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Nokomis Knoll Residential Historic District

Coordinates: 44°54′26″N 93°15′2″W / 44.90722°N 93.25056°W / 44.90722; -93.25056
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Nokomis Knoll Residential Historic District
Two houses within the Nokomis Knoll Residential Historic District
Nokomis Knoll Residential Historic District is located in Minnesota
Nokomis Knoll Residential Historic District
Nokomis Knoll Residential Historic District is located in the United States
Nokomis Knoll Residential Historic District
LocationBounded by W. 52nd Street, West Lake Nokomis Parkway, E. 54th Street, and Bloomington Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coordinates44°54′26″N 93°15′2″W / 44.90722°N 93.25056°W / 44.90722; -93.25056
Area12.5 acres (5.1 ha)
Built1920s–1930s
ArchitectCarlson, Gerald E.; et al.
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.99000938[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 05, 1999

Nokomis Knoll Residential Historic District is a neighborhood of houses near Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 and features a number of homes built in popular revival architecture styles of the 1920s, 1930s, and early 1940s. The styles include French and Italian Renaissance, Tudor Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, and Colonial Revival. There are also a few American Craftsman and bungalow style houses. Tudor Revival is the most prominent style in this district.[2] Most of the homes were built during a nationwide housing boom of middle- and upper-middle-class house building. The homes also show the influence of increasing automobile ownership among the middle class, since most of the houses had individual garages built as standard amenities.[3]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Millett, Larry (2007). AIA Guide to the Twin Cities: The Essential Source on the Architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul. p. 169.
  3. ^ "Nokomis Knoll Residential Historic District". Minnesota Historical Society. 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
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