University and Cedar

ID: 411
This file appears in: Capitol Heights

John L. Merriam house (left) and William R. Merriam house (right). The John L. Merriam house was a Richardsonian Romanesque mansion that was built in 1887. Family members lived there until 1915. John Merriam's son William was one of Minnesota's governors.

Photographer: Arthur C. Warner

Date: 1888

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…