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1928 water tower, linchpin of the municipal water supply system that allowed Minnetonka Beach to grow from an upper-class resort to a community of year-round residents, and a well-preserved example of a once-common early-20th-century design. [135] 122: Minnetonka Town Hall: Minnetonka Town Hall: March 15, 2021 : 13231 Minnetonka Dr.
Orono, Lake Minnetonka: Built for John S. Pillsbury; demolished in 2018 [36] Fair Oaks 1884 Châteauesque: E Townsend Mix: Minneapolis: Built for William Washburn. Was demolished in 1924 Van Dusen Mansion: 1893 Châteauesque, Richardson Romanesque: Edgard E Joralemon: Minneapolis: Built for George Washington Van Dusen: Turnblad Mansion: 1908 ...
The Crane Island Historic District is a historic district of vacation properties on Crane Island in Lake Minnetonka, part of the city of Minnetrista, Minnesota, United States. It consists of a number of private residential summer cottages and some communal amenities.
Lake Minnetonka (Dakota: Mní iá Tháŋka [1]) is a lake located about 16 miles (26 km) west-southwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lake Minnetonka has about 23 named bays and areas. [2] The lake lies within Hennepin and Carver counties and is surrounded by 13 incorporated municipalities. At 14,528 acres (5,879 ha), it is Minnesota's ninth ...
The survivors were his namesake John S. Pillsbury Jr., [13] [14] his son George and two daughters Mrs. Thomas M. Crosby, Orono, Minnesota, and Mrs. Stanley R. Resor, Washington, D.C. Known as Pillsbury Mansion and as Southways Estate on Lake Minnetonka [15] [16] (or Southways for short), the mansion became famous for the beauty New Jersey ...
The owner, Edward Chenery Gale, was the son of Minneapolis pioneer real estate broker Samuel Gale. His wife, Sara Belle Pillsbury, was a daughter of Governor John S. Pillsbury. The house, now owned by the American Association of University Women, is faced in Bedford limestone. Many modern features were part of the design: a central vacuum ...
This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota.The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]
Pillsbury was also involved in the banking, railroad, and clothing businesses. Pillsbury served on the Orono School Board and was a Republican. Pillsbury served in the Minnesota Senate from 1971 to 1982. His grandfather Charles Alfred Pillsbury also served in the Minnesota Legislature. He died at his home on Lake Minnetonka in Orono, Minnesota ...