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CategoriesHistory JournalThe front steps and stone gateposts of the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion in Minneapolis photographed in 1980, with mature ivy and evergreens grown up across the English manor facade

Why Does Stevens Square Have So Many Old Brick Apartment Buildings? The Neighbourhood That Grew Up Beside the Pillsbury Mansion

By John K

In 1912 the Pillsbury Mansion got its building permit and Stevens Square began filling with…

CategoriesHistory JournalHistoric photograph of the front of the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion in Minneapolis seen through bare trees, showing the gables and the balustraded terrace wall along the street.

What Was a Flower Room? Reading the Original First-Floor Plan of the Pillsbury Mansion

By John K

The original first-floor plan of the Pillsbury Mansion labels a flower room, two iceboxes, and…

CategoriesClub LifeHistoric photograph of a woman in a long dark coat standing in deep snow outside the arched stone entrance of the Pillsbury Mansion in Minneapolis, beside a snow-covered evergreen

Can You Tour a Minneapolis Mansion and Then Sleep in One?

By John K

Minneapolis has plenty of historic house tours. Only one mansion lets you tour it and…

CategoriesClub LifeCarved stone gable and rooftop figure of the Pillsbury Club mansion, shown in black and white against a dark winter sky.

What Should You Expect on Your First Visit to the Pillsbury Club?

By John K

Reservations, parking, when to arrive, what to wear off your list and what's actually inside…

CategoriesHistory JournalA historic first-floor plan of the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion in Minneapolis showing the main hall, dining room, living room, library, conservatory, kitchen, butler's pantry and servants' dining room

What Was on the Top Floor of the Pillsbury Mansion?

By John K

A 1994 measured drawing of the attic level reveals a play room, a sewing room,…

CategoriesClub LifeHistoric photograph of a woman in a long dark coat standing in deep snow outside the arched stone entrance of the Pillsbury Mansion in Minneapolis, beside a snow-covered evergreen

When Is the Best Time of Year to Tour a Minneapolis Mansion?

By John K

A Gilded Age mansion behaves differently in every season. Here is what winter, spring, summer…

CategoriesHistory JournalAn early view of the great hall and carved oak staircase inside the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion in Minneapolis, showing the newel posts and panelled walls

Who Was Christened Inside the Pillsbury Mansion in 1938?

By John K

In January 1938 a Pillsbury grandson was christened at 100 East 22nd Street in a…

CategoriesHistory JournalPeriod photograph, 1909: Helen “Nelle” Pillsbury seated against oak panelling with four of her children in white dresses and hair bows, eight years before the Christmas cotillion at the new mansion

Where Did the Pillsbury Daughters Go to College?

By John K

A 1927 newspaper photo caught Helen Winston Pillsbury golfing in Virginia and revealed that all…

CategoriesHistory JournalThe oak-panelled Great Hall of the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion in Minneapolis, with its carved staircase, hanging tapestry and painted barrel-vaulted ceiling — the room where the 1917 children’s cotillion would have been held

What Was a 1929 Wedding Inside the Pillsbury Mansion Like?

By John K

Mary Pillsbury married Oswald Lord in the mansion's great hall in 1929, on her parents'…

CategoriesClub LifeA display table in the Pillsbury Club Market in Minneapolis holding laser-cut wooden Minnesota keepsakes, kraft paper gift bags and a carved wooden box beside a leaded window

Where Can You Shop for Minnesota-Made Gifts Inside a Historic Minneapolis Mansion?

By John K

The Pillsbury Club Market sells Minnesota-made goods, local art and gifts inside a Gilded Age…

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