Jan 01, 2009
3252 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, USA
3252 Lyndale Ave S Home History L. .W Ray, 1936 The oldest home of little square hamburgers in the Twin Cities, now selling gems instead of gut bombs. The White Castle chain, founded in Kansas in 1921, had by the 1930s become such a large operation that it maintained its own fabricating plant, where this 840-square-foot porcelain-steel building was made. It's one of only a half dozen or so White Castle buildings of this type left in the United States. After being shipped to Minneapolis, the building was erected in 1936 at 616 Washington Ave. Southeast. It stood there until 1950, when it was dismantled and reassembled at 329 Central Ave. Southeast. White Castle closed the restaurant in 1983. Preservationists working with the city saved the structure from demolition and moved it here. Citation: Millett, Larry. AIA Guide to the Minneapolis Lake District. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2009.
3252 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, USA
3252 Lyndale Ave S Home History L. .W Ray, 1936 The oldest home of little square hamburgers in the Twin Cities, now selling gems instead of gut bombs. The White Castle chain, founded in Kansas in 1921, had by the 1930s become such a large operation that it maintained its own fabricating plant, where this 840-square-foot porcelain-steel building was made. It's one of only a half dozen or so White Castle buildings of this type left in the United States. After being shipped to Minneapolis, the building was erected in 1936 at 616 Washington Ave. Southeast. It stood there until 1950, when it was dismantled and reassembled at 329 Central Ave. Southeast. White Castle closed the restaurant in 1983. Preservationists working with the city saved the structure from demolition and moved it here. Citation: Millett, Larry. AIA Guide to the Minneapolis Lake District. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2009.
Jan 01, 2009
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2023
Historical Record Date
Jan 01, 2009
Source Name
AIA Guide to the Minneapolis Lake District
