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John H Stevens House Museum. Saw this place on the way to the falls. It was closed so we just kinda looked around. Hard to believe the place was built in the 1840s and was the first food frame structure west of the Mississippi River. While not a destination or even the most exciting thing you'll see in the Twin Cities it is worth the $1 admission.
John Harrington Stevens was the first authorized colonial resident on the west bank of the Mississippi River in what would become Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was granted permission to occupy the site, then part of the Fort Snelling military reservation, in exchange for providing ferry service to St. Anthony across the river. The Stevens House was moved several times, finally to Minnehaha Park ...
Aug 30, 2022 · Park Board spokesperson Dawn Sommers confirms that Minneapolis fire crews were called to the John H. Stevens House in Minnehaha Park just before 5 a.m. on reports of a fire.
The John Harrington Stevens House is a historic structure in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Named for John H. Stevens, it was the first authorized house on the west bank of the Mississippi River in what would become Minneapolis. The house is the second oldest remaining wood-frame house in Minneapolis. The house is part of the Minnehaha Historic District and managed by the Minneapolis Park and ...
Dating back to 1850, the John H. Stevens House is one of the oldest surviving structures in Minneapolis, and the first in the area to be built west of the Mississippi River. John Harrington Stevens, sometimes called the “Father of Minneapolis,” constructed the house north of its present location, near Hennepin Avenue Bridge. Stevens acquired the land from the U.S. War Department, in ...
Sep 20, 2022 · The John H. Stevens House is more than 170 years old and belonged to the "father of Minneapolis," according to the museum. The museum said the home was where Minneapolis was named and Hennepin ...
Apr 29, 2011 · The land was part of the Fort Snelling Military Reservation in 1849, but the army allowed John H. Stevens to build a house in return for operating a ferry above the falls. For a time, John Stevens and his wife, Frances Helen, had no white neighbors, but they recalled often walking to find Indians camping nearby on their way to sell food and buy ...
