Hennepin County, Minnesota
Aaron Carlson Corporation Factory
Abbott Hospital
Advance Thresher/Emerson-Newton Implement Company
Ames-Florida House
Architects and Engineers Building
Baird, George W., House
Bardwell-Ferrant House
Bartholomew, Riley Lucas, House
Basilica of St. Mary-Catholic
Bennett-McBride House
Bremer, Fredrika, Intermediate School
Bridge No. 90646
Burwell, Charles H., House
Butler Brothers Company
Buzza Company Building
Cahill School
Calhoun Beach Club
Calvary Baptist Church
Cameron Transfer and Storage Company Building
Cappelen Memorial Bridge
Carpenter, Elbert L., House
Carpenter, Eugene J., House
Cedar Avenue Bridge
Cedar Square West
Chadwick, Loren L., Cottages
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Building
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Grade Separation
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Depot
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Depot, Freight House and Train Shed
Christ Church Lutheran
Church of St. Stephen (Catholic)
Coe, Amos B., House
Como-Harriet Streetcar Line and Trolley
Country Club Historic District
Crane Island Historic District
Cummins, John R., Farmhouse
Cutter, B. O., House
Dayton's Department Store
District No. 107 School
East Lake Branch Library
Eitel Hospital
Excelsior Public School
Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank
Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank
Fire Station No. 19
First Church of Christ Scientist
First Congregational Church
First National Bank-Soo Line Building
First Presbyterian Church of Oak Grove Cemetery
Fisk, Woodbury, House
Flour Exchange Building
Fort Snelling National Cemetery
Foshay Tower
Fournier, Lawrence A. and Mary, House
Fowler Methodist Episcopal Church
Franklin Branch Library
Gethsemane Episcopal Church
Gideon, Peter, Farmhouse
Glen Lake Children's Camp
Gluek, John G. and Minnie, House and Carriage House
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Grain Belt Beer Sign
Great Northern Implement Company
Great Northern Railroad Depot
Grimes, Jonathan Taylor, House
Hagel Family Farm
Healy Block Residential Historic District
Hennepin County Library
Hennepin Theatre
Hewitt, Edwin H., House
Hinkle-Murphy House
Hollywood Theater
Interlachen Bridge
J.I. Case Building
Jones, Harry W., House
Lake Harriet Methodist Episcopal Church
Lake Street Sash and Door Company
Lakewood Cemetery Memorial Chapel
Laurel Apartments
Lee, Arthur and Edith, House
Legg, Harry F., House
Lincoln Bank Building
Linden Hills Branch Library
Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged
Lock and Dam No. 2
Lohmar, John, House
Long Meadow Bridge
Lumber Exchange Building
Martin, Charles J., House
Masonic Temple
Maternity Hospital
McLeod and Smith Inc. Headquarters
Milwaukee Avenue Historic District
Minneapolis Armory
Minneapolis Brewing Company
Minneapolis City Hall-Hennepin County Courthose
Minneapolis Fire Department Repair Shop
Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery
Minneapolis Public Library, North Branch
Minneapolis Warehouse Historic District
Minneapolis YMCA Central Building
Minnehaha Grange Hall
Minnehaha Historic District
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company
Minnesota Soldiers' Home Historic District
Minnetonka Beach Water Tower
Minnetonka Town Hall
Moline, Milburn and Stoddard Company
Morse Jr., Elisha and Lizzie, House
Neils, Frieda and Henry J., House
New Main-Augsburg Seminary
Newell, George R., House
Noerenberg Estate Barn
Nokomis Knoll Residential Historic District
North East Neighborhood House
Northrop Mall Historic District
Northrup. King & Company Complex
Northstar Center
Northwestern Knitting Company Factory
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company Home Office
Ogden Apartment Hotel
Olson, Floyd B., House
Osseo Water Tower
Owre, Dr. Oscar, House
Parker, Charles and Grace, House
Peavey Plaza
Peavey-Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator
Pence Automobile Company Building
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity House
Pillsbury A Mill
Plymouth Building
Pond, Gideon H., House
Prospect Park Residential Historic District
Prospect Park Water Tower and Tower Hill Park
Purcell, William Gray, House
Queene Avenue Bridge
Quinlan, Elizabeth C., House
Rand Tower
Roosevelt Branch Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruin
Sears, Roebuck and Company Mail-Order Warehouse and Retail Store
Semple, Anne C. and Frank B., House
Shubert, Sam S., Theatre
Smith, H. Alden, House
Smith, Lena O., House
St. Anthony Falls Historic District
Station 13 Minneapolis Fire Department
Station 28 Minneapolis Fire Department
Stevens Square Historic District
Stewart Memorial Presbyterian Church
Strutwear Knitting Company Building
Studio 80
Summer Branch Library
Swinford Townhouses and Apartments
Thirty-sixth Street Branch Library
Thompson Flats
Thompson Summer House
Turnblad, Swan, House
Twin City Rapid Transit Company Steam Power Plant
United States Post Office
University of Minnesota Old Campus Historic District
Van Cleve, Horatio P., House
Van Dusen, George W. and Nancy B., House
Walker Branch Library
Washburn A Mill Complex
Washburn Park Water Tower
Washburn-Fair Oaks Mansion District
Wayzata Section House
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church
White Castle Building No. 8
Willey, Malcolm, House
Wirth, Theodore, House-Administration Building
Wyer, Allemarinda and James, House
Zinsmaster Baking Company Building
1856 Federal Style Gideon H. Pond House
1st Infantry Division
1–Main Entrance Minnehaha Lower Glen
2019 East Lake: Burma Shave
2107 East Lake: Porky's Drive-In
2108-30 East Lake: Twin City Rapid Transit Lake Street Station and Car Yard
2217 East Lake: Axel's Lunch Room
2629 East Lake: Minnehaha Grill
2701 East Lake: International Order of Odd Fellows
2721-23 East Lake: Lake Theater
2730 East 31st Street: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
2916 East Lake: East Lake Branch Library
3 – Master Map
3010 Minnehaha Avenue South: Fire Station No. 21
3012 Minnehaha Avenue South: Lauritzen Wagon and Blacksmith Shop
9/11 Memorial
A Bridge to the Past
Academic Health Center
Architects and Engineers Building
Basketball Fever in Wayzata
Beneath the Surface
Bicycle Paths
Big Water / Stairway of Water
Bloomington Town Hall
Bridging the Mississippi
Bridging the Stream
Campus Design
Changing Landscapes
Changing the Shape of the Falls
Christ Church Lutheran
Christmas Lake
Civil War Monument
Coffman Memorial Union
Col. John H. Stevens
Coldwater Springhouse & Reservoir
Colonel Josiah Snelling
Como–Harriet Streetcar Line
Continuing Education
Cummins Homestead
Dakota Life
Dakota Missions on the Frontier
Eagles
Earle Brown and the Brooklyn Farm
Eliza Winston
Elizabeth R. Snelling
Fair Oaks
Fallen Heroes Memorial
Father Hennepin Bluffs
First School House
Former Site of Plymouth Congregational Church
Fort Snelling 1861–1946
Founders of Central Lutheran Church
Four Marine Raider Battalions Memorial
Fourth Marine Division Memorial
Franklin Steele
Garden Dedicated to Frances Pollard
Geology of Lake Minnetonka
Geology of Minnesota
Geology of Minnesota
George Washington Bi-Centennial Tree
Giacomo Constantino Beltrami
Gideon and Agnes Pond House
Gunnar Wennerberg
Harriet Bandshells / Our Park Legacy
Hiawatha-Minnehaha Corridor
Historic Milling District
History of the Garden
How the Dam Works
In 1939, this was more than just a park.
In Honor of All Who Served and Those Who Died
Indians at the Falls
John Harrington Stevens House
Joseph N. Nicollet
Longfellow School
Loring Park: Basilica and Churches
Loring Park: Historic Districts and Buildings
Loring Park: Loring Greenway and Housing
Loring Park: Neighborhood Organizing
Loring Park: The Devil's Backbone
Louis Hennepin
Lucy Wilder Morris
Main Street Builds
Marcy~Holmes
Milwaukee Avenue Historic District
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis-Moline
Minnehaha Depot
Minnehaha Grange Hall
Minnesota River Valley
Minnetonka -- Queen of the Inland Lakes
Missionaries to the Dakota
Mississippi River
New Uses for Old Mills
Nicollet Island Businesses
Oak Grove Mission
Old Cahill School
Old Portage Trail
Opening Doors
Original Millstone from the Washburn-Crosby Flour Mill
Peavey Fountain
Peter M. Gideon
Peter M. Gideon and the Wealthy Apple
Pettingill's Wonderful Water
PFC. Jimmy Berray
Phipps–Grill Families
Pillsbury A Mill
Playgrounds
Pond Dakota Mission Park
Pond Family Heritage Timeline
Portaging Around the Falls
Power on the East Side
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Prospect Park Water Tower
Richard Chute Square
Richfield Pioneer Homestead
Roar of Waterfall, Rush of Rapids
Rodney J. Putz
Samuel W. and Gideon H. Pond
Sawmilling: The City's First Industry
Sesquicentennial Trees
Snelling Avenue: African American Community
Soldiers Memorial
Spanish-American War Memorial
Spanning the Sciences
Sri Chinmoy Peace Bridge
State Theatre
Stepping Stone Between East and West
Stone Arch Bridge
Stone Arch Bridge - Great Northern Railway
SurfSide Park
Symbols on the Skyline
The Ard Godfrey House
The Armory Building / Military Training at the University
The Barrel-Makers' Co-ops
The Basilica of Saint Mary
The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
The Crash of Flight 307
The Falls That Built the City
The First Flag Raised Over Iwo Jima
The Honoring All Veterans Memorial
The House of John H. Stevens
The Liberal Arts
The Lock and Dam No. 1 Story
The Pillsbury A Mill
The Prairie
The Quarry
The Stone Arch Bridge
The Washburn and Pillsbury Clans
The West Side Milling District
The Whirlpool
The Winchell Trail
The Winchell Trail
The Woman's Club of Minneapolis
U.S. Army, Buildings 17 and 18
USS Minneapolis (CA36)
USS Minnesota (BB22)
Veterans Monument
Victory Memorial Drive
Wayzata Depot
Welcome to Fort Snelling State Park / A Moving Obstacle
Welcome to the Historic Loring Park Neighborhood
Wesley United Methodist Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Whiskey
William de la Barre
Wing Dams
Wokiksuye K'a Woyuonihan
Women in Science & Medicine
Wonderland Amusement Park
World War II Monument
World War Memorial
The 19th century brought significant changes to Hennepin County, largely driven by industrialization and the growth of Minneapolis, its largest city. The construction of the Mississippi River locks in the 1860s allowed for easier navigation and trade, leading to a boom in lumber and flour milling industries. Minneapolis became known as the "Flour Milling Capital of the World" and attracted thousands of immigrants seeking work and opportunities. With its thriving industry, the city expanded rapidly, and Hennepin County became a center of commerce and culture.
The early 20th century brought further growth and development to Hennepin County. The region continued to prosper, with advancements in transportation, such as the construction of highways and railroads. The Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, began to flourish as major metropolitan areas, attracting businesses, immigrants, and diverse communities. Hennepin County played a significant role during World War II, contributing to the war effort through manufacturing and defense industries.
In recent decades, Hennepin County has experienced continued growth and economic diversification. Minneapolis has evolved into a thriving hub for various industries, including technology, healthcare, and finance. The county has also emphasized sustainable development and environmental conservation, focusing on initiatives like green spaces, bike lanes, and public transportation. Today, Hennepin County is a vibrant, diverse community that blends its rich history with modern advancements, offering residents and visitors a wide range of opportunities and attractions.
Brief timeline of the history of Hennepin County, Minnesota:
- 1852: Hennepin County is established by the Minnesota Territorial Legislature.
- 1855: The city of Minneapolis is incorporated within Hennepin County.
- 1860: Hennepin County becomes the most populous county in Minnesota.
- 1878: The Minneapolis City Hall is completed, becoming a notable landmark in Hennepin County.
- 1883: The Hennepin County Library is founded.
- 1893: Lake Minnetonka becomes a popular recreational destination in Hennepin County.
- 1905: The Minnesota State Fairgrounds move from Ramsey County to Hennepin County.
- 1926: The first major highway, the Theodore Wirth Parkway, is completed in Hennepin County.
- 1957: The Interstate Highway 35W bridge is constructed, connecting Hennepin County with neighboring counties.
- 1971: The Hennepin County Government Center is completed, housing various county administrative offices.
- 2008: Hennepin County becomes the 34th most populous county in the United States.
This timeline provides a condensed summary of the historical journey of Hennepin County, Minnesota.