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Perry E. Crosier Papers (N 121), Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
The Crosier papers were separated from the Minneapolis Plan Vault Collection (N115) in the Northwest Architectural Archives to form this collection.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by commission name.
Perry E. Crosier was born in Minneapolis on November 17, 1890. In 1909 Crosier began his career in architecture as a draftsman for Harry W. Jones, a Minneapolis architect. From 1910-1913 Crosier worked for Bertrand and Chamberlin, architects, Harrington-Skiles, a real estate company and J. L. Hedden, building contractors, and in Minneapolis. Between 1914 and 1916, Crosier had his own company of architects and contractors, the Crosier Construction Company. After the breakup of his company, Crosier continued to practice independently for most of his life. In 1921 he worked briefly with the architectural firm Liebenberg & Kaplan and continued to collaborate with them, especially in the design of movie theaters, throughout his career. Crosier's son Paul joined his father in practice in 1946 and the firm became Perry E. Crosier & Son. After the elder Crosier's death in August 1953, the firm continued as Paul E. Crosier Co. until 1955.
Perry Crosier is best known for his designs of movie theaters built throughout Minnesota in the thirties and early forties. Those in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area include the Boulevard Twins Theatre (1939), the Avalon Theatre (1937), the St. Louis Park Theatre (1938), the Hopkins Theatre (1941) and the West Twins Theatre, West St. Paul. Those he is known to have designed in collaboration with Liebenberg & Kaplan are the Westgate Theatre (1934), the Cinema Theatre in Detroit Lakes, MN, the Princess Theatre in Wabasha, WI, and Village Theatre in Faribault, MN (1944-46). Crosier also designed several apartment complexes. The best known of these are the Belmont (n.d.), the Oak Terrace (n.d.) and the Fair Oaks (1939). He also designed the Loring Medical Building (1926), also located in Minneapolis.
The collection contains blueprints, bluelines and shop drawings of the Avalon Theatre (Minneapolis, 1937), Lake Street Garage and Office Building (Minneapolis, 1926), a residence for H. N. Lennon (1925?), and other stores and apartment buildings in Minneapolis.
See also the Liebenberg & Kaplan Papers in the Northwest Architectural Archives.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
The following section contains a list of the materials in the collection. After the commission name may be listed five pieces of information: type of structure, street address, architects, location of structure, medium of drawing.
Public Storage Garage
1107 Hawthorne
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Theater
1500-1506 E. Lake St.
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints, bluelines
19-apartment building
1204-1210 Powderhorn Terrace
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Residence
3416 Humboldt Avenue South
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN.
blueprints
Repair and service garage
531 Lyndale Avenue No.
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints, pencil on paper
Apartment building
2401-2451 Third Avenue South
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN.
blueprints
Apartment building
3815 Glendale Terrace
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN.
blueprints
Nine-apartment building
Cor. Xerxes Ave. S and West 29th St.
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Apartment building (#28); Mr. Baer, owner
Perry Crosier
n.l.
blueprints
Store building
1800-1808 West Broadway
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN.
blueprints w/ colored pencil; ink on paper
Four-flat [apartment building]
244-46 Bedford St. SE
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN.
blueprints
Duplex
3121 Aldrich Avenue South
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN.
blueprints
Lake Street Garage and Store Building
12th Avenue and Lake Street
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN.
blueprints
Residence
4908 Stevens Avenue South
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN.
blueprints
Store building
Cor. Cedar Lake Rd and Oliver Ave S.[215 Oliver Avenue South]
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN.
blueprints
Oil Station
[700-14th Ave SE]
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
See Shenandoah Holding Co.
Apartment building
[2800 Colfax Ave. So.]
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Alterations, corner store
501 E. Grant St.
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
22-apartment building
[2552-54 Garfield Ave. So.]
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Theater for Samuel Chute Co., Peter Dick, owner
12 4th Street NE
Perry Crosier, Harry G. Carter
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints w/ colored pencil
Fireproof Theater [later known as Parkway Theatre]
4812-14 Chicago Ave. So
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Four-flat building
902 West 42nd Street
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints w/ colored pencil, pencil on paper
New office; truck terminal; warehouses; shops
2800 4th Street SE
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Store and apartment building
Cor. Chicago Ave. S. and E. 17th St
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Apartment building
3146 West Calhoun Boulevard
Perry Crosier and Son
Minneapolis, MN
blueline, blueprint
Store and office building
Cor. Nicollet Av and 38th St S.[3800 Nicollet Ave]
Perry Crosier
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints