Wabasha Street looking north

ID: 410
This file appears in: Capitol Heights

Merriam house and State Capitol site in the distance

Photographer: St. Paul Dispatch & Pioneer Press

Date: Approximately 1896

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…