Archive for August, 2009

Link of the Week – Aug 25 2009

Check out Southern Minnesota Magazine—entire issues can be viewed online. The Summer 2009 issue includes a guide to identifying historic house styles (with examples from southern Minnesota cities), a profile of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Elam-Plunkett House in Austin, MN, and a feature story about the restoration of the only remaining FLW hotel, in Mason [...]

A House for a Buck—and a far bigger impact

by Erin Hanafin Berg, Field Representative August 24, 2009 The Saint Paul Pioneer Press reported today that eleven houses in the Dayton’s Bluff area of Saint Paul are for sale, some for as little as $1. That’s right, one measly dollar. But the houses come with strings attached, in that the buyers must demonstrate that [...]

Homes on the Range, part 1 – Eveleth

by Erin Hanafin Berg, Field Representative August 21, 2009 Right after the Fourth of July, I made a field visit to the Iron Range. I visited Hibbing, Chisholm, Virginia, and Eveleth, and reveled in the preservation opportunities that about in these cities. All four have good commercial historic districts that would be a great fit [...]