The townhomes were built first, in 1886 by Hodgson & Sons in the Second Empire style, using red brick, stone, and terra cotta.

The apartments were designed in 1897 by locally prominent architect Harry Wild Jones, who preferred an eclectic style.

The building is four stories tall, built of red brick and stone, and features a corner bay.

They were built by Anthony Kelly, a nineteenth-century businessman who pioneered the wholesale grocery business in Minneapolis.

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