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Daily stories from the history of the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion and the people, places, and treasures behind it.

CategoriesHistory JournalColour illustration of the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion in 1916, showing the full corner site, the gabled roofline, the clustered chimney stacks and the balustraded terrace wall along the street.

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

By John K

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

CategoriesHistory JournalA carved oak figure beside the 1476 Tallow Chandlers stone chimneypiece in the library of the Pillsbury Mansion, Minneapolis, lit by leaded glass windows

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

By John K

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

CategoriesHistory JournalPeriod portrait of Count Louis Pomian Bodenham Lubienski (born 1852), the last Bodenham owner of Rotherwas Court, Herefordshire — a photograph by Jakeman & Carver

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

By John K

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

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