Its owner, Lena O. Smith, was a prominent civil rights attorney.

She was born in 1885 in Lawrence, Kansas and moved with her family to Minneapolis in 1906.

Afterward, she opened her own law firm and became the first African-American attorney in Minneapolis.

Her house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated as a local landmark in recognition to the African-American community in Minneapolis.

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