This tour has 20 homes that cover a wide variety of architectural styles, designed for each client. You will see simple to avant-garde and modest to generous budgets; a cross-section of lifestyles from lakeside to city loft to farmhouses; and functional design decisions in material and citing meant to make the most of materials and land.
After a quick tour online of these homes, you can access the tour program guide and map and plan your own route to tour the homes.
The homes are listed from West to East and numbered accordingly on the map.
1. 16538 Goodhue Ave, Nerstrand, MN
SMSQ Architects
Steven Edwins, AIA
Designated a National Historic Landmark, the Veblen Farmstead is named after noted economist, social critic and Norwegian immigrant, Thorstein Veblen. The home was constructed in 1867, was later renovated throughout Veblen’s formative years and is where he spent seven years recovering from malaria. In 1993 the home underwent an exacting restoration to its period significance (1890) and features an interior showcase of the carpentry skills of Veblen’s father. The Preservation Alliance of Minnesota holds a façade easement to further preserve this historic property.