List of City of Minneapolis designated landmarks

Designated landmarks of the City of Minneapolis are determined by the Heritage Preservation Commission, which is overseen by the Community Planning & Economic Development (CPED). Many of these landmarks are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The City of Minneapolis has over 175 landmarks and 18 historic districts.

Heritage Preservation Commission

The heritage preservation commission was established by Minnesota Statutes sections 138.71 through 138.75, Minnesota Historic District Act of 1971, and Minnesota Statutes section 471.193, Municipal Heritage Preservation, Code of Ordinance § 599.120 of the Heritage Preservation Ordinance.

Criteria

Criteria is established in Code of Ordinance § 599.210.

List of landmarks

Individual landmarks

Historic Districts

National Historic Districts

• Healy Block Historic District
• Milwaukee Avenue Historic District
• Minnehaha Historic District
• St. Anthony Falls Historic District
• Stevens Square Historic District
• Washburn-Fair Oaks Historic District

Local Historic Districts

• C.A. Smith Lumber Historic District
• Church of the Incarnation Historic District
• Dinkytown Commercial Historic District
• Fifth Street Southeast Historic District
• Golden Valley Road Apartments Historic District
• Harmon Place Historic District
• Lowry Hill East Residential Historic District
• Minneapolis Warehouse Historic District
• Ninth Street South Historic District
• Tilsenbilt Homes Historic District: built from 1954 to 1956 on 63 lots in South Minneapolis assembled by local real estate developer Archie Givens Sr., who recruited builder Edward Tilsen for the homes' construction. The project was "the first privately developed interracial housing project in the city" and "one of the first housing projects in the country to offer Federal Housing Administration-insured mortgages to all races. About 90 percent of the homes were purchased by African-American or mixed-race families". A 2015 Minneapolis City Council resolution also formally recognized Givens's role in recruiting Tilsen and establishing the development.
• University of Minnesota Greek Letter Chapter House Historic District
• Victory Memorial Drive Historic District

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota

References

External links

• Minneapolis Landmarks and Historic Districts