, web site) 

JS (James Sazevich, notes and corrections for Chapter 6 – West Seventh) 

LLC1-13 (Lawrence Martin, “Thursday Night Hikes: Linwood/Lower Crocus Hill Architecture 

Notes,” parts 1 through 13, web site) 

LMRF (Larry Millett research files, numbered 1 through 940) 

LTC (Larry Millett, Lost Twin Cities) 

MA (Alan K. Lathrop, Minnesota Architects: A Biographical Dictionary) 

ME (Hesse, Roise and Co., “Supplemental Historic Property Investigations and Evaluations for 

CCLRT Project: Midway East”) 

MHPA (Krista Hanson, “Midway Historic Public Architecture,” building list prepared for 

neighborhood guidebook) 

MHS or MHSn (Minnesota Historical Society Visual Data Base; n indicates image not available on 

line) 

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MM (Nancy A. Miller, “Minnesota Modernism: A Guide to Modern Architecture in Minnesota, 

1945-1970,” pamphlet) 

MMC (move<strong>modern</strong>.com, website) 

MPC (Minneapolis Photo Collection at Minneapolis Public Library) 

MRBB (Mary Costello, Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, vol. 2 

MSCM (Minnesota Historical Society, “Minnesota State Capitol’s Monuments,” web page) 

MSTN (Hanje Richards, Minneapolis-St. Paul Then and Now) 

NAA (records available at Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota) 

NRNF (National Register of Historic Places nomination form) 

NWA (Northwest Architect magazine) 

OHP (Eric Kudalis, ed., One Hundred Places Plus One: An Unofficial Architectural Survey of 

Favorite Minnesota Sites) 

OTWC (Larry Millett, Once There Were Castles: Lost Mansions and Estates of the Twin Cities) 

PA (Bernard Jacob and Carol Morphew, Pocket Architecture) 

PASP (Christine Podas-Larson, Public Art Saint Paul New Millennium Report) 

PCPL (Judith A. Martin and Antony Goddard, Past Choices/Present Landscapes: The Impact of 

Urban Renewal on the Twin Cities) 

PLOG (Placeography website) 

PON (Donald Empson, Portrait of a Neighborhood) 

PP (St. Paul Pioneer Press) 

RCHS (information obtained from files or other sources at the Ramsey County Historical Society) 

RCI (State Historic Preservation Office, “Ramsey County History/Architecture Inventory”) 

RP (Gudrun Nordby, Rice Park: A Walking Tour, booklet) 

RR (Sister Joan Kain, Rocky Roots: Three Geology Walking Tour of Downtown St. Paul, booklet) 

RR2 (Sister Joan Kain and Paul D. Nelson, Rocky Roots: Geology and Stone Construction in 

Downtown St. Paul, second edition) 

RRSY (Jane King Hession, Rip Rapson, Bruce N. Wright, Ralph Rapson: Sixty Years of Modern 

Design) 

SAC1 (Lawrence Martin, “Thursday Night Hikes: St. Albans/Lower Crocus Hill Architecture Notes, 

Part 1, web site) 

SAE4-5 (Lawrence Martin, “Thursday Night Hikes: Summit Avenue East Hike Architecture 

Notes,” parts 4 and 5, web site) 

SALS (Kathryn Bishop Eckert, The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region) 

SAP (David Lanegran with Judith Frost Flinn, St. Anthony Park: Portrait of a Community) 

SAS (Paul Larson, St. Paul Academy and Summit School) 

SAW1-5 (Lawrence Martin, “Thursday Night Hikes: Summit Avenue West Hike Architecture 

Notes,” parts 1 through 5, web site) 

SCWT (Author unknown, “St. Catherine’s Walking Tour Guide,” pamphlet) 

SHSA (Ernest Sandeen, St. Paul’s Historic Summit Avenue) 

SHTC (Kirk J. Besse, Show Houses: Twin Cities Style) 

SKY (Various authors, SkyscraperPage.com) 

SL (City of St. Paul, “Discover Saint Paul: Sculpture in the Loop,” pamphlet) 

SMHC (Marjorie Pearson and Charlene K. Roise, “South Minneapolis: An Historic Context,” 

report) 

SMLC (Gary J. Brueggemann and Ann Schroeder, A Century at St. Mark Lutheran Church) 

SPA (St. Paul Planning Commission, St. Paul Architecture) 

SPAH (Jeffrey A. Hess and Paul Clifford Larson, St. Paul’s Architecture: A History) 

SPD (St. Paul Dispatch) 

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SPMB (Oliver Towne (Gareth Hiebert), Saint Paul Is My Beat) 

SPO (Bonnie Richter, ed., Saint Paul Omnibus: Images of the Changing City) 

SPUI (Historic Irvine Park Association, Historic Homes of Saint Paul’s Uppertown and Irvine Park, 

booklet) 

ST (Startribune) 

STSP (Frederick Johnson and David Thofern, The Skyway Tour of Saint Paul History, pamphlet) 

SWYL (Donald Empson, The Street Where You Live: A Guide to the Street Names of St. Paul) 

TCAC (File of miscellaneous material entitled “Twin Cities Apartments and Condos”) 

TCCH (File of miscellaneous material entitled “Twin Cities Concept Houses”) 

TCHT (Triple Creek Home Tour, pamphlet – *794 LMRF) 

TCM (tc<strong>modern</strong>.com, website) 

TCPS (Dave Kenney, Twin Cities Picture Show: A Century of Moviegoing) 

TCR (File of miscellaneous material entitled “Twin Cities Restaurants”) 

TCT (John W. Diers and Aarons Isaacs, Twin Cities by Trolley: The Streetcar Era in Minneapolis 

and St. Paul) 

TCTN (Larry Millett, Twin Cities Then and Now) 

THPW (Marilyn Chiat, An Historic Afternoon in Saint Paul: A Tour of Five Historic Places of 

Worship, booklet) 

TMH (triangle<strong>modern</strong>isthouses.com, website) 

TSPE (Tour Saint Paul: East Side to Lowertown, pamphlet) 

VP (Frank Edgerton Martin, ed., Valued Places: Landscape Architecture in Minnesota) 

WCSS (Denis P. Gardner, Wood, Concrete, Steel, and Stone: Minnesota’s Historic Bridges) 

WSBT (Author unknown, “West Side Bus Tour of History,” manuscript) 

WWL (Judith A. Martin and David A. Lanegran, Where We Live: The Residential Districts of 

Minneapolis and Saint Paul) 

OTHER ABBREVIATIONS 

RCA Ramsey Country Assessor (used when referring to a building’s construction date according 

to the assessor’s records) 

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St. Paul Suburbs 

AFTON 

HOUSES AND APARTMENTS 

Father (Rev.) George R. Metcalf House, Indian Trail, Brooks Cavin, 1959, 1967 *NAA, *NWA 

(May-June 1960) (one-story house organized around small open courtyard; included small chapel) 

Richard D. Nelson House (“Windscape”), address?, John Howe, 1968, 1972-75 *NAA 

ARDEN HILLS 

CHURCHES 

+ Trinity Lutheran of Lake Johanna, 3245 New Brighton Rd., Buetow and Associates, 1962 

*NWA (Mar.-Apr. 1962) (squarish brick church with billowing, glass-sided folded roof above) 

COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE BUILDINGS 

Control Data Computer Division Headquarters, address?, ca. 1960 *NWA (Mar.-Apr. 1964) 


James Lombard House, address?, Brooks Cavin, 1959 *NAA 

+ Gerald Buetow House, 1433 Forest Ln., Gerald Buetow, 1948 *EAQ (includes plans), GATC, 

MA, *NWA (1951), PP (2-18-1951) (interesting house with movable walls and other early <strong>modern</strong>ist 

features (check story I did for PP) 

Hawkinson House, 4038 Valentine Ct., Brooks Cavin, ca. 1951 EAQ 

BAYPORT 

CHURCHES 

St. Charles Church, address?, Bettenburg, Townsend, Stolte and Comb, 1954 AAD56, *NWA 

(Jan.-Feb. 1957) 

INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS 

+ Andersen Corp. Offices, address?, Brooks Cavin, 1954 AAD56, *GATC, *NAA, NWA (Sept.-Oct. 

1954, Nov.-Dec. 1954, May-June 1955, Mar.-Apr. 1957, Jan.-Feb. 1965) (one-story brick building with 

glass-domed inner garden) 

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COTTAGE GROVE 

THEATERS 

Cottage View Drive-In Theater, 9338 Point Douglas Rd. S., 1966-? GSHP, TCPS 


Houses, address?, 1959 *MHS (aerial view showing huge tract of new ramblers) 

DAKOTA COUNTY 


Myron Kehne House, near Hwys. 7 and 19, Myron Kehne, ca. 1950 EAQ 

DELLWOOD 


House, address?, Abbett and Griswold (Richard Vosejpka, designer), ca. 1956 *NWA (Nov.-Dec. 

1956) (brick and wood house resembling one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonians) 

Lindsey House, address?, Edwin Lundie, 1946, Colonial Revival? GATC 

EAGAN 


Valley National Bank, address?, Bergstedt Hirsch and Wahlberg, 1963 MA 

+ Blue Cross/Blue Shield Home Offices, 3535 Blue Cross Rd., Cerny Associates, 1969; addition, 

Architectural Alliance, 1975 *DCTC, GAM, *NAA 

+ UNIVAC (later Lockheed Martin) Building, 3333 Pilot Knob Rd., 1967 and later *DCTC, *MHS 

(originslly a 215-acre corprorate campus known as UNIVAC Park; two-story building completed in 167 

featured bronze-tinted glass panel set between 30-foot bronze anodized aluminum fins) 


House, 1842 Beecher Dr., ca. 1960 (long ranch house) 

Oppenheimer House, Blue Gentrian Rd. near Hwy. 55, Norman C. Nagle, 1951 *EAQ, GATC 

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Norman C. Nagle House, Blue Gentian Rd., Norman C. Nagle, ca. 1960 *NWA (May-June 1964) 

(two-story brick and wood-sided house with second-story sun screen) 

Cedar Grove housing development, near Cedar Ave. and Hwy. 13, 1959 and later *DCTC 

(development of 2,000 homes built by Emil Jandric; largest subdivision in Eagan) 

Highview Acres housing development, Highview Ave. and Pilot Knob Rd., ca. 1948 and later 

DCTC (first post-war subdivision in Eagan) 

+ McKee’s Addition housing development, off Lexington Ave. north of Lone Oak Rd., 1954 and 

later *DCTC, *MHS (homes built by K. W. McKee for employees of his trucking company) 

Country Home Heights Addition, Pilot Knob Rd. north of Lone Oak Rd., 1949 and later DCTC 

FALCON HEIGHTS 

PUBLIC BUILDINGS, UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS 

+ (G) TIES Education Center (Farmers’ Union Grain Terminal Association), 1667 Snelling Ave. 

N., Ray Gauger and Co. (with Harry Firminger), 1947, Moderne; additions, 1950s and later HSSC, MA 

(G) University of Minnesota St. Paul Campus 

Note: general location is Cleveland Ave. N. and Buford Ave. 

FarmHouse Fraternity, address?, HGA, ca. 1963 *NWA (Sept.-Oct. 1963) (de Stijl-like 

interiors) 

St. Paul Student Center, 2017 Buford Ave., Magney Tusler and Setter, 1959; later additions 

MM 

Cleveland Chiller Plant (chilled water facility), 1518 Cleveland Ave. N., Clarence H. Johnston 

Jr., 1939, Moderne; renovated, ca. 2005 AM (Nov.-Dec. 2006) (brick building with carving of 

entwined snakes above entrance) 

Green Hall, 1530 Cleveland Ave. N., Clarence H. Johnston, Jr.?, 1938, Moderne; addition, ca. 

1980s? 

Thatcher Hall (extant?), 2024 Commonwealth Ave., Clarence H. Johnston, Jr., 1939, PWA 

Moderne GAM, HSSC 

Food Science and Nutrition Building, 1334 Eckles Ave., Ellerbe Associates, 1956 MM 

Hodson Hall (Entomology, Fisheries and Wildlife Building), 1980 Folwell Ave., Setter Leach 

and Lindstrom, 1969 GAM, MA, MM (large brick building somewhat in the style of Louis Kahn) 

U.S. Forest Service North Central Research Station, 1992 Folwell Ave., ca. 1960s? (orange 

brick building with laminated wooden canopies sheltering front and rear entrances) 

Kaufert Laboratory (of Forest Science and Wood Products), 2004 Folwell Ave., Magney 

Tusler Setter Leach and Lindstrom, 1961, 1964 GAM 

Biological Sciences Center, 1445 Gortner Ave., Setter Leach and Lindstrom, 1973 GAM 

(G) Hayes Hall (Agronomy Building), 1509 Gortner Ave., Clarence H. Johnston, Jr., 1941, 

Moderne HSSC (mentioned under Stakman Hall below) 

(G) Stakman Hall Plant Disease Clinic, 1519 Gortner Ave., Clarence H. Johnston, Jr., 1941, 

Moderne GAM, HSSC 

Crops Research, 1903 Hendon Ave., HGA, 1958 FBTB 

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*NAA 

(G) Minnesota State Fairgrounds 

Note: general location is north and west of Como and Snelling Aves. 

4-H Building, Wright Ave. and Cosgrove St., Kindy Wright, 1940, Moderne BR 

(G) Agriculture-Horticulture Building, Judson Ave. and Underwood St., Kindy Wright, 1947, 

Moderne BR, HSSC, MA, SWYL – (G) Old Main, James Brodie, 1885-1944 (burned), Classical 

Revival? BR, HSSC 

(G) Lee and Rose Warner Coliseum (Hippodrome), Judson Ave. and Clough St., Kindy 

Wright?, 1952, Moderne BR, HSSC, MA, SWYL (MA dates building to 1947) 

CHURCHES 

Falcon Heights Congregational Church, address?, year?; addition, Thorshov and Cerny, 1958 


House , 1856 Asbury St., 1940 (one-story, white stucco Moderne house with large, curving front 

bay) TCM 

+ (G) Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative, 1250 Fifield Ave., Magney Tusler and Setter, 1958 

and later MM, SAP 

+ University Grove 

Dorothy and Harry Kelley House, 1564 Burton St., Ralph Rapson and Associates, 1957 

(possibly 1959) GAM, HSSC, NAA, RRSY, *TMH (box-like house among the first by Rapson in 

University Grove; has yellow, red and blue accents around windows; other general sources on 

University Grove include GATC, MM, OHP, SPAH, VP) 

William Parham House, 1571 Burton St., McClure and Kerr, 1955; addition, Carlon? 

Carlberg, 1966 GAM, *NAA 

Nixon House, 1578 Burton St., Elizabeth and Winston Close, 1957 *CH, GAM, NAA 

George Blake House, 1579 Burton St., Francis K. Kerr, 1956 GAM, *NAA 

+ John Wolf House, 1586 Burton St., Elizabeth and Winston Close, 1959 AAD62, *CH, NAA 

(dramatric two-story-high living room) 

Howard Morris House, 1587 Burton St., Francis K. Kerr, 1956 GAM, *NAA 

Roy L. Jones House, 2202 Burton St., Close Asscoiates, 1953 *CH 

S. M. Burke House, 1566 Coffman St., 1961-62 NAA 

House, 2190? Coffman St., Elizabeth and Winston Close, 1957 GAM 

Al Raygor House, address? Folwell Ave., Progressive Design Associates, 1968 NAA 

John Stecklein House, address?, Folwell Ave., Progressive Design Associates, 1970 NAA 

House, 2059 Folwell Ave., Joseph Michels, 1969 GAM 

N. A. Glaskowsky Jr. House, 2098 Folwell Ave., Progressive Design Associates, 1966 NAA 

Richard Kain House, 2105 Folwell Ave., Michael McGuire, 1968-69 GAM, NAA 

Y. C. Tang House, 2108 Folwell Ave., Myers Anonsen and ?, 1967 NAA 

(G) Robert and Betty Ellis House, 2111 Folwell Ave., James Stageberg, 1968 NAA (one-story 

house faced in vertical cypress boards; has low, drum-like tower with small windows rising 

above central section of house that supposedly was designed to accommodate grand piano) 

Arthur Page House, 2115 Folwell Ave., Michael McGuire, 1970 GAM, NAA 

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Ira and Iris Gourley House, 2118 Folwell Ave., Ralph Rapson and Associates, 1966 GAM, 

HSSC, NAA, RRSY, *TMH ( angular two-story house with shed roofs) 

House, 2121 Folwell Ave., Progressive Design Associates, 1968 GAM 

Joseph Olson House, 2124 Folwell Ave., Elizabeth and Winston Close, 1965 *CH, GAM, NAA 

Marcel Richter House, 2132 Folwell Ave., Cecil Griffith, 1967 GAM, NAA 


+ Paul and Veryl Cashman (later Morrell) House, 2140 Folwell Ave., Ralph Rapson, 1962 

GAM, HSSC, RRSY, *TMH (U-shaped box) 

Homer Mason House, 2143 Folwell Ave., Joseph Michels, 1971 NAA 

Gordon Davis House, 2148 Folwell Ave., Tom Van Housen (possibly Progressive Design 

Associates), 1963 GAM, NAA 


L. M. Henderson House, 2154 Folwell Ave., Progressive Design Associates, 1964 GAM, NAA 

(G) Albert Hood House, 2160 Folwell Ave., Ralph Rapson and Associates, 1964 GAM, HSS?, 

NAA, RRSY, *TMH (Hood built a copy of the house when he moved to Iowa in 1966) 

Allen Solem House, 2170 Folwell Ave., Elizabeth and Winston Close, 1967 (possibly 1963) 

*CH, GAM 


House, 2176 Folwell Ave., Graffunder Associates, 1967 GAM 

(G) Joseph and Elaine Livermore House, 2179 Folwell Ave., Ralph Rapson and Associates, 

1969 HSSC, NAA, RRSY, *TMH (angular house with shed-roofed volumes arranged around 

narrow courtyards) 

Samuel Kirkwood House, 2189 Folwell Ave., Fasth, Hillstrom and ?, 1957 GAM, NAA (NAA 

also lists this as possible address of George Mather House, McClure and Kerr, 1954; NAA also 

lists it as possible address of D. W. Watson House, Norman C. Nagle, 1953; GAM lists this as a 

house designed in 1954 by Elving Horty and Associates) 

(G) James and Geraldine Jenkins House, 2190 Folwell Ave., Elizabeth and Winston Close, 

1957; addition, Close Associates (Gar Hargens), ca. 2002 *CH, NAA ( addition based in part on 

LeCorbusier’s modular system) 

+ (G) William G. and Frances Shepard House, 2197 Folwell Ave, Ralph Rapson and 

Associates, 1957 GAM, HSSC, NAA, *NWA (Sept.-Oct. 1958, Jan.-Feb. 1960), RRSY, *SPAH, 

*TMH (Rapson’s first house in University Grove; has paneled look with flat roof) 

Robert L. Jones House, 2202 Folwell, Close Associates, 1953, 1957 NAA 

Walter Heller House, 2203 Folwell Ave., Close Associates, 1954, 1958 *CH, GAM, NAA, 

*NWA (May-June 1956), *SPAH 

Berdie House, 2208 Folwell Ave., Graffunder and Nagle (Carl Graffunder), 1954 GAM, NAA 

E. H. Rinke House, 2211 Folwell Ave., Norman Nagle?, 1954 NAA (NAA also lists this as 

address of Fred Lukerman House, Richard Gilyard, 1966) 

R. E. Summers House, 2216 Folwell Ave., McClure and Kerr, 1949-50 EAQ, GAM, NAA 

Wallace White House, 2217 Folwell Ave., Armstrong and Schlichting, 1954 NAA 

Edwin Menze House, 2222 Folwell Ave., Brooks Cavin, 1954 NAA 

William Cochrane House, 2225 Folwell St., Close Associates, 1956; addition, Close 

Associates, 1959 GAM, NAA (multi-level house with low gabled roof and large windows) 

House, 2231 Folwell Ave., Robertson Jones and Cerny, 1941, style? GAM 

Harold Macy House, 2243 Folwell Ave., Rollin Chapin, ca. 1940?, style? NAA 

Elio Monachesi House, 2249 Folwell Ave., Jones and Cerny, 1940, style? NAA 

House, 2261 Folwell Ave., H. H. Livingston, 1940, style? GAM (this could be same as house 

below) 

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Gaylord Anderson House, 2262 Folwell Ave., H. H. Livingston, 1940, style? NAA 

William Middlebrook House, 2285 Folwell Ave., William M. Ingemann, 1929-30, style? NAA, 

GAM 

Ivan and Veronica Frantz House, 2286 Folwell Ave., Elizabeth and Winston Close, 1955 *CH, 

GAM, NAA 

Charles Koepke (later C. Frederick Koelsch) House, 2303 Folwell Ave., 1931, style?; 

addition?, Nichols Co., 1950 NAA 

+ (G) Tracy Tyler House, 1564 Fulham St., Close and Scheu, 1939 *CH, GAM, NAA, *SPAH 

(squarish two-story wood-clad house with corner windows and tuck-under garage; may have 

been remodeled; first house by Closes in University Grove) 

(G) Philip and Marian Raup House, 1572 Fulham St., Elizabeth and Winston Close, 1954 

*CH, DOCO, GAM, NAA, *NWA (May-June 1955) (wood- and stucco-clad house with side 

entrance, canopy over front windows and tuck-under garage, all very nicely done) 

E. P. Pfleider House, 1580 Fulham St., Armstrong and Schlichting, 1950 GAM, NAA 

+ (G) Elizabeth and Winston Close House, 1588 Fulham St., Close Associates, 1953 *CH, 

GAM, NAA 

Joseph Larner House, 2099 Hoyt Ave. W., Bergstedt and Hirsch?, 1965 NAA 

E. M. Sparrow House, 2105 Hoyt Ave. W., Progressive Design Associates, 1971 NAA 

Richard Ebert House, 2111 Hoyt Ave. W., McGuire Architects (Michael McGuire), 1967 (neo- 

Wrightian design with broad overhanging eaves) GAM, NAA 

Colin Markland House, 2117 Hoyt Ave.W. , Cecil T. Griffith, 1965 GAM, NAA 

House, 2123 Hoyt Ave. W., Joseph Michels, 1964 GAM 

Luther Pickrel House, 2129 Hoyt Ave.W. , Setter Leach and Lindstrom, 1964 NAA 

Harold James House, 2135 Hoyt Ave., 1962 NAA 

Daniel Bryan House, 2141 Hoyt Ave. W., Myers and Aronsen, 1962 NAA 

+ Patarasp Sethna House, 2147 Hoyt Ave. W., Ralph Rapson, 1967 NAA, RRSY, *TMH ( 

typically energetic Rapson house; bold yellow circle painted on garage door) 

Jeanne Lupton House, 2153 Hoyt Ave. W. , HGA, 1964 GAM, NAA 

Heller House, 2159 Hoyt Ave. W., Elizabeth and Winston Close, 1954 NAA 

House, 2168 Hoyt Ave. W., Carl Graffunder, 1964 NAA, Clay Williams, owner, 651-690-5322 

(Williams has plans of house) 

C. T. Johnson House, 2203 Hoyt Ave. W., Larson and McLaren, 1952; addition, Larson and 

McLaren, 1965 GAM, NAA 

+ Elmer and Eleanor Andersen House, 2230 Hoyt Ave. W., Bergstedt and Hirsch (William 

Ingemann), 1951 GAM, HSS, SAP (wood-sided house with bands of clerestory windows facing 

street) 

Horace Read House, 2279 Hoyt Ave. W., Robert T. Jones (with Robert Cerny?), 1937, style? 

GAM, NAA 

William P. Martin House, 2285 Hoyt Ave. W., Elizabeth and Winston Close, 1954 *CH, NAA 

Gertrude Esteros House, 2291 Hoyt Ave. W., Graffunder and Nagle, 1960 GAM, NAA 

A. J. Kittleson House, 1569 Northrop St., A. W. Danielson, 1930, style? NAA ( NAA also gives 

this as address of Willard Thompson House, 1961 

Thomas O’Brien House, 1572 Northrop St., Elizabeth and Winston Close, 1949; addition (for 

owner named Stevenson, Elizabeth and Winston Close, 1962) *CH, EAQ, GAM, NAA 

E. J. Meehan House, 1580 Northrop St., Elizabeth and Winston Close, 1949-50 (possibly 

1951) *CH, EAQ, GAM, NAA 

Otto Domian House, 1595 Northrop St., 1957 NAA 

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Carl Nordly House, 1596 Northrop St., Jones Robertson and Cerny (Rhodes Robertson ), 

1941, style? GAM, NAA 

+ (G) Richard Elliot House, 1564 Vincent St., Robertson and Jones, 1935, Moderne GAM, 

HSS, NAA, SPAH (two-story brick house, very nicely done; elegant iron canopy over front door, 

with address of house above) 

Dr. Morris Blair House, 1582 Vincent St., Kerr-Johnson, 1958 *NAA 

L. Goodman House, 1589 Vincent St., Thorshov and Cerny, 1954 GAM, NAA ( NAA also list 

this as James S. Lombard House, Long and Thorshov?, 1951) 

Gault House, 1595 Vincent St., Ralph Rapson and Associates, 1962 GAM, RRSY, *TMH 

FARMINGTON 

PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND SCHOOLS 

Farmington Elementary School, address?, Thorshov and Cerny, 1954 *NAA, *NWA (Nov.-Dec. 

1955, July-Aug. 1956) 

1964) 

Sanford Community School, address?, S. C. Smiley and Associates, ca. 1963 *NWA (July-Aug. 

PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, CLUBS, MEDICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS 

Riverside Clinic, address?, S. C. Smiley and Associates, ca. 1963 *NWA (July-Aug. 1964) 

FOREST LAKE 

CHURCHES 

Faith (Evangelical) Lutheran Church, 886 North Shore Dr., Kenneth Walijarvi, ca. 1963 *NWA 

(May-June 1964) (Wrightian brick church with fellowship hall and school wings to either side) 

GRANT TOWNSHIP 


+ Don and Virginia Lovness Studio and Cottage, 10121 83 rd St. N., Frank Lloyd Wright, 1955 

(house), 1976 (studio, from Wright plans prepared in 1958) DOCO, *FLWC 

HASTINGS 


Dakota County Jail, address?, ca. 1961? *MHS 

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Hastings Elementary Schools, address?, Magney, Tusler and Setter, ca. 1957 *NWA (July-Aug. 

1957) (Two identical buildings) 

Hastings Junior-Senior High School, address?, 1955? *MHS 


Salve Regina Memorial Hospital, address?, Bettenburg, Townsend, Stolte and Comb, 1954 

*MHS, *NWA (July-Aug. 1962) 

Haven Homes (nursing home?), 16 th and Pine St., Ackerberg and Associates, 1966 *NAA 

+ Dentist’s office (Herman T. Fasbender Medical Clinic e?), Hwy. 55 at Pine St., Frank Lloyd 

Wright, 1959 *FLWC, *GAM, *MHS, *NWA (July-Aug. 1959) 


Pioneer Telephone Co. Building, address?, Thorshov and Cerny, 1956 *NAA 

INVER GROVE HEIGHTS 


Park shelters (2), address?, John Howe, 1974 *NAA 

Simley High School, address?, Ellerbe and Co., ca, 1960 *NWA (Mar.-Apr. 1961) (one-story brick 

school complex with pyra<strong>mid</strong>al roofs 

Inver Hills Community College, 8445 College Trail E., Bergstedt Wahlberg Bergquist and 

Rohkohl, 1970-72 *GAM 


Stephen Gulbrandson House, address?, John Howe, 1976 *NAA 

LAKE ELMO 

THEATERS 

Vali Hi Drive-In Theater, 11260 Hudson Blvd. N., 1968-? GSHP, TCPS 

LAUDERDALE 


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City (Village) Hall, 1891 Walnut St., ca. 1962 *MHS 


Northern States Power Co. Computer Center, Roselawn Ave. and Sather St., ca. 1958 *MHS 

LITTLE CANADA 


Current use? – Capitol View Junior High School, County Rd. B near Rice St.?, Magney, Tusler and 

Setter, 1959-60 *NWA (Jan.-Feb. 1959, Sept.-Oct. 1960, Mar.-Apr. 1962) (one-story school built around 

open courtyard with separate circular building for music classes) 


Hammond House, 739 County Rd. B2 E., Thorshov and Cerny, ca. 1950 EAQ 

J. C. Hammond House, Lake Gervais, Long and Thorshov, 1947 *NAA 

Richard Lange House, Lake Gervais, Cavin and Page, 1956-61 *NAA 

Hoffman House, near McMenemy St. (or Rd.), Close Associates, ca. 1950 EAQ 

MAHTOMEDI 


Mahtomedi Senior High School, address?, Cerny Associates, 1971 *NAA 


Clarence Deutsch House, address?, Ellerbe Architects, 1940, style? *NAA 

J. C. Hammond House, Lake Gervais, Thorshov and Cerny, 1947 *NAA 

House, 111 Wildwood Beach Rd., 1960 (split-level faced in brick and vertical wood siding; postand-beam 

construction) 

MAPLEWOOD 


Ramsey County Workhouse, 297 Century Ave.. S., ca. 1960? *MHS 

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Beaver Lake School, Sterling (Ave?) and Stillwater Rd., 1952 *MHS 

Aldrich Ice Arena, 1850 White Bear Ave. N., Haarstick and Lundgren, 1962 *MA 

CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS 

Trinity Baptist Church, 2220 Edgerton St., Bergstedt, Wahlberg and Wold, 1969 *MHS, *NWA 

(Mar.-Apr. 1965) (large mansard-roofed cube above one-story brick base) 

Church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1725 Kennard St., 1966 (square, angled 

red brick church with open, upthrust central tower; centralized altar with seating on three sides and 

skylight running the length of the worship space; parish founded in 1946) 

School building? (now Kenney Hall?), ca. 1948, Late Moderne 

Cross Lutheran Church, 1945 Prosperity Rd., 1957 (RCA) (brick A-frame) 

+ (G) Benedictine Center of St. Paul Monastery (St. Paul Priory), 2675 Larpenteur Ave. E., Val 

Michelson, 1965 *MHS, MM 

Beaver Lake Lutheran Church, 2280 Stillwater Ave., ca. 1960s? (brick with upthrust roof above 

main entrance) *GI 

Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 2410 Stillwater Rd., Sovik Mathre and Madsen, 1971-72 

+ School, B.S. Knowles Co., 1961, “Maximlite” Modern 


Hill High School, Larpenteur Ave. E. near Century Ave., Bergstedt Wahlberg and Bergquist (Fritz 

Rohkohl) 1959 (possibly 1962) MA, *MHS (note: angular one-story building with many wings, similar to 

Benilde and other Catholic high schools of the period) 

Archbishop Murray High School, Larpenteur Ave. E. near Century Ave.?, Haarstick and 

Lundgren, 1958 *MHS, *NWA (Sept.-Oct. 1957) (two-story building; more compact than Hill High School 

next door) 

St. Jerome Catholic School, 380 Roselawn Ave. E., R. V. McCann, 1951 *NAA 


Webster Dental, Frost Ave. near Clarence St., 1965 (two-story brick building with rather 

monumental detailing) 

Commercial building, 1347-51 Frost Ave., ca. 1950 (one-story brick building with angled corner 

and narrow bands of windows on upper part of main facade) 

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+ 3M Center, 2501 Hudson Rd., Ellerbe and Co. with Cyril P. Pesek, 1961; renovated, HGA, 2004- 

05 AAD62 *MHS, *NAA (said to be first highrise building in Twin Cities suburbs; Pesek was in-house 

architect for 3M) 

Graphic Products Laboratory, Ellerbe and Co., ca. 1956 *NWA (Sept.-Oct. 1956) 

TCPS 

GEM Membership Department Store, 2280 Maplewood Dr., 1962 *MHS 

THEATERS 

Current use of site? – Maple Leaf Drive-In Theater, Hwys. 26 and 61, 1959-1994 (razed) GSHP, 

3M Corp. park preserve – Minnehaha Drive-In Theater, Minnehaha Ave. and McKnight Rd., 

Liebenberg and Kaplan,1950-72 (razed) GSHP, *NAA, TCPS 

BARS AND RESTAURANTS 

Gulden’s Club Suburban, 2999 Hwy. 61 N., ca. 1954 *MHS 

TRANSPORTATION BUILDINGS (DEPOTS, PARKING RAMPS, GAS STATIONS, ETC.) 

Landfall Truck Center, I-94 (Hwy. 12) and Tanner’s Lake, ca. 1950s? *MHS (Pure Oil Station) 


Charles Case House, address? (said to be in Red Oaks), Hardenbergh and Humphrey, 1963 MA 

+ (G) Seaholm P. Gottfried House, 1800 East Shore Dr., 1948, Moderne (two-story house 

includes curved bay with glass block that presumably contains staircase; windows have been 

<strong>modern</strong>ized and there appears to be a front addition) HSSC 

Robert Gillis House, Hwy. 36 and Arcade St., Brooks Cavin, 1950 *NAA 

House, 1808 Kennard St. N., 1950 (RCA) (two-story Moderne box) 

MENDOTA HEIGHTS 


Mendota Heights Medical-Dental Center, address?, Cerny Associates, 1963 *NAA 

Visitation School, address?, Hills Gilbertson and Hayes, 1961 *NAA 


Butwin House, address?, Ralph Rapson, 1967 TMH 

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Paul Ross House, address?, Liebenberg and Kaplan, 1965 *NAA 

Edman House, 2 Dorset Rd., Carl Graffunder, ca. 1950 EAQ 

House, 1795 Richard Cir., 1957 (nice split-level house) 

Ralph Hagstrom House, Ridge Pl, and Wachtler Ave., Brooks Cavin, ca. 1951 or possibly 1954 

EAQ, *NAA 

1958) 

NEW BRIGHTON 


Pinewood Elementary School, address?, Max and Gerald Buetow, ca. 1958 *NWA (Sept.-Oct. 

CHURCHES 

Christ the King Lutheran Church, address?, Bergstedt Wahlberg and Wold, 1969 AAD70, MA 

First Church of Christ Scientist, address?, John Howe, 1970-72 MA, *NAA 

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 835 Second Ave. N. W., 1968 *CM (strong design with 

poweful brick walls; reminiscent of Louis Kahn’s work) 

Salem Baptist Church, 1995 Silver Lake Rd., HGA and George Klein Jr., 1966 MA 


United Theological Seminary, address?, Cerny Associates, ca. 1963 *NWA (Sept.-Oct. 1963) 

(formal grouping of low brick buildings) 


Norman Whitchurch House, address?, John Howe, 1978 *NAA 

NORTH OAKS 


Allen House, address?, Libenberg Kaplan and Glotter, 1962 *NAA 

Dr. Roger Ewert House, address?, James Stageberg, ca. 1962 *NWA (July-Aug. 1962) (glassy 

two-story house) 

William Ferguson House, address?, Brooks Cavin, 1957 *NAA 

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Garrett House, address?, Brooks Cavin, ca. 1951 EAQ 

Holper House, address?, Kerr-Johnson, 1959 *NAA 

Francis Kerr House, address?, McClure Kerr and Fuller, ca. 1960? *NAA 

Thal House, address?, Ralph Rapson with Douglas Baird, 1959 *NWA (Jan.-Feb. 1960, Sept.-Oct. 

1960), TMH 

Paul E. Waibel House, address?, John Howe, 1972-73, 1976 *NAA 

C. W. Walton House, address?, Kerr-Johnson, 1959-60 *NAA 

Robert E. Willow House, address?, John Howe, 1971 *NAA 

House, 6 Lily Pond Rd., Jack Arthur Myers, ca. 1960 (said to have “fireplace trim” from Sullivan’s 

Owatonna bank) 

NORTH ST. PAUL 


North St. Paul Elementary School, address?, E. D. Corwin, ca. 1952 *NWA (1952) 

National Guard Armory, address?, Bettenburg, Townsend, Stolte, and Comb, 1961 AAD62 

CHURCHES 

Christ Lutheran Church, 2475 17 th Ave. E., Cone and Peterson, 1963 *NAA, *NWA (Nov.-Dec. 

1964) (angular brick church with saw-toothed side walls and roof, tall stained glass front window with 

cross; quite distinctive) 


Eastgate Apartments, Seventh Ave. E., Ackerberg and Associates, 1965 AAD70 

ROSEMOUNT 

CHURCHES 

Rosemount Methodist Church, address?, Hills Gilbertson and Hayes, 1962-63 *NAA 

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ROSEVILLE 


Alexander Ramsey Junior-Senior High School, 1261 Hwy. 36, Magney, Tusler and Setter, 1954 

GATC, *NWA (July-Aug. 1957) 

Bremhall Elementary School, address?, Magney, Tusler and Setter, ca. 1957 *NWA (July-Aug. 

1957) (one-story building with vaulted clerestory in center) 

Fire Station, address?, Toltz King and Day, 1951 *NAA 

Roseville Municipal Building, address?, ca. 1950s?, Late Moderne; addition, Roger T. Johnson, 

1962 *MHS, *NAA 

U. S. Post Office Drive-In, Har-Mar Mall, ca. 1960? (possibly 1976) *MHS 

Fairview Alternative (Junior) High School, 1910 County Rd. B. W., Magney, Tusler and Setter, ca. 

1956 *NWA (July-Aug. 1956, Jul-Aug. 1957) (two-story building with large courtyard) 

Ramsey County Library, County Rd. B. and Hamline Ave., Buetow Associates, ca. 1964 *NWA 

(Mar.-Apr. 1965) 

McCarrons Lake School, 211 McCarrons Blvd. N., 1936, Moderne *MHS 

PARKS, GOLF COURSES AND OPEN SPACES 

Midland Hills Country Club, 2001 Fulham St., Bettenburg, Townsend, Stolte and Comb, ca. 1960 

*MHS, *NWA Mar.-Apr. 1961) (brick building with wavy-roofed canopy over main entrance) 

CHURCHES 

Bethany Baptist Church, address?, 1958 *MHS 

St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, address?, Cerny Associates, 1962 *NAA 

Resurrection Church, County Rd. D and Victoria St., 1964 *MHS (brick A-Frame) 

St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, 2048 Hamline Ave. N., ca. 1956 (possibly 1960s) *MHS (large 

round church faced in Kasota stone; has some similarities to St. Columba) 

Rectory, address?, ca. 1956 *MHS (brick rambler) 


Roseville (White House?) Nursing Home, address?, Kerr-Johnson, 1961 *NAA 


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Roseville State Bank, address?, Buetow Associates, ca. 1964 *NWA (Mar.-Apr. 1964) 

Spartan Store, address?, 1961 *MHS (Spartan was an early discounter) 

WTCN Radio Transmitter, address?, 1935, Moderne *MHS 

Rosedale Shopping Mall, County Rd. B2 and Snelling Ave., ca. 1965 

Donaldson’s Department Store, Larson and McLaren, 1968 *NAA 

Lexington Plaza Shopping Center, Lexington and Larpenteur Aves., ca. 1953 *MHS 

Har-Mar (Snelling Hub?) Shopping Center, 2100 Snelling Ave. N., Thorshov and Cerny, ca. 1956; 

enlarged?, Thorsen and Thorshov, 1963 MA, *MHS, *NAA – + Har-Mar Twin Theaters, Benjamin 

Gingold Jr., 1970-2006 (closed) *NAA, SHTC, TCPS ; Liebenberg and Kaplan may also have drawn plans 

for theater, according to NAA) 

HOTELS AND MOTELS 

+ Paul Bunyan Motel, 2695 Snelling Ave. N.., ca. 1950-? (razed?) *MHS (classic 1950s motel) 

THEATERS 

Current use? – + Rose Drive-In Theater, Snelling Ave. N. and W. County Rd. C (B?), Liebenberg 

and Kaplan, 1948-1979 (razed) GSHP, *MHS, *NAA, *TCPS (rear of screen featured 36 by 18-foot red and 

pink rose in neon) 

BARS AND RESTAURANTS 

+ Dairy Queen No. 1, 1720 Lexington Ave. N., builder?, ca. 1950 (small building with large 

upthrust windows; possibly oldest Dairy Queen outlet in Twin Cities) 


Bell House, address?, Ralph Rapson, 1969 TMH 

Hambidge House, address?, Close Associates, 1959 *CH, *ST (11-10-2002) (brick house with 

angular, two-story-high living room) 

Gustafson House, 2225 Acorn Rd., Thorshov and Cerny, ca. 1950 EAQ 

Arlander House, 2271 Acorn Rd., Carl Graffunder, ca. 1950 EAQ 

Bernard Hall House, Gluek Ln., Brooks Cavin, 1956 *NAA 

Houses, Belmount (Ave.?) near Hamline Ave., 1952 * MHS (ramblers and at least one two-story 

house) 

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Rank House, Lake Josephine, Close Associates, ca. 1950 EAQ (house could be in Arden Hills) 

Donald Haarstick House, 204 Minnesota Ave. W., Donald Haarstick, ca. 1951 *NWA (1951) 

ST. PAUL PARK 

CHURCHES 

St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, 920 Holley Ave., Ralph Rapson, 1969 *COM, GAM, MA 

SHOREVIEW 

CHURCHES 

Presbyterian Church of the Way, 3382 Lexington Ave. N., Freerks Sperl and Flynn, ca. 1965 

*NWA (Mar.-Apr. 1965) 

Church of St. Odilia, 3495 N. Victoria St., Kehne and Carmody, ca. 1960 *NWA (Nov.-Dec. 1960) 

(fan-shaped brick church) 

St. Odelia School, Kehne and Carmody, ca. 1963 *NWA (Jan.-Feb. 1963) 

SOUTH ST. PAUL 


Auditorium and Central School, address?, ca. 1930s?, Art Deco *MHS 

Municipal Building, address?, Bergstedt and Hirsch, 1954 AAD56, AIAH, *MHS, *NWA (Nov.- 

Dec. 1954, July-Aug. 1958) 

Water Tower – Water Tower, address?, ca. 1930s?-1960 (razed) *MHS ( unusual cylindrical 

concrete structure with arched openings near top) 

Roosevelt School, 528 Fourth Ave. S., ca. 1935, Moderne *MHS 

CHURCHES 

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, address?, Hills Gilbertson and Hayes, 1953 *NAA 

Holy Trinity School, 745 Sixth Ave. S., 1954; additions, 1957, 1963 (standard brick school of 

period) 

Luther Memorial Church, 315 15 th Ave. N., ca. 1970s; classroom wing (original church?) , 

Bergstedt and Hirsch, ca. 1955 *NWA (July-Aug. 1958) (1970s building is square brick structure with 

folded concrete wall on one side) 

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First Presbyterian Church, 525 20 th Ave. N., 1959 (simple brick building); addition, 1993 

Concordia Lutheran Church, 255 Douglas St. W., 1962 (brick) 

Fellowship hall and classroom building (first church), 1953 


Divine Redeemer Memorial Hospital, address?, S. C. Smiley and Associates, ca. 1960 *NWA 

Sept.-Oct. 1961) 


Quality Drug Store, address?, Kerr-Johnson, 1959 *NAA 

Current use? – Farmers Union Central Exchange, ca. 1000 N. Concord St., Ellerbe and Co., ca. 

1959 *NWA (Sept.-Oct. 1958, Jan.-Feb. 1959) (banded windows and multi-colored side panels). 

Current use? – Farmers Union Central Exchange, 1200 N. Concord St., ca. 1940, Moderne *MHS 


House, 2114? Burma Ln., ca. 1955 (interesting concrete-block house with brick trim) 

Yogel House, Pieper Rd., Carl Graffunder, ca. 1950 EAQ 

House, 2023? Thompson Ave., ca. 1960s 

STILLWATER 


Stillwater Junior High School? (Senior High School), 523 Marsh St. W., HGA, 1961 *NWA (May- 

June 1959) (plans called for oval-shaped library as part of project but may not have been built) 

Washington County Office Building, address?, Cerny Associates, 1967 *NAA 

COMMERCIAL AND OFFICES BUILDINGS 

Acorn Direct, 232 Main St. N., ca. 1950s (two-story brick, motel-like buildiung with short side 

toward street) 

CHURCHES 

First Presbyterian Church, 6201 Osgood Ave. N., Bergstedt Wahlberg and Wold, 1969 AAD70, 

MA (brick with complex folded roof) 

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David LaBerge House, address?, John Howe, 1961 *NAA 

Duane and Julie Paulson House, 104 Poplar St. E., ca. 1955 MMC (broad, V-shaped one-story 

brick house with much glass and fine river views) 

WASHINGTON COUNTY 


Jack Cedarleaf House, Easty County Line, Norman C. Nagle, 1951 EAQ (vertical redwood siding; 

upthrust main section with large window; lower wing to one side) 

WEST ST. PAUL 


Garlough Elementary School, Charlton St. and Marie Ave., 1958, *MHS 

National Guard Armory, S. Robert St., Bettenburg, Townsend, Stolte and Comb, 1958 *MHS, 

*NWA (Jan.-Feb. 1957) 

Henry Sibley High School (extant?), address?, Long and Thorshov, 1951 *NAA 

Oakdale School, address?, year; addition, Long and Thorshov, 1953 *NAA 

Somerset Heights Elementary School, address?, year?; addition, Long and Thorshov, 1953 *NAA 

CHURCHES 

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, address? 

St. Joseph’s Convent (chapel), Haarstick and Lundgren, ca. 1957 *NWA (Sept.-Oct. 1957) 

St. Michael’s Catholic Church and School, address?, Shifflet, Backstrom, Hutchinson and Dickey, 

ca. 1958 *NWA (May-June 1958) 

*NAA 

St. James Lutheran Church, Cherokee Ave., ca. 1930s; youth center, Thorshov and Cerny, 1955 

Salem Lutheran Church, 11 W. Bernard St., ca. 1955 (brick A-frame); education building, Long 

and Thorshov, 1961 *NAA 

Augustana Lutheran Church, 1400 S. Robert St., ca. 2005 – + Augustana Lutheran Church, on 

same site, Haarstick and Lundgren, 1959-ca. 2005 (razed) *MHS, *NWA (Sept.-Oct. 1957) ( jazzy design 

with triangular windows jutting up from roofline) 

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Signal Hills Shopping Center, S. Robert St. and Butler Ave., ca. 1955 *MHS 

Sterling Products, S. Robert St. and Thompson Ave., Kerr-Johnson, 1959-60 *NAA 

THEATERS 

Current use of site? – West Twins Theaters, 924 S. Robert St., Perry Crosier, 1939-ca. 1960s 

(closed and later demolished) Moderne SHTC, TCPS 

Current use of site? – Corral Drive-In Theater, S. Robert St. and Mendota Rd., Libenberg and 

Kaplan, 1949, 1955-1972 (razed) GSHP, *NAA, TCPS 

TRANSPORTATION BUILDINGS (DEPOTS, PARKING RAMPS, GAS STATIONS, ETC.) 

Phillips 66 Station, Dodd Rd. and Annapolis St., ca. 1930s, Art Deco *MHS (interesting station 

with stepped back tower) 

Super America Station, 1285 S. Robert St. – Super America Station, ca. 1960-ca. 1980s? (razed 

and replaced by new building) *MHS (example of early folded-roof design used by Super America) 


Donald Derauf House, address?, Thorshov and Cerny, 1957 *NAA 

WHITE BEAR LAKE 


House (may one of two below), address?, Brook Cavin, ca. 1960s *NWA (Jan.-Feb. 1965) 

Georgiana Reny House, address?, Brooks Cavin, 1958 *NAA 

Stanley Bakke House, Bald Eagle Lake, John Howe, 1974 *NAA 

Jarvis House, Bald Eagle Lake, Brooks Cavin, 1961 *NAA 

Mitchell House, Pine Tree Orchard, Elizabeth and Winston Close, ca. 1952) EAQ 

CHURCHES 

First Lutheran Church, address?, Cone and Peterson, ca. 1960 *NWA (Mar.-Apr. 1960) (almost 

flat-roofed brick church with clerestory; side tower) 

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St. Stephen Lutheran Church, address?, HGA, ca. 1963 *NWA (Sept.-Oct. 1963) (interesting 

design featuring series of low brick buildings with rounded forms) 

Redeemer Lutheran Church, 3770 Bellaire Ave., Roger Johnson, 1968-69 *NAA (series of shedroofed 

brick volumes) 

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