2017 ANNUAL REPORT MINNEAPOLIS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION COMMUNITY PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT (CPED) 2017 ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE 250 South 4th Street HERITAGE PRESERVATION Minneapolis, MN 55415 COMMISSION www.minneapolismn.gov/cped This publication is the Annual Report for the HERITAGE PRESERVATION FILES AND Minneapolis Heritage Preservation INVENTORY Commission (HPC) for its fiscal year October 1, 2015-September 30, 2016. It has been Community Planning and Economic prepared according to the guidelines outlined Development (CPED) is located in room #300 in “Procedures for Applying For and of the Public Service Center Building, 250 Maintaining Certified Local Government South 4th Street, and retains Landmark Status (CLG).” CLG status is administered by nominations and survey forms for properties the Minnesota State Historic Preservation in the city as well as inventory files for Office (SHPO) for the National Park Service. designated districts and other potentially Each year, the HPC applies for CLG grants historic properties. Some of these materials through the SHPO. An Annual Report is one of are in survey form and typically contain brief the requirements for maintaining CLG status. descriptions of the resource or building, an approximate date of construction, a statement CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS of significance, and a photograph. For locally designated properties, CPED maintains Mayor Betsy Hodges records on applications that have gone before Council President Barbara Johnson the HPC for approval, as well as minutes from Council Vice President Elizabeth Glidden HPC meetings. There is also a collection of Council Majority Leader John Quincy books maintained on the history of Council Minority Leader Cam Gordon Minneapolis. Council Member Lisa Bender Council Member Alondra Cano RESEARCH AND CONTACTS Council Member Jacob Frey Council Member Lisa Goodman Survey and research information is available Council Member Andrew Johnson to the public during normal business hours. Council Member Linea Palmisano Those interested in researching any potential Council Member Kevin Reich or known historic resource are encouraged to Council Member Abdi Warsame call for an appointment with CPED staff to Council Member Blong Yang discuss their specific needs or to view the HPC collection. HPC STAFF For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact HPC Committee Clerk Jason Wittenberg, Fatimat Porter, 612.673.3153 or Manager, Land Use Design and Preservation [email protected]. [email protected] 612.673.2297 HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION Created in 1971, the Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) is a 10-member commission comprised of persons living within the City of Minneapolis who possess a demonstrated interest, as well as professional experience and expertise, in preservation work. 2017 HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEMBERS Laura Faucher, Chair Ian Stade, Vice Chair Linda Mack, Secretary Diana Dyste Laurel Fritz Barbara Howard Susan Hunter Weir Ginny Lackovic Dan Olson Madelyn Sundberg APPOINTMENTS The HPC confirmed the reappointments of Commissioners Ginny Lackovic and Ian Stade. They also received four new first-term commissioners in January. The HPC welcomed Diana Dyste, a Project Manager for a real estate development company; Laurel Fritz, an Architectural Historian; Barbara Howard, an Architectural Historian; and Madelyn Sundberg, an Architectural Intern. 37TH ANNUAL STATEWIDE HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONFERENCE The 37th Annual Statewide Historic Preservation Conference was held in Albert Lea, MN, September 13 through 15. John Smoley, CPED staff, attended the conference as well as HPC Commissioner Barbara Howard. As a way to showcase work being done in our community, CPED staff Stephanie Rouse created a poster that was displayed at the conference. The poster (on the following page) highlighted some recent designations and featured a timeline back to 1971 with a few key moments in Minneapolis’ preservation history. Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Celebrating 45 Social History Years Recognition and Protection Minneapolis designates property as landmarks or historic districts because of historical, cultural, architectural, archaeological or engineering significance. Our current landmarks represent Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church (2017) each of these categories, but in recent years we The property is associated with the religious and social have focused on designating properties that history of the Shingle Creek African American community. The early African Americans that settled in this community exemplify broad patterns of cultural or social were former slaves and the children of former slaves who history. The landmarks featured here all have an had moved from the South seeking a better life. This small important social history story to tell and have community was geographically isolated from other well- been elevated through their designation or interim established African American communities in the City. protection as a historic landmark or district. Tilsenbilt Homes Historic District (2017) North Side Station (2015) The Tilsenbilt Homes Historic District consists of 28 The Twin City Rapid Transit Company’s (TCRT) last modest single-family homes that were constructed as carhouse, North Side Station, opened in 1914. It features a part of the first privately developed interracial housing two-story wing that fronts on Washington Avenue North. project in Minneapolis, and one of the first housing The first floor provided separate offices for the foreman and projects in the country to offer FHA-insured mortgages clerk, locker rooms for the trainmen, as well as a storage room to buyers of all races. The district is significant for its and paint shop. The second floor appears to have functioned association with housing segregation and Minneapolis’ as a “men’s club” of sorts; the facility provided a pool room, Civil Rights history, as well as its association with reading room, and sleeping rooms for use by employees. realtor Archie Givens, Sr. and builder Edward Tilsen. Arthur and Edith Lee House (2016) In July 1931, a series of menacing riots occurred at 4600 The Proposed Church of the Incarnation Columbus Avenue South after Arthur and Edith Lee, an Historic District (Interim Protection) African-American couple, purchased and moved into The Church of the Incarnation Historic District is a the home. The Arthur and Edith Lee House is associated collection of three buildings historically associated with the significant events of these 1931 riots, as well with the Church of the Incarnation parish. The as with broad patterns of social history, particularly in parish, organized in 1909, was the first Catholic regard to African-American history in Minneapolis, race church in Minneapolis located south of Lake Street. relations, and historical trends of housing discrimination. First chapter A record 3 historic St. Anthony Heritage First historical The most local of the districts were Falls Historic Preservation survey designations comprehensive designated: Lowry District is Commission Bulter conducted, were plan dedicated Hill East Residential, established as formed to serve Square establishing approved First First solely to Golden Valley the first historic as a citizen designated a list of 800 encompassing preservation preservation heritage Road Apartments, district by the advisory body as the first potential 20 total plan was awards preservation and Dinkytown State Historic to the City individual historic properties adopted ceremony held was adopted Commercial Districts District Act Council landmark resources 2009 1971 1972 1973 1978 1984 1990 1992 2015 20 18 2017 in Review: •17 historic districts to date 16 •173 landmarks to date 14 •6 designation studies completed 12 •3 projects in the Warehouse Historic 10 District approved •2 projects in the Saint Anthony Falls 8 Historic District approved 6 •3 projects approved for individual 4 landmarks 2 0 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 For More Information Visit: Local Historic Designations 2002 2004 2006 2008 http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/hpc/hpc_landmarks_index 2010 2012 2014 2016 MINNEAPOLIS HERITAGE PRESERVATION AWARDS Co-sponsored between the HPC, the GRASSROOTS: ADVOCACY AND Minneapolis Chapter of the American Institute EDUCATION of Architects, and Preserve Minneapolis, the Preservation Awards recognize individuals and This category is meant to recognize individuals projects that promote and enhance heritage and organizations for a range of preservation- th preservation in Minneapolis. The 27 Annual related advocacy, education, outreach, and Preservation Awards ceremony and luncheon community engagement activities. The was held on May 18, 2017, at the following project received this honor: International Market Square. The following awards were presented this year: 4WORD HOME AND DESIGN, LLC HISTORIC RESTORATION, THE STEVE MURRAY AWARD REHABILITATION, OR ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT The Steve Murray Award is considered the top individual honor for preservation in These are projects that return an existing Minneapolis. It is awarded to an individual place, property, building, or landscape to its who has displayed leadership, courage, and original character in a manner that is dedication to heritage preservation in respectful to the property’s historic past, or Minneapolis in the last year or over the course which transform and reinvent the property to of his or her career or lifetime. The following incorporate both