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CategoriesHistory JournalA historic first-floor plan of the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion in Minneapolis showing the main hall, dining room, living room, library, conservatory, kitchen, butler's pantry and servants' dining room

What Was on the Top Floor of the Pillsbury Mansion?

By John K

A 1994 measured drawing of the attic level reveals a play room, a sewing room,…

CategoriesClub LifeHistoric photograph of a woman in a long dark coat standing in deep snow outside the arched stone entrance of the Pillsbury Mansion in Minneapolis, beside a snow-covered evergreen

When Is the Best Time of Year to Tour a Minneapolis Mansion?

By John K

A Gilded Age mansion behaves differently in every season. Here is what winter, spring, summer…

CategoriesHistory JournalAn early view of the great hall and carved oak staircase inside the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion in Minneapolis, showing the newel posts and panelled walls

Who Was Christened Inside the Pillsbury Mansion in 1938?

By John K

In January 1938 a Pillsbury grandson was christened at 100 East 22nd Street in a…

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

Where Did the Pillsbury Daughters Go to College?

By John K

A 1927 newspaper photo caught Helen Winston Pillsbury golfing in Virginia and revealed that all…

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 a 1929 Wedding Inside the Pillsbury Mansion Like?

By John K

Mary Pillsbury married Oswald Lord in the mansion's great hall in 1929, on her parents'…

CategoriesClub LifeA display table in the Pillsbury Club Market in Minneapolis holding laser-cut wooden Minnesota keepsakes, kraft paper gift bags and a carved wooden box beside a leaded window

Where Can You Shop for Minnesota-Made Gifts Inside a Historic Minneapolis Mansion?

By John K

The Pillsbury Club Market sells Minnesota-made goods, local art and gifts inside a Gilded Age…

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

Who Lectured on Babylonia Inside the Pillsbury Mansion in 1914?

By John K

In October 1914 a Yale Assyriologist lectured on Babylonia in the Pillsbury Mansion drawing room.…

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

What Was the Pillsbury Mansion’s Amusement Room Used For in 1918?

By John K

In November 1918, 1,257 garments for Belgian and French refugees were sorted and packed in…

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.

Why Was a Teenager Filming Phantom of the Opera at the Pillsbury Mansion in 1970?

By John K

In 1970 a Minneapolis ninth-grader shot a Phantom of the Opera remake on the Pillsbury…

CategoriesClub LifeTwo guests seated at a table inside the Pillsbury Club with food and drinks in front of them and a wall of amber and orange stained glass behind.

What Is the Pillsbury Club Collection? One Stay, Three Historic Minneapolis Places

By John K

One stay, three historic Minneapolis properties: how the Pillsbury Club Collection connects 300 Clifton, Oakland’s…

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