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Country Club Historic District (Edina, Minnesota)

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Location
  
Edina, Minnesota

NRHP Reference #
  
82002958

Area
  
121 ha

Built
  
1924–1931

Opened
  
1922

Added to NRHP
  
26 April 1982

Country Club Historic District (Edina, Minnesota)

Architect
  
Samuel J. Thorpe, et al.

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival, Other

Similar
  
Cahill School, Edina Mill, Lake Harriet Park, Edina Historical Society, Edinborough Park

The Country Club Historic District is a suburban residential district established in 1922 in Edina, Minnesota, United States. It was one of Minnesota's first comprehensive planned communities and served as the prototype for subsequent town planning in this suburb of Minneapolis. The development was modeled after the J.C. Nichols Country Club District in Kansas City, Missouri.

The district is also noted for its homogeneous Period Revival architecture. The architectural styles are primarily Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Georgian Revival and Mediterranean Revival designs. The neighborhood is listed in the National Register of Historic Places with 550 contributing properties mostly built 1924–1931. It was listing for having local significance in architecture, community planning, and landscape architecture.

References

Country Club Historic District (Edina, Minnesota) Wikipedia


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