Overview

The Mary Lochren Student Rooming Homes Historic District includes three houses at the corner of 4^th Street Southeast and 11^th Avenue Southeast.

• Location: 1103 4^th Street Southeast, 406 11^th Avenue Southeast, 410 11^th Avenue Southeast
• Neighborhood: Marcy-Holmes

See an aerial map of the district

Historic photo (1910)

Current photo

Architecture

• Architectural Style: Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Shingle Style
• Architect: William M. Kenyon

Use

• Historic use: Residential
• Current use: Residential

Construction

• Construction date: 1901
• Contractor: Edward James Davis

Significance

• Area(s) of significance: Social History; Master Architect; Neighborhood Identity
• Period of Significance: 1901-1944
• Date of local designation: 2021
• Date of National Register designation: N/A
• Designation: Exterior 

Historic profile

The Mary Lochren Student Rooming Homes Historic District includes three houses at the corner of 4^th Street Southeast and 11^th Avenue Southeast. This location is part of the residential Dinkytown area of the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood.

Mary Lochren, the wife of Judge William Lochren, had the three homes built in 1901. Master architect William Kenyon designed them. The dwellings are a significant collection of Kenyon’s design work at the time. Each house reflects a different style he used. The house at 1103 4^th Street Southeast is Colonial Revival. The property at 406 11^th Avenue Southeast is Queen Anne. The 410 11^th Avenue Southeast house is Shingle Style. Kenyon was known for extravagant homes, but these are simpler designs.

The houses are also significant for their association to social trends and neighborhood identity. The buildings became rooming houses for people tied to the University of Minnesota. This reflects historic housing trends that are characteristic of the Dinkytown area. Since 1901, the properties have mostly housed students and others affiliated with the University. They remain student housing today.

From their construction almost until her death in 1944, Mary Lochren owned the houses. She managed these three properties and three other homes on this corner. The homes in the historic district have not changed much since they were built.

Photo credit

• 1910 photo of 1103 4^th St SE): Courtesy of The Gopher, Vol 23
• 2020 photo: Minneapolis Community Planning and Economic Development

Work cited

“Mary Lochren Student Rooming Homes Historic District Designation Study,” 2020.