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The Last House in the North Loop

Once upon a time, the North Loop neighborhood of Minneapolis—primarily home to warehouses and industrial buildings (many now turned apartments and condos)—was also home to patches of single-family homes, schools, and churches. Nearly all of these were wiped out by the freeway and other development starting in the 1960s. But tucked in among factories, distribution centers, vacant lots, freeway overpasses and off-ramps, one house still stands. From what we can tell, 1022 5th Street North, built in 1914, is the last remaining house in the North Loop. The house is owned by a holding company that owns the entire block and was purchased, as part of the block, for $1.5 million in 2020. We suppose it’s only a matter of time before this house also disappears.

Photo from the City of Minneapolis Collection in the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections. Below: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map and 1914 Minneapolis Atlas.

North Loop, Minneapolis.