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
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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…