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City's Last Log Cabin in Peril

September 30, 2005

Log Cabin Flower Shop, a landmark in the Whittier neighborhood of South Minneapolis since 1945, is in danger of being demolished to make way for a housing development.

The quaint cabin at Franklin and First avenues is currently sitting on property its owner, Linda North, is selling to Bloomington-based Lupe Partners, which plans to build a project called Eat Street Flats and Market on the site. The closing date on the sale has not been set, however, and Lupe Partners project manager Kristine Stehly has been busy trying to find a way to save the structure, which has been closed since spring. “I’d love to find a home for this,” she told Anna Pratt in the Southwest Journal.

She’s found a supporter in Whittier Alliance executive director Marian Biehn, but the organization hasn’t found a relocation site or the resources to transport the cabin or hook it up with plumbing and electricity. “It’s a cute building, something that looks unique and unusual and has been around for a long time,” Biehn said. “The neighborhood needs a fairy godmother to help this organization move it.”

Fairy godmothers are urged to contact Stehly at 952/888-2001.