Crooked floors, thick brick, narrow halls and modern heat: what it is really like to live in Oakland’s on 9th, an 1889 building in downtown Minneapolis.
For much of the restoration, the crew at Oakland’s on 9th worked 9pm to 5am. Here is why an 1889 downtown brownstone had to be repaired overnight.
Restoring an 1889 Minneapolis brownstone turned up newspaper packed inside the walls. Here is why builders used it, and what it says about the building.
When the crew tore up the parking lot behind our 1889 Minneapolis brownstone in 2020, they found a toy police badge, coal clinkers and the original bricks.
Oaklands on 9th is a Richardsonian Romanesque brownstone designed by Harry Wild Jones in 1889. Here is how to read its downtown Minneapolis front.
How the 2019 restoration threaded fiber internet, quiet mini-split heat and AC, and all-new plumbing through the 1889 brick of Oaklands on 9th.
The 130-year story of Oaklands on 9th: an 1889 Harry Wild Jones brownstone that went from luxury flats to the Delta Hotel to a restored downtown studio hotel.
Inside Oaklands on 9th, a restored 1889 Minneapolis landmark, the woodwork, brick, and one surviving door are salvaged history you can actually stay in.
Oaklands on 9th is a restored 1889 Minneapolis brownstone that survived a fire and three roofless winters. Here are the original details — a lone surviving door, the grand staircase, reclaimed oak — that made it through.
