Benjamin W. Brunson
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Brunson was a surveyor of Saint Paul, who in 1847, planned Brunson's Addition in what is now lower Payne Avenue.
Photographer: Joel Emmons Whitney
Date: Approximately 1864
Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
This file appears in: Railroad Island
Railroad Island
Benjamin Brunson, a surveyor of Saint Paul in 1847, planned Brunson’s Addition in what is now lower Payne Avenue. The neighborhood had pleasing views of Trout Brook, Phalen Creek and downtown, because no railroads had yet cut through the area. The…