How Architecture Has Shaped the State

Three Thousand Years of Building in Minnesota

Expert Essay: Architectural historian Larry Millett, author of Lost Twin Cities and numerous other books, offers a colorful tour of notable Minnesota buildings and building styles, from American Indian burial mounds to Beaux Arts monuments and suburban big boxes.

Heman L. Ticknor House

Heman L. Ticknor House

Heman L. Ticknor House (Ticknor Hill Bed & Breakfast), 1625 3rd Ave S., Anoka. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, May 15, 2018. CC BY-SA 4.0

Henry G. Leathers House

Henry G. Leathers House

The Henry G. Leathers House, 22957 Rum River Blvd., St Francis, Minnesota. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, May 15, 2016. CC BY-SA 4.0

Colonial Hall and Masonic Lodge No. 30

Colonial Hall and Masonic Lodge No. 30

Colonial Hall (right) and Masonic Lodge No. 30 (left) in Anoka. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, July 2, 2013. CC BY-SA 3.0

View from the stage of the Socialist Opera House

View from the stage of the Socialist Opera House

View from the stage of the Socialist Opera House in Virginia, Minnesota, undated.

View of the stage from the upper balcony of the Socialist Opera House

View of the stage from the upper balcony of the Socialist Opera House

View of the stage from the upper balcony of the Socialist Opera House in Virginia, Minnesota, undated.

B'nai Abraham Synagogue, Virginia

B'nai Abraham Synagogue, Virginia

B'nai Abraham Synagogue in Virginia, Minnesota (328 5th St S), 1926.

B'nai Abraham Synagogue, Virginia

B'nai Abraham Synagogue, Virginia

B'nai Abraham Synagogue in Virginia, Minnesota (328 S. 5th Street). Photo by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, May 25, 2014. CC BY-SA 3.0

Lindhol Oil Company Service Station, Cloquet

Lindhol Oil Company Service Station, Cloquet

Lindholm Oil Company Service Station, 202 Cloquet Avenue, Cloquet. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, July 28, 2017. CC BY-SA 4.0

Prospect Park Water Tower, Minneapolis

Prospect Park Water Tower

Prospect Park Water Tower, 55 Malcolm Avenue SE, Minneapolis, April 3, 2016. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever. CC BY-SA 4.0

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