White Castle Building No. 8 | |
 White Castle Building No. 8 from the southeast | |
| Location | 3252 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 44°56′35″N 93°17′18.3″W / 44.94306°N 93.288417°W |
| Built | 1936 |
| Architect | L. W. Ray |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002868 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 16, 1986 |
White Castle Building Number 8 is a former White Castle restaurant building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
The building, measuring only 28 by 28 feet (8.5 m × 8.5 m), has had three locations in Minneapolis. The restaurant was originally located at 616 Washington Avenue Southeast near the University of Minnesota campus (in the Stadium Village neighborhood) in 1936. In 1950, the building was moved to 329 Central Avenue Southeast (operating as #16 at this location) when the owner of the Washington Avenue property refused to renew the lease. In 1983, White Castle officials opened a new, larger restaurant a few blocks away from the Central Avenue location.
In order to save a piece of the city's architectural history, the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission found a buyer willing to relocate the structure and save it from demolition. The building is now located at 3252 Lyndale Avenue South, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[2][3]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places - White Castle Building No. 8". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2007-01-12.
- ^ Gardner, Denis P. (2004). Minnesota Treasures: Stories Behind the State's Historic Places. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-471-8.