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Anton Jensen papers (N 135), Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
The collection is organized alphabetically by commission name.
Anton Jensen was born on March 16, 1876 in Denmark. He earned a degree in architecture from Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) in 1908. After completing his degree, Jensen worked as a draftsman until 1920, after which he began his own architectural firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Charles E. Bond post No. 9 of Veterans of the Spanish-American War. Anton Jensen died on April 12, 1949.
The collection is composed of blueprints for the Howard W. Files residence (Minneapolis, MN) and for "Groveland", the Willis Nash residence (Lake Minnetonka, MN), both dated 1936.
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