Less than a mile from the Pillsbury Mansion stands a limestone chateau built by a…
Daily stories from the history of the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion and the people, places, and treasures behind it.
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Yes — as part of the Washburn-Fair Oaks Mansion District, listed in 1978. Here is…
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The flour fortune built the mansion — but the company outlived the family. Follow Pillsbury…
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The Pillsbury Mansion's Tudor dining-room oak is carved with helmeted men and bonneted women. Here's…
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In the early 1900s entire English rooms, and sometimes whole houses, were shipped to America.…
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The Pillsburys milled on one side of St. Anthony Falls. Washburn-Crosby milled on the other.…
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The Tudor plaster ceilings at the Pillsbury Mansion were modeled by hand in English manors.…
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Three X's was the old millers' mark for the finest flour. In 1872, Charles A.…
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Thomas Lowry's streetcars built the Minneapolis the Pillsburys ruled — yet his own hilltop mansion…
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Winston Lord — grandson of Charles and Nelle Pillsbury — flew into China on Kissinger’s…
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August 11, 2026 Who Carved the Stone Lions at the Pillsbury Mansion’s Door? -
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