View of St. Paul from dome of the State Capitol

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This file appears in: Capitol Heights

The John L. Merriam House (foreground) was turned into the first Saint Paul Science Museum after the Saint Paul Institute purchased it in 1927.

Photographer: Eugene Debs Becker

Date: April, 1952

Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society

This file appears in: Capitol Heights

By Jane McClure
Capitol Heights is the neighborhood north of the state capitol complex. It historically was a mix of modest homes, apartments or flats, and a group of mansions along University and Sherburne avenues…