Lake Minnetonka Historical & Geographic Index

An alphabetical reference to the people, properties, places, architecture and stories of Lake Minnetonka. We are beginning with entries drawn from Bette Hammel's Legendary Homes of Lake Minnetonka, and will continue adding material from other books, maps, newspapers and local records. Page numbers refer to the cited book, not pages on this website.

Communities · Bays · Islands · Points · Plats · Streets · History

A

Architectural styles: Bauhaus, 103, 169; chalet, 82-87; colonial revival, 15-16, 190-91; contemporary, 178-85; Dutch colonial, 30-35; French chateau, 40-47.

B

Baptist Assembly Grounds, 79
Belford, 7, 48-53
Bell, James Ford, 7, 49, 159
Bell, James Stroud, 48-49
Belle of Minnetonka (steamboat), 6
Big Island, 6, 82-83
Big Lake. See Lake Minnetonka
Big Woods, 3

C

Carpenter farmhouse, 191
Carpenter's Point, 89
Carson's Bay, 5, 9, 36-37, 139
Cedarhurst estate, 173
Chimo. See Burton/Jones House
City of St. Louis (steamboat), 6
Cook's Bay, 79

D

Dayton, Kenneth N., 31-33, 131, 134
Dayton, Wallace C., 31, 169, 171
Dayton/Burnet House, 130-37
Deephaven, 4, 6, 9, 41, 46, 83, 188
Douglas/Furst Estate, 7, 40-45
Douglas/Gilbert Teahouse, 46-47

E

Eagle Island, 125
Excelsior, 4, 6

F

Francis W. Little House, 173, 175
Fruen, Arthur B., 82-84
Fruen, Reba Watson, 83-84
Fruen/O'Connor Family Cabin and Chalet, 82-87
Furst Estate. See Douglas/Furst Estate

G

Gabbert House, 158-63
Gale, Samuel Chester, 5, 95, 109, 139
Gardens, 46, 77, 97, 99-100, 112, 149, 168, 176

L

Lake Minnetonka. See also Upper Lake Minnetonka; Lower Lake Minnetonka.

P

Pillsbury/Jundt Manor House, 7, 70-77
Piper/Hawley/Wright House, 88-93

R

Robbins/Scott House, 62-68

S

Smithtown Bay, 7, 33, 63, 187
Southways. See Pillsbury/Jundt Manor House
Spirit Knob, 5, 95, 108-09, 112
St. Louis Bay
Streetcar boats

U

Upper Lake Minnetonka. See also Lake Minnetonka; Lower Lake Minnetonka.

W

Winton Guesthouse, 7, 164-67
Woodland
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Wyer/Strampe House, 138-43

Z

Zumbra Heights, 60

Source: Bette Hammel, Legendary Homes of Lake Minnetonka, index. This is the opening installment of a cumulative index, not yet a complete transcription of Hammel's index. Additional entries and source references will be incorporated alphabetically as the reference grows.