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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…

CategoriesHistory JournalA colour illustration of the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion in 1916, the Tudor-Gothic house on East 22nd Street designed by Minneapolis architect Edwin Hewitt.

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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