On This Date in Minnesota History: September 13

September 13, 1977 - The Elbert L. Carpenter House located in the Loring Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minn., was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on this date.¹ “It was designed by notable local architect William Channing Whitney in the Colonial Revival style.

The house is significant not only for its architecture, but also for its resident, a businessman in the lumber industry. He helped to organize the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, now known as the Minnesota Orchestra. The Minneapolis Labor Review noted, "it was to him that everyone looked when stringent times in the world of work, trade and finance brought stringent times to the world of music. He never failed to respond with both financial support and ingenious plans for getting the Symphony through the storm of every depression."<sup>2 

1</sup>http://nrhp.mnhs.org/NRDetails.cfm?NPSNum=77000738
²http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert_L._Carpenter_House

Photos taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Sept. 13, 2013,
as long as acknowledgement included.