Minnesota Veterans' Home Complex, Campus Plan, 5101 Minnehaha Avenue, South, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN
Summary
Significance: The campus plan for the Minnesota Soldiers' Home was developed by Horace W.S. Cleveland, a prominent nineteenth century landscape architect who stressed the importance of using the natural topography of the landscape in his designs. In conjunction with the architect, Warren Dunnell, Cleveland created "the cottage plan," siting the buildings and roads to enhance the natural scenery of the grounds, and through this, provided the residents of the Home access to the medicinal benefits of nature.
Survey number: HABS MN-74-P
Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Cleveland, Horace W, S
Dunnell, Warren
Works Progress Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Kumar, Rebecca, transmitter
Mathiason, Jerry, photographer
MacDonald & Mack Architects, historian
Location
Minneapolis (Minn.), 44.91360, -93.20439
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html