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Bardwell-Ferrant House

In 1890 Emil Ferrant commissioned architect Carl Struck to add two Moorish towers, stained glass and a wrap around porch in the shape of an exotic flower supported by the stems of slender spiral posts.

Sadly, the house is in danger and in need of a compassionate owner. While vacant, vandals and looters have trashed the stolen and trashed windows and removed the fireplaces in the house.

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Elliot Park Neighborhood, Inc. (EPNI) is a nonprofit agency that was founded in 1976. It is a citizen participation organization that is governed by a volunteer board of directors. It is recognized by the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota as the official neighborhood organization for Elliot Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Their portal includes lists of historically significant properties like the Hinkle-Murphy House as well as listings for each of their annual archaeology digs.

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The Elliot Park Neighborhood Archaeology Project is a five-day community event centered on excavation of a local, historic archaeological site in the Elliot Park neighborhood. For the fifth year in a row, archaeologists, students and community members have worked together on exploring the history that lies buried beneath our feet. This year's project was at 722-724 East 17th Street and was a great success with over 30 volunteers and 5 pits dug and numerous artifacts found!

Even though this years dig is complete, planning is in place for 2009's dig. For more information getting involved in future digs, please contact Kent Bakken at bakk0029@umn.edu or Patricia Emerson at 612-725-2410.

Police Chief John O'Connor agreed not to prosecute the gangsters as long as they didn't commit crimes within the city. It was a win-win situation, until it all started to fall apart.

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