CategoriesHistory JournalCarved stone gable and rooftop figure of the Pillsbury Club mansion, shown in black and white against a dark winter sky.

What Did It Take to Run the Pillsbury Mansion in 1916?

Behind the Pillsbury Mansion's Elizabethan rooms was a working house: a pantry that made the…

CategoriesHistory JournalCarved stone gable and rooftop figure of the Pillsbury Club mansion, shown in black and white against a dark winter sky.

Where Else in Minneapolis Will You Find the Pillsbury Name?

A mansion, a stone campus hall, a statue by the sculptor of the Lincoln Memorial:…

CategoriesHistory JournalCarved stone gable and rooftop figure of the Pillsbury Club mansion, shown in black and white against a dark winter sky.

Why Is There a Castle on Park Avenue Near the Pillsbury Mansion?

Less than a mile from the Pillsbury Mansion stands a limestone chateau built by a…

CategoriesHistory JournalCarved stone gable and rooftop figure of the Pillsbury Club mansion, shown in black and white against a dark winter sky.

Is the Pillsbury Mansion on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes — as part of the Washburn-Fair Oaks Mansion District, listed in 1978. Here is…

CategoriesHistory JournalA vintage Pillsbury flour sack, the packaging that carried the Minneapolis family name into kitchens across America.

What Happened to the Pillsbury Company? From a Minneapolis Mill to General Mills

The flour fortune built the mansion — but the company outlived the family. Follow Pillsbury…

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

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

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

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

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Who Was Thomas Lowry, the Streetcar King of Minneapolis?

Thomas Lowry's streetcars built the Minneapolis the Pillsburys ruled — yet his own hilltop mansion…

CategoriesHistory JournalPeriod photograph, 1909: Helen “Nelle” Pillsbury seated against oak panelling with four of her children in white dresses and hair bows, eight years before the Christmas cotillion at the new mansion

Who Was Winston Lord? The Pillsbury Grandson on Kissinger’s Secret Flight to China

Winston Lord — grandson of Charles and Nelle Pillsbury — flew into China on Kissinger’s…

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What Was Minneapolis Like in 1916, the Year the Pillsbury Mansion Was Finished?

In 1916, Minneapolis milled more flour than any city on earth ever had — and…

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