Down at the Lake

Down at the Lake – A Historical Portrait of Linden Hills and the Lake Harriet District is a soft-cover book that includes 116 pages of informative text, maps and dozens of historic photos of the history that shaped our neighborhood. The award-winning book was published by the Linden Hills History Study Group in 2001. Now in its fourth printing, the book includes four walking tours that are also available for download.

The book is available online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble, as well as at these local shops:

• Wimmer’s Yardware
• Settergren Hardware at 43rd and Upton Avenue South

Self-guided walking tours

Four self-guided walking tours of Linden Hills, written by the Linden Hills History Study Group, are available for download here.

• Commercial District Walking Tour
• ​Lake Harriet Walking Tour
• ​Lake Calhoun/Cottage City Walking Tour
• ​Queen Avenue/Linden Hills Boulevard Walking Tour

Links

• Hennepin History Museum
• Linden Hills Neighborhood Council
• Minneapolis Central Library Special Collections
• Minnesota Historical Society
• Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians
• Minnesota Streetcar Museum
• Preservation Alliance of Minnesota
• Preserve Minneapolis
• Richfield Historical Society