Handicraft Guild Addition, 1004 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Handicraft Guild Addition | |
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| Address: | 1004 Marquette Avenue S |
| Neighborhood/s: | Downtown West, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| City/locality- State/province |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| County- State/province: |
Hennepin County, Minnesota |
| State/province: | Minnesota |
| Country: | United States |
| Year built: | 1914 |
| Primary Style: | Georgian |
| Historic Function: | School |
| Current Function: | Business |
| Architect or source of design: | William Channing Whitney, Hewitt & Brown |
| Builder: | H.N. Leighton |
| Material of Exterior Wall Covering: | Brick |
| Building Permit Number: | A12663 |
| Notes: | Addition to the
Handicraft Guild (1907) 89-91 S 10th Street |
The original Handicraft Guild building at 89-91 South 10th street, was built in 1907 to provide a permanent facility for the Handicraft Guild school to educate art teachers and provide apprenticeships for artists and craftspersons. There was a store which offered the artists work and a Guild Hall where lectures and concerts were held. The teachers taught at the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts at the Minneapolis Public Library or the Minneapolis Public School system. During the summer they taught at the Handicraft Guild. Students came to the Guild from throughout Minnesota and the Midwest. The teachers traveled to other Guilds in Chicago and Boston and to Arts Institutions exhibiting their work and the work of their students. The Handicraft Guild was also the center of artistic culture and commerce in the Twin Cities.
The founders of the Guild, Mary Emma Roberts, Mary Moulton Cheney and Florence Willets formed a plan with Emma's childhood friends Joseph and Susan Kingman who had funded the construction of the original Handicraft Guild building. The plan was for an addition to be built on 1st Avenue south (which was renamed Marquette Avenue in 1913.) The architects for the addition were Edwin Hewitt and Edwin Brown who perfectly replicated the Georgian Revival exterior of the original Handicraft Guild building blending it perfectly with William Channing Whitney's design. The interior improved upon the original Guild building's design. Private studios and communal spaces were lit by state of the art "Sky Lights" and enormous windows. Abundant rich wood paneling, doors and staircases established a connection between nature and Arts and Crafts style, function and beauty.
Ernest Batchelder designed handmade tile for the Marquette entry way which resembles miniature red cobblestones interwoven with sacred symbols of Christian and Asian religions. The studios and classrooms were surrounded by storefronts that provided new venues for artists and small businesses to sell their work.
The building was connected to the original Handicraft building through a central hallway and underground tunnel. The design is such that movement throughout the buildings and from one building to another must have been easy and flowing.
If the Handicraft Guild building was built today, it would win awards in Green Building and Sustainable Design. The environment is full of light and beautiful woodwork. The building inspires and stimulates creativity. It is an Arts and Crafts masterwork of architecture and interior design.
Artists, photographers and musical instrument makers have always worked in the Handicraft Guild's buildings and continue to do so today. The stores that surround the buildings at the street level are run by artists, a wig maker, a tailor, and an art gallery. These are vital, diverse, entrepreneurial businesses.
The Handicraft Guild addition was completed and opened in 1914. When the Guild disbanded in 1918, some of the independent artists and musical instrument makers continued to work in the building. Photographers Norton and Peel had their studios in this building until the 1960s.
Mary Moulton Cheney became the first female president of the school of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts. Ruth Raymond became an assistant professor in the College of Education at the University of Minnesota. Ernest Batchelder and Douglas Donaldson and their families went to Los Angeles California and founded the Southern California Handicraft Guild. Some of the former Minneapolis Handicraft Guild leaders such as Emma Roberts and Florence Willets, when they retired from teaching drawing and painting at Minneapolis Public Schools, also moved to Los Angeles and also became members of the Southern California Arts and Crafts movement.
In the 1990s the original Handicraft Guild and its Marquette addition were owned by Margot Seigel who intended to sell both buildings to a developer who intended to demolish them and build a hotel. Strong grassroots opposition resulted in the local historic landmark designation of both buildings in October 1998. Seigel filed a lawsuit and the Minnesota Court of Appeals removed the Handicraft Guild addition from historic landmark status (in 2000) stating that there was no written proof that 1004 Marquette was an addition to the original Handicraft Guild building on S 10th street.
The buildings have been the focus of many development proposals. Pratt-Ordway and Village Green have a current (2015) proposal for an 18 story apartment building. The proposal will retain the original Handicraft Guild building at 89-91 S 10th street but demolish the Handicraft Guild addition at 1000-1006 Marquette (1004 Marquette is the primary address) which occupies the entire block of 10th and Marquette.
The Handicraft Guild addition at 1004 Marquette and the adjacent building at 1016 Marquette Ave So were demolished in February - March 2nd 2018.
Memories and stories
Photo Gallery
Ernest Batchelder
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Pottery Class
Edwin Hawley Hewitt-architect
Edwin Hacker Brown-architect
Joseph Ramsdell Kingman-funder
Building permit A 12663 - 1914- for HG addition and storefronts
Elizabeth Augusta Chant's 1906 article on the HG
MSOFA Midsummer 1907
Deeds
Lamp
Bookend with candle
Poppy vase
Turtle
Bookplates by Mary Moulton Cheney
Light fixture
Ida Pell Conklin
Wood plaque by Corice Woodruff
Copper candlestick holder
Ernest Batchelder's peacocks
Related Links
Slideshow - What Does it Look Like?
School brochures
The Handicraft Guild School of Design and Normal Art
Permits
Minneapolis Local Historic Landmark Designation
National Register of Historic Places nomination 1997
Artists
The Handicraft Guild Art Collective - Summer 2015
The Handicraft Guild Art Collective 2015
A Tale of Two Siblings- Emma and Thomas Roberts
Batchelder's Principles of Design
Keeywadin Elemenary School fountain - Minneapolis
Our Lady of Victory Chapel, St. Paul
Articles
Minneapolis Star Tribune 7/3/2015
Minneapolis Star Tribune 6/21/2015
Skylights on the roof of 1004 Marquette
Tenants
The Handicraft Guild Art Collective - Summer 2015
Shin's Alterations and Tailors
1998
Minnesota Court of Appeals Decision 2000
Preservation Law Reporter 2000
Designation Resolution 10-2-1998
On the Chopping Block 5-12-1997
Historic Designation 8-25-1998
