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MINNETONKA BLVD. BUILDINGS

The following are addresses of commercial and apartment buildings for which we have some historical information. The dates come from phone directories, newspaper articles and ads, and a number of other sources. The chronologies are by no means complete, and we invite you to contact us with any corrections, additions, or other comments.  An * means the building no longer exists or that the original building has been replaced.

 

3900

Standard Station/Cleaners - 1940/1953

3920

Gas - 1938

4000

Stillman's/Milt's/Fishman's/Yum - 1935

4008

Giller-Howard's Pharmacy - 1934/1956

4020

Office - 1956

4100

Lincoln Del /Fishman's - 1940

4110

Giller Liquors - 1955

4120

Mobil station/Pilgrim Cleaners - 1955

4200

Treasure's Island/Yoga - 1947

4201

Milk House - 1939/1980 *

4209

Hardware - 1922 *

4210-4212

Bernie's Park Deli - Calhoun Plaza - 1959

4217

1909 house, then 1962 gas station

4219

1924 house demo 1962 *

4221

Gas - 1962/1976

4301

Burning Tree West Apartments - 1950

4310/4330

Apartment - 1964

4315-4325

Park Point Apartments - 1948

4400/4450

Park Embassy Apartments - 1962

4411

Apartments - 1963

4421

Apartments - 1961

4500

Star of Bethlehem - 1924

4501

1918 House*, then Commercial - 1962

4509

1916 House*, then Commercial -1966

4513

Shorty Dale's house*; demo in 1973

4517

1908 house*, then East Pointe Offices - 1964

4625

Natchez Group Place - 66 condos

4624

Ritularium Society of Minneapolis - 1918

4725

1905 Fern Hill School, then Park Hill Apartments - 1968

4800

Tucker's Treehouse - 1926

4801/4805

Pharmacy, Moldestad Grocery/Good Life Spa  - 1931

4813

Hardware, Cat Condos - 1949

4815

Cleaners, Body Dynamics - ?

4820

Office - 1967

4825/4833

Park Theater Building - 1939

4835

Park Theater and stores - 1939

4925

Menorah Plaza - 1981

5005

SLP City Hall - 1963

5016/5020

Insurance/Dentist - 1950

5100

5 unit apartments - 1941

5101

Kay Motors - 1946/2000

5112

5 unit apartments - 1941

5123

Lake Street Store - 1926 (not an address) *

5125

Gas - 1953

5224

St. George's Episcopal Church - 1960

5408

Cliff's/Jack Reed's - 1948

5430

Gas - 1948

5621-5703

Colonial Terrace Apartments - 1964

5801

First Lutheran Church- 1928

6312-16-20

Grocery - 1999

6315-17

Pizza Hut - 1951

6325

Beek's Pizza - 1894?

6405

Gas - 1940/1962/2005

6408

Good News For Israel - 1954

6715

Lenox School/Community Center - 1925

6805

SLP Evangelical Free Church - 1951

7119

Don Steady Gas Station - 1957

7124-7128

Two storefronts - 1905

7200/7210

Grocery - 1945

7201

Park Tavern

7814

Timothy Lutheran Church - 1953

7915

Kidcapers - 1952

7916

Gas Station - 1962

7920

Grossman TV, Evenson Paint & Wallpaper - 1952-62

7921

Union Oil - 1953

8000

Texa-Tonka Shopping Center - 1953

8001

Texa-Tonka Standard - 1955

8005-09-11

Storefronts - 1954

8015

Standard Plumbing, storefronts - 1952

8105

Laundromat - 1961

8200

Texa-Tonka Lanes - 1958

8240

Tonka Liquors - 1963

8300

Texa-Tonka Shell - 1955

8320

West Lynn Apartments - 1962

8400

Victoria Lake Apartments - 1958

8550

Westling House - 1874

9445

Commercial - 1954

9500

Cross of Christ/Suburban Baptist/Calvary - 1955

   
   
   




 

This information comes from a variety of sources: newspapers, books, yearbooks, phone directories, interviews, etc. Given the varied sources, we cannot guarantee that all of this information is correct, and welcome any additions and corrections. Please contact us with your contributions and comments.