2145 4th Avenue East
Hibbing, MN, USA

  • Architectural Style: Queen Anne
  • Bathroom: 3
  • Year Built: 1897
  • National Register of Historic Places: Yes
  • Square Feet: 2,508 sqft
  • National Register of Historic Places Date: Dec 02, 1980
  • Neighborhood: 55746
  • National Register of Historic Places Area of Significance: Architecture / Social History
  • Bedrooms: 3
  • Architectural Style: Queen Anne
  • Year Built: 1897
  • Square Feet: 2,508 sqft
  • Bedrooms: 3
  • Bathroom: 3
  • Neighborhood: 55746
  • National Register of Historic Places: Yes
  • National Register of Historic Places Date: Dec 02, 1980
  • National Register of Historic Places Area of Significance: Architecture / Social History
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May 25, 2014

  • Charmaine Bantugan

Mitchell-Tappan House

The Mitchell–Tappan House is a historic house in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1897 as a residence for executives of the Oliver Mining Company. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 for its local significance in the themes of architecture and social history. It was nominated for reflecting the sumptuous lifestyle enjoyed by an elite few in the early mining era. The Oliver Mining Company continued to use the Mitchell–Tappan House as an executive residence into the 1960s. In recent years its owners operated it as a bed and breakfast.

Mitchell-Tappan House

The Mitchell–Tappan House is a historic house in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1897 as a residence for executives of the Oliver Mining Company. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 for its local significance in the themes of architecture and social history. It was nominated for reflecting the sumptuous lifestyle enjoyed by an elite few in the early mining era. The Oliver Mining Company continued to use the Mitchell–Tappan House as an executive residence into the 1960s. In recent years its owners operated it as a bed and breakfast.

Dec 02, 1980

  • Charmaine Bantugan

National Register of Historic Places - Mitchell-Tappan House

Statement of Significance: The building was built in North Hibbing by Oliver Mining Company and served as the residence for various Oliver Mining Company officials from 1905 through the 1960s. It is representative of the lavish style of the company officials' home and reflects the wide social and economic gulf between the mining corporation operatives and the rest of the population. Oliver, of course, was the mining subsidiary of the U.S. Steel Trust and later the U.S. Steel Corporation. Oliver, as supplier to the largest U.S. producer of iron and steel, was also the major producer of hematite iron ore on the Lake Superior Iron Mining Ranges. Pentecost Mitchell and W.M. Tappan were superintendents of the US Steel-Oliver operations and were assigned to the Iron Range. Mitchell was the first resident, having worked with Lake Superior, Sellers, and Pillsbury mines and appointed superintendent of the Oliver's Hibbing district in 1899. The company built the house for Mitchell in 1905. Tappan, a later superintendent of the Hibbing district and resident of the house, was very much involved in the relocation of the town of North Hibbing. He was responsible for the house's relocation in 1920 to its present site in Hibbing. Subsequent research shows that the residence was constructed by the Oliver Mining Company for Pentecost Mitchell in 1897-98 when he was the first General Superintendent at Hibbing.

National Register of Historic Places - Mitchell-Tappan House

Statement of Significance: The building was built in North Hibbing by Oliver Mining Company and served as the residence for various Oliver Mining Company officials from 1905 through the 1960s. It is representative of the lavish style of the company officials' home and reflects the wide social and economic gulf between the mining corporation operatives and the rest of the population. Oliver, of course, was the mining subsidiary of the U.S. Steel Trust and later the U.S. Steel Corporation. Oliver, as supplier to the largest U.S. producer of iron and steel, was also the major producer of hematite iron ore on the Lake Superior Iron Mining Ranges. Pentecost Mitchell and W.M. Tappan were superintendents of the US Steel-Oliver operations and were assigned to the Iron Range. Mitchell was the first resident, having worked with Lake Superior, Sellers, and Pillsbury mines and appointed superintendent of the Oliver's Hibbing district in 1899. The company built the house for Mitchell in 1905. Tappan, a later superintendent of the Hibbing district and resident of the house, was very much involved in the relocation of the town of North Hibbing. He was responsible for the house's relocation in 1920 to its present site in Hibbing. Subsequent research shows that the residence was constructed by the Oliver Mining Company for Pentecost Mitchell in 1897-98 when he was the first General Superintendent at Hibbing.

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