Elisha and Lizzie Morse Jr. House | |
 The Morse House from the southwest | |
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| Location | 2325–2327 Pillsbury Avenue S., Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 44°57′33.4″N 93°16′51.5″W / 44.959278°N 93.280972°W |
| Built | 1874 |
| Architectural style | Italian Villa |
| NRHP reference No. | 76001057 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 28, 1995 |
The Elisha and Lizzie Morse Jr. House is a house in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house was built in 1870 in the Italian Villa style. Its most distinctive feature is the cupola with shallow arches over paired windows. [2] The siding is also a unique design. The planks were made to look like cut stone by cutting incisions at regular intervals, then painting the siding with a mixture of paint and sand. This technique was rarely practiced in Minnesota architecture, and there are few surviving buildings with this treatment. [3]
The house was originally located at 2402 4th Avenue South and was built for grocer Elisha Morse, Jr. and his family as a country home. It was moved to its present location in 1991. [2] Its previous location was radically altered around 1966 during the construction of Interstate 35W, so its current location is more like the original neighborhood on 4th Avenue South. [3]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b Millett, Larry (2007). AIA Guide to the Twin Cities: The Essential Source on the Architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul. p. 213.
- ^ a b "Elisha Morse House". Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission. February 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
