Overview

The Brooberg House reflects the growing Swedish American community in South Minneapolis in the 1900s.

• Location: 727 24th Street East
• Neighborhood: Phillips West

Historic profile

The Brooberg House reflects the growing Swedish American community in South Minneapolis in the 1900s. As they gained wealth, many immigrants moved from the Seven Corners area to Phillips West. The house was designed for Frank Brooberg, a Swede who had immigrated to the United States in 1869. His wife, Karen, was the child of a Swedish immigrant. They had five kids.

Frank was a business owner and later the director of the Scandinavian American Bank. The house stayed in the family until 1958. It was then sold to Mt. Sinai Hospital to act as a dormitory for nurses. In the 1990s, the house became a private home again.

August Cedarstrand, Brooberg's brother-in-law, designed the house in the Classical Revival style. Cederstrand was also a Swedish immigrant and a very successful contractor. The house has a wrap-around porch with Ionic columns. There is a Palladian window in the gable above the entry. There are several bay windows and another Palladian window on the west elevation. The corners of the house are decorated with Ionic pilasters.