The restaurant was originally located at 616 Washington Avenue Southeast near the University of Minnesota campus (in the Stadium Village neighborhood) in 1936.

The building is now located at 3252 Lyndale Avenue South, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

The eighth restaurant in the Minneapolis area was built in 1927 at 616 Washington Avenue Southeast, originally with glazed brick.

The reluctance of landowners to extend leases on small parcels was the reason why White Castle manufactured movable buildings.

Historic preservation efforts succeeded, and the old building was moved to its present location in 1984 and has since housed a contracting firm, an accordion and jewelry business, and an antique/vintage goods shop.