Milwaukee Avenue Historic District | |
 Four houses within the Milwaukee Avenue Historic District | |
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| Location | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 44°57′39″N 93°14′24″W / 44.96083°N 93.24000°W |
| Built | 1885 |
| Architect | Ragan, William |
| Architectural style | Common Man's Architecture[2] |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001021[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 2, 1974 |
The Milwaukee Avenue Historic District is a historic district in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis. The district comprises two city blocks of small homes on quarter-sized lots. These houses were built between 1884 and 1890 by William Ragan, a Minneapolis real estate speculator. Built for lower-income residents, the houses had deteriorated in condition by the end of World War II, and by the 1970s, were planned for demolition. A group of residents and concerned citizens fought to save the houses, eventually leading to their inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places and the federal protection and rehabilitation that comes with the designation. Today, the houses sit along a bike- and pedestrian-friendly mall on which motor traffic is prohibited.[3]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Milwaukee Avenue Historic District". Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission. Retrieved April 1, 2008.
- ^ A People's History of the Seward Neighborhood edited by Wendy Epstein, Marilyn Matheny and Rick Musser, (Minneapolis: Nodin Press, 2018) pp. 199-216.