The Goodrich name is prominent in the history of early St. Louis Park. This is the story of the Calvin Goodrich family. They are apparently not related to parsonage of Union Church. He was vice president of the Minneapolis Land…

Nate Goldstone was the proprietor of Brookside Drug Store from 1941 until 1988. The drug store was located at Excelsior Boulevard and Brookside Avenue. It had a real soda fountain. During the 1950’s and 60’s it served coffee to businessmen…

First known as Territorial Road #3, this road was variously known as County Road #3, Excelsior Road, Excelsior Street, Excelsior Avenue, and finally Excelsior Blvd. Between Minnetonka Blvd. and the Edina line, Excelsior Blvd. serves as the center of commerce,…

Across from Brookside Drug, 6006 Excelsior Blvd. was built in 1926. Although no address was given, this may be the place where Mae Lowryman obtained a permit to sell soft drinks at Brookside and Excelsior. In 1931 Russell Borst requested…

Brookside Drug, located at the corner of Excelsior Blvd. and Brookside Ave., was a mainstay of the Brookside neighborhood for almost 50 years. The building that would become most memorable as Brookside Drug was built in 1915, possibly by Henry…

This was the location of a gas station located on the “Alabama Triangle” across from Brookside Drug. Since 1974 the site has been a municipal parking lot.   On October 15, 1925, George L. Brooks and M.B. Hagen received permission…

The first evidence of a building at this address may be the “John Hancock Oil. Co.” listing in a 1926 business directory, described as at the northeast corner of Excelsior and Jackson, which was the name of the street before…

Now the home of Sela Roofing, this site has a rich history.  See photos of the Hanke properties by following the link below. Christopher Hanke built his first house at this site at Huntington Ave., probably soon after he moved…

Driving ranges seemed to have come and gone in St. Louis Park, and your help is needed to fill in the information and stories surrounding them; please contact us!   JIMMY LENTZ’S DRIVING TEES Jimmy Lentz was a PGA golfer,…

This list includes doctors who had their practice in the early days of St. Louis Park. Some, like Dr. Darby and Dr. Blake, did not have offices in the Park, but are remembered by longtime Park residents in the days…