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Tile Map - Historic Tile Sites
 H1
- American Swedish Institute
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 2600 Park Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55407.
612-871-4907.
Eleven Swedish tile stoves. The American Swedish Institute is a museum & cultural
center housed in a turn-of-the-century mansion that was built for Swedish immigrants
Swan & Christina Turnblad. Architectural firm of Christopher A. Boehme & Victor
Cordella. Built 1903-08. Open Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat 12-4 pm, Wed 12-8 pm, Sun
1-5 pm, closed Mondays & holidays. Museum hours are extended in Nov and
Dec, Sats from 10 am-5 pm. www.americanswedishinst.org.
H2 - Bakken
Library and Museum
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3537 Zenith Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55416.
612-926-3878.
Batchelder floor tile located on 2nd floor of museum, and Batchelder bathroom.
H3 - Brit's
Pub & Eating Establishment
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1110 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403.
612-332-3908.
Exterior architectural terra cotta and murals. Around the north corner is a little
mural in the entryway.
H4 - Cathedral
Church of St. Mark (Episcopal)
Central Mpls Map 510 Oak Grove St.,
Minneapolis, MN 55403.
Batchelder tiles in the chancel & choir. Hewitt & Brown, ca.
1910.
H5 - Church
of St. Helena
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3204 E. 43rd St., Minneapolis, MN 55406.
612-729-7344.
Entryway floors, walls, aisle, altar, deco & field tiles.
H6 - Dr.
Good Building
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3703 Central Ave. Columbia Heights, MN.
763-788-1113.
Mexican murals & Spanish tile wainscoting throughout building.
Not open to public.
H7 - Federated
Insurance Companies
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148 East Broadway Street, Owatonna, MN 55060.
507-446-8043.
Prairie School building, terra cotta exterior. Architects: Jacobson & Jacobson,
built 1903.
H8 - Glensheen
Historic Estate
3300 London Rd., Duluth, MN 55804
218-726-8910 www.glensheen.org.
Built between 1905 and 1908 for Chester and Clara Congdon. Glensheen is an architectural and decorative arts masterpiece. The Jacobean Revival home was designed by Clarence H. Johnston, with interiors by William A. French and John Bradstreet. The house is a collection of styles, from Colonial Revival and Renaissance Revival to Arts & Crafts and early 20th-century modern. Filled with original furnishings and artwork, Glensheen also boasts a Rookwood-tiled breakfast room, nine tiled fireplaces including Grueby Faience, and much more. Owned and operated by the University of Minnesota Duluth. Open year-round; call or visit the website for days and hours.
  
  
H9 - Grace
Evangelical Lutheran Church
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324 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414.
National Register of Historical Places lists as architecturally significant as
a refined example of the Late English Gothic Revival style with ornamentation
influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement as well as Scandinavian design tradition.
Built 1915-16. Ornamental tiles at intervals on the exterior, and decorative
tiles on interior nave walls and front floor area.
H10 -
Handicraft Guild Building
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89 South 10th St., Minneapolis, MN 55403.
Tiles and entryway c. 1914. Ernest Batchelder taught design in summer school
1905-1909.
H11 -
Hodroff & Sons Funeral Home - Private
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126 Franklin Ave. E., Minneapolis, MN 55404.
612-871-1234.
Moravian Tile fireplaces. Originally Hewitt House. Four fireplaces by Handicraft
Guild. Not open to public ? call for appointment.
H12 -
House of Hope Presbyterian Church
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797 Summit Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105.
Floor tiles in the entry and nave.
H13 -
Lakewood Cemetery Chapel 
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3600 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55408-3847.
612-822-2171.
 National Register of Historic Places. Architect Harry Wild Jones -
built 1908. Design modeled after the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. Interior
Byzantine mosaic design based on the interior of the San Marco Cathedral
in Venice. Interior designer Charles Lamb/Lamb Studios, NY. Italian
mosaic artists installed ten million interior mosaic pieces called
tessellate, from marble, colored stone, and glass fused with gold and
silver. Open seven days a week, except Thanks-giving Day & Christmas
Day, 10:00-4:30.
H14 - Landmark Center/MN Museum of Art
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On Rice Park, St. Paul, MN 55402.
651-292-4355.
Interior stone mosaic inside floor entryway. Stone mosaic floors
in elevators.
H15 - The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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2400 3rd Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55404.
612-870-3131.
1902 fireplace surround - permanent exhibit. Design attributed to
John S. Bradstreet. Manufactured by Grueby Faience Company. Glazed
earthenware tile. In lobby of museum is a mosaic woman by artist
Judy Onofrio.
H16 - Minnesota History Center
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345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102.
612-296-6126.
Minnesota Historical Society tile collection.
H17 - Minnesota Humanities Commission
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987 Ivy Ave. E., St. Paul, MN.
651-774-0105.
Formerly Gillette Children's Hospital. Interior Moravian tiles on walls
and floors, deco & field tiles. Built 1925.
 H18 - Our Lady of Victory
Chapel, College of St. Catherine
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2004 Randolph Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105.
Batchelder tiles on interior walls & a perforated tile screen.
Tiles also adorn chapel on exterior. Batchelder's largest commission.
Architect H.A. Sullwold, 1923.
H19 - Owatonna Art Center
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435 Garden View Ln, Owatonna, MN 55060.
507-451-0533.
www.nexus.mnic.net/~oartctr.
Orphanage Museum: tiles in the cafeteria. Open Tues-Sun 1-5.
H20 - National
Farmers Bank/Wells Fargo
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101 North Cedar Avenue, Owatonna, MN 55060.
507-455-7500.
National Historic Landmark. Prairie School Movement - interior and
exterior terra cotta by American Terra Cotta and Ceramic Co. Kristian
Schneider sculpted all ornaments in clay from which molds were made
for casting the terra cotta, cast & ornamental plasterwork. Architect Louis H. Sullivan, built 1907-08.
Builders: Hammel Brothers & Anderson. Hours M-Friday 8-5:30, Saturday 8-12.
 H21 - Scott Hall, University of Minnesota
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72 Pleasant Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
Batchelder tiles representing music are part of a frieze inside the
entrance. Built 1921-23 as the University Music Hall. Architect:
Clarence H. Johnston, Sr.
H22 - Silver Bullet Restoration 
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2611 1st Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55408.
612-874-7748.
Islamic tile, exterior façade.
H23 - State Capitol Building
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175 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102-2701.
Ground level floor tiled in 6 "x 12" grooved Guastavino tile. Interior
color a light brown. Exterior tunnel under main staircase 1800 sq. ft. reproductions
produced in 1996 by Josh Blanc & Mark Walker in a green turquoise to match
original.
H24 - Ukrainian Catholic Church of St. Constantine
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515 University Ave. NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413.
Rich colored exterior domed tiled roof.
H25 - Weisman Art Museum
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University of Minnesota, 333 E. River Rd., Minneapolis, MN 55455.
Call registrar to view collection: 612-625-9494. Tile collection:
Persian tile circa 800; Ching Dynasty - porcelain 1644-1912; 4 Korean
tiles by unknown artist - earthenware, low fire; contemporary: John
Reeve, Canadian 1962-63.
H26 - Zamboni Building
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301-303 North Cedar Ave., Owatonna, MN 55060
Terra cotta exterior, built in 1880.
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