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CategoriesHistory JournalPage 15 of Town & Country magazine, January 20, 1916: a full-page Arnold Genthe portrait of Mrs. Charles S. Pillsbury (Nelle Pendleton Winston) seated with chin on hand

Why Was Nelle Pillsbury the Frontispiece of Town & Country in January 1916? Reading the Arnold Genthe Page That Introduced the Mansion to New York

By John K

In January 1916 Town & Country ran an Arnold Genthe portrait of Nelle Pillsbury and…

CategoriesHistory JournalPeriod photograph, 1929: the three Pillsbury sisters at Mary's wedding in the mansion, from left Helen, the bride Mary, and Katharine, who would marry in Paris five months later.

Which Pillsbury Daughter Was Married in Paris? Katharine Pillsbury’s Wedding at the American Cathedral, May 1930

By John K

A May 1930 Minneapolis Journal column records Katharine Pillsbury's Paris wedding to Elliott Bates McKee…

CategoriesHistory JournalA dark oak-panelled club room inside the Pillsbury Mansion, with a carved stone chimneypiece and a long table set beneath leaded windows.

What Did an Advertising Agency Pay for the Pillsbury Mansion in 1978? A Tribune Reporter’s Tour of Carmichael-Lynch’s New Offices

By John K

In July 1978 the Minneapolis Tribune toured the Pillsbury Mansion as Carmichael-Lynch's new offices: $240,000…

CategoriesHistory JournalPeriod photograph: the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion in winter during its years as Passavant Hall of the Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary, captioned 1966

Why Did the Lutheran Seminary Leave the Pillsbury Mansion? A 1966 Front Page Explains the Seven-Building Campus It Outgrew

By John K

In March 1966 the Minneapolis Star reported that Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary was leaving the…

CategoriesHistory JournalMary Stinson Pillsbury in her wedding gown at the carved stone entrance of the Pillsbury Mansion, Minneapolis, on her wedding day in 1929 — an archival family photograph.

Was a Pillsbury Daughter Trapped in the 1960 Ethiopian Coup? What Mary Pillsbury Lord’s Obituaries Recorded

By John K

Two July 1978 obituaries of Mary Pillsbury Lord record a hotel room in Addis Ababa…

CategoriesHistory JournalThe front steps and stone gateposts of the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion in Minneapolis photographed in 1980, with mature ivy and evergreens grown up across the English manor facade

Why Did the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Sell the Pillsbury Mansion in 1976?

By John K

Seven years after saving it from a wrecking contractor, the Society of Fine Arts put…

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…

CategoriesHistory JournalA period illustration of the Pillsbury Mansion library, with paneled walls, fitted bookshelves, a leaded bay window and a carved chimneypiece at left.

What Was the Pillsbury Mansion Worth in 1988? The Year Nobody Wanted a Minneapolis Mansion

By John K

In March 1988 the Star Tribune listed the Pillsbury mansion at $1.25 million with an…

CategoriesHistory JournalPeriod photograph: the young Pillsbury children posed on a garden bench beneath trees, the girls in white with dark hair ribbons and dolls in their laps

Why Did the King of Belgium Write to a 12-Year-Old in the Pillsbury Mansion in 1916?

By John K

In November 1916 King Albert of Belgium wrote to 12-year-old Mary Pillsbury at 100 East…

CategoriesHistory JournalA yellow and gold stained glass panel at the Pillsbury Mansion, the kind of heraldic and continental glass gathered by English collectors in the 18th and 19th centuries.

How Did the Pillsbury Mansion’s Stained Glass Cross the Atlantic? A 1913 Wire Story From Kansas

By John K

A January 1913 Kansas newspaper reported the Grosvenor Thomas glass sailing for New York aboard…

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