Standard Mill, 116-118 Portland Ave South, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN
The Standard Mill is historically significant for its role in the development of Minneapolis` West Side Milling District, and for its association with the noted milling engineers William Dixon Gray and Otis Arkwright Pray. Designed by Gray and built by Pray in 1879, the Standard was one in a series of West Side mills constructed during the 1870s. The West Side mills helped establish Minneapolis as the flouring capital of the United States from 1880 to 1930. The Standard survived a wave of mill closures and demolitions during the 1930s, and is currently one of only four West Side mills still standing. In 1971, the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office of the Minnesota Historical Society nominated the structure to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the St. Anthony Falls Historic District.
Standard Mill, 116-118 Portland Ave South, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN
The Standard Mill is historically significant for its role in the development of Minneapolis` West Side Milling District, and for its association with the noted milling engineers William Dixon Gray and Otis Arkwright Pray. Designed by Gray and built by Pray in 1879, the Standard was one in a series of West Side mills constructed during the 1870s. The West Side mills helped establish Minneapolis as the flouring capital of the United States from 1880 to 1930. The Standard survived a wave of mill closures and demolitions during the 1930s, and is currently one of only four West Side mills still standing. In 1971, the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office of the Minnesota Historical Society nominated the structure to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the St. Anthony Falls Historic District.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
