Jun 01, 2016
Pennington House
1004 Summit Ave. -- Pennington House By Initial research: Bob Glancy; Editor and additional research: Richard L. Kronick Original Owner: Chester Pennington Pennington was president of the Soo Line Railroad, 1909-1922 Architect:William Kenyon Built: 1906 Photo: courtesy Minnesota Historical Society The Soo Line Railroad was named for the fact that it went through Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. The original branch was built east from Minneapolis through Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, and Ontario -- and then back into the U.S. This was a way to deliver Minneapolis flour, lumber, and other products to East Coast markets without going through Chicago, where a powerful rail cartel had set artificially high freight prices. The Soo Line also built toward the west and north into Minnesota and the Dakotas in order to bring wheat to the Minneapolis mills. The Soo Line was built by the partnership of William Drew Washburn, Thomas Lowry, Clinton Morrison, C. M. Loring, W. W. Eastman, Charles Pillsbury, and others in collaboration with officials of Canadian railroad lines.. The first train left Minneapolis for Sault Ste. Marie in 1883.
Pennington House
1004 Summit Ave. -- Pennington House By Initial research: Bob Glancy; Editor and additional research: Richard L. Kronick Original Owner: Chester Pennington Pennington was president of the Soo Line Railroad, 1909-1922 Architect:William Kenyon Built: 1906 Photo: courtesy Minnesota Historical Society The Soo Line Railroad was named for the fact that it went through Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. The original branch was built east from Minneapolis through Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, and Ontario -- and then back into the U.S. This was a way to deliver Minneapolis flour, lumber, and other products to East Coast markets without going through Chicago, where a powerful rail cartel had set artificially high freight prices. The Soo Line also built toward the west and north into Minnesota and the Dakotas in order to bring wheat to the Minneapolis mills. The Soo Line was built by the partnership of William Drew Washburn, Thomas Lowry, Clinton Morrison, C. M. Loring, W. W. Eastman, Charles Pillsbury, and others in collaboration with officials of Canadian railroad lines.. The first train left Minneapolis for Sault Ste. Marie in 1883.
Jun 01, 2016
Posted Date
Dec 20, 2022
Historical Record Date
Jun 01, 2016
Source Name
Minneapolis Historical
Source Website
Jun 01, 1905
Jun 01, 1905
1004 Summit Ave, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Breakfast room, Edmund Pennington residence, 1004 Summit Avenue, Minneapolis Content: Approximately 1905
Posted Date
Apr 28, 2022
Historical Record Date
Jun 01, 1905
Source Name
Minnesota Historical Society
