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Glensheen mansion attic.
The attic along with being absolutely ginormous is also the best way to showcase the mansion s structural integrity.
Plus in the attic there are many unique items such as the original rugs and rare furniture.
Starting thursday june 25.
Most have at least heard rumors of its dark past but today we will bring.
It s the only place in the house where the steel i beam frame is exposed or where you can see the terra cotta builders tile that makes up the inside of the mansion walls.
From wikipedia the free encyclopedia glensheen the historic congdon estate is a 20 000 square foot mansion in duluth minnesota united states operated by the university of minnesota duluth as a historic house museum.
The full mansion tour is now completely self guided due to covid 19 health and safety regulations.
It was the stuff of an agatha christie novel.
Attic spaces have no heat.
On june 27 1977 the aged heiress to a vast mining fortune is killed along with her night nurse at glensheen a posh mansion perched on the lake.
The congdon family was the 2nd richest family in minnesota behind james j hill.
Thousands have toured it since it opened as a museum in 1979.
A bill in the minnesota legislature proposes transferring ownership of duluth s historic glensheen mansion from the university of minnesota duluth to the minnesota.
There are certainly other tragic places in minnesota but few have captured the imagination as much as glensheen.
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Glensheen mansion is open daily.
See the previously closed 3rd floor attic.
Glensheen university of minnesota.
Health and safety measures are in place.
Apr 29 2020 photos and videos of the glensheen mansion in the past.
Today we ll work on remembering glensheen historic estate better known as glensheen mansion.