Minnehaha Playground Recreation Building

ID: 116
This file appears in: West Minnehaha Recreation Center

"West Minne" was one of numerous city parks buildings designed and built during Clarence "Cap" Wigington's tenure with the City of Saint Paul. He is regarded as the nation's first African-American Municipal Architect.

Date: May 2, 1938

Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society

This file appears in: West Minnehaha Recreation Center

By Jane McClure
One important Frogtown landmark on Minnehaha Avenue is the West Minnehaha Recreation Center. “West Minne” is one of the city’s older recreation centers. The original Platteville limestone recreation…