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Breakfast with a Preservationist - T. P. Healy, Master Builder
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., ADM Conference Room, Mill City Museum 710 South Second Street
This event is free!
Our first Breakfast of 2012 will focus on the talented Theron P. Healy, a master builder responsible for several nineteenth-century Queen Anne houses in
Minneapolis. Researcher Anders Christensen will present a sumptuous sampling of Healy houses along with a biographical sketch of Healy’s brilliant career.
Christensen led a tour of Healy homes on Lowry Hill as part of the 2011 Historic Walking and biking Tours. Parking is available in a public ramp across the street
or in metered spaces along South Second Street. Coffee and bakery goods will be available, as will the usual great questions and commentary.
Happy Hour with a Preservationist - Tour of the North Branch Library
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., North Branch Library, 1834 Emerson Avenue North
This event is free! Free parking is available on the street.
Join Preserve Minneapolis for a tour of the historic North Branch Library / Emerge Career and Technical Center. This pre-construction tour will be led by the
President and CEO of Emerge, Mike Wynne, and Emerge’s noted architectural advisor, Bob Mack. North Branch Library, known by locals as the “Castle,” opened in 1894
as the first branch library in Minneapolis and one of the first open-shelf library buildings in the nation. The building’s design allowed people to browse the
shelves until they found a book – a new idea for its time. The building set a precedent for future library development in the Minneapolis Public Library system. For
decades, the library was an important northside institution and neighborhood-gathering place. The building was shuttered in the 1970s when newer branch libraries
opened. In 2009, the property was purchased by a local community development group, Emerge. In the spring of 2012, Emerge will adapt this northside landmark for a
new use as a career and technology center, specifically serving the north-side community. Join us for a “Before” tour of the beautiful North Branch Library and
hear about the center’s exciting plans that will soon be underway.
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