The Country Club Historic District is a suburban residential district established in 1922 in

Edina, Minnesota Edina ( ) is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States and a first-ring suburb of Minneapolis. The population was 53,494 at the 2020 census, making it the 18th most populous city in Minnesota. Edina began as a small farming and mil ...

, United States. It was one of

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's first comprehensive

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and served as the prototype for subsequent town planning in this suburb of

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. The development was modeled after the

J.C. Nichols Jesse Clyde "J. C." Nichols (August 23, 1880 - February 16, 1950) was an American developer of commercial and residential real estate in Kansas City, Missouri. Born in Olathe, Kansas, and a student at the University of Kansas and Harvard Univer ...

Country Club District The Country Club District is the name of a group of neighborhoods comprising a historic upscale residential district in Kansas City, developed by noted real estate developer J.C. Nichols. The district was developed in stages between 1906 and 1950, ...

in Kansas City, Missouri.''History and Architecture of Edina, Minnesota''. William W. Scott and Jeffrey A. Hess, 1981: City of Edina. , The district is also noted for its homogeneous Period Revival architecture. The architectural styles are primarily Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Georgian Revival and Mediterranean Revival designs. The neighborhood is listed in the

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with 550

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mostly built 1924–1931. It was listing for having local significance in architecture, community planning, and landscape architecture.

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City of Edina Heritage Preservation Board: The City of Edina's Historic Country Club District

The Historic Significance of the Country Club District

National Register of Historic Places, Nomination Form, 1982
Edina, Minnesota Houses in Hennepin County, Minnesota Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota National Register of Historic Places in Hennepin County, Minnesota {{HennepinCountyMN-geo-stub

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