[Mpls] Cottage Park

[Steve Brandt]

> Sean Ryan asks:  I was over in the knot (that odd circle of streets
> north of Broadway and North Commons Park) in Jordan the other day. I

> was
> wondering if anyone knew the history of Cottage Park. There is a
> beautiful (and derelict) church there, boarded up and marked with
gang
> graffiti. I seem to remember a parish being there several years ago
but
> now it seems they left. Does anyone have the scoop?
>
Steve Brandt:  Somebody mentioned to me last fall that a church was
interested in acquiring and rehabbing the building.  Whoever told me
this was concerned about the church's chances of success, given the
extensive damage and needs of the building.  Here is the information
about this lot from Hennepin County's site:

Property ID:   16-029-24-24-0212
Address:   2054     JAMES AVE N
Municipality:   MINNEAPOLIS
School Dist:   001   Construction year:  1900
Watershed:   6   Parcel Size:  S 107X90X132X100
Sewer Dist:
Owner Name:   GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE MNSTRES
Taxpayer Name
& Address:   GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE MNSTRES
 6824 EWING AVE N
 BROOKLYN CENTER MN 55429

But other records indicate that Gethsemane sold the property last
July.

Steve Brandt
Star Tribune