Northern Sun Merchandising, 2916 E Lake St, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Northern Sun Merchandising (East Lake Branch Library) | |
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| Address: | 2916 Lake Street E |
| Neighborhood/s: | Longfellow, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| City/locality- State/province |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Hennepin County, Minnesota |
| State/province: | Minnesota |
| Country: | United States |
| Year built: | 1924 |
| Primary Style: | Tudor Revival |
| Historic Function: | Library |
| Current Function: | Business |
| Architect or source of design: | Jackson, Jerome Paul, Splady and Hagonson |
| Material of Exterior Wall Covering: | Brick |
| Material of Roof: | Composition |
| Material of Foundation: | Concrete |
(44.948372,-93.229718)
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| Reference URL: | [Reference] |
| Certification date: | May 26, 2000 |
| Level of significance: | Local |
Northern Sun Merchandising occupies the former East Lake Branch Library building which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The library, constructed in 1924, was one of 13 Minneapolis Public Library branches built under head librarian Gratia Countryman, leading proponent of public-library movement.
History
Almost thirty years ago, Scott Cramer hopped on a bicycle and journeyed from Illinois to Minneapolis, not knowing where he’d live or what he’d do when he got here. Around that time, there was a near nuclear disaster at the Three Mile Island power plant on the East Coast. The young Cramer had some t-shirts printed protesting nuclear power, selling them at protests. He later added to his arsenal shirts protesting the war, and his side operation soon grew into a full-time job—a business Cramer named Northern Sun Merchandising. Years later, Cramer owns the largest message-oriented merchandising company in the country, selling shirts and bumper stickers with alternative messages to people from California in the West to New York in the East.
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