GRANDELMYER (CAROLINE) MILLINERY & DRESSMAKING SHOP GARFIELD, EDISON, RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BUILDINGS -Ī & P GROCERY STORE / GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANYīRAINERD LUMBER COMPANY MAIN OFFICE BUILDING / VAN’S CAFEīRAINERD SASH & DOOR FACTORY / KAMPMANN & SONSīRAINERD SCHOOLS MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATIONīRAINERD SELECT SCHOOL AND OTHER PRIVATE NONSECTARIAN SCHOOLSīRAINERD STATE BANK / SECURITY STATE BANKīRAINERD STEAM BRICKYARD / SCHWARTZ BRICKYARDīRAINERD WHOLESALE GROCERY / NASH-FINCH BUILDINGĬOUNTY JAIL / SHERIFF’S RESIDENCE (First)ĬOUNTY JAIL / SHERIFF’S RESIDENCE (Second)ĭAVIS (MARTHA P.) ICE CREAM PARLOR / BOOKSTORE / MUSIC STOREįIRST SWEDISH BAPTIST / TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH The MAP numbers in the sections below refer to the numbered buildings on this map. It has been modified to show the locations of the key buildings of early Brainerd. The companion map to this document is adapted from the Historical Atlas of Minnesota, published in 1874 by A.
( Brainerd’s Half Century, Ingolf Dillan, General Printing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1923 pp. If these buildings were restored to us, they would constitute quite a city. Among them were: the Headquarters, Villard, Arlington, Commercial, Antlers, and Earl/Carlson Hotels, Bly’s Block, Sleeper’s Opera House, Columbian Block, and the Northern Pacific Depot. A great lumber industry came-but left in 1905.įurthermore, fires have destroyed dozens of large business blocks and scores of homes. In 1922 a prolonged strike cost the city one-half million dollars. The Northern Pacific hospital was taken away. Paul and then the Staples cut-off, removing Brainerd from the main line of the Northern Pacific from St. Then came the removal of passenger car repair work to the Como Shops in St. The boom of 1881 to 1883 was followed by a reaction. The Jay Cooke failure of 1873 left the little city flat on its back. (Click on map to download 900 KB High-resolution PDF file)Ī glance backward reveals the fact that Brainerd has experienced some very severe setbacks, a condition quite natural in a railroad town. (Adapted from the 1874 Andreas Historical Atlas of Minnesota)
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