Hotel Saint Paul

ID: 910

This file appears in: Casiville Bullard

African American stonecutters, bricklayers, and masons worked on some of the most prominent buildings downtown, including the Landmark Center, Saint Paul Public Library and the Saint Paul Hotel.

Artist: Menzo Van Esveldt, ink drawing

Date: 1958

Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society

This file appears in: Casiville Bullard

Casiville Bullard

By CultureBrokers Foundation, Inc. 2008. "Points of Entry: The African American Heritage Guide to Saint Paul."

Many skilled black artisans were recruited to Saint Paul to work on buildings going up in the early 1900s. Many of them arrived from Georgia with the marble used in those buildings. Casiville Bullard, a master stonemason, helped build such Saint…