Bardwell–Ferrant House

Minneapolis, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Built in 1883 for Charles Bardwell in Minneapolis's Phillips West neighborhood, this single-family home began as a Queen Anne structure designed by Norwegian-born architect Carl F. Struck. In 1890, its second owner, Emil Ferrant, commissioned a dramatic remodeling that transformed the house into a showcase of Moorish Revival style—a rare full-scale example of the exotic revival architecture popular in the late 19th century. Struck added two distinctive onion-domed towers, a wraparound porch with ornamental spindlework columns, ogee arches, and richly colored stained glass windows, establishing him as Minneapolis's only Norwegian-born architect working in this distinctive mode. Relocated in 1898 to make way for a bank building, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 for its local architectural significance. A 1986 renovation by new owners subdivided it into apartments while restoring the mechanical systems and repainting the exterior in a Victorian mauve tone with cream trim.