About Minneapolis' Armatage

I had an open house in the Armatage neighborhood of southwest Minneapolis yesterday and a neighbor from across the street came over to tell me how much she loves living there.

She moved to the neighborhood a couple years ago from Linden Hills, one of the most enviable Minneapolis neighborhoods, and although she misses some of her old neighbors she has fully embraced her new neighborhood. She said she loves living near the Armatage Park ballfields and loves the neighborhood sense of community!

Named after Maude Armatage, a longtime Minneapolis Park Board Commissioner and the first woman elected to a Minneapolis municipal office, Armatage is a quiet residential neighborhood in the far southwest corner of Minneapolis. Most of the homes in the neighborhood were built in the 1950's and 1960's, with lots of ramblers and 1 1/2 story homes.

Bordering Minnehaha Creek in the northwest corner, Edina on the west along Xerxes Avenue and Richfield at Highway 62 on the south, this neighborhood has easy access to highways and Southdale shopping and medical centers. Its business strip is along Penn Avenue.

Wagners family-owned Greenhouse has been in the same location at 6024 Penn Avenue for over 100 years... and old fashioned, greet-you-at-the-door Settergren Ace Hardware has been at the corner of 54th & Penn for more than 50 years. Cafe Maude, a relative new-comer to the neighborhood, is within shouting distance of the hardware store at the other end of the short retail strip. It seems fitting that this wonderful neighborhood bistro and gathering place is named after the namesake of the neighborhood, Maude Armatage.

Click here to see homes currently for sale in the Armatage neighborhood area of Southwest Minneapolis, MN. Please be patient while the link searches for the most current listings... click on the map to zoom in until you see icons on the dots, then pass your cursor over them for property information, click for property details.

Sharlene Hensrud, RE/MAX Results - Email - Minneapolis Armatage Neighborhood Realtor

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Minneapolis Neighborhood Profile: Armatage

Armatage holds down the southwest corner of the city. It is bounded on the north by 54th Street West, on the east by Logan Avenue South, and on the south and west by the city limits at Highway 62 and Xerxes Avenue South.

Originally part of Richfield, Armatage was annexed to Minneapolis in the 1920's. The great majority of housing was built between 1949 and 1969, while about 5 percent of the dwellings were built before World War II.

Home values are rising in this area, in spite of the general market, and homeowners continue to invest in the homes. The most common renovations in this Armatage are finished basements and attics, and addition off the kitchen into the back yard. There are a handful of tear downs in the area, but not as many as in near by neighborhoods.

Armatage is made up of mostly single-family housing and some multifamily buildings. Highly regard by many lifelong residents Armatage is a safe, park centered, neighborhood. There is a skateboard park, ball diamonds, and ice rink at the Armatage Park for year round enjoyment.

The neighborhood grew around the school named for Maude Armatage, a distinguished community leader. There is a even a trendy new restaurant bearing her name, Cafe Maude, which has been met with rave reviews. The Armatage Park and Community School are buzzing with activity year round with children learning and playing, sports and recreation, community groups, and special events. Retail and commercial space in the neighborhood consists of individual neighborhood stores and is mostly located along Penn Avenue South.