Helen “Nelle” Pillsbury, lady of the Pillsbury Mansion, was granddaughter of Colonel John H. Stevens…
Daily stories from the history of the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion and the people, places, and treasures behind it.
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The strange tale of how a Minneapolis flour heir and newspaper titan William Randolph Hearst…
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For three decades the Pillsbury Mansion was home to BLIND, Inc.—a training center where a…
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After the Pillsburys, the Minneapolis agency Carmichael Lynch restored the mansion and built Harley-Davidson's legend…
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Scores of medieval stained-glass panels glow in the Pillsbury Mansion's windows. Here's how ancient cathedral…
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The carved oak overmantel in the Pillsbury Club lounge began at Bovey House in Devon…
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The flour that made Minneapolis the Mill City built the Pillsbury Mansion on 22nd Street.…
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The Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion was designed by Beaux-Arts architect Edwin Hewitt of Hewitt &…
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She was married at this mansion's front door, then succeeded Eleanor Roosevelt at the United…
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Meet the Duveen brothers — the most powerful art dealers of the Gilded Age —…
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August 11, 2026 Who Carved the Stone Lions at the Pillsbury Mansion’s Door? -
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