Lowry Hill is a neighborhood within the Calhoun-Isles community in Minneapolis, Minnesota . The neighborhood is regarded as being one of the city’s most upscale and wealthy neighborhoods. It was historically the home of Minneapolis’s most prominent milling and lumber families.
6-617: The Scottish Rite Temple , formerly the Fowler Methodist Episcopal Church , is a historic church building in the Lowry Hill neighborhood of Minneapolis , Minnesota , United States. It was designed by architects Warren H. Hayes and Harry Wild Jones . The original portion, the rear chapel, was designed by Warren H. Hayes and built in 1894. When the congregation expanded and more funds were available, Harry Wild Jones designed an addition that expanded it to
12-738: A hill named after late nineteenth century real estate mogul and trolley tycoon Thomas Lowry . The hill was described as swampy and covered in a thick old-growth forest during Minneapolis’s early years. The hill eventually became a small farming area overlooking Minneapolis in the mid 1800s. Many houses in Lowry Hill were built in the Victorian style before 1900. However, the Colonial, Mediterranean, English Tudor, Richardsonian Romanesque , Rambler, and Prairie style make appearances as well. A majority of those homes were constructed shortly after
18-684: A much larger structure. This was completed in 1906. The Fowler congregation merged with the Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church in 1915, and the Scottish Rite Temple bought the building the next year. They made some modifications to the auditorium to accommodate Masonic rituals, but most of the original features were kept, including extensive use of stained glass . The exterior is built of hard quartzite from southwestern Minnesota, along with red sandstone trim. It has two massive towers, three arches over
24-549: The entry porch, and a 24-foot-diameter (7.3 m) rose window . The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [REDACTED] Media related to Fowler Methodist Episcopal Church at Wikimedia Commons Lowry Hill, Minneapolis Although secluded by trees and parkways up on the hill, its boundaries are Interstate 394 to the north, Interstate 94 to the east, Hennepin Avenue to
30-423: The neighborhood's establishment as a preferred residential area for many of the wealthiest of Minneapolis' citizens. In over 100 years, the look of Lowry Hill has remained almost unchanged, however, some of the large homes built by original owners have been converted to condominia . 44°58′08″N 93°17′31″W / 44.9689°N 93.2919°W / 44.9689; -93.2919 This article about
36-473: The southeast, West 22nd Street to the south, Lake of the Isles Parkway to the southwest, and Logan Avenue South and Morgan Avenue South to the west. Lowry Hill is northwest of Lowry Hill East ; the two neighborhoods are separated by Hennepin Avenue . Lowry Hill is part of Ward 7 , represented by council member Katie Cashman . The neighborhood is named for the terminal moraine on which it sits,
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