Commander Building in Stillwater, Minnesota. The elevator, built in 1898 by the Woodward Elevator Company was connected to the flour mill building six years later, located on Main Street and Nelson. An overhead spout connected the buildings, both operated by the Minnesota Flour Mill Company until 1908.
The top photo on this panel shows Waino Heikkinen, to the left, and Ed Tan, right, renovating the Palkie gristmill in the gristmill building at the museum in Esko, in 1963. The second photograph shows, from left to right, Andrew Maunu, Eli Juntti, Jack Holm, and Charles Anderson finishing landscaping work at the Palkie gristmill building and the Finnish memorial monument at the museum. The bottom three photos show the historical society members re-assembling the gristmill wheel in the gristmill building at the museum, again in 1963. The original spelling of the surname was Palkki, and the Americanized version is Palkie.
Grand opening of the Terrace Mill, 1904. This is the third mill built on this site on the East Branch of the Chippewa River. A stone arch bridge was also built across the river at this time. The Terrace Mill and Stone Arch Bridge are part of the Terrace Historic District named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Probably by stereographic photographer, E. D. Mayo, who worked for Barnett and Record Co., a construction company that built grain elevators; Pillsbury A mill built in 1910 is constructed of tile, steel; and reinforced concrete according to the "Grain Elevator Inventory, 1997" prepared for the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission; photo shows detail on the construction of the elevator.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library