This page concerns only the area south of Excelsior Blvd.
Utica was originally called Mackey Ave. In 1933, St. Louis Park changed the name of the street to Utica to be consistent with the first alphabet. However, the street south of Morningside was partly in Edina, and Edina didn’t go along with the change, so that stretch of the street stayed Mackey.
Utica is part of the Browndale subdivision, which was platted in 1915. It largely went undeveloped until a huge building boom in 1939-1941, which might be attributed to the advent of Federally-insured mortgage loans.
Mackey is part of the Browndale Park subdivision, which was platted in 1909.
The following is a list of homes that were built before 1939, including the year built. All of these houses are still there except the first one.
4012 Utica: 1925. Moved to 1618 Hampshire in 1956. Replaced by office and apartment building built in 1958.
4044 Utica: 1912. Owned by the Keyt family from at least 1929 until the 1960s.
4156 Utica: 1932.
4209 Utica: 1925
4236 Utica: 1930.
4252 Utica: 1925
4253 Utica: 1925
4256 Utica: 1926
4260 Utica: 1926
4359 Mackey: 1928
4360 Mackey: 1926
4363 Mackey: City says 1936, but listed in 1930 Census
4378 Mackey: 1932. Part in SLP, part in Edina
Rest are in Edina:
4381 Mackey: 1934.
4382 Mackey: 1935.
4383 Mackey: 1934.
4386 Mackey: 1924.
4387 Mackey: 1928.
4389 Mackey: 1936.
4390 Mackey: 1915.
4393 Mackey: 1936.
4394 Mackey: 1918.