Experience handed down.
Ambition carried forward.
The Atwood business story stretches back to 1867. Across six generations, it has evolved alongside the people, properties, and communities it serves.
The start of a business history
that continues to evolve.
Experience creates
perspective.
A lasting business learns from each chapter and makes room for the next.
Our earliest work brought real estate and mortgage lending together. Later generations established new businesses, expanded the family’s presence in Mankato, and connected its brokerage to CENTURY 21.
That history helps explain the Atwood Companies today: distinct businesses shaped by related needs, from a property transaction to financing, ongoing management, and an agent’s changing career.
The businesses change.
The history connects them.
- 1867
The first Atwood business.
Edwin H. Atwood establishes a real estate and mortgage loan business in Saint Cloud, Minnesota.
- 1934
A Mankato beginning.
Frederick C. Atwood founds Atwood Land Company, serving Southern Minnesota.
- 1965
The brokerage takes shape.
Charles Atwood establishes Atwood Realty for residential and commercial real estate.
- 1976
Joining CENTURY 21.
The brokerage affiliates with the CENTURY 21 network, adding a national brand to its local business.
- Today
Four businesses. Six generations.
CENTURY 21 Atwood, Atwood Mortgage, Atwood Management, and Atwood Generations carry the family’s real estate experience into different areas of service.
A broader business.
A personal connection.
Our companies serve different needs, but each has a direct relationship with the people who rely on it. Customers work with the team whose expertise fits their situation.
Behind those businesses, OneAtwood provides a shared destination for our agents and employees. It is the team side of a company story that is still developing.