Merriam residences

ID: 650
This file appears in: Frogtown's Mansion District

John L. Merriam residence (left) and William R. Merriam residence (far right).

Date: Approximately 1890

Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society

This file appears in: Frogtown's Mansion District

By Jane McClure
Frogtown once had a mansion district along University and Sherburne avenues, near today’s state capitol. The mansions of some of Saint Paul’s richest and most powerful people looked out over the…