Jan 01, 2009
2925 Dean Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2925 Dean Pkwy Home History Charles W. Nicol (Chicago) with Magney and Tusler, 1928-46/ renovated, 1977/renovated, ESG Architects, 2002 In the early 1920s, Minneapolis businessman Harry S. Goldie conceived the idea for a swank club and residential building over- looking Lake Calhoun. Goldie and other promoters of the project began soliciting memberships, and by 1928 he'd raised enough capital to begin construction of this building, at the time the tallest in the city outside the downtown core. Chicago architect Charles W. Nicol designed the Calhoun Beach Club in the fashionable Renaissance Revival style. Goldie's timing, however, was less than perfect. The stock market crashed just as the building was nearing completion in 1929, and it stood vacant until after World War II. When it finally opened in 1946, the building consisted of ground-floor commercial space, club facilities (including a swimming pool, gymnasium, and ballroom) on the lower three floors, and apartments and one floor of hotel rooms above. In 2002, the club, now the Vintage Apartments, was extensively renovated; today it includes luxury apartments as well as a health club, retail space, and meeting rooms. Citation: Millett, Larry. AIA Guide to the Minneapolis Lake District. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2009.
2925 Dean Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2925 Dean Pkwy Home History Charles W. Nicol (Chicago) with Magney and Tusler, 1928-46/ renovated, 1977/renovated, ESG Architects, 2002 In the early 1920s, Minneapolis businessman Harry S. Goldie conceived the idea for a swank club and residential building over- looking Lake Calhoun. Goldie and other promoters of the project began soliciting memberships, and by 1928 he'd raised enough capital to begin construction of this building, at the time the tallest in the city outside the downtown core. Chicago architect Charles W. Nicol designed the Calhoun Beach Club in the fashionable Renaissance Revival style. Goldie's timing, however, was less than perfect. The stock market crashed just as the building was nearing completion in 1929, and it stood vacant until after World War II. When it finally opened in 1946, the building consisted of ground-floor commercial space, club facilities (including a swimming pool, gymnasium, and ballroom) on the lower three floors, and apartments and one floor of hotel rooms above. In 2002, the club, now the Vintage Apartments, was extensively renovated; today it includes luxury apartments as well as a health club, retail space, and meeting rooms. Citation: Millett, Larry. AIA Guide to the Minneapolis Lake District. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2009.
Jan 01, 2009
Posted Date
Sep 25, 2023
Historical Record Date
Jan 01, 2009
Source Name
AIA Guide to the Minneapolis Lake District
