HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 83-144 - Designating Official Name of Cummins-Grill Homestead - 06/21/1983 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO . 83-144
RESOLUTION DISIGNATING I'IEF. OFFICIAL NAME OF THE FORMER RESIDENCE OF J . R . CUMMINS
AND MARTIN AND MILDRED GRILL
WHEREAS, in 1976 the City of Eden Prairie purchased the home of Martin and
Mildred Grill , which was built in 1879 by J. R. Cummins , an early settler of Eden
Prairie and a renowned horticulturalist in Minnesota, and
WHEREAS, the wishes of Martin and Mildred Grill were to have their home pre-
served as a. historic site, and
WHEREAS, ii. October 1982 the house was placed on the National Register of
Historic Places based :in part on the merit of its architecture and the role of
its builder in both the early history of Eden Prairie and agriculture in Minnesota,
and
WHEREAS, an official name has not been given to the house and grounds .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE rr RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Eden
Prairie does officially designate the name of the former Martin Grill residence
to be the Cummins-Grill Homestead,
ADOPTED, by the Eden Prairie City Council t s 21st day of June, 1983 .
Wolf ang P77
el , Mayor
ATTEST:
n D. P:-ptflice , City Clerk SEAL