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Where Did the Pillsbury Mansion’s Centuries-Old Stained Glass Come From?

Scores of medieval stained-glass panels glow in the Pillsbury Mansion's windows. Here's how ancient cathedral…

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Whose Marriage Is Carved Into the Pillsbury Club’s Lounge Fireplace?

The carved oak overmantel in the Pillsbury Club lounge began at Bovey House in Devon…

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How a Minneapolis Flour Empire Built the Pillsbury Mansion

The flour that made Minneapolis the Mill City built the Pillsbury Mansion on 22nd Street.…

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Who Designed the Pillsbury Mansion? Meet Architect Edwin Hewitt

The Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion was designed by Beaux-Arts architect Edwin Hewitt of Hewitt &…

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Who Was Mary Pillsbury Lord, the Mansion Daughter Who Took Eleanor Roosevelt’s UN Seat?

She was married at this mansion's front door, then succeeded Eleanor Roosevelt at the United…

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Who Were the Duveen Brothers, the Art Dealers Behind the Pillsbury Mansion?

Meet the Duveen brothers — the most powerful art dealers of the Gilded Age —…

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What Happened When a Lutheran Seminary Moved Into the Pillsbury Mansion?

For nearly three decades the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion was a Lutheran seminary called Passavant…

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How Did the Pillsbury Mansion Survive When Minneapolis’s Other Great Mansions Fell?

An entire avenue of Minneapolis mansions fell to the wrecking ball across the twentieth century.…

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How Did a Fireplace That Survived the Great Fire of London End Up in Minneapolis?

Inside the Pillsbury Club's library stands a stone chimneypiece carved in 1476 for London's Tallow…

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The Bodenhams of Rotherwas: The English Family Behind the Mansion’s Oak

Before its carved oak and grand staircase crossed the Atlantic to Minneapolis, they belonged to…

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