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Was landscape architect Warren Manning the first to propose a public golf course in a Minneapolis park?
Filed under: Landscape Architects, Minneapolis Golf Courses, Minneapolis Parks: General | Tags: Horace Cleveland, Minneapolis golf, Minneapolis parks, Sculpture Garden, The Parade, Thomas Lowry, Warren Manning
Comments (2) Under the headline “Fine Park Is Assured”, the Minneapolis Tribune ran a story on November 15, 1903 that contained details I had never seen on plans for a golf course and baseball field in a Minneapolis park. The basic facts of the article are well-known: Thomas Lowry, along with William Dunwoody and Seurity Bank, offered to donate land at the foot of Lowry Hill for what eventually became The Parade.
What was new (to me) in the story was that when Lowry submitted his proposal to donate land down the hill from his mansion he also submitted designs for the park. The plans were prepared by well-known landscape architect Warren Manning at Lowry’s request. Lowry also offered to foot the cost of implementing Manning’s plan. Lowry eventually did donate thousands of dollars to help the park board convert the land to a park, but Manning’s plans were never mentioned in park board records.
Minneapolis Park History 