Country Club Historic District | |
![]() 4602 & 4600 Casco Avenue within the Country Club Historic District | |
Location | Edina, Minnesota |
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Coordinates | 44°55′0″N93°20′24″W / 44.91667°N 93.34000°W Coordinates: 44°55′0″N93°20′24″W / 44.91667°N 93.34000°W |
Area | 300 acres (120 ha) |
Built | 1924–1931 |
Architect | Samuel J. Thorpe |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 82002958 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 26, 1982 |
The Country Club Historic District is a suburban residential district established in 1922 in Edina, Minnesota, United States. It was one of Minnesota's first comprehensive planned communities and served as the prototype for subsequent town planning in this suburb of Minneapolis. The development was modeled after the J.C. Nichols Country Club District in Kansas City, Missouri. [2]
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