Here is a list of commercial buildings and public spaces that we think have historical significance for the Como neighborhood, Minneapolis, and Minnesota. We compiled this list in preparation for the historical re-survey that the City of Minneapolis is conducting in 2011 for Como and several other neighborhoods.
- * Bunge elevator head tower, railroad & 13th Ave SE
- * Como Congregational Church, 1035/1037 14th Ave SE
- Dar al-Farooq mosque building, 983 17th Ave SE
- built in 1909
- former Bowen Products Corporation in 1922
- former M&M Wire Clamp Company factory in 1936
- mosque opened here in 1997
- * General Mills Research Laboratories, 2010 E Hennepin Ave
- built in 1930
- architect Carleton W. Farnham
- owned by BBD Holdings; run as a small business incubator
- see the 2010 tour brochure here
* Mannings Restaurant, 2200 Como Ave SE built in 1907 1922 city directory lists Miller, Walter H. He owns the grocery at this address, and resides. VanNess, William E., salesman. Sheehan, James S., bookkeeper, rooms. 1936 city directory lists Manning, Ralph B. (wife Albertine), owns beverages (tavern) at 2200 Como Ave. and Ice at 2206 Como Ave. Home. Manning, Gerald, clerk. Resides. "Counter Intelligence: Happy birthday, indeed - Seventy-five years . . . Manning's Cafe," by Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, May 30, 2007
Minnetonka Moccasin building, 1113/1227 E. Hennepin Ave.
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