The Hinkle-Murphy House is a historic building in Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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, Minnesota

Minnesota

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, in the United States

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. It was designed in 1886 as a private residence in the Colonial Revival

Colonial Revival architecture

The Colonial Revival was a nationalistic architectural style, garden design, and interior design movement in the United States which sought to revive elements of Georgian architecture, part of a broader Colonial Revival Movement in the arts. In the early 1890s Americans began to value their own...

 style by William Channing Whitney

William Channing Whitney

William Ellery Channing Whitney was an American architect who practised in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Born in Harvard, Massachusetts, the son of Benjamin F. Whitney, he was educated at Lawrence Academy at Groton, Connecticut, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his B.S. from the...

 (later to be the architect of the Minnesota Governor's Residence

Minnesota Governor's Residence

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), and is considered to be the first Georgian

Georgian architecture

Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United...

 Revival style house in Minnesota. The house was occupied successively by Minneapolis businessmen William H. Hinkle and William J. Murphy.

The Hinkle-Murphy House is located at 619 South 10th Street in the Elliot Park neighborhood near downtown Minneapolis. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1984 for its architectural significance. , the interior of the house is used as leasable office space.