Home inspection in St. Anthony Village.

What we see in St. Anthony Village homes.

St. Anthony was organized as a township in 1858 and incorporated as a village in 1945. It covers about 2.36 square miles, with Silver Lake anchoring the northwest corner and Silver Lake Road running the length of the city. The single-family streets are mostly postwar houses, while the 1950s St. Anthony Shopping Center, described as Minnesota's first strip mall, marks the same building era. Apache Plaza opened in 1961 and was demolished in 2004, and Silver Lake Village replaced it with apartments, condominiums and cottage-style homes. The city sits in both Hennepin and Ramsey counties, with 9,257 residents counted in 2020.

That split between old and new shapes what is worth watching here. In the postwar houses, original sewer laterals, older electrical panels and wiring, single-pane or early replacement windows, and attic insulation and ventilation deserve a hard look, because those systems are now decades past their design life. Basements get a close look for cracks, efflorescence and past water entry, especially on lots that slope toward the lake side of town. In the Silver Lake Village apartments and cottage homes we shift to shared walls, association-maintained components, roof and flashing details, and mechanical systems in newer construction.

Local facts checked September 2026 against: Wikipedia, Wikipedia, savmn.gov, falconheightsmn.gov.