James Tallmadge Elwell (July 1855 – August 1933) was a Minneapolis, Minnesota real estate developer and state legislator.[1] He founded and developed the Como neighborhood in Minneapolis, where the Como Congregational Church and the Tuttle School are historic structures of the period.[2] Later in his career, he played a major role in the public financing of the Minneapolis park system, the expansion of the University of Minnesota campus, and served as president of the Minneapolis Planning Commission.
- ^ "James T. Elwell Papers" (PDF). Hennepin History Museum.
- ^ "Tuttle School". Como History.