Laying the cornerstone of new St. Ambrose Church

ID: 1060
This file appears in: Railroad Island

Burr and Bradley
Pictured from left to right: Louie Morelli, Bishop Byrne, Angelo Rulli, Louis F. Pioletti, and Father Pignatore

Date: 1956

Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society

This file appears in: Railroad Island

By Steve Trimble
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…