About Us
The Center for World Heritage Studies is a research and education unit in the College of Design at the University of Minnesota dedicated to the documentation, conservation and enhancement of global heritage. The Center works in cooperation with the programs of UNESCO, local and national preservation partners, as well as practitioners. Among the work and research interests of the center is modern heritage.
Our Placeography Projects
Minnesota Modernism: Architecture of the Recent Past, 1945-1970
This project evolved out of a survey of modernism in Minnesota, presented at a one-day symposium, "The Future of the Modern Past," sponsored by the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, in May 2006. With this site we hope to contribute to the knowledge and preservation of modernism in Minnesota--and beyond. Buildings included here represent the years 1945-1970, with a few outliers included for significance. Although all of Minnesota is represented, most buildings are located in the Twin Cities. We welcome contributors to post additions from across the state.
ARCH5670 Class Project
edit Minneapolis Modernism
edit Saint Paul Modernism
Christ Church Lutheran The building was designed by Eliel Saarinen and is one of his last works. It was dedicated in 1949, and has gained fame as the foremost early example of modern church architecture.
List of places in Minnesota in the Modern Style:
Primary style
- Minnesota Arts and Science Center, 30 10th Street East, Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Guthrie Crawford-Livingston Theatre, 30 10th Street East, Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Holy Name Church, 3637 11th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Second Church of Christ Scientist, 228 South 12th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 1011 14th Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 714 17th street e
- Anderson Hall, 257 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Social Sciences Building, 267 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Blegen Hall, 269 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- O. Meredith Wilson Library, University of Minnesota, 309 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Towers Condominiums, 15-19 South 1st Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- First Christian Church, 2201 1st Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Augsburg College Science Building, 701 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Middlebrook Hall, 412 22nd Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Westby House, 2901 East 24th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- City of Lakes Building, 309 2nd Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Saint Olaf's Roman Catholic Church, 805 2nd Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Waite Park Elementary School, 1800 34th Avenue Northeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Rice County Courthouse, 218 N.W. 3rd Street, Faribault, Minnesota
- Children's Theatre, 2400 3rd Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Riverview Theater, 3800 42nd Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Public Health Building, 250 South 4th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- State Capital Credit Union, 1222 4th Street Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Armatage Elementary School, 2501 West 56th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Northwestern National Bank Building, 55 5th Street East, Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Minneapolis Armory, 500-530 6th Street South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Cedar Square West, 1600 6th Street South, Minneapolis
- Franklin Junior High, 1501 Aldrich Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Degree of Honor Building, 325 Cedar Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Dayton's Department Store, 411 Cedar Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Centennial Office Building, 658 Cedar Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
- 4900 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 4916 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Mount Zion Lutheran Church, 5645 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Architecture Building, 89 Church Street Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Lindholm Oil Company Service Station, 202 Cloquet Avenue, Cloquet, Minnesota
- Veterans Service Building, 20 Columbus Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Parish House, Messiah Lutheran Church, 2504 Columbus Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Mayo Memorial Building, 420 Delaware Street Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Minneapolis Saving and Loan Associates, 85 South 8th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 1823 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Diehl Hall, 505 Essex Street Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Terrace Theater, 3508 France Avenue N, Robbinsdale, MN
- Minneapolis and Saint Louis Railroad Headquarters, 111 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Saint Francis Cabrini Church, 1500 Franklin Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Olson Campus Center, 1490 Fulham Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
- 1508 Girard Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Lindbergh Terminal, 4300 Glumack Drive, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Starkey House, 2620 Greysolon Road East, Duluth, Minnesota
- Walker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- … further results
Secondary Style
- Christ Church Lutheran, 3244 34th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 3rd Avenue South, Minneapolis,Minnesota
- Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank, 88 South 6th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 840 East 6th Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Saint Thomas Aquinas Church, 920 Holley Avenue, Saint Paul Park, Minnesota
edit National Register Historic Properties
List of places in Minnesota in the Modern Style listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
- Rice County Courthouse, 218 N.W. 3rd Street, Faribault, Minnesota
- Minneapolis Armory, 500-530 6th Street South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Lindholm Oil Company Service Station, 202 Cloquet Avenue, Cloquet, Minnesota
- Saint Paul City Hall-Ramsey County Courthouse, 15 West Kellogg Boulevard, Saint Paul
- Archdiocese Chancery and Residence, 226-230 Summit Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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