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

Did Minneapolis Read About Rotherwas Before the Pillsburys Ever Owned a Board of It?

By John K

A 1913 Minneapolis Journal wire story described Rotherwas Court's panelling going up for sale in…

CategoriesHistory JournalPeriod photograph of the oak-panelled lounge inside the Pillsbury Mansion, showing the carved English panelling and stone fireplace that give the room its texture

Which Rotherwas Room Stayed in England? A Manchester Newspaper Visits the Bond Street Showroom, May 1913

By John K

A May 1913 Manchester newspaper walked through two Rotherwas rooms rebuilt in a London showroom…

CategoriesClub LifeCocktails on the bar at the Pillsbury Club in Minneapolis, served in the Gilded Age surroundings of the Charles S. Pillsbury mansion.

What Can You Eat and Drink at the Pillsbury Club?

By John K

Cheese curds, State Fair pretzel bites and smashburgers, served under carved English oak. Here is…

CategoriesHistory JournalThe oak-panelled Great Hall of the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion in Minneapolis, with its carved staircase, hanging tapestry and painted barrel-vaulted ceiling — the room where the 1917 children’s cotillion would have been held

What Was Christmas Like at the Pillsbury Mansion in 1917?

By John K

A three-line notice in the Star Tribune of December 27, 1917 records 35 children dancing…

CategoriesHistory JournalThe library of the Pillsbury Mansion, with the carved stone chimneypiece at left, leaded bay window and fitted oak bookshelves.

Which Room Did the Pillsburys Call the Coziest in the House?

By John K

A Minneapolis newspaper singled out one room in the Pillsbury Mansion in 1914: a library…

CategoriesClub LifeCocktails on the bar at the Pillsbury Club in Minneapolis, served in the Gilded Age surroundings of the Charles S. Pillsbury mansion.

Where Can You Have a Haunted Dinner in Minneapolis? Inside Witching Hours at the Pillsbury Club

By John K

Witching Hours is a nightly, adults-only dining and cocktail experience inside the historic Pillsbury Mansion…

CategoriesHistory Journal

Who Are the Carved Faces in the Pillsbury Mansion’s Dining Room?

By John K

The Pillsbury Mansion's Tudor dining-room oak is carved with helmeted men and bonneted women. Here's…

CategoriesHistory Journal

Why Did Whole English Rooms Cross the Atlantic in the Early 1900s?

By John K

In the early 1900s entire English rooms, and sometimes whole houses, were shipped to America.…

CategoriesHistory Journal

How Do You Move a 400-Year-Old Plaster Ceiling Across an Ocean?

By John K

The Tudor plaster ceilings at the Pillsbury Mansion were modeled by hand in English manors.…

CategoriesHistory JournalThe grand carved-oak staircase inside the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion in Minneapolis, the flight of stairs a Minneapolis ninth-grader filmed for his 1970 remake of Phantom of the Opera.

Did a King Really Walk the Staircase Inside the Pillsbury Mansion?

By John K

The carved oak staircase inside Minneapolis's Pillsbury Mansion came from Rotherwas Court in England —…

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