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Article: Nicollet Island is `sampler of architectural styles'; Vintage housing stock ranges from Greek Revival to Victorian.(HOMES)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- April 20, 1996
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Island Av. is a narrow, pothole-plagued lane parting the prairie grasses and untended woods that thrive on Nicollet Island. Along that road, which trails around the perimeter of the island past several 19th-century houses, one can get a glimpse of several early Minneapolis architectural styles.
"It's sort of like a sampler of architectural styles from the earliest days of Minneapolis as a city," said Bob Roscoe, a residential designer and commissioner with the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission. But the island neighborhood is "more like an urban township" he added.
Nicollet Island today is only slightly shaken by the ambient noises of downtown Minneapolis ...