Overview

The Garlick-Magney House is an urban example of the English Medieval Cottage style of architecture. 

• Location: 5329 Washburn Avenue South
• Neighborhood: Fulton

Historic profile

The Garlick-Magney House is an urban example of the English Medieval Cottage style. The two-story home was built in 1922. This was one of the most popular historic styles used in Minneapolis in the 1920s and 1930s.  

The English Medieval Cottage style sparks images of fairy tales. This house includes the following features of the style: 

• Steep, pitched gable roofs  
• Casement windows that open from hinges on one side  
• Whitewashed clinker brick  
• Garden walls to mark the property boundary  
• Formal landscaping within the garden   

Architect Gottlieb Magney cofounded the firm Magney and Tusler. This firm also designed the Foshay Tower and Minneapolis Post Office. Gertrude Garlick worked for the Young-Quinlan company, a clothing department store. Gertrude Garlick and Gottlieb Magney met during the planning and construction of this house. They married in 1924 and members of their family lived in the house until 1983.  

Most houses in this neighborhood were built in the 1920s or 1930s. House designs were individualized and reflected either their owners or builders. Residents were professionals who had higher incomes than the population at large.