The Minneapolis Plan Vault Collection is composed of plan sets deposited by builders and architects with the Building Inspections Department from 1909 to 1993 as a prerequisite for obtaining building permits. The Archives has sampled the plan sets to retain a broad spectrum of styles and buildings, including churches, commercial and industrial buildings, multi-family dwellings, hospitals and other types of structures.

The plans listed in the detailed contents section are a small part of the larger Minneapolis Plan Vault Collection but have been separated to highlight some of the work of prominent local architects.

This finding aid was developed from a database which used a combination of last names and first initials as the leading entry, so researchers are urged to use the ctrl + f function to search for desired commissions, using either the street address field and/or the commission name. Researchers should contact the staff of the Archives in advance of planning any research visits to use this collection.

There may be separate collections for many of these architects but the drawings in this group have not been removed from the Minneapolis Plan Vault Collection.