4801/4805 MINNETONKA BLVD.

This building was built in 1931.  It appears that there were three storefronts:  two on Minnetonka Blvd. and one on Ottawa.  On the second floor there were offices – Dr. Harold O. Westerdahl occupied one from at least 1933-37.  There was also at least one apartment.  The businesses seem to overlap.  Here’s what we can piece together from ads.  Please contact us with any additions and corrections.

 

 

4801 MINNETONKA BLVD.

 

Smith Pharmacy:  1933, beer on tap in 1934!

 


 

Tim’s Pharmacy – H.F. Timmons, R. Pgh:  1937 – 1945.  It’s unclear when this location became Tim’s Pharmacy, but the ad below establishes that it was there by at least 1937.

 

 

              
Ad in March 1941 Park High Echo

 

 

 

Tim’s inside and outside from 1942 directory

 


 

AHLER’S PHARMACY:  1945- 1947


1945 Directory ad

 


 

Booth Pharmacy:  1949-51


Shink Pharmacy – M&R Drug Inc.- Mel Shink:  1955-67.  The Shinks lived above the store.


 

4805 MINNETONKA BLVD.

 

Moldestad’s Grocery:  1933-58 (“30 years in the Park” in 1958)

 

In 1951 it was Moldestad’s Fairway Self-Service Store, “Where Customers Make the Choice,” self service being a fairly new concept.

 

1935 Directory ad

 


 

 

1942 directory ad

 


E.J. Merrill’s Meat Market:  1931-42  (inside Moldestad’s)

 

 

1942


 Prall’s Market:  1933-35.  Meat department at Moldestad’s

 

Curt’s Meats:  1952


 

Good Life MN Spa:  2011

 

2011