The Country Club Historic District is a suburban residential district established in 1922 in
Edina, Minnesota
Edina ( , ) is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States and a first-ring suburb of Minneapolis. The population was 53,494 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the 18th most populous ci ...
, United States. It was one of
Minnesota
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's first comprehensive
planned communities
A planned community, planned city, planned town, or planned settlement is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed on previously undeveloped land. This contrasts with settlements that evolve ...
and served as the prototype for subsequent town planning in this suburb of
Minneapolis
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. The development was modeled after the
J.C. Nichols Country Club District 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
The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture.
The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the arch ...
,
Tudor Revival
Tudor Revival architecture, also known as mock Tudor in the UK, first manifested in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture, in rea ...
,
Georgian Revival
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830. It is named after the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover, George I, George II, Ge ...
and
Mediterranean Revival
Mediterranean Revival is an architectural style introduced in the United States, Canada, and certain other countries in the 19th century. It incorporated references to Spanish Renaissance, Spanish Colonial, Italian Renaissance, French Colonial ...
designs. The neighborhood is listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
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with 550
contributing properties
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distr ...
mostly built 1924–1931. It was listing for having local significance in architecture, community planning, and landscape architecture.
See also
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References
External links
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
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