Marion W. Savage House, 2600 Portland Avenue South
Marion Savage was best known for owning Dan Patch, the famous harness racing pacer horse that set the world record for the mile at the 1906 Minnesota State Fair. Dan Patch for a time lived in a stable behind this home.
The house had 20 rooms with 8 bedrooms, 3 baths and a ballroom and stage. In 1940 the city of Minneapolis launched a campaign to tear it down because it did not meet fire code and housed 10 families. The city lost the campaign but the house finally came down in 1963. The photo in the lower left hand corner appears to be of another house or Savage had a dimensional gateway to a lake and dock behind his house on Portland.
This image is from page 19 of Art glimpses of Minneapolis, the city of homes.
