we found us
We aren't sure how old our house is. The paperwork says 1900, but I've wondered if that mightn't be a convenient number to use as an estimate. The seller's realtor made a comment that it could be older than 1900 and our neighbors had a guess that we can't remember.
We checked out a couple antique shops before we made our (new) purchase (see below). One of them has a bunch of old maps of the Twin Cities. Here's one from 1892. The arrow is pointing at our house. Cool.
The pink spots are brick buildings.
We're going to take it to a frame shop tomorrow.
posted by nimbleboy @ 9/17/2006
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What store did you grab that at? I'd like to check it out and see if they've got one of my 'hood.
I can't remember the name of the place, but it's between 27th and 28th Streets on Hennepin Avenue, on the East side, across the street from H&B Gallery. The vendor we got it from was Althea Willette. She was very nice and very helpful. Be sure to allot an extra 20 minutes for getting out of there if there's anyone else who might get in line in front of you when it's time to purchase and leave. ha. I kid. Sort of.
is our place standing on that map? cool find.
what do you think of the new trees?
charity
Yeah, your place is there, Charity. You can click on the pic for a bigger version, or, come over and see the original... And I think the trees look rather nice.
you can research your house at the Minneapolis Public Library (for Mpls houses). Special Collections (you have to email/call them) has building permit index cards, which tell you all the permits taken out on your house. You then have to go the Inspection Dept at the City of Minneapolis to look up individual permits. But the index card has dates, the type of permit (electrical, building, wrecking, etc), a brief description, estimated cost, contractor, and a completed date (though most of the time it's not on there and you have to go to the inspections dept and check the actual permit).
Special Collections has a little brochure on investigating the history of your house.
Wow, nice map, nice to see it on-line! I'm Althea Willette, I specialize in local history (Mpls-St Paul & greater metro area) original maps, old postcards, views, etc. I'm the MapGal in the Coe & Channell Antique shop at 2727 Hennepin Ave South - closed Mondays. See you there!
amwillette@earthlink.net
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